BMH Editor's Blog Building bridges of communication in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches

Grace College and Seminary, Winona Lake, Indiana, this Saturday morning granted undergraduate and graduate degrees to 570 students during Commencement services held in the Orthopaedic Capital Center on the Grace campus. In a day marked by “lasts” and “firsts,” Provost Bill Katip and President Ron Ma

Dr. Jared Burkholder of the Grace College history department and a specialist in Brethren history, recently presented a talk at Bethel College in Mishawaka, Indiana, during the Missionary Church Historical Society’s spring meeting. Burkholder said, “It was a superb time of good company and meaningfu

The Wooster (OH) newspaper is currently featuring a ministry initiative of the Grace Brethren Church of Wooster (Robert Fetterhoff, pastor). Here is an excerpt–to read the entire article, click here. Wooster’s Sowing Hope House will have a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday Church is letting ‘these peop

Miriam Pacheco from the Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church is currently in the Central African Republic, working with Encompass missionary Barb Wooler in the Project Hope & Charite orphan’s ministry. Here is an edited excerpt of an e-mail she sent yesterday: “We brought with us lots of dresses t

Encompass World Partners (formerly Grace Brethren International Missions) is inviting young leaders in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches to join them October 2-5 at the Catalyst Conference in Atlanta this fall. “We are thankful for the opportunity that our new location affords us to host you

The Altoona (PA) newspaper is featuring an article about Pastor Mark Lingenfelter from the Leamersville Grace Brethren Church and his new BMH book, “Chasing After Faith.”  Here is an excerpt–to read the entire article, click here. When Mark and Angie Lingenfelter were expecting their third child, th

Octavia Lehman, graduating Grace College senior journalism major and editor of the campus newspaper, wrote the following story for the college newspaper, The Sounding Board. In June, Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana, will break ground for a new dormitory to be built between Cooley Science Cen

When the young people of Community Grace Brethren Church in Warsaw, Ind. set out for a ministry trip this summer, they hope not only to minister to a local church, but to impact a community for Christ. And they are hoping that others might want to participate in the opportunity. “Our ‘home base’ is

It seems an unlikely combination — an African American pastor from the inner city of Washington, DC, and an older, mostly white, congregation in rural Virginia. But Kevin Mincey is excited about the opportunity to lead the Grace Brethren Church in Winchester, located in the scenic Shenandoah Valley

A group from Community of Grace Church (CGC), Grace Brethren congregation in Richmond, Va., recently returned from a life-changing weekend at Urban Hope Training Center in inner-city Philadelphia. Pastor Dave Kennedy, who led the team, said, “Of course we got our Philly cheesesteaks, but the real fo