Arthur Davis, chairman of the Grace College Art Department, died April 30. Prof. Davis joined the Grace faculty as a part-time instructor in art in the spring of 1974. He became a full-time instructor that fall and in 1991 became the department chair. He is survived by his wife, Laura; two sons, Brian Davis (and fiancee Amy Strong) Fort Wayne, […][...]
Ron Boehm has resigned from Go2 Church Planting Ministries. Jeffrey Brown is the new pastor at the Middlebranch (Ohio) Grace Brethren Church. He previously served the Spring Valley Grace Brethren Church (Ohio) for 17 years. Dr. Scott Edwards Dr. Scott Edwards is joining the faculty of the Grace College Graduate School in Counseling and Interpersonal Relations in the fall. He […][...]
Restoring the Household: The Quest of the Grace Brethren Church, a fascinating new Brethren history book, will be released BMH Books (Winona Lake, Ind.) in July at the annual conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Written by Dr. Todd Scoles of the pastoral staff of the Marysville, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church, the book presents a summary of church […][...]
The congregation at Crossroads Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in northeast Philadelphia. The Crossroads Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in northeast Philadelphia, Pa., has completed the purchase of its first facility at 7721-31 Torresdale Avenue in the neighborhood of Holmesburg. The congregation gathered June 1 to celebrate this milestone. Kurt Miller, lead pastor at the Grace Brethren Church […][...]
Challenged to live their lives undivided for Christ, participants in the annual Driven Conference, the gathering of young adults in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, put feet to their commitments and set out to help a new church. On Saturday, June 28, participants were given $10 each, formed into teams of five, and challenged to use their collective $50 […][...]
The Alexander Mack Museum is one of many sights that participants in the 2008 Brethren World Assembly may visit. The event will be held August 2 and 3 in Schwarzenau, Germany. Representatives and friends of Brethren groups from all over the world will converge on the little village of Schwarzenau, Germany, about forty minutes north of Marburg, on Saturday, August […][...]
Grace Graduates 298 New graduate Jessica Griffith joins her parents and grandparents following the May 3 commencement for a photo of three generations of Grace College and Seminary graduates. From left to right are Corey (BS 04) and Jennifer (Griffith) Palmer and Dave (BA 75) and Susan Griffith (BA 75), Jessica Griffith (BA 08), and Joyce (C 51) and Bob […][...]
By Jim Brown, Moderator Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches Jim Brown Melvin the Squirt found his way to our home after weekend services at Grace Community Church. Everything within me said, “Don’t bring him home because he will just take up space and all he does is eat and sleep.” I also knew he would need his water cleaned regularly […][...]
Virginia Reagan, center, a member of the Grace Brethren Church of Aiken, S.C., beams at Aiken Technical College’s May 1 commencement after receiving an associate degree in human services at the age of 68. Along with this degree, she will graduate in December with a certificate for Social Services Assistant and a certificate in Gerontology. She returned to school to […][...]
Challenged to live their lives undivided for Christ, participants in the annual Driven Conference, the gathering of young adults in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, put feet to their commitments and set out to help a new church. On Saturday, June 28, participants were given $10 each, formed into teams of five, and challenged to use their collective $50 […][...]
Robert and Sharon MacMillan share a happy moment with their daughter, Kathryn, following graduation at Grace College and Theological Seminary on May 3. He is the pastor of the Grace Brethren Church in Tracy, Calif. Among those participating in commencement exercises at Grace College and Theological Seminary on May 3, 2008, were 54 men and women who, at their enrollment, […][...]
Bernie Schneider, Angie Garber, Marguerite Dunning, Elizabeth Tyson, and Christopher Sower are among the Grace Brethren pioneers featured in Heroes Who Live On, Volume 3, a collection of character-trait vignettes that will be released in July by BMH Books (Winona Lake, Ind.) at the annual conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. The conference will be held in Tampa, […][...]
Integrated Community Development International has announced that Dan Thornton (pictured) from Soldotna, Alaska, has agreed to become ICDI’s new Chief of Operations. Thornton, who is currently vice-chair of the Brethren Missionary Herald Company board and its previous chairman, recently resigned from a long-term pastorate at the Peninsula Grace Brethren Church in Soldotna. Most recently Thornton was manager for his broth[...]
Fellowship Coordinator Tom Avey has announced that the Fellowship Council of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches is pleased to announce that six churches are seeking membership this summer in the FGBC. They are: Brighton Chapel of Howe, Indiana Grace Connections Church of Englewood, Ohio Catalyst Church of Kent, Ohio Life Spring Church of Brownsburg, Indiana Spring Valley Grace Brethren […][...]
On March 1, young people and adults involved in Student Ministries at the Grace Brethren Church of Aiken, S.C. held a walkathon called M’Baikithon. The purpose was to raise money to build student housing at the M’Baiki Bible Institute in the Central African Republic. Thirty-eight youth and family members raised more than $9,000, enough to build about three houses. Don […][...]
Gaining a Return on an Eternal Investment Jim Brown By Jim Brown, Moderator Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches So what can $1.59 buy these days? Here are a few things: half a gallon of gasoline, a pack of gum at the airport, small fries from Wendy’s, and 13 of the 26 breath mints in an Altoids container. As you can […][...]
A revised, updated, and expanded edition of Dr. John Davis’ Conquest and Crisis: Studies in Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, is scheduled to be released this summer by BMH Books. The book is a concise analysis of Israel’s conquest and settlement of Canaan. Davis uses recent archaeological discoveries, the Hebrew text, and a thorough understanding of the ancient Near Eastern culture […][...]
“Churches have a biblical responsibility to provide a good wage and benefits for their pastors,” says Don Shoemaker, long-time pastor of the Grace Brethren Church at Seal Beach, Calif. “In our contemporary culture, provision for retirement is important,” he adds. “A church’s willingness to contribute to a pastor’s retirement shows proper respect and gratitude.” It’s one of [...]
BMH Books has just released new versions of two highly-acclaimed books on prophecy by the late pastor and Bible teacher Lehman Strauss. The Book of the Revelation contains outlined studies of the last book of the Bible. In his introduction, Strauss says, “Genesis is the book of commencement; Revelation is the book of consummation.” The author identifies three distinct systems […][...]