Clive Craigen (pictured, with boat), director of the Chicago Urban Encounter ministry under the direction of Grace Brethren North American Missions, recently reported that $13,750 has been realized from a boat auction conducted this fall to support the ministry. Seven donated watercraft were sold, some at the site of the sale in September and some

Chris Armstrong, one of the editors and writers at Christianity Today magazine, shares his thoughts as the CTI staff was preparing the current special issue which focuses on some of the Anabaptist groups that figure in the history of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. His comments include: Our hosts at the center— Steve [Scott,

R.C. Sproul, founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries, a Christian educational ministry located in Orlando, Florida, has appointed Timothy A. Dick to succeed him as president of Ligonier Ministries effective immediately. “I am proud and excited to announce that Tim Dick has been promoted from executive vice president to president of Ligonier Ministries. This move

The Bethel Brethren Church, located at 718 East Main Street, Berne, Indiana, will host a three-day Bible prophecy conference beginning Sun., Nov. 28, with evangelist Mike Wingfield of Roanoke, Virginia as guest speaker. Wingfield is a 1975 Master of Divinity graduate of Grace Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, Ind. and has 33 years of ministry

Dr. Tim Sanborn, of the Grace College music faculty, was trombone soloist for the college’s Sousa concert by the wind ensemble over this past weekend. (Al Disbro photo)

The Grace College Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Martin Becker, played a concert of Sousa numbers over the weekend. Supplemented with a few community and professional players, the ensemble played a wide selection of marches and other numbers by Sousa and Percy Grainger. One of the ensemble’s tuba players, David Sanborn, had played under

Tonight in Los Angeles, Billy Graham, 86, returns to the Rose Bowl to begin a crusade that will have 20,000 volunteers from over 1,200 churches representing 95 denominations working together in the four-day crusade slated for November 18-21. It was 55 years ago, in 1949, that a young Billy Graham preached a tent revival in

Kary Oberbrunner, student ministries pastor at the Powell, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church, today announced a national conference for 20-somethings to be held on the campus of Kenyon College, about an hour from Columbus, OH, the dates of June 15-18, 2005. Aimed at young people ages 19-29, the conference will seek to better connect and motivate

ROBERT GORDON, 93, a major benefactor of Grace College and Seminary and the father of Grace College business professor Bill Gordon, went to be with the Lord on November 16. Mr. Gordon and his wife, Frances, have been faithful friends of Grace and generous donors to the campus for many years. They donated fund to