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Demographic Information Benefits Church Planting Efforts

Knowing the kinds of people who live in our community and the problems they face can be an incredible benefit when it comes to programming for ministry and outreach. In a church plant where I’m involved, we ran a demographic program search for a three mile geographic radius surrounding our meeting location. We were provided

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Schumacher Leaves Long Beach Post

Julie Schumacher, director of communications at the Grace Brethren Church, Long Beach, Calif., has accepted a position with an international ministry called Daughters of Cambodia, which works with victims of sex trafficking.  Through Daughters of Cambodia, young women are offered skills training and employment in one of seven small fair-trade businesses and a range of social, psychological,

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Baehr Weighs in on Intellectual Character Education

Jason Baehr, a member of the Grace Brethren Church in Long Beach, Calif. (Lou Huesmann, pastor), was recently featured on the Harvard Educational Publishing Group blog. A portion of his article appears below. Click here to read the complete story. Educating for Intellectual Character In his recent book Character Compass, Boston University professor Scott Seider tells the

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More Than 30 Pastors Participated in Ethnic Meetings

Today comes an update from Jesús Muñoz, director of ethnic ministries with Encompass World Partners: Thank you for praying for the ethnic gathering, we had more than 30 ethnic leaders participating and some Encompass World Partners employees and a local pastor. Dr. Tom Stalter did a great job presenting the cultural behavior behavior of the

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