“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams may not have had Dr. Larry Chamberlain in mind when he penned these words, but Chamberlain’s 36-year ministry with the Grace Brethren Investment Foundation and Grace Brethren North American Missions (GBIF/GBNAM) did just
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Fight Club, the men’s ministry founded by Pastor Jim Brown at Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Goshen, Ind., was featured over the weekend in the Post-Tribune, a Chicago Sun-Times publication that covers Northwest, Ind. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete story. Jerry Davich: Fight Club
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The Sunnyside, Wash., Daily SunNews recently included a feature about the new pastor at the Grace Brethren Church in nearby MABTON, Wash. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete story. Familiar face leading Mabton congregation MABTON- Adam Copenhaver may have recently been named the permanent pastor at Mabton Grace
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Doug greeted us as we walked in the door of Ben and Joy’s restaurant. Life-changing meals are not common. I enjoy food quite a bit, but I was not expecting all that God had in mind with this amazing meal on that particular summer evening. My wife, Cathy, and I were considering relocating to the
Staffing changes at Grace Brethren churches have been announced, as well as several districts have examined several recommended them to their local church for licensure or ordination. Click on their hyper-linked name to send them a note of congratulations. Nathaniel Foote has started as Associate Pastor of Family Ministries at the Grace Brethren Church in
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Daniel Pierce and his wife, Teressa, are planting a missional Grace Brethren congregation in the Triad region near Greensboro, N.C. (Click here to see a recent story about this new church.) Recently he shared this story: I serve Hospice here and was assigned Gary a man with terminal cancer. Three weeks ago was my first
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Word has been received of the death of J.C. “Rocky” Rockafellow, father of Mick Rockafellow, who most recently pastored at the Grace Brethren Church in Lansing, Mich. He died May 15 at the age of 90. Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Saturday, May 18, 2013, at the Shelly-Odell Funeral Home, 518 S. Main St., Eaton
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Historic documents, photos, and other items related to the Grace Brethren movement will be better organized, thanks to the support of the Grace Brethren Investment Foundation. The Foundation recently made a gift of $2,500 to the Brethren Missionary Herald Company (GraceConnect) to be used toward the development of an archive devoted to the Fellowship of
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The term “One Church in Many Locations” might be confusing, but Michelle Kane, communications director for the Penn Valley Church Multi-Site Network (Tim Boal, multi-site network executive director), a set of Grace Brethren congregations in eastern Pennsylvania, has an easy way to explain it. “It’s kind of like Penn State has their main campus,” she says,
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Pastor Mistitt leans back in his office chair staring at the ceiling as the words from his book tumble over the cerebral cortex of his brain. “The definition of leadership is simply influence,” he whispers to himself. “Wow, what a concept. I can use that at our next leadership meeting!” Shelves crammed with books on
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