Workmen this morning hoisted new air conditioning units onto the roof of the Brethren Missionary Herald Co. building in Winona Lake, Indiana, as part of the process of renovating the old Herald Bookstore space into the new Tree of Life Books/Music/Cafe. Tree of Life is antiticipating opening the 7,500-square-foot combination cafe, college bookstore and general […]

Ted W. Engstrom, president emeritus of World Vision International and past president of Youth for Christ International, died Friday at his home in Bradbury, Calif. He was 90. Author of more than 50 books, Engstrom served as executive vice president and later president and chief executive officer of World Vision, turning a small Christian agency

BMH Books of Winona Lake, Indiana, announces the arrival of its latest release, Antioch Revisited: Reuniting the Church With Her Mission, by Tom Julien. This 119-page paperback discusses one of the greatest tragedies of church history: the divorce between churches and their mission. Julien, a veteran missionary and former executive director of Grace Brethren International

BMH is bringing to Celebrate06 conference in Palm Springs several cartons of the full-color, 24-page ‘FGBC Magazine’ produced several years ago to explain who the FGBC is. They will be available without charge while quantities last to pastors and church leaders who wish to take them. They are useful at church information kiosks, with membership

A memorial service is being held at 11 a.m. today, Monday, July 17, 2006, in Laurel Community Church in Hillsboro, Oregon, for Glen Knepper, who died July 13 at age 75. Knepper, originally from York, Pennsylvania, worked for a time in the 1960s at Grace College and Seminary in Winona Lake, IN. Pastor Chris Hay

From GBNAM church-planter Nathan Bryant in Mississauga, Ontario: “Jennifer went in to have a new baby on Thursday and she had a baby boy just after 11:00 on Thursday night. Micah Alexander Bryant 7lbs 6oz. Baby and mom are doing great.”

Grace Brethren International Missions is very excited to announce the addition of the nationally-acclaimed “Nigerian Talking Drum Ensemble” directed by Dr. Francis Awe to the program for the upcoming Celebrate06 conference in California. This eight-member drum and dance ensemble will perform at the GBIM Poolside missionary reception on Saturday night, July 29, at the conference

Pastor Kenn Cosgrove, of the Limerick (Royersford) PA church, sends the following urgent prayer request: “Grace Church, Limerick, Pennsylvania, faces a deadline to vacate rented facilities on August 31. The building is slated for demolition soon after. PRAY for the Lord’s wisdom in relocation of this very active small church.”

Grace Brethren International Missions staff, board members, and stateside missionaries are concluding a week of “Family Reunion” in Winona Lake, Indiana.(Tom Avey cellphone photo) Each year the GBIM family gathers for updates, inspiration, and teaching. For ongoing information about Grace Brethren international missions, and to keep updated with prayer requests, log on to www.gbim.org.

Would you be willing to pray for events and people during the upcoming Brethren National Youth Conference, which will be held on the BIOLA campus in Los Angeles the dates of July 22-28? Click on to www.bnyc.net, click on “Pray for BNYC” and sign up for one or several of the available 124 time slots.