Pastors and ministry leaders from around the Pacific Northwest and the Charis Fellowship gathered this week for the Northwest Focus Retreat. It was the first time in two years that the event had been held due to the COVID pandemic. The retreat began with dinner at Iglesia De Los Hermanos, a Charis Fellowship church in Yakima, […]
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Grace College Online celebrates record new student enrollment for the second enrollment period in a row. Last week, the school nearly doubled its all-time high summer enrollment of new students. This follows its record enrollment for new students this past spring. Because of the strong demand for online and adult education, Grace is freezing its
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Since 2013 Encompass World Partners, a national ministry of the Charis Fellowship, has hosted a training and outreach event at their mobilization center in Atlanta, Georgia. This year, Encounter Atlanta will take place June 21–25. Individuals, couples, and groups who are interested in crossing boundaries, learning about other cultures, including how to share the love
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A historic season for Grace College’s men’s tennis team came to an end on Wednesday. The Lancers fell 4-0 to No. 1 Georgia Gwinnett in the second round of the NAIA National Championships, ending No. 16 Grace’s season with a sterling 26-6 record. The Grizzlies are winners of six straight NAIA national championships, giving Grace
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Grace College’s baseball team picked up four postseason awards from the Crossroads League this week. Patrick Danforth, Jake Decker and Chris Griffin were all honorable mention for All-League, and Sam Newkirk was named to the 11-player Gold Glove Team. Danforth led Grace offensively with a .326 batting average as a freshman. He had 42 hits in 43 games, adding 6 doubles,
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Five members of Grace’s men’s soccer team were given national awards from the NAIA and NCCAA after the Lancers’ memorable season. Arron Patrick was named the NCCAA National Coach of the Year after leading Grace to the 2020 NCCAA national championship. It was the first national championship in program history as Grace beat Bethel 4-0 in
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Sacia Hanson was raised in Boulder, Colorado, and attended an elite boarding school in Faribault, Minnesota. She did not grow up in a Christian home. In fact, most of her time was split between her mom and her dad who got divorced when she was two. For so many reasons, it doesn’t make sense that
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The following is one of the 2021 Graduation addresses given by the beloved professor of the Grace College online master’s of nonprofit management program, Dr. Steve Grill. If I promise you that you won’t be graded, will you take one last pop quiz at Grace? In January of 2020 (16 months ago), how many of you had
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Grace College is reporting the tragic death of the father of student, Hannah Oberheim. Officer Chris Oberheim was killed in the line of duty on Wednesday in Champaign, Ill. A portion of a story from WAND, channel 17, appears below. Click here to read the complete story. ‘He was a hero’: Fallen Champaign officer Chris Oberheim
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“Behind every great man there’s a great woman.” For the past 23 years Tom Avey has served as the Charis Fellowship Coordinator. His responsibilities have included coordinating activities such as conferences, but also he has focused on networking people and churches within the Charis movement. As he approaches retirement this summer, we thought it would
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