Integrating Gospel with Community from Grace Churches on Vimeo. Jonathan Carey, pastor of the Ellet Grace Brethren Church in Akron, Ohio, updates a story that was in the November-December 2010 issue of FGBC World. In that issue, ‘Love Your Neighbor’ Comes to Life in Akron, told how the Ellet congregation adopted the Ritzman Community Learning […]
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The Sun newspaper chain in Southern California today has a feature story about Sunday being the last Sunday for Don Shoemaker as senior pastor at the Seal Beach Grace Brethren Church. Here is an excerpt–to read the entire article, click here. On Sunday, Jan. 8, Pastor Donald Shoemaker will preach his final sermon as Senior
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An important ingredient in the development of leaders is mentoring. Named for a character in Greek mythology, mentoring today usually involves pairing a less-experienced person with more experienced people who advise and serve as examples. Pastor David Kennedy of Community of Grace Church, a Grace Brethren congregation whose facility is located just west of downtown
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The Winter 2012 edition of FGBC World, the quarterly magazine for the people of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, is now live at fgbcworld.com. Print copies of the magazine were mailed individually to homes and in bulk to churches in late December. You may also read the magazine in book format here. This issue
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The January-February 2012 issue of “Veritas,” a journal of counseling and discipleship, is now available. This issue is the second installment of “The Struggle of the Faith,” which looks to Joshua of the Old Testament. Whether one remembers Joshua’s first appearance in the pages of Scripture as a spy for Moses in the Promised Land,
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The January-February 2012 issue of “Veritas,” a journal of counseling and discipleship, is now available. This issue is the second installment of “The Struggle of the Faith,” which looks to Joshua of the Old Testament. Whether one remembers Joshua’s first appearance in the pages of Scripture as a spy for Moses in the Promised Land,
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The National Institute for the Development of Ministries to Youth (The youth ministry major of Grace College overseen by CE National) is pleased to announce that Kurt Johnston, pastor of student ministry at Saddleback Church in southern California, will be a keynote speaker at the January “Strategizing” module. Specific topics for the class that Kurt
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New staff members of Encompass World Partners (formerly Grace Brethren International Missions) are at the International Missions Center in Winona Lake, Ind., this week for training. They’ll learn about the vision and values of Encompass World Partners, the history of the Grace Brethren movement, and network with each other. “The goal is to deepen their
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Daniel Barbitta, who for many years has led the Grace Brethren work in the South American country of Uruguay, has recently been seriously ill and spent an extended time in the hospital. Gary McCaman, with Encompass World Partners in Argentina, reports that Daniel is celebrating New Year’s Eve at home and wanted to update those
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On these last days of the year, newspapers, magazines, television, and the internet are filled with “top stories,” “the year that was,” and “most popular topics” kinds of retrospectives. This blog brings you—on average—a half-dozen Grace Brethren-related stories each week of the year and we got to wondering what the “top Grace Brethren stories of
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