Fraternite Charis d’ Haiti, the group of churches in Haiti affiliated with the Charis Alliance, began their first national conference yesterday. The conference are meeting on the campus of House of Hope Orphanage in Cap Haitian, Haiti, through Sunday, March 31, 2019. This new network of 90 congregations from throughout the country is committed to […]
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Word has been received of the death of Wander Heller, wife of Dr. Duke Heller, a BMH Books author who has served as an elder at Grace Polaris Church, a Charis Fellowship congregation on the north side of Columbus, Ohio (Mike Yoder, lead pastor). Her obituary appears below. Wanda Lee Heller, age 82, went to
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Like so many missionaries in closed countries, Aaron and Beth’s* daily lives look different from those of traditional church planters in other parts of the world. The challenges are monumental, and the work can seem to progress at a slow pace. But their consistent effort and creative approach are steadily making inroads into their community.
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We had planned to mourn our daughter’s death in private. At 26-weeks gestation, our perfectly-healthy baby girl stopped breathing, and we were told the operation to deliver her would take mere minutes, leaving us with the hearts of parents, but no child to raise. We knew we’d mourn her passing, but we planned to do
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Warsaw Christian School will be closed the next three days due to the increased cases of illness among students and staff, according to a report issued yesterday at the online news site, InkFreeNews. Warsaw Christian School is sponsored by Community Grace Brethren Church, Warsaw, Ind. (Tiberius Rata, interim pastor). A portion of the story appears
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Last week marked the 300th issue of GraceConnect eNews! Since the first newsletter in June 2013, we have told a new story each week of what God is doing in and through the people and churches of the Charis Fellowship (Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches). With last week’s issue, we took a look back at
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[quote align=”center” color=”#999999″]Most Christians in the United States are willing to live with the guilt of knowing they could be more generous but not willing to live without the luxuries our society affords us.[/quote] In three of the four Gospels, two stories are always told together. The first is where the little children came to
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Chuck Davis, executive director of Caribbean Vision Ministries, has sent a reminder to pray for this week’s first national conference of the Charis Alliance churches in Haiti. God has told us to “pray without ceasing” (KJV) or “pray continually” (NIV) because “this is God’s will for you in Christ,” (1 Thessalonians 5:17-18). Prayer is a
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The date for the Northwest Focus Retreat has changed. It will be May 20 – 22, 2019 at Camp Clear Lake near White Pass, Wash., rather than what was previously posted (May 13-15). As the retreat did last year, it will begin at Iglesia De Los Hermanos, 202 West Mead Ave., Yakima, Wash., on Monday evening then move on
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An article in Friday’s Washington Post reports the decision of Grace Brethren Christian school to leave its athletic conference early because of the league’s allowance of transgender athletes to compete on teams consistent with their gender identities. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Grace Brethren Christian School
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