by Ashley Woodworth Randy Frazee Have you longed to connect with fellow church members on a deeper level, to get beyond the small talk, and to share life? Pastor Randy Frazee’s passion is connection, and his desire is to share his passion with others. Frazee, along with Eric Wright, will be teaching “The Connecting Church” […]
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Bob Arnold, originator and organizer of the leadership simulcast outreach sponsored by the Medina, OH, church, displays promotional literature used to advertise the seminar to community business leaders. Bob Arnold, an architect and lay leader in Shepherd’s Grace Church of Medina, OH, has found a unique way to reach out to business leaders in his
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Rick Clark wasn’t satisfied with the commercial Sunday School curriculum available for children. Believing that children should be systematically discipled in Scripture, he didn’t see any material with the scope and sequence he felt children needed. And none of the existing maDr. Rick Clark, pastor of the Pike Grace Brethren Church in Johnstown, PA, has
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Wayne Hannah (kneeling, left) and Ted Rondeau (standing, paid shirt, right) of the GBIM staff, joine with Campus Crusade for Christ Thai national director Enoch Sirikul in praying with a family who lost nine members in the tsunami. (photo courtesy GBIM) Upon hearing of the post-Christmas tsunami disaster in southeast Asia, Grace Brethren churches and
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A group of 19 students, spouses, and faculty from Grace Seminary, Winona Lake, IN, left today for “the Israel Experience,” a 10-day study trip to the Holy Land. The group is being led by Dr. Jeff Gill, dean of Grace Theological Seminary, and by Dr. Terry Hofecker, adjunct professor at the seminary and pastor of
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The South Focus Retreat got off to a good start this afternoon as Scott Avey led the pastors and church leaders in worship music. Dan Allan, current moderator of the FGBC, introduced the subject of the leader’s heart with opening comments on “Guard Your Heart…The Wellspring of Life.” The retreat is at Haines City, Florida,
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Our from-the-heart-of-Africa reports from Miriam Pacheco and Barb Wooler continue. Here is an edited version of Sunday’s e-mail report from Miriam: The mourning and wailing quieted Friday night in Moale, replaced with a full-fledged community “sala ngia” ~ making joy/gathering for fellowship ~ around the fire with lots of singing. We found out in the
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Pastor Randy Smith of the Sebring, FL, Grace Brethren Church stands in front of a property that has been made available to the church to house the first of the “4/12 Commission” student institutes. Located at 109 W. Center Street, right on the town square of downtown Sebring, the former hotel is being renovated to
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After Barb Wooler’s AkaLand Expedition in January of 2005, Balemagna (right) talked of wanting to return to that region to help start a church where his sister (left) was. Balemagna drowned this week in a controversial incident. Church-planting and pastor-preparation are well underway, even though this week’s activities have had sobering effects. We have been
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