The Grace Brethren Church of Portis, Kansas (Dave Sarver, pastor) is participating in a community outreach project this Christmas. The following appears on a Portis-oriented blog: The communities of Portis and Harlan are again planning an event organized by the Community Outreach Project. This will be a soup and chili supper at the Wolters Auction […]
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To: FGBC Colleagues and GBIF InvestorsFrom: Grace Brethren Investment Foundation, Inc.Larry Chamberlain, CEO and President Ken Seyfert, VP and Executive Director of OperationsDate: December, 2007 This has been another very successful year of ministry operations. We wish to thank our investors for their faithfulness and for helping GBIF make a significant contribution to the continued
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Dr. Francois Ngoumape, who heads the seminary and Bible schools for the Grace Brethren work in the Central African Republic, has sent a report on a recent youth conference held in the CAR. “I asked you last week to pray for our trip from Bata to Yaloké and Bangui to Yaloké. God has protected us
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The following obituary was prepared by Betty Poyner’s family: Elizabeth (Betty) Jean Poyner, 71, slipped peacefully into the presence of her heavenly Father after a courageous two-year battle with ovarian cancer on Monday, December 10, 2007, surrounded by her loved ones and devoted husband of 50 years. Born October 10, 1936, in Waterloo, Iowa, Betty
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thequest, a Columbus, Ohio, urban church network pastored by Mike Jentes, has come up with a unique way to raise some funds using a football autographed by legendary Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel. According to Jentes: “One of our folks was able to secure a Jim Tressel-autographed football which he designated to be used
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Dr. Paulette Sauders of the Grace College (Winona Lake, IN) English and literature department is leading a tour of London and Oxford, England, open to all friends of Grace College & Seminary, the dates of February 29 through March 9, 2008. Cost for the trip will be $2550, which covers round-trip airfare, hotels in London
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Next year’s Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches moderator John McIntosh (center), along with Fellowship Coordinator Tom Avey (left) led discussions this morning as gathered leaders of the Fellowship concluded three days of update and strategy meetings at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis, Indiana. Grace Brethren Investment Foundation CEO Dr. Larry Chamberlain is at right. In
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Dadje Samuel (pictured at right) has a passion to reach people for Jesus. “This is the commandment of the Lord,” he says, speaking through interpreter Tom Julien. “Love one another. This is the command.” A long-time businessman and contractor, the 45-year-old father of 10 has turned his focus to helping new Grace Brethren churches become
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We have received word from Tim and Sue Poyner about the death of his mother, Betty (pictured here with her husband, Randy), on Monday, December 10, following a recurrence of cancer. Betty and her husband, Randy, a longtime pastor and professional counselor in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, lived in Florida. Yesterday evening, sometime
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