The welcome tent in the courtyard of Long Beach Grace Brethren Church is well-stocked with literature and friendly folk to tell you about the ministry of the church. And a free mug or water bottle is offered to visitors, along with a free cup of flavored coffee–Starbucks could do no better! 

Grace Brethren Church of Long Beach, now at 36th and Linden, is the successor to L. S. Bauman’s “Fifth and Cherry” mother-church which burned down in the 1960s. 

Today’s Herald-Mail newspaper from Hagerstown, MD, carries a story by Wanda T. Williams entitled “Called to Dance” featuring a young dancer from the Valley Grace Brethren Church in Hagerstown (Dan Pritchett, pastor). The lead paragraphs are reproduced here–to read the entire article, click here. (Herald-Mail photo by Joe Crocetta) Like a minister who teaches from

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI – William Tyndale College of Farmington Hills, Michigan, founded in 1945, ceased operations effective December 31, 2004. The closing is due to a significant funding shortfall that will not support continued operations beyond the end of the Fall term. The magnitude of the funding shortfall was beyond the ability of Tyndale to

Trustees of Ashland University, a private Ohio college, have reversed their decision to hire only Christians and Jews as teachers and administrators. Ashland University trustees agreed Monday to drop the hiring policy that they put in place last October. Instead, faculty members and administrators will be required only to express support for the school’s commitment

As insurgents in Iraq pledged to greet the nation’s historic democratic election with violence and bombings, Christians in the U.S. vowed to pray for God’s peace and protection for the Iraqi people. In a statement released Thursday, the Rev. Patrick Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition said several top evangelical bodies are planning to partake

Jerry White, chairman of the board of directors of the Christian Management Association, announced this month that John Pearson, CMA’s president/CEO since 1994, is resigning his position, effective Dec. 31, 2005. Pearson is launching a new consulting firm in 2006 to serve ministries, churches and associations. He has served as CEO of three associations for

“Driven,” the new national conference for young adults to be held June 15-18, has debuted a new website containing program, schedule, and registration information. To be held near Columbus, OH, the conference is designed to call and equip those in the years 19-29, which have often been branded as the “Lost Decade.” DRIVEN was set

Grace Brethren Chaplain James Schaefer, serving with his troops in Afghanistan, sent this message from one of his troops, Edward Leyshon, explaining the naming of the PFC Jerrod Dennis Combat Hospital, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Here is a slightly-edited version of soldier Leyshon’s explanation. (photo courtesy James Schaefer) On April 25, 2003 there was a major

Grace Brethren International Mission’s Ted Rondeau (right) surveys flood damage and the search for additional missing people during a recent tour of the tsunami-damaged area of southeast Thailand. GBIM’s Wayne Hannah will leave next week for a “setup trip” to scout and coordinate ways in which Grace Brethren personnel and relief funds may best be