From Student to Worship Leader

“God is on the move in Northeast Ohio and the Holy Spirit is flooding hearts,” says Paige Testa, the worship coordinator at  the Barberton campus of Grace Church, Akron, Ohio (Jeff Bogue, senior pastor; Joel Gregory, campus pastor). Paige recently took the position at the campus following her wedding to husband, David, in December 2019. Paige is one of the many young adults being […]

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Pataskala Pastor Featured As He Begins New Ministry

Tim Wilmetti, the new pastor at Grace Church in Pataskala, Ohio, was featured last week in the Newark, Ohio, Advocate. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Pastor Tim Wilmetti joins Pataskala Grace Church There’s a new pastor in town. He’s Tim Wilmetti at Pataskala Grace Church. “I started

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Celebrations, Ministry Meals and Grace Kids Highlight Access2020

Registration for the national conference of the Charis Fellowship, Access2020, is now available. The conference will be held July 21-23 in Winona Lake, Ind. Each day includes Celebrations where a challenge in the Word from Charis Fellowship pastors will be accompanied by worship in song. All the celebrations will be held in the beautiful Manahan Orthopaedic

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Encompass Responds to the Coronavirus (COVID19)

As the coronavirus (COVID19) sweeps headlines across the world, it is difficult to know what to believe and how to respond. Authorities are scrambling to contain the virus by implementing travel bans and lockdowns. The Virus: The coronavirus can cause a wide range of respiratory illnesses from the common cold to SARS. It can infect

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Grace College Names Cokiesha Bailey Robinson Associate Dean of Student Diversity and Inclusion

Grace College welcomes Cokiesha Bailey Robinson as its new associate dean of student diversity and inclusion. Robinson is the founder of Cross Spring Ministries and a writer for Our Daily Bread. Her role will be to promote diversity, equity and inclusion programming, advise the administration on issues related to diversity and underrepresented student populations, and

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Ruth Ann (Cone) Theobald, Former Missionary and Teacher, Dies

Ruth Ann Theobald went to be with her Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, on Thursday, March 5, 2020, in her home at the Robinhood Estates of Grace Village Retirement Community in Winona Lake, Ind., at the age of 90. Ruth Ann was born on September 23, 1929 in Des Moines, Iowa, to Richard and Areta

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Lancers Win All-League, Coach of Year Honors

Grace College’s men’s basketball team picked up an arsenal of awards from the Crossroads League. The Lancers had four players on the All-Crossroads League Team, and Scott Moore was named the league’s Coach of the Year in just his first season as head coach. Moore has led the Lancers to the 2020 NAIA National Championships for the

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Melissa Spoelstra: Helping Theology Meet Reality

The author of several Bible studies designed especially for women, Melissa Spoelstra is the wife of Charis Fellowship pastor, Sean Spoelstra. She speaks as part of the Aspire Women’s Tour in approximately 30 cities across the country each year. At home, she’s part of the women’s speaking team at Grace Fellowship, Pickerington, Ohio (Keith Minier,

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