Francois Ngoumape, from the Central African Republic, opened the first day’s activities with thoughts based on Daniel 9. Rainer Ehmann, conference coordinator, also challenged participants from Nehemiah 1 with the thought “Nehemiah caused the beginning of the fulfillment of Daniel 9 because he had a vision, and because he prayed. —————————“Francois Ngoumape, de République Centre […]

Crispin Estaras (right) from the Philippines, listens intently to translation. Estaras, 37, became a believer in Jesus in 1996. He and his family recently moved to Bicol, where they helped organize Pamplona Grace Brethren Church in October of 2007. In the background is Steve Kern, of the Wooster, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church. —————— Crispin Estaras

CHARIS participants are spreading throughout parks and quiet areas in Bad Homburg, Germany, this Monday morning to spend “A Day With God” meditating on specific scriptures and praying. Here Jose Luis Alvarado of Mexico prepares for the day’s fasting with a glass of orange juice. Alvarado grew up in a Catholic family and was converted

YIB (Your Intrepid Blogger) has now separated from the Brethren Heritage Tour as they go on to tour Europe following the Schwarzenau Brethren World Assembly. We are now joining the CHARIS international gathering, now in progress, which is meeting all this coming week at Bad Homburg, a suburb of Frankfurt, Germany, for fellowship, updates, and

The balmy summer German evening air provided a perfect venue for fellowship and updates on the deck of a German church which hosted the CHARIS group for dinner following the Schwarzenau celebrations. —————- Le doux été Allemand a offert un cadre parfait pour un temps de communion fraternel et de nouvelles dans l’Eglise Allemande qui

Members of the African delegation were just one of the groups providing special music on the deck of the guest church facility following the evening meal Sunday. A short time of singing and worship closed out the day, with a two-hour bus ride back to Bad Homburg. Tomorrow at the CHARIS gathering is primarily a

Dr. Francois Ngoumape, from the Central African Republic, was one of the program personnel who led in prayer at the 2008 Brethren World Assembly worship service this Sunday morning in Schwarzenau, Germany. At his left is French Grace Brethren pastor Florent Varak, who translated Ngoumape’s prayer from the French. More than 600 Brethren from many

Lloyd Hazzard, from the Grace Brethren Church in Sunnyside, Washington, made friends with some of the Schwarzenau fire department personnel providing services to the Brethren World Assembly, and in response the Germans gave him a German uniform jacket and hat. Back home in Sunnyside, Hazzard is a deputy fire chief, and he brought with him

Rainer Ehmann, Charis partner in Germany with Grace Brethren International Missions, was one of the translators for the afternoon session Sunday. At his left is Dennis Slabaugh, who translated the newly-published book on the Schwarzenau Brethren by the keynote speaker Marcus Meier. The afternoon service was in German, so all those who spoke English only

David Guiles, executive director of Grace Brethren International Missions, had the opportunity in the Sunday afternoon program of the Brethren World Assembly to introduce the 40 internationals who were attending as part of the CHARIS gatherings. At Guiles’ left is a translator, as the service was in German. ————————- David Guiles, directeur exécutif des Missions