Mboi Andre, president of the union of about 2,500 Grace Brethren churches in the Central African Republic, was the featured guest at the Thursday night Global Prayer Gathering at the Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church. Andre, who is in the U.S. for reparative surgery to his right hand and wrist, asked specific prayer for […]
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HELP WANTED Ocala Grace Brethren Church is looking for 3-5 couples or active singles and seniors to move to Ocala, Florida, and volunteer to help with a church revitalization ministry. Pastor Chuck Davis has taken on the task of leading this 25-year-old congregation in the work of regaining spiritual and numerical health and vitality. The
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An excellent video interview with pastors Mike Lee and Dave Patchin of Hope Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Raleigh, North Carolina, is currently on the web. Hope is launching two campuses this fall. In the video, recorded at a multi-site town meeting, Lee and Patchin introduce the campus pastor and field questions from
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Sandy Barrett, who is the administrative assistant in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches coordinator’s office, has a birthday today. Yesterday the staffs of the FGBC and BMH gathered to celebrate with a cake and ice cream, a few gifts, and a lot of laughs. Sandy and the fellowship coordinators’ staff are hard at work
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Jan and Jay Bell of Grace Brethren International Missions, are now back home in Winona Lake, Indiana, after their vehicle accident in Iowa on Saturday morning. Here is a brief update for all who have been praying for them: We are so thankful for the FGBC family and their prayers. A huge thanks to all
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Jim Brown, pastor of Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Goshen, Ind. and past moderator of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, is on the cover of the Elkhart County (Ind.) Health and Wellness magazine. He writes about it on his blog, the Brown Bytes. Recently I was contacted by a local reporter,
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Evelyn Gibson, right, a 17-year member of Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Seal Beach, Calif., has received the prestigious Lewis Hine Award for Service to Children and Youth from The National Child Labor Committee (NCLC). She is a volunteer with Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Orange County, Calif. Named for the
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Henry Rempel, who may be the oldest living Grace Brethren pastor, celebrated his 105th birthday on March 17. He celebrated the event on March 21 with a party at the home where he lives in LaHabra, Calif. Friends and family gathered to wish him well. At right he gathers with his nieces, Becky Dick of
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Christian Becker (kneeling, at right, with ballcap), pastor of the First Brethren Church of Buena Vista, Virginia, just returned from a ministry with this team to the Grace Brethren in Trinidad. Here is an excerpt from one of his reports mid-trip. To read his blog click here. For more information on Brethren ministry in Trinidad
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Director of Water Operations Integrated Community Development International is looking for an individual to manage the water operations in Berberati, Central African Republic. ICDI’s vision is to empower Central Africans to give hope to the poor in Jesus’ name. The Director of Water Operations will be responsible to ensure the efficient and effective execution of
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