The Charis Fellowship has seen significant transition over the past two years. Two national ministries welcomed new leaders, one ministry underwent a merger, and the Fellowship gained a new coordinator. In earl[...]

“Did you see her smile?” Andrew Simkins, a volunteer at the Room at the Table, asked as Stacy Engle’s foster daughter picked out items. Together, they filled multiple bags with a wide variety of items. Room at [...]

“I am honored to have been in this role.” This fall, Liz Cutler Gates will retire after 11 years as executive director of the Brethren Missionary Herald Company. She has led the organization through a rebrand, [...]

“I deeply love our Charis Fellowship and feel that God has given me a passion to help propel our Fellowship forward in the days ahead,” said new Charis Fellowship Coordinator Tim Hodge. Over the past year Tim h[...]

Tom Avey started as an accompanist in his local church. “That’s my training for just about everything I’ve done in this job,” he confessed. In July, Tom steps down after 23 years as Fellowship Coordinator, serv[...]

I always selected a study table on the second floor of Morgan Library next to a window. I liked the natural light and signs of life visible through the glass: verdant lawn, budding trees, flitting birds, and st[...]

I remember a pastor telling me once that he hoped that the world would rush toward evil sooner so we could expedite the Rapture. Crassly put, we should wish for more evil and suffering in the world so we Christ[...]

The Summer-Fall issue of GraceConnect magazine, the publication for the Charis Fellowship, is in the mail this week. This issue takes a look at the topic of hope as a follow-up on the last issue, which looked a[...]

At the beginning of 2020, Grace Community Church in Goshen, Ind. (Jim Brown, lead pastor), launched a car care ministry. Their dream was to use their facilities and skills to bless others. When the church acqui[...]

Elaine Hess, member and CE Ministry Coordinator at Southview Grace Brethren Church in Ashland, Ohio (Mark Abel, senior pastor), has been taking U.S. military veterans to visit the Washington D.C. war memorials [...]