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Simi Valley Football Player Finds Success

A football player at Grace Brethren High School, a ministry of the Grace Brethren Church in Simi Valley, Calif. (Jordan Bakker, senior pastor), is featured today’s Riverhead, N.Y., Local News. Zikel Reddick formerly played football at the Riverhead high school and transferred to Grace Brethren at the suggestion of a local coach. A portion of the

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A Call to Be People of Truth and Love

On June 26, U.S. Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 decision that allow same-sex couples the right to marry. This ruling put an end to same-sex marriage bans in 14 states and “provide an exclamation point for breathtaking changes in the nation’s social norms in recent years,” according to the Washington Post. It also put churches, including

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Grace Brethren Boys Hold Rendezvous in Pennsylvania

Grace Brethren Boys is holding their annual Rendezvous this week at Parker Dam State Park near Penfield, Pa. “We have 78 men and boys this week from Indiana and Ohio churches,” says Rob Gable, executive director. “We have been studying ‘who are you?’ using the life of David to illustrate the many ways God sees

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Simi Valley Football Team Participates in Competitions

Today’s Simi Valley, Calif., Acorn, has a story about the football team at Grace Brethren High School, a ministry of the Grace Brethren Church, Simi Valley, Calif. (Jordan Bakker, pastor). A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article and see additional photographs. Lancers don’t tire of San Luis Obispo

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In It for the Long Haul

Urban church planting ministry has unique challenges. In places where Pete Forshtay ministers as congregational pastor at Crossroads Community Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), individuals and families are often entrenched in generations of poverty, family imbalance, violence, and mental illness. Sharing the gospel with individuals who come from such backgrounds is a life-changing matter of the heart, but often

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