(BP)–Nominees for the 36th annual Dove Awards, gospel music’s top awards show, were announced Feb. 7. Nominees from the major categories are:– Song of the Year: “Blessed Be Your Name” (Matt Redman, Beth Redman); “Dare You to Move” (Jonathan Foreman); “Friend of God” (Israel Houghton, Michael Gungor); “Glory Defined” (Jim Cooper, Kenny Lamb, Jason Roy); […]

Meeting at the Traber Center near Pottstown, PA, the Northern Atlantic Fellowship pastors are being taught SALT principles by Pastor Keith Shearer (right) from Myerstown, PA.

Keith Shearer, pastor of the Myerstown, PA, Grace Brethren Church and next year’s moderator of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, is teaching the SALT (Strategic Alliance for Leadership Training) strategy as part of the Northern Atlantic Fellowship pastors’ retreat the first three days of this week.

Pastors from the Northern Atlantic Fellowship are gathering today, tomorrow and Wednesday at the Traber Center near Pottstown, PA, for a retreat. Relaxing here by the fire are Al Kidder (left), Jason Holt (right) and others, during an afternoon break. Pastor Keith Shearer of the Myerstown church is one of the key speakers for the

Pastor David Mitchell of the Waipio Grace Brethren Church in Mililani, Hawaii, sends along the following urgent prayer request: Our island has been stunned and shocked to hear that 27 of the 31 Marines who died in the helicopter crash in Iraq yesterday came from our Marine base in Kaneohe, located on this island of

Tammie Huntington, soprano, sings “Lucy’s Aria” from “The Telephone” by Gian Carlo Menotti as part of the Grace College music department’s faculty recital program this Sunday afternoon at Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church. Also on the program were Judie Meulink, piano; Carol Streator, soprano; Elena Dunegan, clarinet; Dawn Engler, flute; Dr. Patrick Kavanaugh, guitar; and

From today’s Chico, California, Enterprise-Record newspaper: Grace Brethren Church, 355 Panama Ave.: “”The Whys and Hows of Church Growth,” joint session of all adult Bible classes with Tom Avey and Dan Allan; 10 a.m. “It’s All About Grace,” from Dan Allan, moderator for Grace Brethren Churches, Winona Lake, Ind.; 11 a.m. “Power-Power-Power,” from the Rev.

Dr. Michael J. Easley, the new president of Moody Bible Institute, and his wife, Cindy.

Moody Bible Institute of Chicago has named Dr. Michael J. Easley, a twenty-year veteran pastor from Virginia, to succeed Dr. Joseph M. Stowell, who served as MBI’s seventh president for 18 years and concludes his tenure on Feb. 28, 2005 The 119-year old Moody Bible Institute (MBI) named Easley, 47, its eighth president on February

Approximately 25 of the FGBC’s top leadership people–including moderators, elected representatives and national organization representatives–are meeting yesterday, today and tomorrow in Sacramento, CA, to discuss current priorities, strategic directions for the future, and much more. Three new Fellowship Council members are attending their first meeting — Robert MacMillan from Tracy, CA; Dan Gregory from Columbia