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Cristo Ahora Ministry in Cuba

May 14, 2025

In January 2025, a team of people spent a few weeks in Cuba meeting with churches, pastors, and seminary students. The team members were Pastor R and Debbie Greene (former senior pastor Community Grace Church Frederick, Md.), Chaplain James and Elizabeth Schaefer, Ted Offut (International Director of Church Planting with Encompass World Partners), Enrique Sandoval (deacon at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in […]

Grace Church Lake Campus Celebrates One Year of Services

May 9, 2025

Sunday, May 4, 2025 marked one year of Sunday gatherings for Grace Church Lake Campus in Indian Lake, Ohio. The church celebrated with a special service at Old Field Beach on Indian Lake that included a reflection on the history of the church campus plant, a time of worship, a special honoring of those who […]

Stepping Into Unknown Territory

April 24, 2025

I knew what God was calling me to, but I didn’t know where to start. Being a woman in full-time ministry was a foreign concept to me, and yet I found myself desiring to make this a reality. There were women in my local church, and in my community, who had been reaching out to […]

In Celebration of Threefold Communion

March 27, 2025

In Celebration of Threefold Communion Proper understanding of the significance of a celebration is necessary to fully appreciate it. So it is with Communion. Without knowing the historical context of why we do it, the spiritual significance for our lives now, or the implications for the church, our practice of Communion would lack some of […]

A Broader Theological Vision

March 18, 2025

Theological vision is the goal of the Charis Symposium. In his 1993 book The Fabric of Theology, Richard Lints describes theological vision as the effort “to capture the entire counsel of God as revealed in the Scriptures and to communicate it in a conceptuality that is native to the theologian’s own age.” Such a theological […]

It All Started with a Prayer

March 13, 2025

In September 2024 Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida and continued to move inland. By the time it reached the mountains of western North Carolina, it had weakened to a tropical storm. It hovered over the region, dropping record-breaking amounts of rain. This caused flooded rivers and devastating mudslides, affecting thousands of people who were […]

Speakers Announced for Charis Fellowship Conference 2025 in Lititz, Pa.

March 6, 2025

At Charis Fellowship Conference this summer, we’ll look at discipleship from different angles: one-on-one relationships, church culture, intentional outreach, and disciple making in the home. Join us as we explore what it means to be ALL IN. Charis Fellowship Conference is a three-day gathering of pastors, ministry leaders, and committed church members for the purpose of studying the Bible, […]

Ministry Over the Long Haul

February 28, 2025

I know that there are those who have far exceeded my brief 45 years of full-time ministry. But God has graciously allowed me to serve in three locations…the last being 34 years in Meyersdale, Pa. I’ve learned that longevity in any ministry is not due to the ability of the servant, but the grace and […]

The Role of a Pastor’s Wife

February 20, 2025

Being a pastor’s wife is a unique calling. It is a role of both immense joy and immense weight. Ministry, vocation, and family often blend together as you serve side by side, opening your lives to those God has called you to shepherd. What makes the role of a pastor’s wife unique is that no […]

A Sanctuary of Hope

February 3, 2025

On January 7, a series of wildfires broke out across Southern California in the Los Angeles area. NBC News reported the two biggest fires, Palisades and Eaton, burned a combined total of over 37,000 acres before being nearly contained as of Thursday, January 30. In addition to thousands of businesses lost, entire neighborhoods and communities […]

Cristo Ahora Ministry in Cuba

Grace Church Lake Campus Celebrates One Year of Services

Stepping Into Unknown Territory

In Celebration of Threefold Communion

A Broader Theological Vision

It All Started with a Prayer

Speakers Announced for Charis Fellowship Conference 2025 in Lititz, Pa.

Ministry Over the Long Haul

The Role of a Pastor’s Wife

A Sanctuary of Hope

Cristo Ahora Ministry in Cuba

Grace Church Lake Campus Celebrates One Year of Services

Stepping Into Unknown Territory

In Celebration of Threefold Communion

A Broader Theological Vision

It All Started with a Prayer

Speakers Announced for Charis Fellowship Conference 2025 in Lititz, Pa.

Ministry Over the Long Haul

The Role of a Pastor’s Wife

A Sanctuary of Hope

The Centrality of Relationships in Reaching the Next Generation

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