Dr. Terry Hofecker, who has been senior pastor of Northwest Chapel in Dublin, Ohio, since the founding of the congregation in 1985, last Sunday announced his retirement from NWC effective December 31, 2011. Hofecker said, “We are probably going to do a semi-retirement phase for 4-5 years and then transition to full retirement.” He indicated […]
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Rick Horner, who has served the past five years on the staff of the Martinsburg, Penna., Grace Brethren Church, has felt God’s calling to help revitalize the Conemaugh, Penna., Grace Brethren Church. Because of that calling, the Horners are completing their Martinsburg ministry on September 30, 2011. Martinsburg pastor Kurt Miller said, “This Sunday we will be
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Maranatha Brethren Church in Hagerstown, Maryland, (Dan Thornton, Executive Pastor) is looking for a new Associate Pastor. The job responsibilities will be to lead the people of Maranatha in four primary areas: outreach and community impact, assimilation and discipleship of new believers, youth ministries, and family ministries. A job description may be viewed online at
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Many have been praying for Hispanic church planter Jesus Munoz as he and his Florida congregation have slowly moved through all the processes and approvals needed to launch a building project. Now Jesus gives this positive in-progress report: “I want to praise God that the cement trucks rolled out of our church property and the
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Grace Church of Greater Akron has been named to Outreach Magazine’s top 100 largest and fastest growing churches in North America list. The church’s announcement says, “God continues to bless here in Akron and we are humbled to serve Him. Jeff Bogue and Dan Gregory as well as the whole leadership team are grateful for
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Do you have a good feel for how healthy and effective your church is? Are you looking for a good, objective, data-based way to gauge how your church is doing (measuring qualities other than size, rate of growth, size of budget, etc.)? An innovative new health and church effectiveness and leadership study is being launched
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At Vision2020, the national conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC), several videos were shown that told stories of Grace Brethren ministries and what they are doing in the areas of church planting, integrated ministries, and leadership development, the main points of the Charis Commitment to Common Mission, which has been adopted by
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Grasslands Church, a new Grace Brethren church being planted in Alberta, Canada, launched this morning at 10:15 a.m., welcoming more than 165 men, women and children to the Galaxy Cinemas in Medicine Hat. Pastor Oliver Edwards reported, “Our launch team served with passion and heart and love. People were welcome and connected, and a great
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Bud Olszewski, pastor of the Rittman, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church, was one personality featured in his local news media in a retrospective article on 9/11. Here are some excerpts—to read the article in its entirety, click here. Bud Olszweski, the Rittman boys soccer coach and Grace Brethren pastor, was listening to a tape in his
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Grace Brethren Church at 215 Arthur St., West Kittanning, Pa., will hold a “Run to Remember” with a 5K run/21/2 mile walk and children’s half-mile race on Sept. 11. Registration will be at 3:30 p.m., walk/run at 5 p.m., and children’s race at 5:45 p.m. or after the adult race. All military past and present
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