News this morning from Pastor Jack Brown (North Shore Bible Church, Essex, Mass.): My brother Jim’s granddaughter received a new heart overnight. As of 6 a.m. of this morning the surgery was finished and she is expected in her room at 7 a.m. Thank you to so many of you for your prayers over the
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Grace Brethren pastor and worship leader, Bart Blair, has released his fourth worship album, The Way. It is his first since 2009. “The songs range in style from pop and contemporary worship to southern gospel,” he says. The album includes 12 original worship songs. Musicians who helped with the project are from both Grasslands Church
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Word has been received of the death of Harold Jones, pastor emeritus at the Penn Valley Church, a Grace Brethren church in Telford, Pa. A service is being planned for early August at the Souderton Mennonite Home. Obituary information will be posted here when it is available.
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Last week’s Brethren World Assembly focused on Spirituality among the groups that trace their spiritual heritage to Alexander Mack and the baptism of eight believers in Schwarzenau, Germany. Those in attendance celebrated their commonalities, while recognizing that many times they disagree on other issues. The Brethren Newsline, which is produced by the Church of the
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A complete report of last week’s Brethren World Assembly in Brookville, Ohio, is available at the Church of the Brethren website, including a photo album. The conference included Grace Brethren leaders as speakers and panelists, including Dr. Roger Peugh, who spoke on Prayer at the opening session at the Grace Brethren Church in Brookville, Ohio.
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“Can you come over to my house tomorrow night after supper?” Mary Bauman, the young, vivacious pastor’s wife, said to twelve-year-old Lida. “I’ll invite some other girls, too. Bring your Bible.” That night, Lida and her friend Susan hurried down the street. “I have an idea,” Mrs. Bauman said to the twelve girls who gathered
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Grace College professor Dr. Jared Burkholder tapped into a new collection in the developing Grace Brethren Archives Friday as he spoke in the general session of the Brethren World Assembly. Speaking on how the Brethren’s sense of spiritual identity was influenced by his or her community’s place in history. The World Assembly is being held
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The first day of the Brethren World Assembly ended this evening as Dr. Roger Peugh issued a call to prayer to those in attendance. Speaking at the Grace Brethren Church in Brookville, Ohio, to an audience of nearly 400 people representing different branches of the Brethren movement, Peugh recounted how James Gribble spent years in
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There was an unexpected result when the folks at the Grace Brethren Church, Leesburg, Ind., invited the community to join them at Thirds in the ‘Burg. Pastor Tim Sprankle shares the story.
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The Grace Brethren Church, Menominee, Mich. (James Burke, pastor) celebrated one year of meeting as a church on Sunday with a baptism service in Lake Michigan. “We baptized three new believers,” Pastor Burke reports. Some photos of the event are included here. For additional images, see the Menominee Grace Brethren Church Facebook page.
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