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New Shoes, New Congregation, and A Church-Planting Conference

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Grace Fellowship Church, Brunswick, Md., launched on Sunday and this week Pastor/Church Planter Scott Avey, his wife, Jennifer, and others are in Orlando, Fla., at Exponential Church Planting Conference. Check out this video, from Orlando, that includes news about the launch, the conference, and upcoming events at Grace Fellowship Church. This is a weekly vlog […]

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Osceola Church Helps Flooding Victims

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The subject of a story in the Goshen, Ind., News, credits her church, Osceola Grace Brethren Church, for helping her clean up following recent flooding in her home. Lisa Sluder expressed gratitude for the help of people from her church. A portion of the story appears below. To read the complete article, click here. Creekwood

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Services Announced for Aiden Katip

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Services for Aiden Katip, the nearly nine-year-old grandson of Dr. Bill and Debbie Katip (he’s president of Grace College and Seminary) have been scheduled. They will be held March 4 in Pleasant Hills, Pa. A complete schedule and an obituary appear below. The Katips have been appreciative of the support they have received. “The Holy

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Grace Fellowship Church Begins in Brunswick, Md.

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Grace Fellowship Church, Brunswick, Md., held its first public service on Sunday, February 25, with 179 people in attendance. “One person indicated they are entering a faith relationship with Jesus Christ,” pastor Scott Avey reported. “We blessed two precious members of the community with $500 of grocery gift cards. I am so proud of my

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Three Creeks Launches With More than 240 in Attendance

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“How can I sum up my feelings after today for these people?! They’re my friends, my chosen family, my community, and there’s more of them than just pictured here! We just had our first official service together as Three Creeks Church, and I am blown away by them all. Today I celebrate them and all

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Goshen Church Serves Flood Victims

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As communities in Elkhart County, Ind., experience rising flood waters this week, Grace Community Church, Goshen, Ind. (Jim Brown, senior pastor), is ready to help. An article in the Goshen, Ind., News notes that several people took advantage of the opportunity to stay at the church Wednesday night, which is serving as an American Red

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Standing for Marriage

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Is the Christian view of marriage truly Biblical or merely traditional? If it is Biblical, is it essential? Must we hold to a traditional view of marriage as Christians? These are the questions that prompted Adam Copenhaver, pastor of Mabton Grace Brethren Church in Mabton, Wash., to study marriage and compile his notes into a book

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Lititz Teen and Band Debut at Festival

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A member of Grace Church, Lititz, Pa. (Tim Boal, interim lead pastor), and his fellow band members had the opportunity to debut in front of family and friends at the recent Fire & Ice festival in Lititz. Nate Yager and his friends, Justin Buckwalter and Joshua Buckwalter, form Scout, who performed together for the first time at the

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Program, Registration Set for Sixth Brethren World Assembly

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Program and registration details are now in place for the Sixth Brethren World Assembly, to be held August 9-12, 2018, in Winona Lake, Ind. The every-five-years gathering is sponsored by the Brethren Encyclopedia, Inc., and is being hosted by the Winona Lake, Ind., Grace Brethren Church. Focusing on the theme “Brethren Intersections: History, Identity, Crosscurrents,”

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Winona Lake Connection to Billy Graham Remembered

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The announcement today of the death of evangelist Billy Graham at the age of 99 recalls the connection of Winona Lake, Ind., home to many ministries in the Charis Fellowship, to Graham as he prepared to hold his first crusade in 1949 in Los Angeles, Calif. A group of 40 to 50 young men gathered

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