The Charis Alliance website, first developed for the global meetings of Alliance networks, has been redesigned to serve as a global communications and prayer platform. New features include daily access to the 30 Days to a More Resilient Faith devotional select resources (more to come soon; feel free to submit more) direct link for churches […]
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The final online conference call with Charis Fellowship pastors and ministry leaders on Thursday afternoon provided numerous ideas for how to minister in the age of COVID-19. It was the third online event that provided an opportunity for those from around North America to connect for encouragement and networking. As with the calls on Tuesday
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What will I do with my toilet paper? Strange as it may seem, this has suddenly become the most pressing theological question of our day. The coronavirus has turned our world upside down, and now, as Christians, we must determine how we will respond to this pandemic and the panic it has caused. How do
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As Kosciusko County, Ind., confirmed its first case of coronavirus on Thursday, the Public Health Officer, Dr. William Remington, expressed confidence that the community is prepared to combat the virus, according to a story in he Warsaw, Ind., Times-Union. (Dr. Remington is a member of Winona Lake, Ind., Grace Brethren Church, Bruce Barlow, lead pastor.) A
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A story in today’s Goshen News recounts how a donation made to an effort sponsored by Grace Community Church (Jim Brown, senior pastor), a Charis Fellowship congregation in Goshen, has come full circle. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Approximately 30,000 N95 masks find their way back
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About 35 pastors and ministry leaders in the Charis Fellowship gathered online Wednesday afternoon as the second of three calls designed for collaboration and encouragement as they navigate church life in a world impacted by the Coronavirus. Let by Phil Sparling, executive director of the Charis Fellowship and senior pastor at Auburn Grace Community Church, Auburn, Calif.,
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March Madness: Canceled Disney World: Closed Classes: Online Travel to Europe: Suspended Canceled. Closed. Online. Suspended. Is anyone else tired of hearing these words? It’s inevitable that you are a victim of canceled events, postponed trips, remote classes, and accomodating plans. Maybe it’s your senior year of college, and the last semester you thought you had with your
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About 35 or 40 Charis Fellowship pastors and ministry leaders gathered online this morning for collaboration and encouragement as each discussed how they are conducting ministries in the age of the coronavirus pandemic. The meeting was the first of three scheduled gatherings called by Phil Sparling, executive director of the Charis Fellowship, to help pastors
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Assist Church Expansion has announced a three-hour free webinar to help people learn to share their faith more effectively. Nathan Bryant, executive director of Assist Church Expansion, will host session on the “Farming Model of Evangelism.” This training is designed to empower you and your church to cultivate purposeful, intentional relationships that will help people
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Bud Olszewski, pastor at Grace Brethren Church, Rittman, Ohio, has sent an update on Bob Combs, who has been fighting a blood infection for several weeks. (See Prayer Requested for Bob Combs.) “He completed his infusions last Sunday (3/15) and is off of antibiotics,” reports Bud. “He says he believes he is thinking clearer and
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