About 140 pastors, church leaders and guests gathered today in a lovely rustic lodge at the Squaw Creek State Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for the Iowa-Midlands district conference. Pastor Gary Austin of the Cedar Rapids church was the host and emcee, and groups came from other churches across Iowa. The worship team from the

Jason and Doni Weimer from the Waterloo (IA) Grace Brethren Church, will this summer be going, along with their two children, to serve for a year in the Philippines. Jason will be assisting missionary Clay Hulett with church-planting opportunities, and Doni will be teaching second grade at Faith Academy in Manila.  

Dr. Don DeYoung, of the Grace College physical science department, was the featured speaker for the conference. Here he demonstrates a model of Noah’s ark and points out that God’s instructions for the ark’s measurements are identical to those of modern engineers who proportion boats and barges for maximum stability. He also gave a biblical

The following dramatic account comes from an e-mail distributed by Pastor Scott Distler of the Lititz, PA, Grace Brethren Church: One of our elementary school students at Lititz Christian School recently may have saved his mother’s life. This mother is a juvenile diabetic and began having seizures around 2:30AM causing her to go in and

Two groups of Grace Brethren pastors met informally this week to discuss plans and enthusiasm for church-planting in the Fellowship. This group met Monday and Tuesday at Hope Community Church in Raleigh, NC, which is pastored by Mike Lee. (Ed Trenner photo)  

Portions of the Raleigh church’s new building were used for the first time this past Sunday. Mike Lee is pastor, and the Hope Community Church of Raleigh hosted the pastors who met there Monday and Tuesday to discuss church planting. (Ed Trenner photo) 

A second group of about 30 pastors met in Columbus, OH on Thursday for a Micropolitan Church-Planting Summit. This group focused specifically on church-planting in non-metropolitan communities of about 10,000 to 50,000 in population. Speakers included Ron Boehm and Terry Hofecker. 

Tony Webb, pastor of the Southwest Grace Brethren Church in Columbus, OH (Grove City), was the convener and the host for Thursday’s Micropolitan church-planter summit. His church not only provided meeting room and materials, but a delicious lunch and snack breaks as well. 

(BP)President Bush and Vice President Cheney are setting an example for the nation by giving at least 10 percent of their income to churches and charitable organizations. Tax information released April 15 by the White House indicates Bush and his wife, Laura, paid $207,307 in federal income taxes on taxable income of $672,788 in 2004.