Pastor Ron Smals (Mansfield Woodville), missions chairman for the North Central Ohio district, sends out a monthly district missions newsletter, assisted by Dean Risser and Vilas Dean. Featured this month is Sean Spoelstra (pictured, with wife Melissa and children) of the Powell, Ohio church (Rick Nuzum, pastor), which is sponsoring one of six church plants […]

Dr. Robert Kellemen, noted psychologist, counselor, educator, and author, is currently receiving excellent media exposure for his two books recently released by BMH Books of Winona Lake, Indiana–Soul Physicians and Spiritual Friends. If you are near one of these media outlets, you might want to listen in to his interviews. Here is a partial schedule

The life cycle of the monarch butterfly reminds Christians of the future that awaits us. It’s one reason Dave and Audrey Harding, members of the Penn Valley Church, a Grace Brethren church in Telford, Pa., are using their hobby of raising the colorful insects to share the gospel. Learn more about the Hardings and their

A trip to the Ohio Division IV Boys Basketball Finals capped the season for the Worthington Christian Warriors. However, their opponents, undefeated New Knoxville, proved too much. New Knoxville won the Saturday night game, 74-52, in front of 14,117 people in Ohio State’s Value City Arena. Worthington Christian High School is a ministry of the

POINT LOOKOUT, Mo. – Ryan Fiegi scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds Saturday night to lead 11th-seeded Oregon Tech to an 81-70 victory over Grace College (Ind.) and a spot in the semifinals of the NAIA Division II men’s basketball championships. OIT shot 53 percent from the field and held Grace to just 19

(3/14/08) Point Lookout, Mo. – Grace College (Ind.) became the first un-seeded team to reach the elite-eight with a 90-81 overtime victory over third-seeded Morningside College (Iowa) at the 2008 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship. The 17th-annual event is being held at the Keeter Gymnasium on the campus of the College of the

From this week’s e-newsletter of the Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church: NEW SPRING CHURCH is being launched on Easter Sunday in the Orlando/Maitland area of Florida. It is a re-start of what had been the Maitland GBC, and a number of folks connected to WLGBC are involved. They include: Tyler and Kari Zielasko, Alex

Dan O’Deens, pastor of Gateway Grace Community Church in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania, leaves today to lead a missions trip to France (click on image to enlarge). Reports of the trip may be seen on Dan’s blog at danodeens.wordpress.com

The 412 Commission students just got back from an amazing trip to Israel led by Dr. Randy Smith, shown here teaching the group. During the two weeks the group toured the country seeing various sites ranging from Old Testament cities to Armagedon. Dr. Smith, who is pastor of the Grace Brethren church in Sebring, Florida,

The Grace Brethren Church of San Diego, California (Glen Sykes, pastor) will hold its Three-Fold Communion Service focusing on the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ on Good Friday at 6:00 PM. Easter Sunday, San Diego Grace Brethren will hold its annual Children’s Easter Egg Hunt and Community Breakfast at 9:30 AM.