Grace Brethren ministries in South America are partnering to provide help following a powerful earthquake that struck April 16 along the Ecuadorian coast. Grace Brethren people from five countries will join for this effort. Here’s yesterday’s update from Barb Wooler, director of crisis response for Encompass World Partners. We can strengthen our partners ministry next week in
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Craig Douglas Christner, 73, died May 9, 2016. He was a ordained Grace Brethren pastor who served as interim pastor at Fairlawn Grace Brethren Church, now Grace Church, in Akron, Ohio. Born June 19, 1942 in Akron, Ohio, to Milton E. and L. Imogene Christner, he graduated from Cuyahoga Falls High School in 1960 and
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Sunday’s Long Beach Telegram includes a story about a church planting movement in that city. Several Grace Brethren churches in the region are involved with this effort. Below is a portion of the story. Click here to read the complete story. In Long Beach, new churches spring up as younger pastors flock to city Known culturally
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A story in the Simi Valley, Calif., Acorn, celebrates student-athletes in its area who have excelled off the athletic field or court. A number of them include students at Grace Brethren High School, which is a ministry of Grace Brethren Church, Simi Valley, Calif. (Jordan Bakker, pastor). A portion of the story appears below. Click
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“We are all broken. But it’s the good kind of broken, because we’re not meant to be perfect. And through that brokenness, we are loved.” Growing up trapped in a sexually abusive relationship, and losing the love of his life in a fire, Isken of Movement Church (Mark Artrip, pastor) tells the story of how God healed
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Grace Brethren pastor, Mark Abel, is quoted in a story on ABC-6 WSYX about a effort in Ohio to pass a bill designed to protect pastors. Abel is pastor of Southview Grace Brethren Church in Ashland, Ohio. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article and view the story as
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Late last week, a story about Jon Damon’s battle with cancer was featured on CBS Philly’s website. Jon is the son of Grace Brethren pastor Jonathon Damon, who is on staff at Gateway Grace Church, a Grace Brethren church in Coatesville, Pa. (Scott Feather, senior pastor). A portion of the story appears below. Click here to
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Randy Smith, director of the Great Commission Bible Institute and pastor of Grace Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Sebring, Fla., reports: “We are all rejoicing as these 19 students graduated from Great Commission Bible Institute in Sebring, FL. They have been on a relentless pursuit of understanding each of the 1189 chapters of the
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Grace Brethren pastor, Roger Tickle, served as master of ceremonies for the National Day of Prayer observance in Mount Vernon, Ohio. (He is the pastor of Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Mount Vernon.) Below is a portion of a report about the event from the Mount Vernon News. Click here to read
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A post in the Kittanning, Pa., newspaper, noted that students at Grace Christian School, a ministry of the West Kittanning Grace Brethren Church (Larry Edwards, senior pastor), packed 14,000 fortified macaroni and cheese meals for the Armstrong County Food Bank on April 22, their highest number ever. The increase was due to increased local business support,
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