Mid-afternoon coffee break provides an opportunity for fellowship and conversation, processing content from sessions just concluded. The corps of young translators are always alert to the need for translation in helping one-to-one exchanges occur. ———————– La pausa de la tarde permite pasar un momento de compartir y conversar, procesando el contenido de las sesiones que […]

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Whenever a break in the schedule occurs, the Latin American brothers get together with a guitar and fill the air with laughter and singing. They contribute much to the atmosphere of such an international gathering. Tuesday afternoon’s programming concluded with a riveting testimony by a young man from Kyrgyzstan who is engaged in evangelism and

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Malcolm Stevens from the United Kingdom was one of the first to report church-planting progress and prayer updates from the continent of Europe. Stevens gave his life to the Lord at age 19, while training to be a teacher. Today he is the Lead Professional in the area of Special Needs. He was the first

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Following a day of prayer and fasting, the fast was broken with a pleasant fellowship meal on the deck of the youth hostel where the group is meeting in Bad Homburg, a suburb of Frankfurt, Germany. Here Eduardo Coria from Argentina (front) and Daniel Barbitta from Uruguay (in blue) take their servings of the evening

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The young translation crew, led by GBIM European director Paul Klawitter, led the CHARIS gathering in worship and music in three languages. —————- El joven grupo de traducción, teniendo al frente al Director Europeo de las Misiones Internacionales de la Iglesia de los Hermanos, Paul Klawitter, dirigió el encuentro de CHARIS con música y alabanza

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GBIM executive director Dave Guiles was the leadoff speaker at the CHARIS Monday evening session, speaking on the conference theme, 1 Peter 4:7-10 (Faithful Stewards of God’s Grace). Guiles stressed that the Lord may soon return, that more people now live in cities than in rural areas, and that the church must think clearly, discipline

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Schwarzenau Report–Another Perspective

Here are the first several paragraphs from a news report by the Church of the Brethren on the recently-concluded 300th anniversary celebration in Schwarzenau, Germany. To read the entire article, click here. Close to 1,000 people gathered in Schwarzenau, Germany, on Aug. 2-3 for the international celebrations of the 300th Anniversary of the Brethren movement.

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CHARIS First Day is ‘Day Alone With God’

The CHARIS gathering of about 55 international leaders of Grace Brethren fellowships from around the world began in earnest this Monday morning in a hostel in Bad Homburg, just outside Frankfurt, Germany. Each of the sessions is being simultaneously translated into English, French, and Spanish. The prayers of God’s people for these meetings will be

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Paul Klawitter, European Regional Director for Grace Brethren International Missions, began the day with singing and worship in a variety of languages. ————– Paul Klawitter, directeur régional pour l`Europe pour GBIM a commence la journée en dirigeant la louange ainsi que des chants dans différentes langues. ————– Paul Klawitter, Director Regional Europeo para las Misiones

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