A group of four couples were assessed for church-planting potential this week by the North American Church Multiplication Center. The assessment was held at the Sandberg Leadership Center on the campus of Ashland Theological Seminary in Ashland, Ohio. Back L to R: David Miller, Mark Artrip, Bill Ludwig, James Hunt. Middle: Ron Boehm, Sarah Miller, […]
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From Pastor Kurt Miller at the Martinsburg (PA) Grace Brethren Church: It is my joy to announce that we have hired Danny Horton as our new Director of Children’s Ministries! Danny comes with an array of experience from teaching and activities director to journalism. We all know him as a man who loves God and
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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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The Grace Brethren Church of Norwalk, California (Jeff Patton, pastor) invites others to join them Sunday September 18, 2011, to celebrate “100 Years of God’s Faithfulness”, –the Norwalk church’s 100-year anniversary! At 9:30 am there will be a Welcome Reception (refreshments and fellowship time), at 10:45 am will be the Morning Worship Service, followed by
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Today’s Dayton (OH) Daily News includes an article by Brian Orme that is an interview with Bobby Gruenewald, the Innovation Leader at LifeChurch.tv in Edmund, Okla., and the creator of YouVersion, the world largest mobile Bible app. Here is an excerpt–to read the entire article click here. “We have a lot of pastors and a
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The Christian school affiliated with the Grace Brethren Church in Clinton, Maryland (Irv Clark, pastor) was recently featured in a local story on how private schools are surviving the economic turndown. Here is an excerpt–to read the entire story click here. Prince George’s County’s private schools cope with lower enrollments during recession While some private
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Tony Teodoro Luna, 81, of Taos, N.M., died July 25, 2011. He was a licensed Grace Brethren minister and a member of the Grace Brethren Church in Taos. He is preceded in death by parents, Antonio A. Luna and Corina Romero Luna and sister, Cora Luna Sánchez. He is survived by his wife, Efrén Herrera
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Pastor Jim Brown and a team from Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Goshen, Ind., are in Cambodia and Thailand ministering at the orphan homes they sponsor through Asia’s Hope. Yesterday, after saying their good-byes in Battambang, they headed for Phnom Penh. John McCollum, executive director of Asia’s Hope, tells the story on
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Are you a bi-vocational pastor or church planter? Want to connect with other bi-vocational pastors in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches? We are considering some ideas to make this connection in a way that fits your unique schedule. Would you participate in an initial talk? Shawn Kaeser (pastor, Plain City, Ohio) and Tom Avey
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Metropolitan Akron, Ohio, was rocked this weekend with the news of a shooting rampage Sunday in one of its suburbs. Seven were dead in the small town of Copley, and the shooter was killed by police. Within hours, a prayer vigil was announced. More than 300 people gathered in Copley Community Park, not far from
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