Robert Schaffer hadn’t seen Carlos coming, but God did. The pastor of the Grace Brethren Church in Colorado Springs, Colo., remembers meeting Carlos four years ago in the county jail. “I actually went to visit another man,” remembers Schaffer, “This man introduced me to Carlos and we began to visit via video feed.” Carlos had been arrested for the
Typically a smile on the face of an African disappears when a camera comes out. It’s just part of their culture — not smiling in photos. But Simon Pierre Nadjilao, president of the Grace Brethren Churches in the Central African Republic (CAR), could not contain himself as a symbolic check was handed to him recently
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Sam Baer, pastor of Victory Mountain Grace Brethren Chapel, Hyden, Ky., is looking for a good used van that can be donated or purchased for a reasonable cost. “We’d use it every Sunday,” says Pastor Sam. A 12- or 15-passenger vehicle would be ideal and would be used to pick up children who want to
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Paul Poyner has been named to succeed his dad, Jim Poyner, as senior pastor of the Gulfview Grace Brethren Church in Port Richey, Fla. (Jim was the founding pastor at the church 32 years ago.) Paul has served the congregation as pastor to students for the past 16 years. Dustin Zerwas, who grew up in the youth group
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“I once heard someone refer to New England as the ‘graveyard of pastors,’” said Jack Brown, founder and current pastor of North Shore Bible Church (NSBC), a Grace Brethren congregation in Cape Ann, Mass. (That’s him in the photo below.) “We started with a mind to plant churches in New England on Cape Ann and the north
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The annual Christmas production at Grace Polaris, a Grace Brethren church on the north side of Columbus, Ohio (Mike Yoder, lead pastor), kicks off this week for two weekends of performances. It begins with the Night of Giving on Thursday, December 5, when the church provides complimentary tickets to local charitable organizations so they may have the opportunity
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Young adults at the Winona Lake, Ind., Grace Brethren Church (Bruce Barlow, lead pastor), are playing a key role in gathering other young adult Christians in their community for a night of worship. The online news site, Stacey Page Online includes a story about this event, which will be held at The Hub, the community
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Word has been received of the death of Ethel Simmons, wife of the late Grace Brethren pastor, Phillip Simmons. Funeral services are Saturday in Worthington, Ohio. Obituary information appears below. Ethel Joyce Simmons, born August 23, 1914, faithful follower of Jesus since childhood, teaching children of Jesus in Grace Brethren churches. Husband, Pastor Phillip J.
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Cory St. Esprit (in photo at right) is an academic with an activist’s heart. He is currently working on a Ph.D. in geography at Ohio’s Kent State University, where he is studying child slave injustices in Haiti. But that’s not all. Cory is also the director of the STOPdoingWRONG Campaign, a ministry of CPR-3 that seeks to address
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The retirement of Grace Brethren pastor, Jim Poyner, is the topic of a story in yesterday’s Tampa Bay Times. He planted the Gulfview Grace Brethren Church in Port Richey, Fla., and continued to serve as its pastor for 33 years. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Beloved
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