Grace Brethren pastors and church leaders are gathering Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the Potawatomi Inn in Pokagon State Park in northeast Indiana for a Focus Retreat. Sessions are titled “Guard Your Heart,” “Restoring Your Heart,” “Others and My Heart,” “Ministry From the Heart” and “How to Run and Not Lose Heart.” FGBC Coordinator Tom […]

Part of Tuesday’s agenda at the Central Focus Retreat was some “alone time” with God to reflect and meditate. Here the current moderator of the Fellowship, Pastor Dan Allan of Ashland, Ohio, finds a serene moment on the porch of the Potawatomi Inn overlooking Lake James. 

Gettin’ a little crazy. Pastors and church leaders at the Central Focus Retreat took a little time from serious business to enjoy some fun songs and activities Tuesday afternoon. 

YIB (Your Intrepid Blogger) will be offline much of this week. Today begins the first of five Focus Retreats around the country for Grace Brethren pastors and church leaders–this one is at Pokagon State Park ‘way up in the northeast corner of Indiana. Likely won’t have internet access from there, so I’ll have some photos

Ohio State University Revises Policy, Allows Religious Clubs to Remain ‘Religious’ by Jim Brown October 8, 2004 (AgapePress) – One of the largest public universities in the country has reversed course and will now allow the Christian Legal Society and other evangelical student groups to limit their membership to Christians. In a dramatic about-face, Ohio

Billy Graham’s message still clear despite his age & diminished voice By Bob Baysinger KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)–There wasn’t much power in Billy Graham’s voice at the opening night of the Heart of America Billy Graham Crusade in Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium, but that didn’t stop the 85-year-old Southern Baptist evangelist from preaching a powerful

In an earlier entry (October 3) we told you about some of the Grace Brethren leaders who were attending the Lausanne Evangelism conference in Thailand. This release from Baptist Press on that meeting should stimulate some thinking about the four billion oral learners who will likely not hear of Christ by the traditional means. Reaching

The immediate neighborhood of the Sebring, Florida, Grace Brethren Church was left in shambles after Hurricane Jeanne. Pastor Randy Smith says, “Without a doubt this has been a challenge, but one our folks at Sebring have risen to! We have had greater opportunity to minister than at any time in my life.”

Post-Hurricane Jeanne, this is the back yard of Pastor Randy Smith of the Sebring, Florida Grace Brethren Church.  

The youth center of the Sebring, Florida, Grace Brethren Church as it appeared in the aftermath of Hurricane Jeanne. Anyone wishing to help with labor, prayer or funds can call 888-880-8538.