About 80 pastors and ministry leaders from Grace Brethren congregations in the central region of the United States and Canada are gathered this week at Maumee Bay State Park Lodge, Oregon, Ohio, for the annual Focus Retreat. Led by Clancy Cruise, pastor of the Grace Brethren Church, Marysville, Ohio, and the incoming executive director of […]
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Lexi Oliver Fretz, a member of Calvary Grace Brethren Church, Hagerstown, Md. (Jay Fretz, pastor), has found herself in the middle of a media storm after it was revealed that a photo of her stillborn son, Walter, was used in a video about Planned Parenthood without her permission. The story began more than two years
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Former Grace Brethren pastor, Howard Max Snively of Pierceton, Ind., went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at 12:03 a.m. on Sunday, September 27, 2015 at Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home of Fort Wayne, Ind., at the age of 88. He was a resident of Kosciusko County, Ind., for the past 26
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Brian Baughman, founding pastor of Fuente de Vida Grace Bilingual Church in Ekhart, Ind., has announced that leadership of the church has been handed over to someone reached and raised up on the church. Daniel Morales, who has served as adult Sunday school tenner and worship leader, will be leading the congregation. His wife, Alicia, leads
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Here’s a cool story from Grace Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Akron, Ohio (Jeff Bogue, senior pastor). “This is what life is all about — turning to Jesus,” says Brent. Watch his story below. Brent’s Story from Grace Church of Greater Akron on Vimeo.
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From Memorial Day to Labor Day, churches from all over Ashland County, Ohio, are forming teams to walk and pray over the county’s 744 streets during their 100 Days of Prayer Initiative. Ashland Grace Church on West Main (Dan Allan, senior pastor), where Jon Hall is on staff, is one of these. “There are people who have
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Haley Bradfield is joining the GraceConnect team as a part-time staff writer. A graduate of Grace College, she lives in Ashland, Ohio, where she attends the Southview Grace Brethren Church (Mark Abel, pastor). Haley will be posting up to two stories a month to graceconnect.us and will be filling in for MariJean Sanders while she is
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Grace College and Theological Seminary honored several graduates last night at last night’s Celebration of Grace banquet. Bill and Carole Gordon were recognized with the Honorary Alumni Award; Elizabeth Vastbinder was named the Young Alum of the Year; former BMH executive director Terry White received the Alumni Distinguished Service Award; and Grace Brethren pastor, Bob Fetterhoff,
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The weekend of September 12, it rained in Chambersburg, Pa. Last year, around the same time, it drizzled. But neither a drizzle nor a dumping of rain was able to dissuade the congregation of Grace Brethren Church from hosting their annual Grace Community Car Show. A total of 93 cars and motorcycles, of every year, make, and
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Which is the right spiritual tool? That is a question that often comes to mind in selecting a Bible or story book for a child. You realize that it’s as important for a young person as for an adult to hear what God has to tell them in His word. But the lessons should come from
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