Nathan Bryant, of GB Canada, led off the Friday morning regional reports with a description of what God has been doing through Grace Brethren churches in Canada. He explained that the first church-planting efforts entered the Toronto area about a decade ago, and now there is a strong mothering church there, a second church-plant in […]

The United States delegation was the last country to present an overview of its work. Robert Wagner (left) from Calvert County, Maryland, reported on churches and work in the eastern U.S. Steve Kern (center) of the Wooster, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church, reported on church-planting and other ministries in the central U.S., and Bob Combs (right),

The young translators working the CHARIS meetings in Germany are being referred to as the “Magic Crew” because they enable conversation in general sessions, in coffee breaks, at meals, and anytime they see individuals standing together who are hampered by language capabilities to converse. Making the magic happen are (from left) Phillip Klawitter, Jon Guiles,

At a break in the action of the CHARIS Grace Brethren worldwide leadership meeting now underway in a suburb of Frankfurt, Germany, several of the Latin America leaders posed for a photo. From left are GBIM’s Latin America director Steve Bailey, church planter from Chile Juan Saez, and missionary to Argentina Nate Dunlevy. ———————— Pendant

The Holism Task Force, led by Jorge Nunez of Argentina, is working to craft a declaration for the future on ministries such as Business as Mission, Micro-Enterprise, and more. The background for the task force was a worldwide study of about 22 holism ministries which was compiled and written by Mike McCaman. ——————– L’atelier des

The Church-Planting Taskforce, led by GBIM’s David Guiles, is working in three languages to craft a succinct forward-looking declaration on church planting for the worldwide Grace Brethren movement. ——————————– L’atelier d’implantation d’Eglise, mené par David Guiles de GBIM travail dans trois langues au projet d’une declaration pour l’implantation d’Eglise autour du monde pour les Eglises

The Leadership Training Taskforce, led by Dr. Francois Ngoumape of the Central African Republic, is working to craft a forward-looking statement to help all Grace Brethren worldwide training and leadership efforts in the future. ———————————- L’atelier de la formation des responsables, mené par Dr. François Ngoumapé De République Centre Africaine travail sur le projet d’une

The CHARIS leadership group, which has planned and is implementing the multi-national Grace Brethren leadership meetings in Bad Homburg, Germany, meets each morning early to rehearse the agenda for the day, to discuss what adjustments need to be made, and to pray for the day’s activities. Rainer Ehmann of Germany is the overall coordinator for

Paul Klawitter of Dijon, France, the European regional director for Grace Brethren International Missions, led a singing and worship time Thursday morning to begin the day’s activities for CHARIS, the Grace Brethren leadership meeting currently underway in Germany. ——————————Paul Klawitter de Dijon, France, le directeur regional pour l’Europe pour GBIM a mené les chants et

Each day’s agenda is being led by a different moderator. Thursday’s moderator is Jorge Nunez (pictured), a businessman and church planter from Argentina. Wednesday’s moderator was Keith Shearer from the USA, and Friday’s sessions will be led by Florent Varak of France. The CHARIS gathering took quite a different turn as of Thursday. Three reports