The Ohio premiere of the movie, “Chosen,” will be Thursday, January 9, at Grace Polaris Church, 8225 Worthington-Galena Road, Westerville, Ohio (Mike Yoder, pastor). Hosted by the church and sponsored by Shared Hope International, the film details how two victims were recruited into sex trafficking. Also speaking at the event are Vern Smith and Nick Lembo, who […]
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One out of three families in North America live in multi-family housing, according to Nathan Wells, a Grace Brethren church planter in northern Ohio. He says that ten percent or less of those people have a saving relationship with Jesus Christ. “This is an area of our society and our world that has been neglected
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Members of Grace Church, a Grace Brethren church in Wooster, Ohio (Bob Fetterhoff, pastor), were among those from several churches who blessed the people of the community over the weekend with a party at the Wooster Hope Center. A story and video in today’s Wooster Daily Record tells the story. A portion of the article
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Sam Mylin, a member of Grace Church at Willow Valley, a Grace Brethren congregation in Lancaster, Pa. (John F. Smith, pastor), has been creating a series of paintings based on the Christmas song, The 12 Days of Christmas, for the last twelve years. This year, the last painting will be unveiled and the series displayed together for
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A story on this week’s philly.com (Philadelphia Inquirer) details the story of a Pennsylvania coach who attends Gateway Grace Community Church, Parkesburg, Pa. (Mike Silliman, pastor). Matt Ortega recently gave a portion of his liver to his father, who has liver cancer. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete
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A long-time member of the Ellet Grace Brethren Church, Akron, Ohio (Jonathan Carey, pastor), James A. Burtoft, age 94, died December 16, 2013. Born in Akron, he was a life resident, and was employed at the Kesselring Dairy. James and his brother, Joseph, developed a casing machine used in the dairy industry and obtained a
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John Teevan, director of Henry and Francis Weber School at Grace College (Winona Lake, Ind.), is published today on the Acton Institute PowerBlog. A portion of his essay appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Liberty in Two Keys When we think of our freedoms and how they are basic to our society
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Aaron Scantlen, church planter/pastor of Empty Hands Bible Church in Winona Lake, Ind., reports his first baptism — for the church and for himself as a pastor. “Javares Cooks accepted Christ this April after one of our Core Team members shared the gospel with him,” Pastor Aaron reports. “And due to his public testimony, three more came
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Pastor Ivan H. French of Winona Lake, Ind., died at 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 12, 2013 at Grace Village Health Care Facility, Winona Lake, Ind., at the age of 88. He was the pastor of Pleasant View Bible Church of Warsaw, Ind., from 1975-1992. After serving three churches, Professor Ivan French, taught for more
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News this morning of the death of Annette Lewis Lear comes from Dan Pritchett, pastor of Valley Grace Brethren Church, Hagerstown, Md. “Joey and Annette Lear served here at Valley Grace a number of years ago. Joey was an assistant Pastor with emphasis on youth ministry and CE. Annette grew up at Blue Ridge Grace
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