Mark Holbrook, shown here teaching the adult Sunday School class at the Grace Brethren Church in Orange, CA (Ed Trenner, pastor) was recently elected chairman of the board of directors of the Christian Management Association. Holbrook, who is president and CEO of the Evangelical Christian Credit Union in Brea, California, succeeds Jerry E. White, president […]

Reports for the next several days will be from the campus of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where we’ll be reporting from, and participating in, the first-ever DRIVEN conference for Twenty-Somethings. Take a look at www.driven05.org for the whole lineup of speakers and workshops. BMH will be creating a daily conference newsletter (DRIVEN World) and

Wheaton, Ill., Tyndale House Publishers founder Kenneth Taylor, whose The Living Bible helped millions of people discover they could read and understand Scripture, died Friday, June 10 at age 88 in his Wheaton home. “Making Scripture accessible for all people was my father’s passion,” said his son and Tyndale President Mark Taylor. “Many, many people

The following news report from this morning’s paper gives a report and update on yesterday’s picketing of the Tracy, CA, Grace Brethren Church by a hate group from Kansas. By Malcolm MaclachlanSan Joaquin News Service Last updated: Monday, Jun 13, 2005 – 07:24:50 am PDT If this weekend’s performance is any indication, members of the

Shades of yesteryear! The 1900-1912 vintage cars on display at the “gas and brass” festival in Winona Lake, IN, today were common transportation in the town known as “a kind of religious chautaqua” under the leadership of Solomon C. Dickey. William “Billy” Sunday arrived in 1895 with his wife, Nell, and the baseball evangelist eventually

The approximately 35 “gas and brass” antique cars lined up on Canal Street in Winona Lake, IN, today were a reminder of the rich history of the town. Most were manufactured about 1912 or earlier, in the years Winona historian Steve Grill refers to as the “glory years” in the history of the town. The

Just a reminder to pray for the testimony of Pastor Robert MacMillan and the Grace Brethren Church of Tracy, CA, this weekend as this is the Sunday a hate group from Kansas has chosen to picket the church, along with some others. Here is a brief excerpt from this morning’s Tracy newspaper — see earlier

Shall we gather at the river? They did…in downtown Columbus, Ohio…this past Sunday. Pastor Mike Jentes baptized three believers from his church, thequest, in an outdoor service on the banks of the Scioto River in Columbus–more photos and some good articles on baptism are available on his website and blog at www.thequestcolumbus.com 

The following note is from the “Grace Connection” e-mail update, distributed free each midweek by Judy Daniels in the communications office at Grace College and Seminary. You, too, may receive the Grace Connection, simply by e-mailing Judy at connect@grace.edu and typing ADD in the subject line. Nineteen of Grace College’s prison extension students at the

The July/August 05 issue of FGBC World, the free paper distributed throughout the Grace Brethren world to better connect people and churches, went off to press just before noon today. Copies should arrive in homes and churches on or about July 1. One of the front-page features is Norm and Ann Johnson (pictured), from the