In anticipation of an upcoming issue of GraceConnect magazine that will be devoted to the Identity Initiative of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, several documents were released prematurely last Friday on graceconnect.us and via RSS feed. Apart from the fuller context of the magazine, the staff at GraceConnect recognizes these documents may be confusing. We […]
The worldwide leaders of Grace Brethren fellowships met in August of 2008 at Bad Homburg, Germany, and crafted the original document entitled “Commitment to Common Mission.” That document revealed the intention of Grace Brethren worldwide to progress over the decade of 2010 in the three areas of evangelism and church planting, leadership development, and integrated
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Charis Declaration of Common Identity (A work in progress to be completed by October 2015) Our Affirmation of the Centrality of Jesus Christ We declare that Jesus Christ, the incarnate Word of God[1], as revealed in the Bible, the written Word of God[2], is the only Savior and Lord[3]. This reality, the Word of God
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The Statement of Faith Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (1969) In 1967 the conference appointed a committee under the chairmanship of Dr. Russell D. Barnard to clarify and strengthen the original Message of the Brethren Ministry. The new statement was intended to be a better and clearer expression of the doctrines held by Grace Brethren Churches.
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The Message of the Brethren Ministry National Ministerial Association of The Brethren Church (1921) Since its inception in 1883, The Brethren Church had avoided adopting any statement of faith. When a very simple statement was proposed at the beginning, someone moved the New Testament as the substitute motion for the statement of faith, and they voted
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The anticipation of spring is the topic of a photo published in the Wooster, Ohio, Daily Record, of an event that took place in the front yard of Grace Church, a Grace Brethren Church in Wooster (Bob Fetterhoff, pastor). Click here to see the complete post. CAR HITS ICE, BUT WARMER DAYS COMING A car
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Good news from Grace Church in Sebring, Fla. (Randy Smith, pastor), which is helping re-launch the Grace Brethren Church in Ocala, Fla. The work will be led by Pastor Todd McQueen and his wife, Deb. He is a recent graduate of Grace Theological Seminary. Several other families will be moving to Sebring to join with
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Last week we were introduced to Washington Heights Grace Brethren Church in Roanoke, Va., where the church’s Wednesday night children’s ministry draws more attendees than the church on Sunday morning. And they are totally okay with that. The church, established in 1951, has been faithful in prayer for many years. In the last few years, God started
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MISHAWAKA, Ind. – Grace’s men’s basketball team faced a 17-point deficit in the second half of the Crossroads League Tournament championship game against Bethel, but the Lancers nearly pulled off a comeback for the ages. The Lancers cut the gap to one possession late in the game, but the Pilots sank 7-of-8 from the free
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For the past two years, the Grace Brethren Church of Homerville, Ohio (Reid Firestone, pastor) has partnered with the Friends of Black River to host the SOS 5K and Mile Fun Run. This year, the race on Saturday, March 22 will be in honor of Drew Guyer, a 13-year old boy who passed away in December after
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