Kevin Mincey (center), church planter from Washington, DC, was interviewed by FGBC conference moderator Dan Allan (left) at last night’s business meeting as Mincey’s church was one of five voted into membership in the FGBC. The five included Still Waters church in Pottstown, PA (Kork Moyer, church planter); Iglesia Biblical de Fe, Lancaster, CA (Oscar […]

Randy Frazee, senior pastor of Pantego Bible Church in Arlington, Texas, is teaching “The Connecting Church” in Westminster Hall at the Equip05 national conference of the FGBC this week in Winona Lake, Indiana. This course, along with more than twenty others, are week-long learning opportunities for pastors, lay leaders, and serious believers who want to

Dr. Rosalie de Rosset, Ph.D. (standing, at left), professor of Literature, English and Biblical Message Preparation at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, is teaching a class entitled “Preparing a Biblical Presentation” in the “Uniquely for Women” track of Equip05. 

Bryan Nelson, who has been the music and media director at the Grace Brethren Church in Lititz, Pennsylvania for the past eight years, is teaching a course on “Effective Worship Services Using Music and Media.” Nelson is a writer and arranger, and his major instruments are guitar, keyboards, and trombone. 

Taking a break for lunch…students stream out into the August sunshine from Westminster Hall on the Grace College & Seminary campus after the first morning’s classes in Equip05. Nearly 25 courses are being offered–some for seminary credit–and are being held in a five-day format in Westminster Hall, Mount Memorial, and McClain Hall on the Grace

Pastor Robert Wagner (center) of the Calvert County, Maryland, Grace Brethren Church, was honored this afternoon by the Association of Grace Brethren Ministers as the Pastor of the Year. AGBM president Tim Boal (left) presented the award, and R. Greene, pastor of the Frederick, MD Grace Brethren Church (at right) read the citation for Wagner’s

Pastor Howard Mayes was honored this afternoon by the Association of Grace Brethren Ministers (AGBM) with their Lifetime Achievement Award. Presenter of the award was David Knight, associate pastor at the Clinton, Maryland, Grace Brethren Church, where Mayes has been pastor since 1992. Mayes was ordained at the Norwalk, CA, Grace Brethren Church in 1966,

Pastor Glenn Shirk from Ripon, California (center, yellow shirt) was among those registering at 2 p.m. today for Equip05. Registration was held in the Gordon Center on the Grace College & Seminary campus–the first activity of the week of national Grace Brethren conference is the 4:30 p.m. meeting today of the Association of Grace Brethren

“Welcome to Winona Lake” signs are popping up various places in Winona Lake, Indiana, as participants in the Equip05 national Grace Brethren conference roll into town. Some 700+ have requested tickets for Monday night’s business meeting dinner, which is now well over capacity. More than 350 have registered for week-long courses, as this year’s conference

Dr. J. Keith AltigApril 1911 – July 2005 Born the youngest of four brothers, Keith grew up in Colorado and came to California with his family in 1929. He attended the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, (now BIOLA University in La Mirada) graduating in 1932. He married Vivian Force in August of that year. They