The Latest News from Around the Fellowship:

Jonathan Carey, pastor of the Ellet Grace Brethren Church in Akron, Ohio, recently shared an idea that has impacted his church, community, and the world. Carey received $50 from a distant relative for officiating at a family funeral. He didn’t feel comfortable using the money personally. At the same time, he was mulling over the conclusion to a message he […][...]

Equip07, the summer annual conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, will be held July 29 through August 2, 2007, in Winona Lake, Indiana. Registration is now open through the Fellowship Coordinator’s office. Following the every-other-year cycle of celebration and educational conferences, the 2007 gathering will focus on “The Pursuit of Wisdom” with learning being seen as a lifelong […][...]

By Katy Devereaux The doctor pointed his finger at one of the newborn twin girls and told Angie Garber’s parents, “That one won’t live.” With complications from the multiple birth, he saw little hope for Frank and Emma Garber’s youngest of nine children. Not only did Garber live, but she spent most of her 94 years serving others. Although her […][...]

Grace Institute seeks to partner in holistically training leaders By Kary Oberbrunner It might come as a surprise, but most Christians don’t think like Christians. According to the Barna Research Group, “Only nine percent of born-again Christians have a biblical worldview.” Leaders, both inside and outside the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, understand this problem. Thankfully, many pastors and churche[...]

Elizabeth “Liz” Cutler Gates, an experienced journalist with deep roots in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, will join the staff of the Brethren Missionary Herald Company on January 1 as editorial director. Since 1996 she has been director of communications for the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Her previous experience includes working […][...]

Fifteen Years Ago[...]

Events of general interest among Grace Brethren churches. Details and registration information are available from sponsoring organizations or through www.fgbc.org. Nov. 3-5 – Grace Homecoming (GCandS) Nov. 5-6 – VisionOhio Church Planting Leadership Summit (GBNAM) Nov. 10-11 — Dedication of the CE National Training Center (CEN) Nov. 13 – VIP Campus Visit Day (GCandS) Dec. 14 – Fall Semester Ends [[...]

The election process has been completed for the Board of Trustees for Grace College and Seminary, Winona Lake, Indiana. This was an unusual year in that there was only one incumbent, John Gregory, on the ballot. The other incumbents had reached term limit (five elected three-year terms, or 15 years) or for personal reasons had asked not to be nominated […][...]

by Paul Hoard Pastors Juan Marenco (left) and Paul Guay jointly pastor the Mabton, Washington, Hispanic and Anglo congregations. Here they enjoy a meal and fellowship at this year Mabton, Washington, is a small Yakima Valley town of 1,891 people, 89 percent of whom are Hispanic. The town’s greatest claim to fame until now was the discovery of mad cow […][...]

By Ron Dorner “Of course, I know where I live!” you say. But what’s important is not where you think you live, but where state governments determine you live. The issue is complicated. If you have always lived in one state, owned no property in another state, and intend to die in the state you have always lived in you […][...]

Brethren Missionary Herald Company is making a special offer to Grace Brethren churches and their missions committees who choose to use Tom Julien’s new book, Antioch Revisited, as a study and resource guide for missions committees and mission strategy planners. The book, which presents the fictional but true-to-life story of “John,” a missionary who comes to a ministry-changing conclusion, is […][...]

Bud and Rose Barger Harry (Bud) Barger of Hagerstown, Maryland, joined CE National’s staff beginning October 1, 2006, part-time in the area of financial and estate planning. Since 1998 Bud has led the Grace Brethren Financial and Estate Planning Ministry. He will continue to work from his home in Hagerstown. Barger’s experience includes being business administrator and director of development […][...]

By Katy Devereaux Roy Snyder For more than 15 years, Roy Snyder, a resident of Grace Village in Winona Lake, Indiana, has been writing “The Missionary Veterans of Foreign Wars,” a four-page monthly newsletter for retired Grace Brethren missionaries. It helps veteran missionaries stay informed about active and retired missionaries. Snyder selects six or seven lines from each of the […][...]

By Liz Cutler Gates A vacation to Europe more than 20 years ago cut short a successful teaching career while inspiring an up-and-coming author. “I didn’t start out to be a writer,” says Karen Harper, the teacher-turned-novelist who now has more than 40 mystery, suspense, and historical books to her credit. “I was an English teacher and a great reader,” […][...]

By Katy Devereaux Rick Glass “I’m having so much fun,” Rick Glass says of his first year teaching fourth grade at Harrison Elementary School in Warsaw, Indiana. After 30 years of working at Napa Auto Parts, Glass returned to school at Taylor University in Fort Wayne, then transferred to Grace College in Winona Lake in pursuit of his teaching license. […][...]

John McIntosh At the delegates’ luncheon at Celebrate06, Pastor John McIntosh of Simi Valley, California, was elected Second Moderator-Elect of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC), which means he will be moderator of the FGBC for the year following Jim Brown. Tim Boal is moderator 2006-2007, Jim Brown will be 2007-2008, and McIntosh will be moderator 2008-2009. Larry Humberd […][...]

Dr. Duke Heller, author of the BMH book How to Start a Kingdom Conversation, was recently interviewed on “Bob Burney Live,” a Columbus, Ohio, radio talk show on WFRD. In the interview, he mentioned one of the themes of the book–if you cannot name the time and place you received Christ, perhaps you are not really a Christian and should […][...]

Tracey and Marie Owen, retired from careers in graphic arts and nursing, now give several months a year to leading project teams for Roving Volunteers in Christ’s Service (RVICS)By Paul Hoard Retirement for Tracey and Marie Owen holds much more than just afternoons of Bocce Ball and winters in Florida. This couple, from Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church, looked […][...]

Jimmy McAllister Jimmy McAllister, 6, from the York, Pennsylvania, Grace Brethren Church, is off to a good start in the literary world. Recently Jimmy, who started Kindergarten this year, was notified that his illustrated book entry, “Letters to Max: Letters Home to my Dog Max from Vacation in the Outer Banks,” was awarded first-place (with a $100 first-place prize) in […][...]

Dr. Charles Feinberg’s masterwork on the two major views of millennialism has been re-issued by BMH Books with updated graphics and is now available for shipping. Millennialism: The Two Major Views, a 400-page paperback classic, carefully and systematically lays out the biblical interpretation systems for both the premillennial and amillennial views. In a foreword, Grace Theological Seminary founder Alva J. […][...]