More than 80 pastors and leaders from Grace Brethren churches and ministries from Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Michigan, are gathered this week at Maumee Bay State Park near Toledo, Ohio, for the Central Focus Retreat. Led by Dr. Dave Guiles, the 48-hour retreat is focusing on “Shaping the Future” and is designed to begin […]
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Roland Maust, pastor of the Grace Brethren Church, Uniontown, Pa., and a Civil War historian, is the speaker at the California University of Pennsylvania Civil War Roundtable presentation on Thursday, October 9. A story in Saturday’s Pittsburgh Tribune-Review tells the details. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Ohio
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The Englewood, Ohio, Independent has reported that Grace Brethren Village, an assisted living facility sponsored by the Tri-State District of Grace Brethren Churches, has received their seventh deficiency-free survey from the State of Ohio. The facility is located at 1010 Taywood Road, Englewood, Ohio 45322. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read
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Greg Bixler, executive director and co-founder of Design Outreach, a cooperating ministry in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, is quoted in a article in Friday’s Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Africa trip to bring water pumps still on despite Ebola The co-founder of
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Services have been announced for Dr. John Sproule, former professor at Grace Theological Seminary. Dr. Sproule died Thursday, October 2, in Alabama. Visitation Sunday, October 05, 2014 12:30p.m. – 2:30p.m. Ridout’s Southern Heritage Funeral Home 475 Cahaba Valley Road Pelham, Alabama 35124 Celebration of John’s Life Sunday, October 05, 2014 2:30p.m. Ridout’s Southern Heritage Chapel
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Grace Brethren Church of Columbus, Ohio, first met in the basement of a Worthington home in 1964 with 15 people in attendance. In 2014, they are celebrating 50 years of multiplying devoted followers of Jesus in the metro Columbus area and beyond through what is now Grace Polaris Church (Mike Yoder, lead pastor). Next weekend, October
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The Fall 2014 issue of GraceConnect magazine has been mailed to subscribers and is now available online. The publication, produced by the Brethren Missionary Herald Company for leaders and individuals in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC), is printed quarterly and sent, at no charge, to interested individuals. This issue includes reports from FellowShift,
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Word has been received of the death this morning of Dr. John Sproule, a Grace Theological Seminary graduate who taught at the school from 1976 to 1986. He also taught at Southeastern Bible College in Birmingham, Ala., and Capital Bible Seminary in Lanham, Md., and served as president of Washington Bible College and Capital Bible Seminary from 1991 to
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Two congregations in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches have recently evaluated their individual ministries and have made decisions that impact the future of their local churches. In Reinholds, Pa., Bread of Life Fellowship Church has closed its doors. Dr. Rick Fairman, pastor of the group, is looking for a new ministry. In Winona Lake,
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This January, Asia’s Hope, a cooperating ministry in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, will host its first ever Himalayan Leaders Conference. Executive director, John McCollum, and his wife, Kori, will be co-hosting this conference with Asia’s Hope India National Director, Pastor Nandu Gurung, and his wife, Anu. Hundreds of pastors from Northeast India, Nepal, Bhutan, and
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