The tension in the room was palpable. Spread on the table before us were the Statements of Faith of the Grace Brethren Churches of the Central African Republic, Chad, Cameroon, and Nigeria. Seated around the table were the presidents and secretaries who represented those churches. It was November 2013, and joining with us in Yaoundé, […]
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It’s happened to all of us – that awkward moment when someone asks, “So, just what is a Grace Brethren, anyway?” How do you answer? More times than we like to admit, many of us default to comments like, “Well, we’re sort of like the Baptists, except we have a different way of baptizing and organizing
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Todd Scoles, writing in the introduction to Restoring the Household: The Quest of the Grace Brethren Church (BMH Books, 2008), believed the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches suffered from a sort of identity crisis. He noted that we are a group who sincerely want to know and follow Jesus, but we are relatively small within the
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Jim Hocking, founder and executive director of Water for Good (formerly ICDI), is now at home. He had been hospitalized over the weekend following a stroke on Friday evening. Here is an update from his wife, Faye, posted last evening (Tuesday). We are going home! Jim now has a chip inserted that will monitor his
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Prayer is requested for Jim Hocking, founder of Water for Good (formerly ICDI). He was taken to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind., on Friday evening following an apparent stroke. He’s been undergoing testing since that time and is expected to stay at the hospital at least through tomorrow. Below is a post on Facebook
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WVNO, Mansfield, Ohio, has a report about the recent drama production at the Woodville Grace Brethren Church (Ron Smals, pastor). Angels of the Empyrean: Journey to the Empty Tomb was written by David Lewis and wife, Janea, who are members of the Woodville church. The production was held over the Easter weekend with all proceeds going
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Steve Miller, a member of the Winona Lake (Ind.) Grace Brethren Church (Bruce Barlow, lead pastor) and the chief executive officer at Kosciusko Community Hospital, has been tapped to lead the local United Way campaign in Kosciusko County. A story detailing his appointment as the 2014 campaign chair recently appeared on the online news site,
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Larry Copenhaver, and his daughter, Melanie, members of the Grace Brethren Church in Sunnyside, Wash. (Nathan Zakahi, pastor), is featured this week in the Home and Garden section of the Daily Sun News. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete story. (It’s on page 26.) “My mind’s active, but
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Word has been received of the March 13, 2014, death of Lyle W. Marvin, Jr., 81. He was active nationally in Grace Brethren laymen activities. His obituary appears below. May 26, 1933 ~March 13, 2014 Highland, Ca Lyle was a long time resident of the San Bernardino area. He served as a fireman for 20 years with the
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Numerous Grace Brethren congregations held outreach events in the form of Easter egg hunts or cookouts over the weekend. Here’s one that was covered by the local newspaper. Warwick News, a partner of LancasterOnline, reported on the Easter egg hunt at Grace Church, Lititz, Pa. (Ivanildo Trandade, pastor). A portion of the story appears below.
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