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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Pastor Victor Young of Fountain of Life Bible Church in Johnson City, Tenn., admits his church’s unique approach to outreach. “Throughout the years I have been accused of being too evangelistic, and I have never been able to figure that one out,” he says. Fountain of Life takes full advantage of its nickname “The Biker
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It was such a long, long ride, but it really wasn’t very far. The house and yard had gotten to be too much for my Dad to take care of. He had just had his 90th birthday, and I didn’t blame him. Mother had been gone eight years. Being alone in a house can be
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God has been working in amazing ways at Pleasant Grove Grace Brethren Church, a small congregation outside North English, Iowa. From paving the way for the formation of a local Bible club to bringing children to saving faith in Jesus Christ, exciting things have been happening in their community. For some time, the mother of
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“A big part of our strategy has been to look for ways that we can engage the community in what it’s already doing,” says Pastor Chris Skowronek of CenterPoint Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Wethersfield, Conn. Those are big words in a region that is predominately Catholic with only a handful of evangelical
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A Gathering for Outreach from GraceConnect (BMH) on Vimeo. The folks at the Grace Brethren Church in Waynesboro, Pa., realized their ranks were growing old and gray and they needed to reach out to younger people. So they disbanded their traditional Wednesday evening prayer service and created 606 Family Gathering, an outreach that provides practical
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A Brethren World Assembly, consisting of constituents and friends of the Brethren groups descended from the German Anabaptist/Radical Pietist religious leader Alexander Mack in the early 1700s, will be held in the Dayton, Ohio, area Thursday through Sunday, July 11-14, 2013. The meetings will be hosted by the Brethren Heritage Center in Brookville, Ohio, with evening
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The Winona Lake, Ind., artisan pottery business, MudLOVE, has initiated an effort to raise funds that will help ICDI (Integrated Community Development International) regain some of their property that has been taken in recent looting in the Central African Republic. Termed “Pump Water Not Bullets,” the initiative will see 50 percent of proceeds from the sale
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Today’s church planting news comes from Tony Webb, director of VisionOhio. Here are a few excerpts from his recent e-newsletter: Jacksontown GBC: Last time I sent out our prayer letter, I asked you to pray for our Easter Sunday morning service. We have been working for 18 months now in the harvest around Jacksontown with
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