According to this week’s “Grace Connections” e-newsletter, Grace Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, Indiana, will soon welcome Dr. Choong-Woong Jin and 20 students from the HolyWay Institute of Theology in South Korea, who arrive on campus on April 28 for three weeks of classes. This represents a partnership with HolyWay for the completion of Doctor of […]

As the various branches of the Brethren church movement plan to gather this coming August 2 and 3 in Schwarzenau, Germany, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the founding of the movement, it may be helpful to know more of the context and current configuration of the various Brethren groups. Here is a capsule summary,

The Grace Brethren International Missions website carries the notice today of the death of former GBIM missionary Lynn Schrock on Saturday, April 19, 2008. Lynn and Lois Schrock were missionaries to Argentina with GBIM from 1945-1970. Lynn graduated from the missionary course at Moody Bible Institute in April, 1942. It was while at MBI he

A number of Grace Brethren leaders and pastors are attending the “Exponential” conference this week in Orlando, Florida (Tom Avey cellphone photo). Fellowship Coordinator Tom Avey reports, “Jesus told them to make disciple ‘as they go.’ But they had to wait on the Holy Spirit. Then the Spirit came, they spoke and thousands came to

Dr. Larry Chamberlain (pictured), President of Grace Brethren Investment Foundation, is speaking this week at the National Conference of Christian Leadership Alliance (formerly, Christian Management Association and Christian Stewardship Association) in Dallas, Texas. He is presenting a 90-minute workshop entitled “Trust: The Foundation for Effective Christian Leadership.” His presentation is the result of an extensive

From today’s Lebanon, Pa., News… South Londonderry Township supervisors have approved a police-chaplain policy and accepted the volunteer services of a local minister. The Rev. Dan Travis, pastor of Palmyra Grace Brethren Church, Airport Road, offered his services to the police department. Township manager Thomas Ernharth said last year the police department sent a letter

Dr. Jim Swanson describes the characteristics of current college students, often called “millennials” during the first session of the Alumni Advisory Council at Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana. The council is a group of alumni who help connect and reconnect Grace College and Seminary graduates to their classmates and to the institution. Grads have come

More than 60 Grace Brethren plan to attend the “Exponential” conference in Orlando, Florida, next week, according to FGBC Coordinator Tom Avey. Avey says, “Biblical Mission is a core value of the FGBC and many are working hard to advance an exciting movement of church planting through our churches. This three-day conference will provide a

From the Tristate Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches web site: The Centerville Grace Brethren Church (Steve Makofka, pastor), 410 E Social Row Rd., Dayton, Ohio, is hosting an Old Fashioned Hymn Sing on Sunday evening May 4, at 6 o’clock. Special musical guests will be Bruce and Brenda Jackson and their family (pictured at right).

Dr. Jeff Gill, Dean of the School of Ministry Studies at Grace College and Grace Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, Indiana, is pleased to announce that beginning this fall Grace Theological Seminary will expand the Sparks Endowment Fund scholarship program to both online and distance education students enrolled in either the MA Local Church Ministry or