This month’s newsletter from the Equipping Church Network has been sent. It is included below. Are you in a church that is growing up? This question does not refer to numeric growth, but to spiritual maturity. And spiritual maturity is related to the members maintaining a personal relationship with the Head, Jesus Christ. In Ephesians […]
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Donald Shoemaker, chair of the Social Concerns Committee of the Charis Fellowship, has distributed the resolutions that were adopted by delegates at last week’s Access2018 national conference. He notes that resolutions are different from the recently-inaugurated concept of position statements. His clarification is included below. (The resolutions may also be found by clicking here.) Resolutions
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The Miriam Fire in Washington state has continued to grow as campers and staff at Clear Lake Grace Brethren Camp near Whites Pass ski area were evacuated earlier this week due to the fire. The Yakima Valley Office of Emergency Management issued this report this morning on their Facebook page, along with the image at right.
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A few years ago at the national conference for the Charis Fellowship, Jeff Bogue, senior pastor of Grace Church of Greater Akron in Ohio, spoke about taking risks. For him and his wife, Heidi, that meant opening a CrossFit gym. Click below to watch a video from the ministry showing how God has used and is continuing to use that
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Word has been received of the death of Martin Garber, longtime missionary to the Central African Republic. An obituary and funeral information will be posted here when it becomes available.
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An article in today’s Winchester, Va., Star, welcomes the new pastor of the Blue Ridge Grace Brethren Church, a Charis Fellowship congregation in that city. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Blue Ridge Grace Brethren welcomes new pastor The minute Davey Ermold saw this pastor’s office at
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Campers at Clear Lake Grace Brethren Camp near White’s Pass, Wash., have been evacuated as a precaution due to the Miriam Fire. The fire, apparently caused by a lightning strike, began on Monday about three miles southeast of the White Pass ski area. It reportedly has already blackened about 35 acres of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National
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On Sunday afternoon, July 29, the Sunnyside, Wash., Grace Brethren Church (Nathan Zakahi, pastor) held a special Honor Service for Yakima County, Wash., Sheriff Brian Winter. The service was planned and presided over by Adam Ruppert, pastoral intern. Following the presentation of a Certificate of Appreciation and flag flown over the Sheriff’s Office, Pastor Zakahi
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UPDATED: A portion of her story appears below. The funeral service for Mary Sala Butler will be on Saturday, August 4 at 1:00 pm at Cedar Hill Chuch, around 15 miles south of Counselor Post. Visit Mary’s online memorial to sign the guestbook, to post a memory, to share a condolence, and to give a
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For the second straight year, every varsity team at Grace College received the Scholar-Team distinction by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). To receive Scholar-Team status, a team must post a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher. Overall, Grace’s student-athletes posted an average GPA of 3.43, a department record. The previous GPA record of
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