BMH Books author and Grace Theological Seminary graduate, Larry McCall, has been interviewed on the Books at a Glance website about his 2009 book, Loving Your Wife as Christ Loves the Church. A portion of the interview is included below. Click here to read the complete article. Long-time friend and pastor Larry McCall (Christ’s Covenant Church, Winona Lake, IN) loves to […][...]
Here’s a recent update from Grow New England, the Grace Brethren church planting organization in the New England states. Jack Brown, executive director, sent this report: We are very excited to welcome Phil and Emily Shearer to our team in New England. Phil and Emily have been married for six years and have three adorable daughters; Elayna and Cadence, age […][...]
The Medina, Ohio, campus of Grace Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Akron, Ohio (Jeff Bogue, senior pastor; Tony Livigni, Medina lead pastor) is featured on the website, Worship Facilities. An article and slide show discusses the use of an industrial facility for meeting space for the Medina campus. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the […][...]
Alice M. Peacock will be retiring from missionary service with Encompass World Partners in Argentina, South America, on July 31, 2015. Her thirty five years in various areas of that country have taught her much. Her Indiana University education and previous experience in private elementary schools around the Indianapolis, Ind., area prepared her for teaching English and Bible classes to […][...]
Grace College softball standouts Brooke Shell and Clarissa Knight were honored following a sterling campaign in 2015. Shell was named NCCAA First Team All-American for the second straight season to close out her remarkable career. She also earned her second straight appearance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team, a prestigious award honoring both academic and athletic accomplishments. Knight was hailed as an NCCAA Second [...]
A Facebook group has been formed to help reconnect hundreds of individuals who attended the Grace Brethren Church in Long Beach, Calif., when it was located at the corner of Fifth and Cherry. Howard Mayes, whose father, Dr. Charles Mayes, was pastor when the building burned in 1964, and Gordon Austin, who grew up in the church, have created the site […][...]
Tony Webb, executive director of VisionUSA and VisionOhio, Grace Brethren church planting organizations, has announced the development of an online assessment tool to see if you are a “gatherer.” Tony teaches the GSE approach to church planting — Gatherer, Shepherd, Elder. This free tool, designed with Jonathan Reitz at Coachnet, will help people determine if they are a gatherer — someone […][...]
A person can go to work, do his job well, and go home or he can go to is place of employment, work hard, and engage with people while using God-talk in informal conversations. A person can take a lunch break and eat alone, or he can go to lunch with a co-worker in order to just talk…and offer to […][...]
By Steve Rees, Special to ASSIST News Service ESTES PARK, CO (ANS – May 30, 2015) — Disgraced journalists who’ve fabricated, exaggerated and stole content for publication while working in secular media aren’t alone in their disregard for truth-telling. Christian writers fall prey to the same temptations, according to a journalism professor at Grace College and Seminary, where students’ work is […][...]
The worship team Grace Church, Bath Campus, Akron, Ohio (Jeff Bogue, senior pastor) is releasing their new album with a special night of worship at 7 p.m. tonight (May 29) in the Ghent Road Main Auditorium. ‘Unseen Certainty’ is Grace Church Music’s first studio album and is compiled of original songs written by people who are part of the church family. For more […][...]
A former Grace College student athlete, Karen Friend DeVries, is the subject of a story posted at the Medina, Ohio, Gazette, on Thursday, May 28. DeVries, a Wadsworth, Ohio, native who ran cross country at Grace, will be inducted into the Medina County Sports Hall of Fame next month. While a student at Grace, she was a two-time NAIA national qualifier and received […][...]
In past eNewsletters, we’ve shared a few stories about how the most effective way to change the world is through discipling a few people – face to face and hands-on – and today’s story is another example of how Grace Brethren people are doing just that. George Swain had worked as a missionary with Encompass World Partners in Prague, Czech Republic, for 21 years, and […][...]
Nine student-athletes on the Grace College track and field team have received the NAIA-Daktronics Scholar-Athlete distinction. The women’s team had seven honorees, good for third-most in the Crossroads League. Jo Boren, Rachel Fehring, Megan Gast, Victoria Gimben, Alicia Hertzler, Heather House and Alexis Nelson comprised the Lady Lancers’ academic winners. On the men’s side, Drew Perrin and Josh Peterson wer[...]
Jim Brown: Hope Unleashed from Asia’s Hope on Vimeo. Asia’s Hope, an Ohio-based Christian non-profit organization that ministers to orphaned children in Cambodia, Thailand, India, and Nepal, is hosting an international orphan care conference September 17–19 in Columbus, Ohio. The conference, Hope Unleashed 2015, will include speakers and workshop leaders from across the country and around the world. “Churches[...]
The Grace Brethren Church of Calvert County, Owings, Md., is celebrating the retirement of Pastor Robert Wagner on Sunday evening, June 14. A Celebration Service at 7:30 p.m. will be proceeded with an invitation-only dinner (due to space restrictions). On that day, only one service will be held in the morning, as well. (Click here for a complete schedule.) Pastor […][...]
A story in today’s Fort Wayne, Ind., Journal-Gazette, tells about a group that gets together to “jam” at Grace Village Retirement Center, Winona Lake, Ind., each week. The group includes Dr. John Davis, president emeritus at Grace College, and J.D. Woods, a current faculty member at the college. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the […][...]
Johnston and Terri Moore didn’t set out to be advocates for adoption, but by the time they had adopted their third child, the couple was on mission to help others with the process. Johnston, who worked in the film industry for nearly two decades, recalled the frustration of working through the system as their first two sons joined their family […][...]
From today’s Ink Free News… click here to read the complete article. GRACE COLLEGE COUNSELING PROGRAM PLACES SECOND IN SMALL COLLEGE RANKING Grace College’s undergraduate counseling program recently placed second in the “Top 25 Small Colleges for a Counseling Degree” listing posted this March. Sorted by overall undergraduate graduation rate, Grace’s Bachelor of Science in Counseling and Bachelor of Arts in counsel[...]
Following an outstanding senior campaign, Grace men’s tennis senior Daniel Sanchez has been honored as an NAIA All-American. Sanchez was one of three Crossroads League players to earn a spot on the honorable mention list for NAIA All-American. The Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela, native was Grace’s No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles player all season. He posted a sterling 9-1 […][...]
Here’s a recent report from Barb Wooler, who is in Nepal with Reach Global, along with a post from her Kathmandu Diary. If you’d still like to give to providing homes or community centers for the people who have been impacted by the recent earthquakes, click here. For up-to-date news from Barb, follow her Facebook page, and continue to pray for […][...]