Wade Rininger, campus pastor of Renew Church‘s new campus, Mayfield West, recently moved his family from St. Petersburg, Fla., to start the church in Caledon, Ontario, Canada. Why do it? He answers this question in the recent launch video: “Even though the variable can be complex, the answer is simple: we start new churches because
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An incident when I was 15 years old triggered one of my deepest crises of faith. My family went to visit “Aunt Bertha,” a beloved missionary friend who had served in Argentina for many years. She was one of my earliest spiritual mentors, although she wouldn’t have called herself that. Her passion to reach people
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A story posted yesterday at the online news site, Ink Free News, reports on an honor received recently by Dr. Steve Hollar, who is active in the Winona Lake, Ind., Grace Brethren Church (Bruce Barlow, lead pastor). Dr. Hollar received the prestigious Sagamore of the Wabash award from Governor Mike Pence. A portion of the article
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Day two of the Imagine Pastoral Leadership Summit at Grace Church of Greater Akron in Akron, Ohio, is underway. The event is hosted by Grace Church (Jeff Bogue, senior pastor) and Great Commandment Network. David Ferguson is teaching on the tenets of Relational Theology, while Jeff Bogue is challenging participants with insights on pastoral leadership and preaching.
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Jeff Bogue and Grace Church of Greater Akron, Ohio, along with the Great Commandment Network, is hosting the Imagine Pastoral Leadership Summit this week. Each main session is combining teachings from David Ferguson on the tenets of Relational Theology, with challenging insights on pastoral leadership and preaching from Jeff Bogue, as well as powerful times
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More reports are coming in from Florida from Grace Brethren Churches in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. Javier Forero, pastor, Iglesia Comunal la Esperanza, Valrico, Fla, who has also worked with church planting in the Bahamas: As far I know , I have found that 7 churches in Haiti were destroyed. One in the Bahamas
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Friday’s Roanoke, Va., Times, includes a story about H. Odell “Fuzzy” Minnix, a member of the Ghent Grace Brethren Church in Roanoke (Christian Beuggert, pastor) and husband of Janet Minnix, who served as president of Women of Grace USA for 17 years until she stepped down in 2014. Odell, a former air traffic controller, has continued
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Today’s Goshen, Ind., News carries a report of a recent trip by members of Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Goshen (Jim Brown, senior pastor), to Thailand and Cambodia. A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article. Goshen church team visits ‘families’ in Thailand, Cambodia GOSHEN — At
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Hurricane Matthew is making its way up the Florida coast this morning. Encompass’ Crisis Response Network is being initiated. Grace Brethren churches in Florida have made provisions for the storm. Here are few notes yesterday from around the FGBC. From Encompass World Partners As Hurricane Matthew continues its destructive path, Encompass’ Crisis Response Network is gearing up
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Here’s the latest update from Chuck Davis, executive director of Caribbean Vision Ministries, a cooperating ministry in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Thank you for praying for the people of Haiti, the Bahamas, and the United States. Caribbean Vision Ministries is serving Haitian people in each of these countries. This letter is an update
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