Instead of a dark and stormy night (the beginning to all good mystery novels), it was a humid, rainy day. But this is no mystery… it’s orientation for Operation Barnabas, CE National’s summer ministry training program for teens, and it began yesterday in Lititz, Pa. This year, three teams will travel throughout the southeast United […]

Debbie Hocking, pictured at right, has been commissioned by Grace Brethren International Missions to paint a mural that represents the global Grace Brethren family. The mural, designed by her graphic designer husband, Jay, is a 32-inch high strip that will run the entire length of the four walls in the lobby of the International Mission

Eighteen students are attending the ACT (Accelerated Church-Planting Training) Seminar this week, which is being held at Grace Brethren International Missions here in Winona Lake, Ind. Seminar instructor Dave Guiles, GBIM Executive Director (pictured at right), comes to the subject with 11 years of missionary church-planting experience in Argentina. Seminar attendees are missionaries and pastors

At Grace College (Winona Lake, Ind.), Dr. Ron Manahan and Dr. Bill Katip are pleased to announce that Dr. Tom Prinsen (pictured at right) will be joining the Communication Department beginning this fall. Dr. Prinsen has extensive teaching experience, including a stint at Houghton College working with Grace grad Dr. Doug Gaerte. Please pray for

Paul Mutcher, pastor the Lanham (Md.) Grace Brethren Church, sends an update on the victims of the May accident involving the members of the senior class at Lanham Christian School. The students were involved in a head-on crash on the fourth day of their senior trip trip to Florida. (See blog reports for June 3,

Terry White sends along this photo to go with his blog entry below. It was taken in the parking lot of the Galabadja 3 church after Sunday services. “Kids crowded all around to give us greetings and to get ‘high fives,’” he reports.

Greetings from Bangui, Central African Republic, where we’ve had a good weekend worshiping in Grace Brethren churches, doing a long radio interview on Radio Bangui from the Castor church, visiting with the missionaries, and much more. We are now in our final stretch of classes. Didier (from France) is teaching illustration and scenario publishing. Jean

Last week, we reported about specialized ministries of two Indiana Grace Brethren churches. The Flora Grace Brethren Church held Vacation Bible School for the first time in many years. At South Bend, the Grace Community Church sponsored a soccer camp. Here are final reports from both communities: The Flora Grace Brethren Church concluded its Vacation

Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind., was one of several institutions featured in a story about colleges in northern Indiana that have used renewable energy or recyled materials in the construction of new buildings. The story appeared in this morning (Sunday’s) Fort Wayne (Ind.) Journal Gazette. Not only was green technology incorporated in the construction of

BMH Executive Director Terry White (right) is in central Africa teaching young African Journalists. He sent along this update on Thursday, June 7. See his blog post of May 24, 2007 for more details about his trip. We arrived in Bangui (Central African Republic) yesterday via a four-hour SIL flight in a five-seat plane without