A former Grace College basketball stand-out who returned to help coach the Lady Lancers will be among those honored on June 22 when the Kosciusko County Basketball Hall of Fame holds its fourth induction ceremony at the Orthopaedic Capital Center on the campus of Grace College. Jerry Ryman is a 1963 graduate of Mentone High School who went on to have […][...]
Grace College has announced the opening of its third commuter location in the city of Detroit this coming August. The Detroit location was selected based on an invitation from Evangel Ministries. Grace College Detroit will offer an A.A. or A.S. in General Studies (Liberal Arts) for traditional students seeking to live at home and save money while completing their first […][...]
Go2 Ministries, the national church-planting arm of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, has committed to praying for the United States through a program called Circles of Grace. This programs allows individuals, small groups, churches, or other organizations to pray for a specific region of the country. This brief video, released last year, encourages everyone to pray for specific areas […][...]
The “life-on-life” discipleship model is a fresh, biblical method for leadership development utilized by Perimeter Church in Atlanta, Ga. Randy Pope, founding pastor, will be leading a session on this transformational approach to church leadership on Friday, July 26 during Vision2020 South, the national conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Pope will speak on ways to move beyond […][...]
Services were held Monday, June 3, in Kenai, Alaska, for Earl and Lynda Moore. Earl most recently served as the pastor of the Grace Brethren Church in Kenai, Alaska, but also led several other congregations in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Their obituary appears below. Earl and Lynda Moore, longtime married couple and residents of the Kenai and Soldotna […][...]
Grace Community Church in Frederick, Md. (R Greene, pastor), was one of several sponsors of last weekend’s Convoy of Hope in the surrounding Frederick County. The above video was produced by Scott Avey, worship pastor at the church, to report on the event. “This is the third time Convoy of Hope has been in Frederick and the third time GCC […][...]
MariJean Sanders, a 2011 graduate of Grace College, has joined the staff of GraceConnect (Brethren Missionary Herald Company) as editorial coordinator. In her part-time role, she will be writing for graceconnect.us and GraceConnect magazine, as well as helping oversee content for those platforms. MariJean is a native of Fremont, Ohio, where she attended Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation […][...]
Members, attenders, and staff of the Winona Lake, Ind., Grace Brethren Church (WLGBC) celebrated in all three services yesterday (June 2) as it was announced that the mortgage on the church’s buildings has been paid off. The mortgage was burned during services in the main sanctuary and in the Living Room, which meets at The Hub, the youth center and […][...]
The new book by former executive director of the Brethren Missionary Herald Co., Terry White, is now available. Winona at 100: Third Wave Rising details the history of Winona Lake, Ind., the small midwestern resort town that has given birth to a number of Christian organizations. It is also home to the headquarters of a number of Grace Brethren organizations. […][...]
The Class of 2013 at Grace Brethren High School in Simi Valley, Calif., celebrated their graduation at the Grace Brethren Church in Simi Valley (Jordan Bakker, pastor). The school is a ministry of the church. Click here for more photos from the Ventura County Star.[...]
Picturesque Winona Lake, Ind., is home to a number of Grace Brethren organizations. Here’s a story from today’s Kalamazoo, Mich., Gazette, that touts some it it’s attractions. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete story. Day Trip: Winona Lake, Indiana, is worth the trip — maybe more than one WINONA LAKE, Ind. —Winona Lake […][...]
Fight Club — Encouraging Men to Follow After Jesus from GraceConnect (BMH) on Vimeo. Ted Rondeau, of Grace Community Church, Goshen, Ind. (Jim Brown, pastor), shares about the men’s discipleship and leadership program developed at the church — Fight Club. The ministry encourages men in the areas of spiritual and physical growth and helps men develop healthy relationships with their […][...]
As the 75th Commencement began at Grace College and Seminary, Winona Lake, Ind., on May 11, this video was shown. It celebrates 75 years of higher education with a biblical worldview.[...]
BMH author and former Grace Theological Seminary professor, Lee Kantenwein, has died. He was the author of Diagrammatical Analysis, a textbook designed to help students understand the syntactical relationships in Greek and Hebrew grammar. His obituary appears below. Dr. Lee LeMoyne Kantenwein of Warsaw, Ind., died at 1:07 a.m. on Monday, May 27, 2013 at Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home, Fort Wayne, […][...]
BMH e-books are now available on a fourth platform, as Kobo has been added as an option for purchasing and instantly downloading books. Inspired by a “Read Freely” philosophy and a passion for innovation, Kobo is one of the world’s fastest-growing eReading services. “Read Freely” stems from Kobo’s belief that consumers should have the freedom to read any book, anytime, […][...]
Many in the Grace Brethren movement remember when North American church planting followed a specific and consistent model. With minor variations at times, the model for church planting went something like this: A group of Grace Brethren people (perhaps a family or two) had relocated to a new town and wanted to start a Grace Brethren church. They contacted the […][...]
The staff at Encompass World Partners in Atlanta, Ga., joined to produce a carnival last Saturday for children in an apartment complex near their headquarters. Jesús Muñoz, Hispanic church planter in the area, reports that 61 children and 40 adults participated. Christa Brown, who serves on the Atlanta Encompass team reports: Heavy thunderstorms had been on the horizon for days and […][...]
The Singer Hill Grace Brethren Church in Johnstown, Pa. (Drew Walther, pastor) was one of three churches that was broken into last weekend, according to a published report at wajctv.com. A portion of the report appears here. Click here to read the complete story or view a video report that includes an interview with Pastor Walther. Three local churches broken into on […][...]
Commencement ceremonies at Grace College & Theological Seminary took place Saturday, May 11 at 9 a.m. in the Orthopaedic Capital Center on the Grace campus. A brass ensemble conducted by Martin Becker provided the prelude and processional accompaniment. The ceremony, which commemorated the 75th anniversary of the college and seminary, included an invocation by Michael C. Taylor, director of the medical and […][...]
Work continues on the new building at Grace Fellowship, a Grace Brethren church in Pickerington, Ohio (Keith Minier, pastor). Here’s a recent update video. Building Progress (May 2013) from Grace Fellowship on Vimeo.[...]