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 […]
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“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
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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
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BMH author Duke Heller (left) and motivational expert Zig Ziglar (right) played golf together four days this past week in New Mexico. Both men are enthusiastic evangelists, seeking to lead to Christ anyone who is open to a hearing of the gospel. Ziglar’s foreword to Heller’s new book, How to Start a Kingdom Conversation, says
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In the following article from this morning’s Long Beach (CA) Press-Telegram, a staff member of the Grace Brethren Church of Long Beach (Lou Huesmann, pastor) is highlighted as leading a community project. Eric Marsh is on the church staff as the director of Hope for Long Beach. ROCKHarbor church, mentioned in the article as the
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Debbie Black, center, from Brookville, Ohio, was named National Youth Sponsor of the Year by CE National today at the Brethren National Youth Conference. She’s shown here surrounded by some members of her youth group. (Sam Pedace photo) Additional photos and articles from BNYC are online at www.bnyc.net.
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In a dramatic come-from-behind win, the North Central Ohio quiz team beat the Chesapeake team at noon Thursday to become the national quiz champions at Brethren National Youth Conference. Ray Feather, Quiz Master, conducted the final quiz between the top two teams—North Central Ohio and Chesapeake. Chesapeake leaped into the lead with the first question,
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From time to time we post prayer updates on health needs of Fellowship members who are times of particular need. Here is an update from Grace professor Roger Peugh on his wife, Nancy, who has had several heart-related incidents lately: PTL, Nancy Peugh came home from the hospital on Monday, july 25, with an excellent
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Keith Altig, retired Grace Brethren International Missions missionary to Brazil, died at 9:45 Wednesday morning, July 27, at the age of 94. Altig had pastored Grace Brethren Churches prior to his long service in Brazil and was a member of the Grace Brethren Church of Whittier, California. Memorial services will be held at Town and
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A group of teens gathered in downtown Dayton, Ohio, to pray Wednesday afternoon before fanning out into neighborhoods to do servant evangelism. Though reports have not all come back, at least one salvation decision was reported by teens from the Penn Valley church in Pennsylvania, and many teams had stories to tell about people they
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