Word has been received of the death of former Grace Brethren pastor, Dan Thompson. He died Thursday evening in Georgia. An obituary and funeral information will be posted here as soon as it is available.

Dan, with his wife, Jackie, led Grace Brethren congregations in Florida and Michigan. He is also survived by daughters Danielle, Summer, Windy, their husbands, and families. He also will be remembered as the son of Bob and Betty Thompson. (Bob was the executive director of Grace Brethren Home Missions, the church planting arm of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, in the 1980s, after serving as western field secretary of the organization for many years.)