Here is an excerpt from an upcoming article on the new Grace Brethren church-plant in the Orlando, Florida, area. To read the entire article, click here. Pastor Kirt Henman of NewSpring Church, calls it, “a church in a box” because they unload everything they need from a trailer for their Sunday service at Lake Howell […]
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Today is the last session for the Women’s Leadership Summit, which has been meeting since Friday in Seal Beach, Calif. Yesterday, the ladies gathered in groups to discuss and pray for their ministries. The groups spilled out from the meeting room onto the patio outside (above). Sponsored by Women of Grace USA, the weekend has
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A young woman from the Grace Brethren church in Goshen, Indiana (Jim Brown, pastor) was recently featured on ABC’s evening news program, which was focusing on unemployment in the northern Indiana area. Here are Pastor Brown’s comments from a recent blog posting: “I woke up early this morning around 3:30, after some prayer and some
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Word has been received of the sudden passing yesterday (Friday, January 30) of Arthur E. McCrum, a 1965 graduate of Grace College and former Grace Brethren pastor in Iowa. McCrum had been pastoring the conservative Grace Brethren church in Troy, Michigan. Further details as they are available.
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The 2009 Women’s Leadership Summit kicked off Friday night at the Ayres Hotel in Seal Beach, Calif. Early arrivals gathered for dinner at a local restaurant (above). It also provided an opportunity for participants to get acquainted with one another. The theme for the weekend is Paths to Plentiful Grace, or how to get from
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Here are five Grace Brethren church-plants currently underway in the Columbus, Ohio, area. Click on image to enlarge (image courtesy Eric Miller)
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A day of “On Mission Training” conducted under the auspices of Grace Brethren International Missions will be held at the Grace Church of Orange, Calif., this Saturday, January 31, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. All are welcome to participate. The day will feature interactive networking among churches and learning from men and women who
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Pastor Dan O’Deens of Gateway Community Church in Parkesburg, PA, appears in a current news video clip from the Associated Press, reporting on the rash of fires in the Coatesville, PA, community. Pastor O’Deens appears in the video seated at a table, giving aid to a victim, as he functions as a Red Cross emergency
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The Southwest Focus Retreat ended this morning at Rancho Capistrano, Calif. as the men gathered to pray for each other. They had spent several days together studying II Timothy. The retreat is one of several that is held around the country for Grace Brethren pastors and leaders.
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After prayerful consideration, the steering team that plans the young adult conference known as Driven has decided to not host the annual gathering. Driven was set in motion by the vision of several young adult pastors and leaders in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC) with a common passion to gather a generation to
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