The congregation at Crossroads Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in northeast Philadelphia. The Crossroads Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in northeast Philadelphia, Pa., has completed the purchase of its first facility at 7721-31 Torresdale Avenue in the neighborhood of Holmesburg. The congregation gathered June 1 to celebrate this milestone. Kurt Miller, lead pastor

By Jim Brown, Moderator Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches Jim Brown Melvin the Squirt found his way to our home after weekend services at Grace Community Church. Everything within me said, “Don’t bring him home because he will just take up space and all he does is eat and sleep.” I also knew he would

By Pete Semple For many students across the country, September spells the death of summer and compels a return to textbooks, teachers, and classrooms. But for the high-school classes at Grace Brethren Christian School in Clinton, Md., the transition is made easier as the school leads fall retreats for each of its high school classes.

By Ron Dorner “The prudent sees the evil and hides himself. But the naive go on, and are punished for it.” Proverbs 22:3 Wow! How things change. If you are at, near, or in retirement, you face some of the greatest challenges of your life. As the world rushes toward God’s judgment, we are seeing

The Grace Brethren Investment Foundation (GBIF) has recently approved new loans totaling $2,525,000 to the following ministries in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC). – $425,000 for the Crossroads Community Church of Philadelphia, Pa. (Pastor Jim Brown), to purchase an existing church facility located at: 7721-31 Torresdale Avenue, Philadelphia for renovation and worship. (See

Ron Boehm has resigned from Go2 Church Planting Ministries. Jeffrey Brown is the new pastor at the Middlebranch (Ohio) Grace Brethren Church. He previously served the Spring Valley Grace Brethren Church (Ohio) for 17 years. Dr. Scott Edwards Dr. Scott Edwards is joining the faculty of the Grace College Graduate School in Counseling and Interpersonal

Challenged to live their lives undivided for Christ, participants in the annual Driven Conference, the gathering of young adults in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, put feet to their commitments and set out to help a new church. On Saturday, June 28, participants were given $10 each, formed into teams of five, and challenged

Arthur Davis, chairman of the Grace College Art Department, died April 30. Prof. Davis joined the Grace faculty as a part-time instructor in art in the spring of 1974. He became a full-time instructor that fall and in 1991 became the department chair. He is survived by his wife, Laura; two sons, Brian Davis (and

Bernie Schneider, Angie Garber, Marguerite Dunning, Elizabeth Tyson, and Christopher Sower are among the Grace Brethren pioneers featured in Heroes Who Live On, Volume 3, a collection of character-trait vignettes that will be released in July by BMH Books (Winona Lake, Ind.) at the annual conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. The conference