Rick Cartagena has devoted his life to helping inmates and addicts come to know Jesus. He serves as the director of evangelism for Christian Life Prison and Recovery Ministries in Philadelphia. He and his wife, Brenda, are part of an extension of CE National’s Urban Hope Training Center in Philadelphia, Pa. Recently, CE National presented […]
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In a story today about church construction in the Dayton, Ohio, area, the Dayton Business Journal cites a new project at the Centerville, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church (Dave Holmes, pastor), as among those who are beginning construction. A portion of that story appears below. Click here for the complete article. Church construction in the region tops
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The May newsletter for Grow New England, the Charis Fellowship church-planting ministry in the NorthEast United States, has recently been sent. Here are a few highlights appear below. Click here to learn more about this ministry. We are working on plans for summer outreaches. Please pray as we have a line-up of outreach events in Gloucester,
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A Charis Fellowship pastor who is a leader in the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas, Robert Soto, has petitioned the U.S. government to end its restrictions on tribes using eagle feathers in religious ceremonies. A portion of a news release from Courthouse News Service appears below. Click here to read the complete story. Tribal Pastor Fights
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An article in today’s Simi Valley Acorn reports that football officials at Grace Brethren High School, a ministry of Grace Church, Simi Valley, Calif. (Jordan Bakker, pastor), is securing the newest football helmets on the market in order to reduce brain injuries. A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article.
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Crime breaks up families and causes hurt. It can also be a way that God brings the gospel to those He died for. Frequently imprisoned hundreds of miles away from their families, offenders often lose hope of restoring a relationship that was damaged by bad decisions – especially when their own lives have not been
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Micah Bradley earned first prize at the sixth-annual Grace College Business Plan Competition on April 25. A junior from Mentone, Ind., Bradley took home $13,000 for his business Barnwood Masters which salvages wood from antique barns and other structures and turns it into quality home and business furniture. The business was created by Bradley with
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Former pastor’s wife, ZoAnn Marie Hockley, 87, formerly of Danville, Ohio, died on Monday, April 30, 2018 at Brookdale. She was born in Toledo on March 12, 1931, to William and Zoe (Cox) Wilson. She was married to Albert E. Hockley, Jr. Together they served the Danville Grace Brethren Church for over 20 years, and
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What is it that makes kids want to help in the kitchen? There is something in the human soul that longs to be a part of creating something, of contributing to the community. It takes a lot of patience on the part of the parent. Letting a child help can double the length of time
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Former Grace Brethren pastor, Donald Ralph “Don” Taylor, 77, of Warsaw, Ind., died at 7:21 p.m. on Friday, April 27, 2018, at his home. He was born on July 13, 1940, in Jollytown, Pa., to Rex and Nellie Mable (Campbell) Taylor. He graduated from West Central High School in Greene County, Pa., Grace College, and
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