Grace Brethren pastors, leaders, and church members from around the world are descending upon Toronto this week for Margins|2016, the national conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, which begins tonight. It continues through Monday afternoon at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel. The conference marks 20 years since a group of young church planters were […]
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Singer Hill Grace Brethren Church, Johnstown, Pa. (Drew Walther, pastor), hosted an outdoor worship service yesterday as part of the Jackson Heritage Festival. A story in the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat shared the details. A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article. Jackson Heritage Festival organizers optimistic about event The Jackson Heritage
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Michel Faulkner, pastor of New Horizon Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in New York City, has announced that he is a candidate for mayor of New York for 2017. He made the announcement yesterday on the Kevin McCullough Show on WMCA radio. Click here to listen to the broadcast. Follow Michel’s campaign on Facebook or his web
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Speaking at a conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, Jeff Bogue, pastor of Grace Church in Akron, Ohio, encouraged the audience to come alongside those who are figuratively rebuilding the wall, as in the book of Nehemiah, for the cause of Christ. He cited a number of Grace Brethren ministries in the Akron
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A growing trend in church planting is the development or adoption of additional campuses by a congregation. It allows a growing church to reach another community with the gospel, while being wise stewards of dollars spent for administrative purposes, such as bookkeeping, communications, bulk purchasing, etc. Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Fremont,
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Nick Cleveland, recently named senior pastor at Grace Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Wooster, Ohio, posted news on Facebook last night following the devastating fire at their home. It is shared here with his permission. Today we had a house fire, #hisloveenduresforever As many of you know today we had a house fire. Praise
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Word has been received of a fire today at the home of Nick and Vicki Cleveland. (He is the newly-appointed senior pastor at Grace Church, a Grace Brethren church in Wooster, Ohio.) All family members are safe and unharmed, but it appears the house may be a total loss. According to the church Facebook page,
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A story in yesterday’s Waynesboro, Pa., Herald-Mail, reports how Operation Barnabas, a ministry of CE National, helped at a summer festival alongside folks from the Grace Brethren Church, Waynesboro, Pa. (Timothy Clothier, pastor). A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article and photos. Waynesboro’s Summer Jubilee drives forward despite afternoon rain
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The annual Wifflefest was held this past week at Southview Grace Brethren Church, Ashland, Ohio (Mark Abel, pastor). Here’s a round-up of some of the coverage. Ashland Plays Host To Wifflefest 17 (WMFD) It has become an Ashland tradition since 2000, Wifflefest. The annual event started by Pastor Mark Abel has teams coming in from all over
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A story in yesterday’s Bowling Green, Ohio, Sentinel-Tribune, introduces a new pastor and a new name for the Grace Brethren Church in Bowling Green. Rod Peebles is the new pastor and the name has been changed to Grace Church. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. New pastor and
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