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EDITORIAL
It is without question that
times are changing. The world
has been shrinking and the
news of the world is as close as
the happenings in your
neighborhood. Standard val-
ues that in times past were
accepted by the church and
even society are not so stand-
ard anymore. Educators are
working with children from
broken homes and single
parent homes in greater
numbers. Many of the church's
rules and regulations are part
of history. They are dealing
with problems of how to
minister to a society who
needs the gospel.
This is not an easy change
for the local church and the
changes in ministry are not
going smoothly. How much
does the church change to
meet the challenge and how
much should it change? Can
the church make big social
changes without lowering
biblical standards?
It has been suggested that
the local church has all kinds
of new competition within its
ranks. The average church at-
tender hears many more ser-
mons from a person other
than his own pastor. With
Christian radio and TV, it is
probable the Christian will
hear at least three times as
many sermons from another
preacher. Money is by-passing
the local church in great
amounts as well. There are in-
deed challenges to keep the
pace in ministry.
All current research in-
dicates that the middle age
American does not care about
the name of the church or the
doctrine . . . but they do care
about whether there is a Day
Care Center associated with
the church.
If you have any interest in
the local church, do not miss
the December 17, 1990 issue
of Newsweek. The feature
article is "And the Children
Shall Lead Them— Young
Americans Return to God." A
couple of highlights suggest
the situation — some churches
are cutting the message,
banishing hellfire and damna-
tion and the church label. This
generation chooses churches
like a local restaurant and with
the same loyalty. The Kwik-
Scan Bible is in. Second Bap-
tist at Houston has 64 softball
teams, 48 basketball teams, 84
volleyball, soccer and flag
teams. The Family Life Center
has six bowling lanes, two
basketball courts, an indoor
jogging track, racquetball
courts, weight and aerobic
rooms plus a music room and
a 500 member choir. Just your
average local church!
Support groups are in . . .
from women who love too
much to overeaters anon-
ymous. Says the leader "if it
flies, let it stay, we are wound-
ed healers." But the rub comes
when "sin" is approached. It
seems there is a keen eye for
the sins of society, but the area
of personal sin is kind of lost.
The local church does have
a challenge ... to retain the
purity of God's word and
somehow find the method of
getting it to persons who are
lost in sin. The question is
whether we have caught the
challenge to meet the tem-
poral needs of persons and lost
the long range eternal,
spiritual needs of the soul. The
body has become very impor-
tant to our generation, but
there is still an eternal soul
that needs ministry. Oh, for a
balance between the two that
meets the standard of the eter-
nal God, whom we serve.
The
Changing
Role
Of the
Local
Church
by Charles W. Turner
HERALD/ January 15, 1991
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Brethren Missionary
ifaiiimp S3 Nn.1 ^^^ January 15, 199
Volume 53 No.l
3 Editorial
The Changing
Role of the
Local Church
Charles W. Turner
5 BEM
Is America on
the Verge
of Revival?
6 Home Missions
Dedication of
the Navtech
Center
8 Fellowship Happenings 13 Grace Schools
Personal Seminary offers
Reflections: a New Degree
The Baptism/ Program
Membership
Debate
Richard Horner 14 Fellowship News
10 Devotional
The Greek
Word Agape
J. Paul Dowdy
16 WMC
A Chain of Love
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BRETHREN EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES
Is America on the Verge of Revival?
The Northwest Renewal
(First of a three-part series examining current
trends in our nation. Condensed from the
National and International Religion Report, Oct.
8, '90. Used by Permission)
A spiritual renewal movement among pastors in
the Pacific Northwest has received national
attention and sparked hopes among a growing
number of leaders across the U.S. that a genuine
"revival" of authentic Christianity may soon be
ignited. Terry Dirks, Vice President of Multnomah
School of the Bible in Portland, Oregon, and an
Evangelical Free Church minister, does not go so
far as to say that a full-fledged spiritual awakening
is sweeping his region, but he insists that the
phenomenon occurring among Christian leaders
in the two-state area is unlike anything he has ever
witnessed in his ministry of over 20 years.
Only 3 percent
of Washington's residents
attend church,
the lowest figure
in the nation,
statisticians say.
The so-called Northwest Renewal effort began
when Multnomah President Joe Aldridge was
disturbed by data that classifies the Pacific North-
west region as spiritually desolate. Only 3 percent
of Washington's residents attend church, the
lowest figure in the nation, statisticians say.
Oregon holds the second-lowest church atten-
dance rate. The typical pastor in the area, Aldridge
noticed, was discouraged and dillusioned, having
little hope that evangelism efforts would ever
succeed.
Acting on the theory that a genuine revival can
be ignited only after church leaders have been
"renewed and retooled," Aldridge organized a
pastors' prayer gathering in the Salem, Oregon
area 18 months ago. It was not a typical ministerial
meeting. The men traveled to a remote spot on the
Oregon coast to pray, worship, and fellowship over
a four-day period. Leaders representing Baptist,
Episcopalian, Evangelical Free, Presbyterian,
Methodist, Lutheran, and various charismatic and
Pentecostal churches united to form a rare mixture
of styles, tastes, and doctrines that have become
characteristic of all other Northwest Renewal
sessions. Denominational differences are ignored
during the retreats. Prayer, brotherly affection, and
the worship of Jesus Christ are emphasized.
Communion is served each night, hymns are sung,
but no preaching is allowed.
Dirks pointed to several key factors in these
meetings that have made them exceptional: (1)
They are marked by candid confession of personal
sin; (2) "denomination blinders" are removed as
various leaders openly confess their hostilities and
prejudices toward other pastors from different
doctrinal backgrounds; and (3) the level of
fellowship achieved during the meetings always
produces a more permanent expression of unity
and cooperation in the localities represented.
Ron Boehme, a Youth With a Mission leader,
participated in a Memorial Day weekend retreat
involving 60 pastors. At one point, an Assembly
of God minister stood to his feet, with tears flow-
ing, to announce that he was guilty of judging a
conservative Baptist colleague in the room. "I was
told in Bible school that you believed all the wrong
things ... I thought you were elitist, " the AG
pastor confessed. The Baptist replied: "I thought
the same things about you. Would you forgive
me?" Boehme said the two men met each other
in the center of the room to embrace and shed
more tears.
Dirks noted that weeping is a common factor in
the Northwest prayer retreats. It comes naturally
in response to raw honesty about personal
weaknesses in the lives of the participating
leaders. Sometimes a chair would be placed in the
center of their circle and men would voluntarily
come to the front. Tears began to flow freely as men
shared their hearts. Some were bound in the
chains of lust. Others were struggling in their
marriages. Some had grown up in the homes of
alcoholics and were reaching out for love. The
variety seemed endless, yet the response always
was the same. As a man would share his need,
other brothers from the audience would make
their way up to the front to pray for and encourage
the one who was baring his soul. It was so tender
and yet so intense that it was almost impossible
to get ones prayer in. Man after man came to the
'hot seat' in front and went away built up and
encouraged. (Continued next month)
HERALD/ January 15, 1991
HOME MISSIONS
Dedication of the Navtech Center
Grace Brethren Navajo Ministries include two
major emphases: evangelism and education.
Evangelism is accomplished, partially through the
planting of Navajo Churches. At the present time,
there are two churches on the reservation in New
Mexico and one in Red Lake, Arizona. All three
churches are pastored by native Americans.
Evangelism and education are the goals of the
Grace Christian Indian School where 110 students
are enrolled in classes from first grade through
twelfth.
In preparation for the January 21 dedication of
the Vocational Training and Vehicle Maintenance
facility (the Navtech Center) at the Mission, several
staff members were asked to comment on what
they felt this new facility could mean to the
The new Navtech Center at the Navajo Mission.
Ministry Opportunity
Available
in Home Office
The Grace Brethren Home Missions Coun-
cil is seeking a qualified person to serve in its
Winona Lake office as controller of its three
corporations (Home Missions, Investment
Foundation, Navajo Mission). The individual
chosen for this position will manage the
financial office of the Mission and should be
experienced in accounting systems, financial
analysis, computer support systems, and
other management responsibilities. Inter-
ested parties may request a job description
and application by writing P.O. Box 587,
Winona Lake, IN, 46590, Attn. Jesse Deloe,
or phone 219/267-5161.
ministry there. Here is the response from Bob
Lathrop, veteran mechanic, who, with his wife
Norma, has served at the Mission since 1966.
"When I look at our new Navtech Center
building I think of several things. I am glad to see
that I can now get a school bus inside the building
and shut the door against the wind, dust, rain,
cold, and snow. Crawling around under a bus to
change a broken leaf spring, or whatever else gives
out, is soon to be done under much more pleasant
circumstances than previously (outdoors in all
kinds of weather). I am very thankful for the new
circumstances.
Before the Navtech Center, buses had to be
repaired outdoors regardless of the weather.
"My mind goes back to a bit of verse from an
unknown source, 'God has no hands but our
hands to do His work,' and it prompts other
thoughts, as I view the new building. I see concrete
and steel evidence of the hand of God that has
moved to meet our needs so we can serve Him
more effectively in reaching our community and
preparing them to live God-honoring lives.
"The hand of God. My hands did not build that
building. Brethren men and women built it. Men
and women from all over represented the hands
of God reaching to a people who need our Lord
Jesus and need to be built up in the faith and
'prepared for every good work.'
"Part of our Savior's preparation was a carpenter,
and now we have a more adequate facility to teach
carpentry to our people. We are also better
equipped to teach metal working, welding, and
mechanics skills. Hospitality is expected of Chris-
tians, and we now have a dandy place to teach the
culinary parts of that grace in the new home
economics room.
"We see that the hand of God (your hands that
have prayed, given, and worked) has equipped us
to serve our Lord even more effectively here at
HERALD/ January 15, 1991
HOME MISSIONS
Counselor, New Mexico, and that is our desire, to
serve Him.
"Your hands ... I haven't even hinted at all of
the hands through all of the years that God has
used to build and support this work for His glory,
but He knows them all.
"Now we anticipate seeing God provide the
additional support by your prayers and gifts to
make all of these facilities bring Him glory as they
are used to perform the purpose for which He
intended them."
Editor's note: The Navtech Center has been con-
structed and furnished debt free through the
generous gifts of many friends and the physical
labor of a host of Yokefellows in the spring and
summer of 1990. Friends of the Mission who have
not yet responded to the opportunity to become
a Provider of the Promise by contributing to the
special campaign fund for the support of the Mis-
sion are encouraged to write for further informa-
tion to Grace Brethren Navajo Ministries,
Counselor, NM, 87018, or phone 505/568-4454.
News from Home Missions Churches
Pastor Ernest and
LaVon Usher
Prayer is requested for the
Dekalb Community Grace
Brethren Church near Atlan-
ta, Georgia, where Ernest
Usher is the pastor. Rev. Dave
Scott was added to the staff
for a two-year period to assist
in evangelism and outreach.
That program has now end-
ed, and, since January first.
Pastor Usher and his wife
LaVon are carrying the leader-
ship alone. Please pray for the
financial needs of the work and for opportunities
to reach new people.
Two Florida churches are seeking full time
pastors. In Bradenton, a trio of former pastors and
missionaries has been leading the congregation
during a time of remodeling facilities and prepar-
ing to call a pastor. Ralph Hall, formerly associated
with Brethren Architectural Services in the Home
Missions office; Lynn Schrock, former missionary
to Argentina and retired pastor from San Diego,
California; and Ernie Bearinger, retired missionary
to Brazil, have led the congregation to the place
where they are actively seeking a pastor.
Dr. Lester Pifer, founding pastor
both of the Bradenton and North
Port, Florida, churches, has in-
formed the Home Missions office
that his congregation is ready for a
full time pastor. A candidate was
invited to the church this month,
and an announcement is expected
shortly about God's provision of Dr. Lester
permanent leadership at North Port. Pifer
Dr. Pifer will once again retire at his home in
Bradenton.
Pray for suitable facilities for two Home Mission
congregations. The church at Menifee Valley,
California, has located a good meeting place but
has had difficulty in receiving local permission to
use it. It is a public facility and officials in
Washington, D.C., have authorized its use by the
church.
With attendances averaging in the forties now,
Steve Makofka reports that the Liberty GBC,
Philadelphia, must seek a larger meeting place.
It's a good problem to have, but suitable facilities
are hard to find.
With the graduation of seven Home Missions
churches to self-support status by the end of 1990
and the addition of two new points (Ft. Lauderdale,
FL, Haitian church (Wilfred Jean) and Orange
County, CA, (Dave Marksbury) for administrative
oversight), there are now thirty-five active Home
Mission points plus two self-supporting churches
receiving special assistance.
NOW
HERALD/ January 15, 1991
FELLOWSHIP HAPPENINGS
Personal Reflections
J have been encouraged by many to open up a limited number
of pages of the Herald magazine to the expression of opinions
and beliefs regarding the baptism! membership issue in the
Grace Brethren Church. No practical means of such an
exchange has been available to persons following last year's
national conference. A forum plan was adopted at the 1989
conference, but has not been implemented in a workable
fashion to date. No exchanges which involve the names of
other persons will be included. The use of the Herald
magazine makes the information available to lay persons as
well as to ministers. No editing will be done on any of the
articles and it is understood that the material does not have
the endorsement of the Herald, the Fellowship or the local
church — it reflects the personal position of the individual
author. —Charles W. Turner, publisher
By Richard Horner, Pastor
First Grace Brethren Church of Altoona, PA
In 1882 the Brethren Church split into 3 fac-
tions. I used to think that it was solely because of
doctrine. I understood that the problem was over
the liberal element that was sweeping our nation
and discrediting the Bible as God's Word. But upon
closer examination of that great division from the
Brethren Encyclopedia these last two weeks, I've
discovered that the catalyst used to really break
things up was the relentless emphasis of "Pro-
gressive thinking". In reading all about Henry
Holsinger, his magazine, and the disagreement
that he and his followers had with the maturer
Elders of the church— I have discovered that the
problem was really over the issue of Christian
Freedom!
Perhaps this is a bit of a surprise to most of us?
Yet if you were to read the write-up under the
heading: Progressive Brethren, Declarations of
Principles, and Mandatory Decisions, in our
encyclopedia — you too would discover that the
differences that became irrepairable had to do with
the authority of the Central Committee over the
decisions or desires of the independent local
churches. Even Homer Kent, Sr. in his book Con-
quering Frontiers mentions that the Progressive
Brethren had a problem with the more conser-
vative Brethren about church autonomy.
I think it interesting that now about 110 years
later we find ourselves facing similar problems.
Our topic for the forum, "What does the Bible say
about how churches relate to each other?" is real-
ly asking the question of local church autonomy
in relationship to district and national forces. It's
the age-old question of how much power should
a central government have over the individual
states. This is the question our political forefathers
debated in 1776 and many years thereafter.
In fact, I'd like to suggest to you, that our whole
debate over baptism/church membership is more
an argument of relational authority, than a big
disagreement over trine immersion or obedience
to Christ's commands. For if I understand what I'm
hearing from even the "open churches" —most
agree to continue to baptize by trine immersion
only. So the problem I believe, is church member-
ship, not baptism. And then I further wish to state,
it is my opinion that just who becomes a member
and what requirements are set in said church,
ought to be the authority of said church; not a
denominational heirachy, nor a National Con-
ference ruling, nor even a District Constituion.
On page 1061 of the Brethren Encyclopedia, the
author of the topic "Progressive Brethren" says
that these folks "called for unity in doctrine taught
in the gospel, and liberty in matters not taught
there." They also desired that items not clearly pro-
claimed in the Scriptures ought not to be "a test
of church fellowship". In addition to starting Sun-
day Schools and paying their pastors, they wanted
to use musical instruments in their worship ser-
vices, to start Christian schools of higher learning,
and provide an open exchange of opinions in
periodicals and papers to present new ideas "in
their struggle for freedom and liberty of cons-
cience". It sounds to me like they wanted to be dif-
ferent in some ways from the traditional patterns.
But they didn't intend to be pushed out of the
fellowship. I can see a lot of parallels to our pres-
ent situation. And yes, I can see those sincere
Brethren of this 20th Century who wish to set their
own rules on church membership and baptism as
similar to those progressive thinkers of the past.
Now let me return to Forum Question - 2. The
Bible does say a lot about the way churches ought
to relate to each other. The way I understand Paul's
policy in the book of Acts is, that each separate
geographical church was to operate and function
on its own— autonomy! For example they were to:
• Individually appoint Elders and Deacons— Acts
14:23, Phil. 1:1, Titus 1:5.
• Use their own prophets, teachers, and
pastors— Acts 13:1. I Cor. 12:18-28, Eph. 4:11, 12.
• Welcome other brethren from different cities as
equal and the same— Rom. 16:1, 2, Acts 18:24, 27.
• Be models and examples to each other— 2 Cor.
8:1-5, I Ths. 1:6-8.
• Individually addressed by their founding father
(Paul) for encouragement, correction, or future
challenges— I Ths. 2:17-20, Rom. 1:11-13, 16:17-20.
• Have individual authority over members and
procedures— I Cor. 5:1-5, 2 Ths. 3:6-15.
Also, when the Jerusalem church (the larger and
first established) tried to set policy for other con-
gregations (Acts 15) a great argument and long
meeting for a compromise solution took place. End
result was Unity but still Individuality!
The way I see it then, the Bible says churches
are to relate positively and in love toward each
8
HERALD/ January 15, 1991
FELLOWSHIP HAPPENINGS
other because Jesus commanded it in John 13:34,
35. And because it is a powerful testimony of unity,
love, and success. (John 17:22, 23, 26: Eph. 4:2,
3, 13, 16).
May I conclude now with this Scripture passage.
In Luke 9 Jesus is scolding His disciples quite fre-
quently it seems. They make one selfish mistake
after another. In verses 49 and 50 it is John's turn.
Thinking his pride and intolerance is really
righteous separatism, John confidently tells Jesus
they had just spied out and silenced a com-
promiser. 'He was using your name Lord, and even
ministering to many people, but he was not doing
it our way and certainly not working with us!" Now
this lone person's methods were evidently not in
conformity with the limited ways Jesus had taught
them at first. But our Lord said, and hear this
please, "He who is not against us is for us!" John
probably protested, 'But, Lord, his way is not the
pure biblical way, and certainly not the best way,
so it ought to be stopped before more people start
to deviate.' Now wasn't this the spirit of superiori-
ty that thinks that one group is better or more
spiritual than another? But, in a different passage
Jesus says, "I have other sheep which are not of
this fold; I must bring them also, and they shall
hear my voice: and they shall become one flock
with one Shepherd."
Oh my friends, don't you think that believers of
like precious faith ought to be allowed to differ on
minor views or expedient methods? The Pro-
gressive Brethren thought that way. And we Grace
Brethren pride ourselves in being the best off-shoot
of them. But think with me a minute, what ever
happened to their strong stand on women's head
covering, or nonresistance to war, or opposition to
men and women in secret societies? Could it be
that we have progressed even more than they?
Haven't we allowed individual churches and
pastors to make up their own minds claiming
Romans 14:22 — "The faith which you have, have
as your own conviction before God". Why must
every true believer or every Holy Spirit-led con-
gregation have the same exact convictions about
church membership requirements?
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9
DEVOTIONAL
The Greek Word Agape
Its use in the Bible
For several years it has been quite noticeable
that preachers and Bible teachers, when speaking
on "love" often mention three or four Greek words
that mean "love". They then explain how each of
the words refers to a different kind or quality of
love. The words are (1) "storge", not used in any
of the canonical books of the Bible; (2) "eros",
found in only one verse of the Bible (Prov. 7:18);
(3) "phileo", found 26 times in the Septuagint, and
25 times in the New Testament; and (4) "agape",
which occurs in the Septuagint 16 times and 115
times in the New Testament.
Having mentioned the above words, the speaker
then gives a fuller description of "agape" which is
said to be the word for God's love, the highest and
purest form of love. It is said to be unselfish, having
in view the well being of the one loved, and without
regard for or benefit to the one loving. A well-known
pastor, Bible teacher and author says, "Agape is a
word that simply means the ultimate act of self
sacrifice. It is a word which refers to the ultimate
act of sacrificing oneself for the good of someone
else." The same author, writing about "love" says of
"agape" that "it is the strongest, the most grandiose,
the loftiest, the most fully defining word to speak
of this particular characteristic." Recently a promi-
nent evangelist speaking on television said that the
love of God is so great that the New Testament
writers invented a word for it— "agape".
Such striking statements arouse the attention and
stir up curiosity. Just here, we think of the Bereans,
those noble people listening to Paul's preaching,
"searched the scriptures daily, whether those things
were so." Since so much is being said about the word
"agape", it seemed like a good idea to search the
scriptures and see if those things are so.
We look first at the statement that the word
"agape" was coined by the New Testament writers.
Looking back in the Third Century B.C., the
Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Old
Testament, contains abundant evidence that the
verb "agapao' and the noun "agape"xwere used
extensively. Going further back into Greek history
the verb "agapadgo", listed by Liddel and Scott as
the poetic form of "agapao" is found in Homer's Illiad
(omega, line 464) written between the Tenth and
Sixth Centuries BC. (The Illiad is divided into books,
each indicated by a letter of the Greek alphabet.) It
is quite evident that the word was not invented by
the New Testament writers. The important ques-
tions are: How did the Bible writers use these words?
by J. Paul Dowdy
In what kind of situations or statements involving
"love" did they consider it correct to use the verb
"agapao and the noun "agape".
We begin with the Old Testament, the Greek
Septuagint in which the verb "agapao" occurs over
150 times. Fifty-two times it refers to God's love for
man or man's love for God. Fifty-one times it refers
to man's love for family, friends or neighbors. Fifty-
four times it refers to man's love for things.
It is quite clear that this word was not used with
the restricted meaning of God's love, but was also
used in a wide range of human relationships. In
some cases it was not even an acceptable level of
human love. An example of faulty parental love is
found in Genesis 25:27-28. "Isaac loved Esau,
because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah
loved Jacob." The divided love of the parents bore
evil fruit in the life of their sons. Jacob cheated
Esau out of his father's blessing and Esau sought
to kill Jacob.
Even worse than this low-level parental love is
the despicable conduct of Shechem, the son of
Hamor the Hivite, with Dinah, the daughter of
Jacob (Gen. 34:1 following). Jacob had just settle
in a new location and "Dinah went out to see the
daughters of the land." "Shechem saw her and
took her and lay with her and defiled her." In verse
3 it says, "he loved the damsel." His love was selfish
and sinful, not a self-sacrificing love for the good
of Dinah. The fruit of that love was the massacre
of Shechem and all of the men of his tribe by
Jacob's sons.
Another account of evil behavior prompted by
love is that of Amnon, son of David, with Tamar,
the sister of Absalom (II Samuel 13:1-15; II Kings
in Sept.). In verse 1 we are told that Amnon loved
Tamar. The fact that his intentions were evil comes
out in verse 2. Because she was a virgin "Amnon
thought it hard for him to do anything to her." But
with the help of an evil friend, he devised a plan
to lure her into his bedroom. There he carried out
his evil scheme and defiled Tamar. Then he hated
her "so that the hatred wherewith he hated her
was greater than the love ("agape") wherewith he
had loved her."
Before leaving the Old Testament, let us note
Hosea 10:11. Here it is said that "Ephraim is as an
heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the
corn." In this case the love is not even human love,
but that of an animal. In all four of the passages
just reviewed, the verb is "agapao", the same as
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DEVOTIONAL
that in John 3:16.
We turn now to the New Testament to see how
Jesus and the writer of those books used the
words. The noun "agape" occurs 115 times in the
New Testament, used as follows:
1. Love for others 71 times
2. Christ's love for people 8 times
3. The Father's love for Christ 3 times
4. God's love for believers 23 times
5. The believers love for God-Christ 9 times
6. Love for the truth 1 time
The verb "agapao" is found about 140 times in the
New Testament, used in the following variety of
relationships:
1. The Father and the Son love people .... 34 times
2. The Father and the Son love each other . 10 times
3. People love others 54 times
4. People love things 4 times
5. People love God and Christ 30 times
From its use in several passages it is evident that
the New Testament writers did not consider this
word as limited to some exalted and pure kind of
love. Jesus said, "For if ye love them which love
you, what thank have ye? For sinners also love
those that love them" (Luke 6:32). In Luke 11:43
Jesus rebuked the Pharisees because they loved
the uppermost seats in the synagogue. It is used
in John 3:19, "and men loved darkness rather than
light becuse their deeds were evil." Paul laments
the loss of a helper, saying, "Demas hath forsaken
me, having loved this present world (II Timothy
4:10). The apostle Peter in a lengthy condemnation
of certain false believers says they "are gone astray,
following the way of Baalim who loved the wages
of unrighteousness" (II Peter 2:15). In all of these
references the verb is "agapao", which quite clearly
was not reserved to refer to God's love.
Another matter which deserves attention is the
supposed distinction between "agapao'— to love. It
is said that "agapao" refers to the highest and
purest form of love, while "phileo" refers to human
affection, a friendly sort of love. Did Jesus and the
New Testament writers recognize such a distinc-
tion? Let us examine several passages. In Luke
11:43 Jesus says, "Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye
love (agapao) the uppermost seats in the syna-
gogues." In Luke 20:46 Jesus rebukes the scribes
because they love (phileo) "greetings in the
markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues,
and the chief rooms at feasts." Compare also John
3:35 in which Jesus says, "The Father loveth
(agapao) the Son". When Lazarus was sick, his
sisters sent word to Jesus saying, "he whom thou
lovest (phileo) is sick" (John 11:3). We read then
in verse 5 "that Jesus loved (agapao) Martha and
her sister and Lazarus." Before Jesus arrived
Lazarus died. When Jesus arrived at the home, He
was touched by the sorrow of the bereaved sisters
and He "wept". Then said the Jews, "behold how
He loved (phileo) him.
Another interesting verse is John 16:27. Here
Jesus says, "For the Father himself loveth you,
because ye have loved me." Phileo is used in both
positions in this sentence, refering to God's love
in the first and to the believer's love in the latter.
The apostle Paul uses "phileo" in a very important
connection in I Cor. 16:22 saying, "If any man love
not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema."
Here a mere human affection, a friendly sort of love
will not do.
As a final word on this subject, the glorified
Jesus says in Rev. 3: 19, "As many as I love (phileo)
I rebuke and chasten." It is evident from this brief
review of scripture that Jesus and the New Testa-
ment writers recognized no noticeable distinction
between "phileo" and "agapao".
Now in conclusion, regarding "agapao" and
"agape", it is obvious that neither the Septuagint
translators nor Jesus nor the New Tewstament
writers saw any more distinctive and exalted
meaning in these words than is found in the
English word "love", and used them in the same
way as the word "love". The kind or quality of love
in any given passage must be understood by its
use on that particular context and not from any
inherent distinctive meaning in the word "agape"
or agapao". Let us be like the Bereans, and search
the scriptures daily to see if the things we hear and
read are in agreement with the word of God.
J. Paul Dowdy is a retired missionary to Argentina,
currently residing in El Paso, TX.
Dr. Ibwns Coming to
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Dr. Elmer Towns, leading authority from
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Grace Theological Seminary campus,
Winona Lake, IN, February 22 to present his
one-day seminar, "How to Reach the Baby
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The seminary has made special ar-
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GRACE SCHOOLS
Grace Seminary Accepting D. Min. Applications
Grace Theological Seminary has begun taking
applications from pastors and other Christian
ministry professionals for its new Doctor of
Ministry (D. Min.) degree program. The D. Min.
program is designed to enable Christian ministry
professionals to earn a doctoral degree without
leaving their present ministries.
The new degree program, according to Dr. David
R. Plaster, Vice President for Academic Affairs at
the seminary, is the Doctor of Ministry (D. Min.) He
said that the seminary designed the D. Min.
curriculum after carefully researching the needs
of modern ministers. D. Min. classes begin May 20.
"The Doctor of Ministry program focuses on
practical aspects of Christian ministry," Dr. Plaster
said. "Our intention is to help seasoned ministry
leaders to enhance their ministries. The D. Min.
program augments their initial foundation of
seminary education and ministry experience."
The new program is open to current pastors and
other ministry workers who have completed at
least four years in full-time Christian ministry and
who have earned a Master of Divinity degree or its
equivalent from a graduate school or seminary
recognized by the administration at Grace.
Requirements for the D. Min. degree consist of
eight units of credit earned through successful
participation in eight on-campus seminars during
the seminary's winterim and summer sessions,
successful completion of assignments prior to and
following each seminar, and a ministry-related
degree project supervised by D. Min. faculty. (Some
seminars may be offered on an extension basis, or
College Receives Gift
Grace College President John J. Davis has
announced the receipt of a $200,000 gift from
the Andersen Foundation, of Bayport, Min-
nesota. The foundation has been a long-time
supporter of Grace College.
The Andersen Foundation provides support
for private, accredited institutions of higher
education which build and operate without
accepting institutional federal, state, or local
government funds or loans, including tax
funds for faculty or student research projects.
"The grants we have received from the
Andersen Foundation over the years," Dr.
Davis said, "have been of strategic
significance enabling Grace College to
maintain both quality and integrity in all of
its programs."
Dr. David Plaster
may be constructed to offer
partial credit toward the pro-
gram requirements.)
During the first year of the
program, any M. Div. alum-
nus of Grace Theological
Seminary and any pastor in
the Fellowship of Grace
Brethren Churches can
transfer up to two units of
credit (25 percent) into the
D. Min. program at Grace.
Dr. Plaster noted that the
D. Min. curriculum at Grace Seminary focuses on
four areas of ministry: personal growth, ministry
skills, cultural relevance, and theological applica-
tion. "The program is structured to help ministers
fulfill requirements for the degree through a com-
bination of off-campus work and one-week on-
campus residencies. Each participant also must
complete a major degree project involving an
actual ministry need or problem."
In addition to the D. Min. degree, Grace offers
nine other graduate programs in theology, mis-
sions, and Christian education.
More information about the new Doctor of
Ministry program is available from Dr. Plaster or
the seminary's Department of Enrollment Ser-
vices. 200 Seminary Drive, Winona Lake, Indiana
46590. Inquiries may also be made by telephone
toll-free: 1-800-845-2930 (in Indiana) and
1-800-54-GRACE (outside Indiana). Local callers
should call 372-5100.
Grace College students began attending chapel services in
the college's newly renovated chapel/auditorium, in McClain
Hall last fall. Other recent campus improvements include a new
student union, two new classrooms in the Education Division
(including a new computer lab), and new lounge facilities in
two residence halls. The "Lancer Lounge," a popular gather-
ing place on campus for students is undergoing a complete
renovation in January.
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FELLOWSHIP NEWS
NEWS UPDATE
Middlebranch, OH— The Grace
Brethren Church held a dedication
service on December 9, 1990, for an
addition to their church. A narthex,
sound room, and classroom have
been added to the front of the church.
An area has been blacktopped in the
parking lot as well. Wes Haller, pastor,
is serving in his eighth year there
since his return.
The First Grace Brethren Church
of Fort Wayne, IN, has started con-
struction of a 20,000 square foot
building which will include a gym,
fellowship hall, and a sanctuary which
will seat approximately 400. They
have secured 29 acres of land on
Highway 27 South. Completion date
is scheduled for May 1, 1991.
Sebring, FL— broke ground again
on December 2, 1990, at the Grace
Brethren Church for an addition of
two large Sunday school rooms. This
is the third building program in seven
years. Jay Fretz has been the pastor
there for the last seven years.
Los Alamitos, CA— The Grace
Church of Los Alamitos has just
completed a successful fund-raising
campaign. The goal was for 4 million
dollars, but it was exceeded by
$5,233,000 in three-year com-
mitments. They have in escrow 12
acres of land that cost $6.2 million;
Building plans are set for April of 1991
and the buildings are projected to cost
over $5 million. Mike Ukleja, pastor.
Harrah, WA. The Harrah Grace
Brethren Church dedicated its new
facility on November 18, 1990. Dr.
Willard Aldrich, president emeritus of
Multnomah School of the Bible, was
the special speaker.
Ground was broken for the new
facility in March on the four-acre site
owned by the church since 1941. Over
the years crops of corn, mint, wheat,
and grapes had been grown on the
four acres. Four years ago the church
family determined it was time to
"grow" a church.
The former facility is being used by
the Harrah Community Christian
The Dedication service for the new addition to the Grace Brethren Church
in Waldorf, MD, pastored by Jeff Thornley, was held outside under beautiful
blue skies on October 14, 1990 The service was an opportunity to praise
God with word and song and dedicate the new addition to Him. The new
fellowship hall, kitchen, classrooms, and offices have tripled the original space.
Following the service, the congregation enjoyed a lunch together and a very
special time of fellowship. This addition has enabled the church to expand
its programming, which now includes a Wednesday night meal with seven
adult classes and pioneer clubs following. Approximately 185 people par-
ticipate in these programs. God has richly blessed the church for which the
congregation is very thankful.
School. By utilizing the four old
campus buildings, the school has
been able to bring together all of its
pre-school through sixth grade
classes.
Co-chairmen for the building
program were: Jack Labbee and Chet
Rockwell. Committee members
included Wes Ferguson, Bob
Smithwick, Lyle Taylor, Bob Rowe,
Dave Johnson, and Chuck Winter.
The building was designed by Roy
Warren and the general contractor.
The almost 11,000 square foot
building is divided into a sanctuary,
which seats 220, and fellowship hall.
The hall was designed with an
AWANA Club program in mind.
The church family raised some
$240,000 towards the project, with the
remaining amount loaned through the
Grace Brethren Investment
Foundation.
May 15 has been designated as an
annual "Day With God" to encourage
prayer for our churches. For any
churches needing brochures on how
to conduct a Day with God contact
Grace Brethren Foreign Missions.
Cost is $8.00 per hundred (includes
postage).
The Grace Brethren Church of
Whittier, CA, held a day of prayer and
fasting on January 9. Three sessions
were held— one at 6 a.m., one at
noon, and another at 7 p.m. They met
to pray for the fellowship and the
Persian Gulf crisis.
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FELLOWSHIP NEWS
Tom Julien and Peter Peponis
from Grace Brethren Foreign Mfe-
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IN. George Grant was the speaker
at the rally. The event was spon-
sored by United Family Network.
Dr. Homer Kent, Winona Lake,
IN, taught classes during the
winterim of Grace Schools at
Masters Seminary, Sun Valley.
CA. The school is under John
McArthur's jurisdiction. Richard
Mayhue is Vice President and Dean.
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Brethren activities recently. The
Felowship Council and the Strategy
Committee met in January at the
Simi Valley Grace Brethren Church.
A Forum Planning Session .-.
meet at Columbus, OH. March
2l-2a The District Forum Coordi-
nators wfl be invited to the sessions
which will be hosted by the Grace
Brethren Church of Columbus.
Plans for National Conference
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ing shape. Some of the tentative
plans call for the overall conference
schedule to run from July 19 to
August 1, 1991. The sessions will be
held at Columbus. OH. and James
Custer is the host pastor. The pro-
gram is to start with the Fellowship
Council staff meetings followed by
the meetings of the National Boards
and committees. Thursday evening.
July 25, a grand reception for the
leadership conference will be held.
Saturday evening will be a great
musical program, with the modera-
tor's address on Sunday morning
and a rally on Sunday evening
featuring the major boards and
ministries. The sessions will con-
clude with the Thursday evening.
August 1 meeting.
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WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
A Chain
of
Love
School was out for the day, and the last surge of
school children was filling the air with their pent-
up energy. As they passed on down the street, they
left an almost eerie silence hanging in the air.
A girl of about ten emerged from one of the
houses, glanced uncertainly toward the retreating
figures, then, seeming to gather resolve, walked
across the deserted street. She stopped in front of
one of the houses, gulped, then pressed timidly on
the doorbell. A dog's shrill barking sounded instant-
ly from inside the house. The door opened, and an
elderly woman stood smiling a welcome.
"Come right on in!" the woman exclaimed. "It's
so good to see you! Hush, Ginger! She won't bite,"
the woman explained.
Carefully skirting the yapping chihuahua, the girl
entered the house. The woman limped down the hall
and flipped on the light switch in a small room. The
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ground for many ladies who are now active
in WMC. As "mothers", we can help in the
training of our "daughters".
While the costs of underwriting the SMM
program, continue to escalate, we realize that
there is not a price we can place on a young
life impacted for the sake of Christ. Each year
our WMC ladies renew their commitment to
the young girls of our fellowship by commit-
ting to financially support SMM.
Even if your church does not have an SMM
group, you can have the privilege and joy of
ministering to girls through the offering
project.
Even more important, however, is that each
of us accept the challenge of Titus 2 and seek
to have an impact for God in the lives of the
girls around us.
only furnishings it contained were an organ and its
bench, but the room was filled with stacks of music.
"I went through and picked out some of the pieces
that would be easiest to begin with," the woman
commented, pointing to a stack. "And this stack over
here has the next hardest, and this one the next. If
you need any help, I'll be out in the garden."
Relieved to be left totally to herself, the girl
began to experiment with the sounds of the organ.
Time slipped away swiftly in the big house. "How
kind she is," the girl thought to herself, "to trust
me with her organ." This was, after all, the girl's
first visit to the home of the lady who was to be
her "prayer partner" in SMM this year.
Finally the woman appeared in the doorway. "Your
mother called," she said. "It's time for you to go
home, but she gave her permission for you to stay
long enough to have some cookies and punch."
While they ate their snack in the sunny kitchen,
the woman asked the girl questions about her
recent move from another state, her adjustment
to her new school, and her SMM group. She took
time to listen to the girl's concerns, and slowly the
shy girl began to open up.
As the woman saw the girl to the door, she said,
"Come back soon and practice. I hope that some
day you will take my place as church organist, and
I will be able to sit back and listen."
Neither of them suspected then that the girl
would soon suffer a hearing loss that would thwart
her dreams of being a musician. Some might say
the woman had wasted her time, because the girl
never did take over as church organist. But if the
woman was disappointed, she never showed it.
Over the years, even after her official responsibility
as the girl's prayer partner had ended, she
continued to seek out the girl and say, "How are
you doing? I'm praying for you."
The girl felt herself drawn to the woman, who
did more listening than lecturing or preaching. It
was the woman's humility before God and her
fellow humans that most touched the girl, causing
her to determine that this was the kind of person
she wanted to become.
When the girl was preparing to go to college, the
woman, then well into her eighties, presented the
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WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
girl with a gold chain and mother-of-pearl
pendant. "My mother died when I was young, but
I have never forgotten her teachings. That was her
necklace. I want it to go to someone who will love
the Lord like my mother did."
• • • • •
Almost twenty years later, in a church two
thousand miles away, a group of SMM leaders were
planning how they would team up ladies and girls
to be "special friends."
"The problem is, I don't know what to do about
Mary," one leader sighed. "She is hard to get along
with and needs a lot of teaching about the basics
of the Christian walk. She is going to require a lot
of extra attention."
"Oh, please assign her to me," a woman nearby
exclaimed. "In fact, I could give her a ride home after
the meeting tonight so we can get acquainted."
That night, as the woman and girl left the
church, the woman kept fingering the mother-of-
pearl necklace she wore.
Note: "Special Friends" is a program within SMM
that encourages one-on-one contact between a
women and a young girl. A Woman of the local
church helps a young girl develop a growing rela-
tionship with Jesus Christ by demonstrating
biblical values and teaching her that Christ is most
important in every phase of life.
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A nation at war . . . with all of
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meant a two hour wait in line. We
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changes and yes, they have
come. A world that was groping
to find its way may have lost its
direction.
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mer. While we Brethren were en-
joying the blessings of National
Conference in Richmond, we all
but missed the movement in the
gulf and the invasion of a little
country the size of New Jersey. I
remember on the way back to
Winona Lake listening for the
first time to the happenings half
a world away. We could do little
to prepare ourselves for the
changes that were to come.
Somehow I felt it would be one
of those unfortunate events that
would go away. It didn't ... in-
stead it kept getting more com-
plicated. So complicated, that a
matter of months later we were
drawing a line in the sand for a
war in the Middle East. Half a
million Americans are over there
now. More equipment has been
moved in the shortest period of
time in history.
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midst of the evening news broad-
cast: WAR! During the following
days, our TV screens were filled
with new pictures — Scuds and
Patriots and pictures of Israel
under seige. We were just not
ready for it all, but are we ever
ready for blood, bombings and
death? It is the first war to be
visually presented during prime
time TV.
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they should be because the
change came so quickly. All of
the warning signs were there,
and we did not take time to look.
As we look forward, there is
nothing but more confusion.
How will it all turn out and when
will the war be over? Will we
adjust to a new kind of war . . .
with mothers and daughters and
fathers and sons in endless miles
of sand?
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way and the road is not easy, but
a world without God has a very
unique problem of finding its
way. When people face death and
there is no hope beyond life, it
can be very terrifying to face
uncertainty. Even for Christians
there are questions of great
import. What is right? What is
wrong? Duty to country and
duty to God can become conflicts
in the heart and conscience.
Time has brought its change
and time will continue to bring
its changes. Questions of where
we are in the history of God's
timeline is in the front of people's
minds. Only God knows the time
and the place where we now
stand. But it should bring a
desire to find something of
certainty in a world of change. It
is easy to speculate that the end
times are written all over these
events, but it is very difficult to
be absolutely certain.
So, back to certainty, we are
asked to be faithful in every
circumstance of our life; to be
obedient to truth as we see it
revealed in scripture. In war or in
peace the duty of God's children
is to be a witness for Him and to
reflect Christ's love to a world
that is not ready for change.
January 15th changed the
world. How it all turns out is
beyond our control on the big
scale. But there is a small part of
the world over which we do have
control — that is our own lives.
For this we not only have op-
portunity, but we also have
responsibility.
The Year of
Change—
A Line
In the Sand!
by Charles W. Turner
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Brethren Missionary
Volume 53 No. 2
February 15, 1991
3 Editorial
The Year of
Change— A
Line in the
Sand
Charles W. Turner
6 FGBC
1991 Conference
to be held in
Columbus, Ohio
Jerry Young
8 WMC
Interviews with
Missionaries of
the Year
10 Grace Schools
Student
Ministries
Basketball Trip
12 Fellowship News
13 BEM
Is America on
the Verge
of Revival?
14 Home Missions
What Can An
Infant Church Do?
16 Fellowship Happenings
Personal
Reflections:
The Baptism/
Membership
Debate
Russell L. Williams
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Mrs. Marlene Snyder Mr. Mark Welborn
Mrs. Gene Sipperly Pastor Chris Hay
Mrs. Kathy Boling
Mr. John Evans, of the Eastside GBC in Columbus, Ohio also read
through the Bible.
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Grace Schools
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Jim Folsom
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HERALD/ February 15, 1991
My dad is starting out the New Year right!
He's opening a GBIF savings account in my name.
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NATIONAL CONFERENCE
1991 Conference of Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches lb Be Held at
Columbus, Ohio . • . Plan to Attend!
by Jerry Young, Conference Moderator
Five hundred years ago, Cristoforo Colombo
left the shores of Spain in search of a western
route to the Indies. He was Italian by birth,
related by marriage with two important
families of Portugal. To be a success, he needed
only to follow the upward curve of merchant
shipping.
But he wanted more. A devout Christian, he
wanted to do more with his life than simply
accumulate wealth. He offered his skills to
Spain for "la Empresa de las Indias," the
Enterprise of the Indies. The rest is history.
People in Grace Brethren Churches want
more. They want more than "status-quo-don't-
rock-the-boat" Christianity. They want church-
es that vibrate with life. Churches that go some
place for God.
But going some place requires movement
from the known to the unknown. Sometimes
it means sailing west in order to go east. That
must have seemed preposterous to people in
1492. But it was an absolutely beautiful idea
to Columbus.
The annual conference of Grace Brethren
Churches will be held this July in a city named
for the famous explorer, in a church renowned
for its vision and growth: the Grace Brethren
Church of Columbus, Ohio.
Beginning with 14 families in 1964, the
church gathers 3,100 people in its Sunday
morning services. Perhaps more importantly,
the congregation and its pastor have inspired
vision and hope in other Grace Brethren
Churches both here and abroad.
They invite you to an absolutely beautiful
conference this July. The gathering will be
something Grace Brethren have never exper-
ienced before, and perhaps will never experi-
ence again. After all, a new world can only be
discovered once.
The Columbus Brethren want you to come
early and stay late. They want you to slow
down and savor the joy of new friends. They
want you to stay in their homes and play with
their families. They want you to catch a dream
and ride it home.
Now, while the city busies itself to celebrate
the quincentennial of the new world's
discovery, they invite you to lay your own plans.
Block out the dates in your calendar. Watch for
registration information as it comes to your
churches. Come to Columbus this year.
(See conference schedule on opposite page)
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NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Program Plans for Annual Conference 1991
Segment One Friday, July 19 - Thursday, July 25
Boards and Committees meet to accomplish important leadership tasks in
our national and international ministries. The Grace Brethren Home Missions
Council begins the segment with meetings on Friday through the following
Tuesday. On Sunday, Grace Brethren leaders visit nearly 40 Grace Brethren
Churches scattered throughout northern Ohio. The Fellowship Council meets
Tuesday night through Thursday afternoon.
Segment Two Thursday, July 25 - Saturday, July 27
The Church Leadership Seminar begins, featuring integrated training
provided by Grace Brethren Home Missions, Grace Brethren Foreign Missions,
Grace Schools and CE National. The Grace Brethren Church of Columbus is
hosting this Seminar. All coordination and registration is in the hands of the
host church.
The Seminar opens Thursday night with a fellowship reception and closes
Saturday night with a musical concert.
Segment Three Sunday, July 28 - Thursday, August 1
Group Meetings of the Conference begin with a Sunday morning Moderator's
address and an evening missions program. All meetings will be held to 90
minutes or less. Sunday morning services are at 8:30 and 10:30. Evening
meetings begin at 6:30.
The daily schedule for Monday and Tuesday is as follows:
8:30- 9:30 Devotions and training directed by CE National
9:45- 10:45 Missions around the world
11:15- 12:45 Simultaneous sessions (WMC, GBMI, Ministers)
2:30- 3:30 Conference business sessions
6:30- 8:00 Communion on Monday, praise service on
Tuesday
Wednesday follows the same schedule except that all corporation business sessions
will be held from 9:45 am - 12:45 pm. The rest of the day will be free. Delegates may
pursue interests of their choice.
Thursday follows the same schedule as Monday and Tuesday, except that the Moderator-
Elect speaks at the 8:30 hour. Conference closes with an evening of praise.
Plan Now to Attend the Biggest and Best Conference Ever!
HERALD/ February 15. 1991
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Interviews with
1990-91 WMC Missionaries
of the Year
Beckie Kiddoo
England
Children: Laura - 9 years; Lynn - 6 years; Leslie
- 2 years
Favorite song: "The Church's One Foundation"
Flavorite Bible verse: Job 23:10, But he knows
the way that I take: when he has tested me, J will
forth as gold.
How were you saved? I was raised in a Christian
home, but at about 6 years old in an evangelistic
service at our church I realized the need to make
Christ my personal Savior. Although I don't recall
the date I remember feeling as if a great weight had
been lifted from me.
Describe how you were led to the mission field:
Bill began to correspond with Dave Kowalke
(whom he'd known in high school in London). Dave
encouraged us to consider coming to England.
Dave and Susie Hobert spoke at our home church
(Lanham, MD, GBC) and encouraged us to attend
EMI. We decided that since Lynn would only be
one, and children weren't allowed, that wasn't the
year for us, but we sent in our applications anyway.
At the time my Dad was suffering from what in his
sixties would have been termed Alzheimer's, but
in his eighties was considered "normal brain
deterioration." My mom, who is twenty years
younger, seemed to be dying with him. The Dr.
said that he could live for years, because nothing
that was wrong with him would kill him. In
December 1984, 1 told Bill, "I know you can't make
deals with God, but if He'll just take my dad home
I'll go anywhere." On January 2, 1985 my dad died
of a major heart attack. (Incidentally, just a couple
years prior to this my dad had been told he had
a twenty year old man's heart!) I knew we were
headed for England. My mom retired and kept
Lynn, who survived just fine. Our time at EMI in
the summer of 1985 confirmed to both Bill and me
that this is where God wants us.
Describe what you consider to be the most
rewarding experience of your missionary
career: I wish I could say that leading people to
Christ and discipling them has been my most
rewarding experience, but that hasn't happened.
In light of that, I'd have to say that my most
rewarding and at the same time frustrating
experience has been realizing that God has only
called me to be faithful. He alone produces fruit.
Tell us how we WMC ladies can best support
your ministry: I'll use what people think of as the
standard missionary line and say "pray for us".
Until we arrived in England I thought it was just
dutifully tacked on to each prayer letter. Now I
know, and continue to learn, that prayer keeps me
going.
Beckie Kiddoo has contributed this poem, with the
suggestion that we attach it to our refrigerators to
remind us of how to pray for our missionaries:
Dear God,
Teach me to pray for missionaries just as
I pray for myself.
Help me not to idolize them or place them
on a shelf.
They're just as human as I am, with
headaches just like me.
They get depressed like I do when results
they do not see.
They get homesick for their families who
are father away than mine.
They long for a break in the awful heat or
for a day of sunshine.
They have to get along with their team-
mates who don't always think the same
way.
Their ideas may be different, but tempers
they shouldn't display.
Make this a constant reminder to me as
daily I open this door,
To pray specifically for missionaries as I
never have before.
Help me to "reach out and touch
someone" with power I cannot know
Unless to the Source of all power daily I
choose to go. Amen_
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WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Kathy Harrell
Chad
Favorite song: "O Worship the King"
Favorite Bible verse: Jer. 29:11, For I know the
plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give
you hope and a future.
How were you saved? I was saved at 1 1 years of
age. A friend of the family received Christ and I
realized I had never made that decision. So I
prayed to receive Christ on March 26, 1967.
Describe how you were led to the mission field:
I went on the TIME program to the Navajo Mission
the summer of 1976 and to C.A.R. from 1977-79.
I loved being a missionary!
Describe what you consider to be the most
rewarding experience of your missionary
career: Being able to point others to Christ and
help them grow in Him.
Tell us how we WMC ladies can best support
your ministry: Pray for us and don't lose your
vision for why you exist as an organization.
Do you have any comment for the WMC ladies:
You ladies have been a tremendous source of
encouragement to us through the years. Your
words, "we're praying for you" as we meet and
spend time with you, help us to continue to do the
work God has called us to do in Chad. Thank you !!
Rosa O. Churchill
Mexico
Children: Carlos - 20 years old; Lila - 17 years old
Favorite song: "My Tribute"
Favorite Bible verse: Matthew 6:33, But seek first
his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these
things will be given to you as well.
How were you saved? I was invited by friends to
a home Bible study where I heard the plan of
salvation. That same night at home I accepted
Christ. For a year I continued, along with my
husband, who at first objected then accepted,
attending the Bible class. At the recommendation
of our teacher we were baptized and joined the San
Ysidro Grace Brethren Church.
Describe how you were led to the mission field:
My husband Nicolas was called to be lay pastor of
a Grace Brethren mission in Tijuana, Mexico. We
served there several years before he was called to
heaven. Several years later I married Jack
Churchill, a widowed GBFM missionary in Mexico.
We continue to serve together in Mexico.
Describe what you consider to be the most
rewarding experience of your missionary
career: Just being married to Jack and being able
to continue serving the Lord among my own
people.
Tell us how we WMC ladies can best support
your ministry: 1. Through prayer - for my
ministry to my husband, my children and the
people in Mexico. 2. Through seeking out and
encouraging prospective missionaries for Mexico.
3. Through any approved GBFM projects for
Mexico that the Lord leads to take.
Do you have any comment for the WMC ladies:
The blessings I have received through WMC rallies
and retreats in the U.S. have encouraged me to
help organize and carry out similar programs here
in Mexico. I have had the satisfaction of seeing the
women blessed, especially younger ones who felt
that WMC was not for them.
WMC Offering:
(December, January, February)
(send before March 10)
Grace Schools
Goal: $8,000
Project: Entrances to McClain Hall
National SMM Offering
Sponsorship of Director
of Girls' Ministries
(SMM — CE National)
We suggest a goal of $3.00 a year per member.
HERALD/ February 15, 1991
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GRACE SCHOOLS
Student Ministries
Grace College senior Jennifer Anderson had an
idea two years ago. She called it "The Halloween
Alternative."
Kraig Blair, Director of Student Ministries, ex-
plains. "We gave her some money, but she went
ahead and did it all herself. It has turned into one
of the most significant ministries at Grace." Up to
1,000 youngsters attended the 1990 "Halloween
Alternative," enjoying the game booths, prizes,
puppets and candy.
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That kind of student initiative is not new to
Grace College student organizations. "We can help
to provide some structure and finances, but it is
up to the students to recruit other students. They
make their organizations fly," says Blair. "Grace
students have pride in their school; they care about
their testimony for Christ, and it shows up in their
student organizations."
While many colleges have a hard time rounding
up twenty people for a ministry project, hundreds
of Grace students show up for the annual "Heart
of the Holidays," a Christmas community ministry.
It is one of the biggest highlights of the year for
some people in the areas of Winona Lake and
Warsaw, Indiana, near the college. Adult and
children's programs are part of the event, but
Grace students do more than sing and tell stories.
Needy community residents leave with armfuls of
used clothing, new toys, and bags of groceries.
Some even carry home a decorated Christmas tree.
Grace Ministries in Action (GMA) plans both of
these events. Of course, there is a lot more to GMA.
Three teams of students go to the inner cities of
Chicago, Cleveland, and Indianapolis several times
each semester. Two Timothy Teams minister to
church youth groups. Some students visit the
elderly in local nursing homes; others minister to
high school students through Youth for Christ and
Athletic Outreach. Once a week, several Grace
men play basketball with inmates from the county
jail. Because of this contact, they also get a chance
to share their testimony following the games.
Some concerned students participate in Right to
Life activities, including the annual march in
Washington D.C. Riverwood Ranch, a local facility
for delinquent youths, gives Grace Students
another opportunity for ministry.
The SAB also is an "encourager and morale
booster to the Grace campus," Blair says.
The "Beyer Murder Mystery" is one example.
Hosted at the old Beyer Mansion, this night of
contrived intrigue gives Grace students a chance
to do some old fashioned sleuthing, complete with
formal dress and attending butlers and maids.
Besides concerts, an annual skiing weekend in
Michigan, a fall hayride, on-campus events, roller
skating, and mini-golf, SAB gives Grace students
a chance to do some original projects. This is the
second year for a Grace student film production.
Coming off in late March is Screwtape. The Movie,
and "Grace Night of the Improv" gives the show
business-inclined students a chance to entertain
their peers.
"Spring Into Action" gives students a chance to
get dirty painting a house for a community
resident or pulling debris out of the Winona Lake
canal. Once each semester, students donate blood
to the Red Cross Blood Mobile which sets up shop
in the Lancer Gymnasium.
So what makes these Grace student organiza-
tions uncommon? On top of the fact that Grace
students take charge of these activites - on their
own - it is the character of the students themselves
that has made a difference on this campus.
Kraig Blair explains: "Most of these student
positions are paid positions at other colleges. Last
year, Student Senate had a budget of $1,300.00.
I know of another Christian college with a
$100,000 senate budget. Other schools that have
the dollars and the paid positions would like to
have the heart that our students have. I'm so proud
of our students and their heart, their effort, their
energy."
Basketball Team
Travels to Europe
Coach Jim Kessler, his staff and the team left
December 29 from Chicago on a flight that would
take them to uncharted lands for the Lancers, as
for the first time the annual trip would take the
Lancers' out of the Western Hemisphere on a tour
filled with basketball and ministry opportunities.
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GRACE SCHOOLS
The team spent 18 days in Europe over Christmas
break.
Kessler said basketball was a fun part of the trip,
but he was more impressed with the welcome
Grace received. "They really rolled out the red
carpet." Kessler said of the hosting cities. "Sport
has a universal way of making those kind of
connections between people."
The tour took Grace to Lyon. Montceau,
LeCreusot and Dijon in France, and then on to the
Black Forest Academy and Aalen in Germany. The
itinerary was planned so the trip could assist the
efforts of Grace Brethren missionaries in France
and Germany, which turned out to be the high
point of the IVz weeks. The crowds were substan-
tial for most of the contests, which was a great
benefit for the missionaries, who often have a dif-
ficult time making contacts, especially with men.
"It was something to see missionaries with tears
in their eyes when they saw all the potential
contacts these games made." said Kessler.
But the missionaries were not the only ones
impacted by the trip. "When missionaries say to
pray for them, it's because they realize how
important it really is, and now we do too," Kessler
stated. "Sometimes it seems they are all alone. We
have a deeper appreciation for what missionaries
do. Several of our guys said they want to personally
support a missionary when they get out of school
and have the opportunity to do so, and some are
even beginning to think about becoming mis-
sionaries themselves."
It was a chance conversation which led to the
journey.
"In a passing comment to Dean (Bruce) Barlow,
I mentioned how nice it would be to go to Europe,
but that we probably couldn't afford it." Kessler
said. Then, when we began talking prices, we
found that at that time of year we could fly to
Europe for less money than it would cost to fly to
Seattle."
Each player was required to raise a portion of his
expenses, but in light of the outcome, that invest-
ment would appear to have eternal benefits.
Low Student Loan
Default Rates
Grace College graduates pay off their student
loans.
According to Clif Palmer, Grace College's
Associate Director of Student Financial Aid
Services, the U.S. Department of Education
recently reported that the student loan default rate
among Grace College alumni is 2.6 percent. That
rate, Palmer says, is considerably below the
national average of five to 10 percent.
Palmer attributes students' Christian heritage as
the biggest single reason for this positive record.
"Most of the students at Grace College have grown
up in a Christian environment, and they feel a
moral obligation to pay their loans." he explains.
Palmer also said that in connection with the
recent efforts by the Federal Government to reduce
student loan defaults, Grace College now requires
that each new student have an entrance interview
before receiving student loans, In addition,
students go through an exit interview before
graduating. The interviews, Palmer says, provide
students with complete explanations about obliga-
tions that accompany student loans.
"We also make it clear to students that any time
they have questions about their loans, they should
feel free to ask us."
Where Are The Brethren?
Editor's note: This is a series of charts and information on where Grace Brethren are located and their numbers.
In December we looked at the international
locations of Grace Brethren. Here is a graph
which shows the areas where Grace Brethren
Churches are located in the United States. We
will follow this with the location of member-
ship in the U.S.A.
Pennsylvania 70
Ohio 69
Southern California -Arizona 37
Maryland -DC -Virginia 31
Indiana-Michigan 28
Iowa -Colorado -New Mexico 26
Florida 21
Northwest -Northern California . . .22
Hawaii -Alaska 12
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FELLOWSHIP NEWS
NEWS UPDATE
Larry Sowers has resigned as
pastor of the Maranatha Brethren
Church of Hagerstown, MD, and has
accepted the pastorate of the
Vicksburg Grace Brethren Church of
Hollidaysburg, PA.
Don Farner has accepted the call to
become the pastor of the
Ankenytown Grace Brethren
Church, Bellville, OH. His address
is: 20657 Old Mansfield Rd.,
Bellville, Oh 44813.
The Maranatha Brethren Church of
Hagerstown, MD, is seeking a new
pastor. Anyone interested should call
1-301/733-1717.
Louis Amundson has been called
as the Associate Pastor of the
Greatland Grace Brethren Church of
Anchorage, AK. He began his new
duties on January 1, 1991.
Change Your Annual
Amundson, Louis. 19036
Chichagof, Eagle River,
AK 99577 (Tel.
907/696-4654).
Barnhill, Charles. 63
Wallace Dr., Box 374,
Lucas, OH 44843 (Tel.
419/892-3978).
Guiles, David. The Argen-
tina address in the
Annual is correct.
Please disregard the
change in the January
Herald.
Hatch, Burton. 8205 Martin
Way E., No. 127,
Olympia, WA 98506.
Howell, Stephen. 5110
Tuckaseegee Rd.,
Charlotte, NC 22807.
Hulett, Clayton. 6748
Pageantry St., Long
Beach, CA 90808.
Ingwaldson, Lew. 1905
White Oaks Rd., Camp-
bell, CA 95008.
Nix, Dayne. 875 Floyd Ave.,
Chula Vista, CA 91910
(Tel. 619/421-4143).
Peters, Jack, Jr. 104
Hemlock Ave.,
Sunnyside, WA 98944.
Ryerson, Greg. 410 E.
Social Row Rd., Dayton,
OH 45458.
Schrock, Norman. 1750 W.
Lambert Rd., No. 120,
La Habra, CA 90631.
Tittle, Maynard. His
telephone number is:
717/374-3679.
Ambassadors Grace
Brethren Church: 8201
Greenback Lane, Fair
Oaks, CA 95628.
Marriages
Efflandt: Memry Jensen
and Kevin Efflandt were
married on December
29, 1990, at the Com-
munity Grace Brethren
Church, Long Beach,
CA. Kevin is serving as
the youth pastor there.
Myers: Lola Ingalsbe of
Yakima and Russell
Myers of Selah, WA,
were united in holy
wedlock on July 6, 1990.
Paul Brook, pastor.
Deaths
Baum, Glendoris, 87,
January 2, 1991. She
was the mother of
retired Grace Brethren
Church Pastor F. Archer
Baum, and a member of
long-standing of the
Grandview GBC, WA.
Charles Winter officiated
at the memorial service.
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BRETHREN EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES
Is America on the Verge of
Similar Stirrings Among Southern Baptists
(Second of a three-part series examining current
trends in our nation. Condensed from the
National and International Religion Report, Oct.
8. 1990. Used by Permission)
The Northwest Renewal bears resemblance to a
movement among Southern Baptists that has been
under way since September of 1989, when six
Southern Baptists Convention (SBC) leaders
issued a call for corporate prayer and public
confession of sin. SBC churches that have
conducted "solemn assemblies," as the gatherings
are called, have reported results ranging from
increased attendance to resolution of bitter church
conflicts.
. . . tears are common
in the prayer meetings:
"I have wept more
in the last eight months
than I have in
my entire ministry."
Henry Blackaby, director of prayer and spiritual
awakening for the SBC's Home Mission Board in
Atlanta, says that behind the much-publicized
news of power struggles and political mudslinging
in his denomination is a quieter renewal move-
ment that is growing in intensity Like Dirks,
Blackaby says tears are common in the prayer
meetings: "I have wept more in the last eight
months than I have in my entire ministry," he said
in September. Over 400 pastors and prayer leaders
met prior to the convention's July meeting in New
Orleans, where, according to Blackaby, "a lot of
people got their lives right with the Lord." During
times of confession and repentance, Blackaby said,
the group gained "an intense awareness that the
problem [with our denomination] is in our relation-
ship with God."
What could happen if the 43,000 Southern
Baptist congregations in the nation experienced
renewal? "That is exactly what we are preparing
the leadership of the convention for," said
Blackaby. Not only are some SBC executives
convening for the sole purpose of prayer and
confession of sin, but leaders from other
demoninations are curiously eyeing the trend.
When the movement began one year ago, it
seemed that solemn assemblies were triggering
renewal primarily in small towns and outlying
areas like Cameron, Texas, or Roswell, New Mexico.
Today the trend is quietly gaining in emphasis and
importance among denominational leaders. Morris
Chapman, pastor of First Baptist Church of
Wichita Falls, Texas, and the new president of the
denomination, says he is earnestly studying the
dynamics of solemn assemblies. He also took part
in a four-day prayer conference at Mt. Lebanon
Baptist Encampment near Dallas to hear various
speakers address the subject of revival. T.W. Hunt,
an SBC Sunday School Board official, told the 350
conference partipants that he was "impressed" by
what he had seen of the new stirring of renewal.
Hunt said he had seen Baptists "overwhelmed by
God's dread holiness" during the prayer
gatherings.
Richard Owen Roberts, a Congregational
minister and revival historian who addressed the
Baptists at Mt. Lebanon, warned his audience not
to program the solemn concept. Blackaby assures
his colleagues that it will not be promoted as a fad.
"There is a deep moving of God in our leadership,
but most Southern Baptists have never heard of
solemn assembly. We haven't gone far enough into
solemn assembly to have corrupted it yet," he
explained. But he and other SBC leaders do exhibit
a sense of urgency about their message. Some
speakers at the Mt. Lebanon meeting wondered
aloud whether the Southern Baptist Church is
under the judgment of God — ajudgment that can
be averted only through prayer and genuine
revival, they cautioned. Said Blackaby: "We've
taken seriously what God has said to us to hurry
to the people called Southern Baptist and say, 'God
has given us one more chance.' What a tragedy if
our leaders did not recognize the judgment of
God." fib be concluded next month)
HERALD/ February 15, 1991
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HOME MISSIONS
What Can An Infant Church Do?
In a recent letter from Dr.
Lester Pifer, he reported on
some of the accomplish-
ments of the North Port,
Florida, Grace Brethren
Church which he founded
less than two years ago. Here
is a partial list of what God
has done for /through this
small group of faithful be-
lievers during the time that
Pastor Pifer served in his
retirement on a part time
basis:
1. Church emerged from a home Bible study to
become an organized church, incorporated with
tax-free status.
Dr. Lester Pifer
2. Facilities rented in the North Port Mall for public
services.
3. A permanent church site of 3.6 acres pur-
chased; the small congregation raised $14,600 in
cash; the balance was borrowed from the Grace
Brethren Investment Foundation.
4. The church has adopted partial support of two
foreign missionaries and set goals for both Home
and Navajo Missions commitments.
5. The first full time pastor has been
called and will begin his ministry in
mid-March. He is Ed DeZago, for-
merly pastor of the Grace Brethren
Church in Ft. Myers, Florida and,
most recently pastor of an indepen-
dent Bible church in Palatine,
Illinois.
Pastor Ed
DeZago
News from other Home Missions Churches
Pastor Don
Bowl in
Pastor Don Bowlin of Rio Rancho,
New Mexico, reports that the con-
gregation is rejoicing in the evident
blessing of God as 1990 came to a
close. Seven people were baptized in
December and two other men trans-
ferred membership, and the nine were
assimilated in La Mesa Grace Church.
In a recent Sunday morning ser-
vice, a man came forward at the
invitation to rededicate his life to God, promising
to serve Him faithfully. After prayer, he looked at
the people, then at the pastor and said, "Pastor,
I hope you have something for me to do." You can
be sure, that Pastor Bowlin responded in the
affirmative !
From Northeast Columbus, Ohio,
Pastor Will Marling writes about the
work at the Rocky Ridge Grace
Brethren Church: "I am excited
because the spiritual battle lines have
been drawn and Satan is concerned
about losing territory. I have been
privileged to see some tremondous
events in the lives of people. A man
who found it difficult to discuss
spiritual issues, now has a renewed confidence in
the God who has planted this church.
"Numerous families have been drawn into the
ministry through the relationship and outreach of
our attenders, asking significant spiritual ques-
tions and finding hope through Bible teaching and
authentic relationships. One couple even is driven
to be considered a part of the ministry though they
have yet to become Christians - they are not sure
what is happening, but they know it is real!
"Of course, church planting is always a
challenge, but the spiritual satisfaction is always
greater."
Pastor Will
Marling
Ministry Opportunity
Available
The Grace Brethren Home Missions Coun-
cil is seeking a qualified person to serve in its
Winona Lake office as controller of its three
corporations (Home Missions, Investment
Foundation, Navajo Mission). The individual
chosen for this position will manage the
financial office of the Mission and should be
experienced in accounting systems, financial
analysis, computer support systems, and
other management responsibilities. Inter-
ested parties may request a job description
and application by writing P.O. Box 587,
Winona Lake, IN, 46590, Attn. Jesse Deloe,
or phone 219/267-5161.
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HOME MISSIONS
Pastor Joe
Cosentino
Pastor Joe Cosentino, Lake
County Grace Brethren Church,
Willoughby, Ohio, is rejoicing in
recent evangelism opportunities.
An eleven-year old girl, named
Jacquie, came up to the pastor one
Sunday and asked, "Pastor Joe, can
you come to my house and tell me
how to get saved?" Joe says "That's
a truly prepared heart."
He also relates an opportunity to
share the Gospel as he was leaving his office one
evening. Chuck, from a neighboring office, began
a conversation which turned to spiritual things,
resulting in Chuck's placing his trust in Christ that
night.
And this is all before an Evangelism Explosion
ministry began in the Church in February.
Escanaba is in Michigan's
upper peninsula. It's good hunt-
ing territory. (Pastor Gary Hable
boasts that he and his son put four
deer in the freezer this year.) More
importantly, he reports on the
blessings of their ministry.
"Last quarter we divided our
mid-week service into two Adult
Bible Fellowships. This has proven
to be a real blessing. Through those
ministries we have seen three people come to
Christ. Now comes the job of training them in
righteousness. As you know, new Christians need
a lot of love, care, and guidance. Please pray for
them."
One of the couples leading an ABF moved from
Warsaw, Indiana, to assist in the ministry. Pastor
Hable writes that "Stan and Julie Martin are
having a wonderful ministry with the youth,
involving them in a puppet ministry. They are also
doing an excellent job with their ABF, indicating
that this adult ministry is the highlight of their
week."
The congregation of the Grace Brethren Church
in the Princess city of Mishawaka, Indiana, is
rejoicing in their mortgage-burning on December
30th. "Our five acres of debt-free land," as Pastor
Scott Weaver says, "is just waiting for us to place
a new building upon it."
They dedicated a new set of flags in January and
took the occasion to honor servicemen in Saudi
Arabia. Two of their members are there, including
U.S. Army chaplain Phil Spence.
Pastor Gary
Hable
Pastor Charles
Thornton
A Look at Last Year
by Pastor Charles Thornton, Millersburg,
Ohio, Grace Brethren Church
Here ate some memorable events in the experience
of the church in 1990:
1. The joy of new families involved
in the fellowship (and he lists five).
2. Sadness at the death of a church
family member but happiness in a
marriage in the church.
3. A great Valentine Dinner, fifth
Sunday celebrations, and an out-
door worship service and picnic.
4. Visiting missionaries who
sharpened vision.
5. Encouragement by many supporters from a
distance who offered prayer and gave gifts.
6. Joy in an effective, well-planned DVBS (their
first) and a record attendance of 105 at the best
Christmas program ever.
7. A good workday at someone's home that pro-
vided "blessed blisters" but also sweet fellowship
in ministry.
8. A "Spirit of the Season" project by the Women
of Grace.
Thanks, WMC Ladies!
The women of our Grace Brethren Churches
across the country have, once again, demonstrated
their commitment to God and their support of
church-planting in America. We recently received
a generous check from the national treasurer,
indicating that the ladies had chosen to provide
funding for the following projects:
1. Materials and equipment for the Hispanic work
in Yakina Valley, Washington (Pastor Abner
Solano).
2. Improvements at the appalachian mountain
work at the Victory Mountain Grace Brethren
Church, Dry Hill, Kentucky (Pastor Sam Baer).
3. Computer hardware and software for the pro-
motion department in the home office of Grace
Brethren Home Missions.
Over the years, WMC ladies have manifested
Christ in a great number of ways. Grace Brethren
Home Missions is particularly grateful for scores
of thousands of dollars that have been given to
fund special projects across America! We thank
God for your love and support, ladies!
HERALD/ February 15, 1991
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FELLOWSHIP HAPPENINGS
Personal Reflections
/ have been encouraged by many to open up a limited number
of pages of the Herald magazine to the expression of opinions
and beliefs regarding the baptism! membership issue in the
Grace Brethren Church. No practical means of such an
exchange has been available to persons following last year's
national conference. A forum plan was adopted at the 1989
conference, but has not been implemented in a workable
fashion to date. No exchanges which involve the names of
other persons will be included. The use of the Herald
magazine makes the information available to lay persons as
well as to ministers. No editing will be done on any of the
articles and it is understood that the material does not have
the endorsement of the Herald, the Fellowship or the local
church — it reflects the personal position of the individual
author. —Charles W. Turner, publisher
By Russell L. Williams
Grace Brethren Church, Orangevale, CA
Does Our Lord Care How We Are Baptized?
To the best of my knowledge there are a number
of things on which the Brethren agree. They agree
the only form of baptism is not for salvation. They
agree baptism is not for church membership. They
agree the only form of baptism they will practice
is "Triune" immersion. I realize some may call it
"trine" rather than "triune." There is a distinct
difference.
In 1964 action was taken to receive those into
membership who had been baptized by single im-
mersion if a local church so chose. As far as I know
no church in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren
Churches will receive anyone into membership
who has been sprinkled or poured— yet!
In this article I am going to approach the
question from an entirely different perspective.
Does it make any difference to our Commander
in Chief how a person is baptized? Isn't this the
bottom line?
Let us lay some background. In Scripture there
are different kinds, not forms, of baptism. There
is a baptism of suffering, baptism by fire, baptism
of the Holy Spirit and water baptism. Then there
is Jewish baptism, John's baptism and Christian
baptism. The Jews baptized proselytes and also
practiced frequent baptisms. John's baptism was
"baptism unto repentance" and is not Christian
baptism. The question of re-baptism, as we know
it today did not come up because there was no
problem. Thousands were baptized on the day of
Pentecost. Most, if not all of these, had been
baptized because they were Jews, and many had
also been baptized because they were followers of
John the Baptist. Those on the day of Pentecost
affirmed the validity of their previous baptism by
being re-baptized.
I will be referring to Romans 6 later, but unless
one believes baptism is for salvation this passage
can only refer to the baptism of the Holy Spirit
which every believer receives the moment we
come to Jesus Christ.
The four Gospels are each unique. John
presents Jesus Christ as very God, equal with the
Father; Luke presents Jesus as the perfect man;
Mark presents Jesus as the perfect servant; while
Matthew presents Jesus as the perfect King, or
"King of the Jews." Then, when the Risen Lord
speaks in Matthew 28:18 and says, "All power is
given unto Me in heaven and in earth," He is
speaking as Lord of lords and King of kings. Why
did He give the Great Commission here and does
it matter to Him how it is observed? After all, isn't
this the real issue?
". . . In the name of the
Father, and the Son
and of the Holy Spirit."
... a perfect picture of
a God who is one yet three
this is the very heart
of our Christian faith!
At National Conference a few years ago a speaker
made the statement, "Nothing happens in the
mind of the listener apart from specific pictures."
I believe our Lord is the perfect Teacher and knew
this!
While our Lord was here He was "fulfilling" the
law. He could not give specific pictures to His
Church until this was completed. The dividing line
is found in John 13:1-4. He gave two pictures
which cover the very basic foundational truths of
His message to His Church. The first is the
Communion Service, which we will not discuss
here, except to point out it was as God He knelt
and washed His disciples feet. Only God can
cleanse the believer's walk. The second is the
Great Commission. Let us look at it.
"All authority is given to me in heaven and in
earth, You go and (1) disciple all nations, (2) bap-
tizing them into the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit, (3) teaching them to
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FELLOWSHIP HAPPENINGS
do all that I commanded you, and lo, I am with you
alway, even unto the end of the age."
There are at least three pictures in His baptismal
command which are foundational to our Christian
faith. First, is separation from the old life and the
world. In the early church baptism was much
more public than today. It was held by a river or
some other public place. The world saw them and
separation was as much an action of the world as
it was of them. Of course when one comes to Christ
He delivers him from the shame and bondage of
sin but there is another aspect I believe we need
to emphasize. Barnabas told Paul, "You arise. You
be baptized. You wash away your sins, calling on
the name of the Lord." Through the years so many
have rejoiced because of the habits and emotions
they left behind as they stepped forth from the
baptismal water.
The second picture is identity with Christ in His
dying. As I said, I believe Romans 6 is speaking
of Spirit baptism. However, it lays down a very
foundational truth for water baptism v:3 "That all
of us who have been baptized into Jesus Christ,
have been baptized into His death." v:4 "Therefore,
we have been buried with Him through baptism
into death." v:5 "if we have been united with Him
in the likeness of His death." We are identified with
a dying Christ, not a dead Christ. It is not Christ
in the tomb but Christ on the cross. Depending
upon life-style, there might be a difference of
opinion as to how He was buried. There is no ques-
tion as to how He died. In John 19:30 we read, "He
bowed His head and surrendered His spirit." This
is a perfect picture of complete surrender.
When we come to the final picture, it is the one
of supreme importance to our Christian faith. "In
the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy
Spirit." Where, in Scripture, can you find a perfect
picture of a God who is one yet three? Yet this is
the very heart of our Christian faith! We find the
picture we need in the baptism Christ command-
ed us. We go down into the water and come up out
of the water. It is one baptism just as our God is
one. While we are in the water there are three
distinct and separate acts just as God is three
distinct and separate beings. More than this, bap-
tism reminds us we have a special relationship
with each one. The Father loved us and gave His
Son. Christ loved us and died for our sins. The Holy
Spirit loved us and drew us to Christ then indwells
us with His presence. This is not simple "trine"
immersion. It is "triune" immersion for each dip
reminds us of our relationship with one of the
three persons of the Godhead. Incidentally single
immersion only emphasized the Unity of God and
was introduced by a man named Arias who did not
believe in the deity of Christ.
I am not going to try to answer for those who
have chosen to follow a different course. I would
challenge them with one question. Did our
Commander in Chief, when He commanded us to
baptize in the name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit intend a three-fold action?
If He did, then does an action of a body of believers
some two thousand years later make His
command invalid?
The real question then is not what have men
made baptism to mean in the two thousand years
since Christ commanded it? The real question is
What did the Lord of lords and King of kings mean
when He issued the command? If He intended
sprinkling, then we should sprinkle. If He intend-
ed single immersion then we should only practice
single immersion. But, if He intended Triune
immersion, as I believe He did, then who are we
to alter His command?
With this in mind let us look at the third part
of the Great Commission! "You teach them to do
all that I commanded you." The bottom line we
must all answer is: Did our Commander in Chief
command the disciples to baptize by Triune
immersion? The corolary to this is, did He include
this as one of the all things they were to teach
those who followed them?
Let us say it in another way. Did our Commander
in Chief have a specific form in mind when He
commanded His followers to baptize those they
discipled? Did He make it specific they were to
observe this form and teach all who followed to
observe it? Do we, two thousand years later, have
authority to change this form? Are we going to
obey our Commander in Chief or make our own
rules?
Unless we have a special directive from our Com-
mander in Chief, just where do we get the authori-
ty to accept other than the form He commanded?
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EDITORIAL
We are living in a time when
feet have never been so impor-
tant or so little used. We do not
walk much anymore and when it
is possible to ride, we do. We will
use a bicycle, a skateboard, a car,
subway, train, bus or plane to
avoid walking. We spend millions
on school busses to get children
to school. All this in the age of
the best transportation with
interstate highways ever devised
by mankind!
I have often wondered what we
are saving our feet for and now it
has become clear. We have
retained them for the purpose of
decoration and adornment. This
is the era of the sneaker. In large
city schools you are known by
what sneakers you wear. In fact,
we are told young persons have
been killed for their sneakers.
You can lose your status if you do
not wear the right brand. Recent-
ly a Marquette University basket-
ball player stumbled during a
nationally televised college game
when his L. A. Gear sneakers fell
apart. This is bad news!
Now, do not blame the young
folks only . . . the sneaker fad has
gripped every generation and
nationality Grandmothers wear
them and great-grandmothers
wear them, too. Sneakers are
easy on your feet and hard on
your budget. Sneakers by
Reebok and L.A. Gear, sneakers
that are tied and sneakers that
are untied, in whites and reds
and fluorescent. They are all
cool, I am told. I do not
remember them as cool as much
as I remember them as hot boxes
on my feet that did not breathe
and when I took them off. no one
could breathe. Recently in an air-
port I saw a lady from India in
native garb, with a red mark on
her forehead. I admired the tradi-
tions of people and how they
retain their good old ways. When
she sat down I noticed she was
wearing what appeared to be a
pair of Air Jordans, Nikes, I
think they are. So much for
tradition.
You can pump the things up.
wear them tall enough to reach
halfway to your knees, but. they
have one thing in common . . .
they all cost about a month's pay.
We have progressed from the
good old days when they were
simple and only the poor kids in
the neighborhood wore them, to
their new exalted position . . . the
king of clothing. I have not worn
a pair for some 35 years,
although I do admit having
looked at a pair with the thought
of seeing what made them such
a hot item. When approached by
a clerk, I passed it off as looking
for something for the kids and
lost myself in the crowds at the
mall.
Actually it is the feet in the
shoes that are the important
thing. I can wear the same brand
as Michael Jordan, but could not
jump to his belt buckle. I could
put on the shoes of the best hit-
ter in the majors and strike out
every time at bat. So one day I
said to myself, "Charlie, it is not
the sneakers that make the dif-
ference, it is in the feet".
Paul quoted an Old Testament
prophet of God to help me see an
important truth. The feet that
are beautiful are the feet that
bring good news. They bring the
gospel of hope and life to people.
God's people have for centuries
been walking and preaching and
telling others of the existence of
the one true God — the God who
created them and the God who
loves them. They have walked
through the streets of Jerusalem
and into the prison cells of the
world. They have walked to be
burned at the stake. They have
walked in the cold climes and the
areas of the equator. They have
walked into palaces and pulpits
and they have brought the one
bit of news that makes the dif-
ference . . . the good news that
Christ died for the sins of the
world. Now those are beautiful
feet which could wear sneakers
or satin slippers of the rich or not
be able to afford a pair of shoes
at all. But if they bear the
message, they are beautiful!
How
Beautiful
Are
the
Feet That .
by Charles W. Turner
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Brethren Missionary
3 Editorial
How Beautiful
Are the
Feet that . . .
Charles W. Turner
5 Grace Schools
College to Host
FCA Golf Camp
Enrollment
Exceeds
Budget
7 BEM
Is America on
the Verge
of Revival?
8 Home Missions
Taking a STAND
for Christ
10 Fellowship Happenings
Personal
Reflections:
The Baptism/
Membership
Debate
Daniel Treier
ii Letter from a
Great-Grandmother
12 WMC
Missionaries of
the Year
Be a Friend to
a Missionary
14 Foreign Missions
Findlay to
Bangui: Love
Extended Around
the World
by Greg Weimer
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GRACE SCHOOLS
Grace College to Host
FCA Golf Camp
Dr. Richard Dilling, Grace College golf coach,
has announced that the Fellowship of Christian
Athletes (FCA) has chosen the college as one of
six locations for FCAs junior Golf Camps for the
summer of 1991.
Grace College is the only educational institu-
tion chosen by the FCA for its Junior Golf Camp
program. Sixty young golfers aged 13 to 18 will
be housed on the Grace campus July 21-25.
Dr. Dilling said that the camp includes Bible
study and small group discussions, along with
golf instruction and practice. Several Grace
College golf team members will assist as
counselors, along with volunteer coaches, club
professionals, and touring PGA professionals.
The camp will make use of Stonehenge Golf
Club near the Grace campus.
On March 1, Jerry Young, chairman of the Grace
Schools Board of Trustees, presented a plaque
honoring Ted Franchino to Franchino's two daughters,
Mrs. Shelly Reeve and Mrs. Melinda Daniels.
Franchino had been a Grace Schools trustee since
1969. He lost his bout with cancer on November 3,
1990. The plaque was presented on behalf of the
Grace Schools and Seminary family during the annual
banquet for faculty, staff, and trustees.
Thanks in part to a gift from the Women's Mis-
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students have a new computer laboratory. The new
lab features 10 computers. In addition to this new lab,
other recent campus improvements include the
chapel /auditorium in McClain Hall, a new student
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of Lancer Lounge in Philathea Hall. Lancer Lounge has
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BRETHREN EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES
Is America on the Verge of Revival?
New Attitudes Among Leaders
(Third of a three-part series examining current
trends in our nation. Condensed from the
National and International Religion Report, Oct.
8. 1990. Used by Permission)
Is America on the verge of genuine revival?
"Yes," says author and YWAM (Youth With a
Mission) director John Dawson. He bases his
conjecture on what he has witnessed among
pastors in 1990. Like Dirks and Blackaby, he
believes that a "deep humility" among leaders
has become a primary impetus for renewal. "I've
seen more tears of repentance (in pastors'
meetings) since January of this year than in the
past 20 years of ministry," he said. Dawson's
theory is that revival cannot occur in a com-
munity where Christians are divided — even if
the rifts are rooted in century-old grievances. He
says he has witnessed white pastors in Southern
cities repenting and weeping over racial pre-
judices that have festered for decades. Similar
instances have occurred in Western towns where
the treatment of native Americans became a
topic of heartfelt confession.
There is a recognizably different attitude
among church leaders today compared to just
a year ago, Dawson says. "This is a different
season ... I think we've lost our cockiness. All
the pastors I meet now are meek, open,
teachable, and they are honoring each other and
each other's movements." Why the sudden
change? "Seven or eight years ago a lot of Chris-
tian leaders were saying we were on the verge
of revival," he recounts. "But then the
televangelist scandals occurred and we all went
to the woodshed for discipline." Now, Dawson
asserts, "wherever I go, I find that the cities are
filled with meekness and unity."
Glenn Sheppard, senior associate for prayer
for the Lausanne Committee for World Evangel-
ization, agrees with Dawson. Sheppard says
similar characteristics seen in the Northwest
Renewal and the Solemn Assembly movement
were evident in the Asbury College revival,
which he witnessed while a student at the SBC's
Southern Seminary in Louisville, Ky., in 1970.
That movement involved mostly students at the
Methodist college and was likewise earmarked
by impromptu open repentance.
Could a so-called "Asbury experience" be
repeating itself? Sheppard, who travels exten-
sively in the U.S., reports that a "prayer move-
ment" is building within many church groups
today. He predicts that this trend will unite
Christians from diverse backgrounds as they
focus less on distinctives and more on the per-
son of Christ. "I believe we are entering a
post-denominational era," he theorized, express-
ing a conviction that various churches and
ministries will engage in a deeper level of
cooperation as renewal efforts increase.
That level of cooperation was evident at the
Kitsap Pavilion in the western Puget Sound area
of Washington, observers said, when more than
40 churches canceled their Sunday morning
services to worship corporately "When I told my
church we were going to meet together with the
other Christians in the area, their response was,
'It's about time,' " recalled Scott Montagne,
pastor of Bayside Community Church. He said
the Northwest Renewal Movement in his area
made an indelible impression on his own life and
his church. "It's not an ecumenical movement.
We are just loving one another. What's going on
here is a change of heart," Montagne said.
It remains to be seen whether these trends will
in fact lead to a bona fide revival in America.
Observers believe that the groundswell of
interest in what is happening at Multnomah is
an indicator that pastors want such a movement
to sweep the country. Terry Dirks says his office
is inundated with requests from pastors who
want to schedule prayer retreats in their com-
munities. "One group of men in Idaho told me,
'This isn't something we just want to do. It's
something we must do,' " Dirks said. But Dirks
and Aldrich can attend only so many meetings
a year, and they insist on limiting their involve-
ment to Oregon and Washington. Their hope.
Dirks said, is that the news of what is taking
place in the Northwest will be a catalyst for a
far-reaching spiritual awakening.
HERALD/ March 15, 1991
HOME MISSIONS
Taking a STAND for Christ
Dan Thompson, pastor of the
Naples, Florida, Grace Brethren
Church is discovering that
church planting is definitely a
family-wide enterprise. Danielle
Thompson, his daughter, is one
of three girls who have launched
a new club in the local Barron
Collier High School. Called
STAND (Students Taking a New
Direction), the group is open to
students of any Christian
denomination. It meets before
school for prayer and to discuss
daily business.
Danielle explains how she and
her friends got the idea for the
group, "A recent U.S. Supreme
Court decision allows any group
of students in the public school system all over the
nation to pray and study the Bible on campus, in-
dicating that it is not mixing church and state. If
groups of people want to get together and talk
about New Age stuff or save the ecology, it is real-
ly not different from being able to pray and read
the Bible. The Fellowship of Christian Athletes has
been a long-established club on campus, and we
couldn't understand why they permitted one
group for athletes but not another for the rest of
us. We were waiting anxiously [for the Supreme
Court's ruling]. When the decision was an-
nounced, we went to our school's activities direc-
tor, requesting that we have an on-campus
Danielle Thompson
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The three founders of STAND; Angie Albright,
Danielle Thompson, and Haley Harkins; plus Jason
Deboer who is initiating a STAND chapter in his
own neighboring high school.
Christian club as a support
group-
She goes on to explain how
their name, "STAND," originated:
"STAND is 'Students Taking a
New Direction' and our motto is
'Stand Up and Stand Out for
Christ.' We don't package it at all.
When people come and ask what
is STAND, we say it is a Christian
support group where we pray
and study the Bible to discover
what God has for our lives. We've
ended up with a lot of kids who
do not even know who Jesus and
his disciples were, but they are
coming to find out what it is all
about.
"We expected to have only five
or six girls. We wound up with nineteen (both guys
and girls)! Since then word has spread rapidly. We
have had a good response from people asking
about the club and wanting to be involved in it. We
are now having to start official sign-ups just to keep
track of them all (both Christians and non-
Christians). It has been really exciting!
"At Barron Collier High School there are 1800
students, an increase of 700 since last year. What
is happening in our school has been termed
'revival.' I would say it is basically because this is
happening all over the nation. We're coming into
a generation where kids are looking for more
stable families. We're looking for commitment,
we're looking for stability.
"In their hearts, the kids at my school want God
really badly. They want meaning in their lives and
their search right now is being filled with the Lord
and with taking a stand for Christ. There were a
few of us who for the past two years have been
working at building relationships with the kids in
our school through established channels; some are
involved in band and the music end of the school:
I'm involved in cheerleading and football and the
sports end of the school; and some are involved in
student council. We are establishing personal one-
on-one relationships and being consistent in those
friendships. And now, when kids are looking for
meaning in their life, they come to us and ask
where it comes from. 'We've seen your friendship,
we've seen your consistency, we know your lifestyle
and testimony and now we want to know where
8
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HOME MISSIONS
it comes from.' And that is what is giving us the
opportunity to say, 'Alright, we are ready to stand
up too. This is what they are looking for, and this
is what we've got to offer, and we know it is the
best.'
"We are not going to be ashamed to do it. This
started happening last year and has pretty much
snowballed since then. It's becoming the 'in thing'
to carry a Bible at my school, and you are very
much looked down on if vou do not believe in God.
It was originally thought that only five or six would
become involved in STAND; the response has been
tremendous.
let alone have a personal relationship with Him.
"Just as an example, the defensive line of our
football team, who in a 4A district went to State
with an undefeated season last year, painted
crosses on the top of their football shoes so when
they got in the huddle they remembered to give
the glory to God. This is pretty phenomenal for a
public school. This year they started, among the
students, a pre-game chapel. They have devotions
together as a team before the game. They have
better attitudes after the game. Half of the football
team goes to our church on Sunday mornings.
They make up half of our congregation and they
come to church after working out. They go and
work out, then come in sweats and a tee-shirt
ready to praise God.
"We're working on keeping consistent
throughout the week and holding each other
accountable. Right now that is our biggest prayer
request. As teens, we don't always have guts
enough to hold each other accountable. There is
a lot of intimidation, but we're working on building
friendships among the Christians so when we see
a problem we can confront it, deal with it, and say
we're here and we're in it together. There is a lot
of unity among the Christians and we're ready to
set the school of fire.
"The families in the community are real in-
volved in their kids' lives and it's been kind of
strange how God has been working. The kids just
got saved, I would say, within the past year or two
but have been very closed-mouth about their rela-
tionship with God and their church within their
families. But now, as they are walking off the field
after a football game, they will just happen to say
to their parents, 'By the way, that is my pastor.
Why don't you go meet him?' Then they go into
the locker room. Feeling an obligation, the parents
have been meeting my parents. It has been in-
teresting because they are all saying, 'So you are
the guy my son (or daughter) has been with on
Sunday mornings. What are you teaching him?'
They are taking an interest in it so much that now
they are saying, 'Why didn't we know about this
before? Why can't we be involved?' We're saying.
'You can, please do!' So it's been really neat
because a lot of the moms have been coming to
a women's discipleship group with my mom. We're
working on getting the dads involved.
"In our high school, we have just started an
outreach program where we're focusing tremen-
dously on discipleship. We have Campus Life
which is very evangelistic and picks up on the con-
tacts and the potential that is there. But then they
are not being discipled. So our church is beginn-
ing to pick up on this and follow through with
discipleship. We're not only doing outreach and
bringing people to church, we're also learning a
verse of the week, and we're saying that STAND is
available as your support group.
"We're having prayer in the mornings, and there
are a lot of different Christian activities this year
that are offered on-campus and off. We ask people
to try to make it to at least one activity each week
outside church. We also encourage faithfulness in
Bible study and actual discipling one-on-one. We
ourselves are being discipled by an adult and in
turn discipling just one person, sharing and
opening our hearts back and forth."
Thanks to Danielle's heart for souls and boldness
to share the Gospel, the
Grace Brethren Church in
Naples now has a strong
ministry within her public
high school. Danielle
hopes to start branches of
the club at other high
schools in the area. Please
remember the Thompson
family in prayer as,
together, they reach the Pastor Dan and
Naples, Florida, communi- Jackie Thompson,
ty for Christ. Danielle's parents.
HERALD/ March 15, 1991
9
FELLOWSHIP HAPPENINGS
Personal Reflections
/ have been encouraged by many to open up a limited number
of pages of the Herald magazine to the expression of opinions
and beliefs regarding the baptism I membership issue in the
Grace Brethren Church. No practical means of such an
exchange has been available to persons following last year's
national conference. A forum plan was adopted at the 1989
conference, but has not been implemented in a workable
fashion to date. No exchanges which involve the names of
other persons will be included. The use of the Herald
magazine makes the information available to lay persons as
well as to ministers. No editing will be done on any of the
articles and it is understood that the material does not have
the endorsement of the Herald or the Fellowship — it reflects
the personal position of the individual author.
—Charles W. Turner, publisher
By Daniel J. Treier
Cedarville College
Recently I was privileged to attend one of the
forums on the baptism issue. I came away with a
few observations about the state of our Fellowship
that I would like to share.
1. Many in our Fellowship appear to lack a
consistent hermeneutic. The repeated use of
Romans 14 and Acts 15 as guidelines for our
Fellowship to respond to this crisis prompted the
question. "Is baptism a disputable matter?" The
person who brought up these passages, though,
said no. He said that he was trying to draw prin-
ciples from the passages. It is my understanding
of the passages, however, that the principles
therein apply only to disputable matters.
Therefore, if we say (as this man did) that baptism
is doctrinal rather than disputable, we should not
use these passages as guidelines. We must not
claim Biblical support for our views if the passages
we cite do not really apply. I'm concerned that
neither side is looking completely to the scriptures
and their intended meaning for answers; rather,
many passages are being taken out of context.
2. Related to the lack of a consistent herme-
neutic is a lack of concern for precision. Precision
seems to be a dirty word in our Fellowship. When
a list of possible symbolisms for baptism was
suggested, one person commented that all could
be valid. He suggested that to narrow it down any
further might make us guilty of "reductionism".
While I would agree that we ought not dwell on
trivialities, I think we must search the scriptures
diligently to see all of their intended meaning and
only their intended meaning.
3. I believe, too, that our Fellowship now places
more of an emphasis on human experience than
on Biblical teaching. The consistent focus is on
how unloving and condemning we must be to
require trine immersion for membership. Yet we
forget that Biblical love "rejoices with the truth"
(I Cor. 13:6). We must let our interpretation of the
scriptures determine our practice rather than
letting our practice determine our interpretation
of the scriptures. If trine immersion is not a
Biblical requirement for church membership, then
we must deal lovingly with prospective members.
If trine immersion is a Biblical requirement for
membership, we must still be loving, yet we must
hold to the precedence over our experience and
opinion.
4. My last concern deals with our relationship
to church leadership and Christianity at large. I
quite often hear something like, "If John
MacArthur and Charles Swindoll don't believe
trine immersion, maybe we shouldn't hold to it
very steadfastly." A similar statement in reference
to a particular denomination was made at the
forum. I respect John MacArthur greatly, but he
is human like me. I must interpret the scriptures,
depending on God for understanding, and hold
with conviction to what the scriptures teach. The
reformation occurred partly so that believers
might have the right to interpret the scriptures for
themselves. I fear that another Reformation is
needed, so that we Grace Brethren might not be
treated as inferior interpreters when compared to
Christianity's leaders. We need to return to the
"priesthood of believers", rather than blindly
following the leaders who hold degrees and pastor
large churches.
In conclusion, it is my prayer that by a consis-
tent hermeneutic, by a concern to understand the
scriptures' intended meaning, by a loving stand for
truth, and by each individual's diligent study, we
will come to the Biblical conclusion and resulting
unity. In short, we must lay aside "fleshly wisdom"
(2 Cor. 1:12) and dependently search the
scriptures.
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A Letter From a Great-Grandmother to a Great-Granddaughter
Editor's note: The following letter has been submitted for
publication by Dr. Robert Thompson, who received a copy
of it when serving as interim pastor of the Grace Brethren
Church. Westminster. CA. It is written by Addie Williams,
who taught school and an adult Bible class for 30 years.
Dr. Thompson notes: "It is a beautiful letter from a great-
grandmother who was 93 years old last November."
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WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
1990-91 WMC Missionaries
of the Year
Mrs. Paul (Berta) Kuns
Berta was born at Yaloke
Medical Center in the Central
African Republic, the daughter
of Harold and Marguerite
Dunning, longtime missionar-
ies to Africa; and the grand-
daughter of pioneer mission-
aries, James and Florence
Gribble. Berta came to know
Jesus as Savior as a child grow-
ing up in Africa. At age twelve,
her family moved back to the States. Paul is an
experienced mechanic. He was born and raised in
Whittier, California. At the age of six, he gave his
heart to Jesus. As far back as he can remember, he
was always taking things apart and putting them
back together again. He learned much from help-
ing and watching his dad. Berta and Paul met at
church during their high school years. Following
graduation and Paul's time in the U.S. Army, the
Kunses were married. They had all the material
things that should have made them "happy", but
they felt restless and dissatisfied, even though they
were very active in their churc' The Lord led them
to Central African Republic w .re Paul maintains
equipment and vehicles for the missionary staff, and
Beta works as a librarian, secretary and bookkeeper.
The Kuns have a son, Adam, and a daughter, Emily
WMC Offering:
(March, April, May)
(send before June 10)
Foreign Missions
Goal: $9,000
Projects: $3,000 for printing of
Hungarian tracts;
$6,000 for a vehicle for Portugal
Missionaries of the Year
Offering
We suggest a goal of $1.50 a year per member.
Mrs. Stan (Betty) Nairn
Betty was born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. She moved to
the neighborhood where the
Third Brethren Church is
located, and was saved during
her teen years. Stan was rais-
ed in a Christian home in
Philadelphia, where he came
to know Jesus through the
teaching of the Word in his
home, accepting Christ as
Savior at the age of eight. He also attended the Third
Brethren Church. Stan and Betty met during high
school years through the youth group in their
church, and dated five years before getting married
in 1971. Stan graduated from Philadelphia College
of the Bible in 1972 and from Grace Seminary in
1976. He gained experience as a student pastor
during college years and as an assistant pastor at
two Grace Brethren churches in Pennsylvania,
before becoming the pastor of the Middlebranch,
Ohio Grace Brethren Church. The Nairns served in
Middlebranch for several years before answering the
Lord's call to foreign missions; they went to
Argentina in the fall of 1983. They have four
children: Jacquelin Scott, Andres and Jessica.
A special thank-you goes to the WMC
circles that faithfully send birthday cards and
notes of encouragement to our missionaries.
We would like to remind all ladies that the cards
should be mailed directly to the missionaries
and not to Grace Brethren Foreign Missions.
This will speed up delivery of your cards and
will prevent the GBFM from having to deduct
the postage from the missionary's account.
Also, please remember that postage to other
countries will cost more than twenty-nine
cents. If letters arrive with insufficient postage,
the missionary has to pay the postage due.
Thank you for using these tips to help our
missionaries, and thank you for your faithful
encouragement of them.
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HERALD/ March 15, 1991
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Be a Friend to a (Home or Foreign) Missionary
Most of the ideas below will work for either a
Home Mission pastor's wife, an active foreign
missionary (on the field or on Home Ministries),
or a retired missionary. Of course, you can always
add ideas of your own.
1. Write a response to the writer of the Friendship
Experience. All addresses can be found in the
Grace Brethren Annual.
2. Write to missionary kids. Send them a cassette
tape, video (if they have a VCR), books or games.
3. Home/District Missions:
a. Invite a Home Mission pastor's wife to your
meeting as your special guest. Pay her gas
expenses and present her with a gift certificate or
other gift.
b. Find out the dates of birthdays and anniver-
saries in the pastor's family. Send each family
member a card for the appropriate celebration.
c. Small gifts for the pastor's children on their
birthdays help them to feel special.
4. Have someone visit a Home Mission point, take
pictures, and report to your meeting.
5. Invite a missionary to be your guest at your
Mother- Daughter Banquet, or at a tea, picnic or
meeting.
6. Have reports about different mission fields from
people who have visited those fields.
7. Send the WMC reading books to a missionary.
8. Send a cassette recording of your meeting to a
missionary. Be sure the microphones are placed
so they will pick up all the laughter too!
9. Send a pictorial record of one of your meetings
or a special event at church. Clearly label and
explain each picture. (This could accompany the
tape recording of the meeting.)
10. Call a missionary during your meeting just to
say "Hello". Voices from home are a wonderful
sound. Don't forget to allow for time differences;
your evening meeting may be 2 a.m. for them.
11. Send a card or note of encouragement, signed
by everyone present, to let your missionary know
you prayed for her at your meeting. Include a
bookmark or other flat, mailable remembrance.
12. Send her flowers or a planter; just a way to say
"thanks".
13. Provide a night or two in a luxury hotel with
the days just for them to enjoy Have flowers or fruit
in the room when they arrive.
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FOREIGN MISSIONS
FINDLAY TO BANGUI:
Love Extended Around the World
by Greg Weimer
Chuck reminds me of
my grandfather. The way
he tells a story brings
back pleasant memories,
but his hearty laugh trig-
gers the sharpest re-
membrance. Chuck
Frost reminds me of my
grandfather in another
way — he is deeply com-
mitted to his local
church and its minis-
tries. By providing a
most unique and neces-
sary service to our mis-
sionaries in the Central
African Republic, Chuck
and the other members
of the Findlay Grace
Brethren Church are ex-
tending their love half-
way around the world.
In October 1989, Grace
Brethren Foreign Mis-
sions was seeking a solu-
tion to a problem. The best method of shipping
food, equipment, and supplies to our missionaries
in Africa is by ocean container. The office in
Winona Lake had always been the staging point
for the loading of those containers. Items were
stacked in a storage area in the back of the mis-
sions building. An empty twenty-foot container
would be transported by truck from Chicago and
loaded with the help of the staff, missionaries, and
volunteers. The loaded container was then
transported by rail, steamship, and truck to
Bangui, the capital of the Central African
Republic.
Shipping a container can be complicated and
frustrating, but the lack of proper facilities in
Winona Lake was the greatest challenge. Storage
space was limited and cramped. Bad weather often
hampered the loading because the items had to be
The loading crew takes a short break on December 13. Front row: Pastor Mike Gatliff,
Don Boren, Bill Barrett, Chuck and Margaret Frost. In the container: Greg Weimer,
Dick Eller, and Pastor Gary Crandall.
set outside for proper sorting and prioritization.
Several alternatives, including the use of smaller
shipping units called lift vans, were investigated.
However, none of the options appeared to be an
adequate solution to the facilities problem.
Jim Hocking, a missionary to the Central
African Republic, was on home ministries during
the fall of 1989. He was assisting with the shipping
inquiries when the Lord guided him to a provi-
dential meeting in Findlay, Ohio. Jim spoke at the
Findlay church and later shared the container
situation with Pastor Gary Crandall, a former
Africa missionary. Chuck Frost learned of the need
and told Jim about a warehouse he operated.
Pastor Gary suggested that the church might be
willing to tackle the container operation as a
special ministry.
Pastor Crandall and his associate. Pastor Mike
14
HERALD/ March 15, 1991
FOREIGN MISSIONS
Dot tie Nolan is entering
missionary packing lists.
The container can be loaded from the interior of the
warehouse, avoiding inclement weather.
Gatliff. began to mobilize
the church for this new
ministry opportunity.
Dick Eller, a former
trucker, offered his ser-
vices as a volunteer.
Other men quickly vol-
unteered, and Mrs. Dottie
Nolan offered to do the
computer work that
would create reports for
customs and insurance
purposes. Chuck con-
tacted a man who do-
nated hand trucks and pallets to simplify the
loading process. Everyone was excited, committed,
and amazed that the Lord was bringing this team
together.
On January 16, 1990, a training session was
conducted at the Findlay church to prepare the
volunteers for their respective duties. Packing lists,
computer reports, and other matters were ex-
plained. Shortly thereafter the Africa missionaries
began forwarding their items and accompanying
paperwork to Chuck's warehouse, with Chuck and
his wife Margaret acting as the receiving agents.
The first container was loaded at the Findlay
warehouse on May 31, 1990. A second container
was loaded on December 13, 1990. The teamwork
of the Findlay church was evident on both occa-
sions. Chuck's warehouse provided an excellent
facility, but the commitment and dedication of the
people made the container ministry a joyful event.
The home office team and the Africa mission-
aries are deeply and sincerely grateful for the min-
istry of the Findlay Grace Brethren Church. Those
who serve so faithfully and deserve special recog-
nition include Pastor Gary Crandall, Pastor Mike
Gatliffv Dick Eller, Paul Ricksecker, Bill and
Marlene Barrett, Tom Child, Don Boren, Bob
Farmer, Dottie Nolan, and Chuck and Margaret
Frost.
My grandfather loved people. He would have felt
right at home in the Findlay church. I believe he
and Chuck would have been great friends.
The loading was accomplished in record time on
December 13, thanks to the good organization and
excellent workers.
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NEWSLETTER
If you wish to receive the "Significant
Times" newsletter, please send your
name and address to GBFM, P. O. Box
588, Winona Lake, IN 46590. The
monthly newsletter replaces the
"Significant Times" magazine, and con-
tains the Mission Mouse column, GBFM
Prayer and Praise, and current mission
news.
HERALD/ March 15, 1991
15
BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD
Life's Most Important Question . .
It would have been very difficult back
in the early 1970's to foresee what
would happen to a little multi-colored
tract that we have come to know as the
"Question Tract'*.
First a little background on how it
developed. A number of years ago in
Africa, a successful evangelistic campaign
was being held. Word of the results in the
Central African Republic was reaching the
Brethren in the United Sates. People were
turning to the Lord and a spirit of revival
was taking place.
In the United States there was also an
interesting event taking place. The plans
for "Key 72" were unfolding for a cam-
paign in America to stir a new interest in
revival. After a series of planning sessions
in Wooster, Ohio, a decision was made to
have a Brethren campaign called "Grow
'73". Since Wayne Beaver had been active
in the African campaign he volunteered to
lead in much of the planning.
"Evangelism Explosion" from Florida
was a proven program of training and
strategy. Wayne, myself and several others
worked on the tract to line it up with the
evangelism explosion concepts. The art
work and copy was put together and thus
the "Question Tract" was born.
Following "Grow 73" most of the
literature was used for a period of time
and then fell by the wayside, but Life's
Most Important Question continued to be
used in an ever widening circle.
Denomination after denomination chose
the tract as their major tool of evangelism.
At first, the Missionary Herald Company
printed 50,000 or 100,000 tracts at a time,
then we had to move to 200,000 at a
printing. It is without doubt the most suc-
cessful printing venture in the history of
the Grace Brethren movement; nothing
else even comes close.
Another printing order was issued the
other day because each week a few more
thousand go out all over the world. It is
printed in nearly 10 languages and the
foreign ones are not counted in the almost
3.000,000 in English. We believe the total
number is approaching the 5,000,000
level.
Though we have no exact numbers, it is
safe to say more people have made deci-
sions through the tract than any other
£
cuoi es la
TiDortance
ae la vaa?
evangelism tool ever used in the Brethren
Church. However, the Brethren are not the
major users of the tract — over 92 percent
of the tracts go to churches other than
Grace Brethren. Orders come in 10's, 100's
and even thousands at times.
We recently made a casual survey
among purchasers of the tract. We felt it
might be time for an update in the Bible
version used in the "Question Tract", and
asked about changing the text from King
James to NIV. Most expressed the opinion
they would discontinue its use, if such a
change were made. So much for that idea!
We have received literally hundreds of re-
quests to change some of the wording to
fit different denominational views. This,
too, we have resisted. Thousands of souls
have been won to Christ with this tool and
its usage contines to grow.
Late one Saturday evening last fall, I
went into a K-Mart in Wadsworth, Ohio. A
young employee of the company was
standing at the cash register reading . . .
the "Question Tract". Christian literature
is a powerful tool being used of God to
bring glory to His name! — Charles Turner
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HERALD/ March 15, 1991
FELLOWSHIP NEWS
NEWS UPDATE
The Grace Brethren Church of
Uniontown, PA, is seeking a youth
pastor. Anyone interested should
contact True Hunt, pastor (Tel.
412/437-3401 or 437-4488), or Bessie
Ferree, secretary (Tel. 412/437-6121).
The Grace Brethren Church of
Emmaus, PA, closed in December
1990.
Karl Garling is serving as the interim
pastor of the Grace Brethren Church
of Mifflin, OH.
Ed DeZago began his ministry in the
middle of this month at the Grace
Brethren Church of North Port, FL.
Dan Younger is serving as interim
pastor of the Hurst, TX, Grace
Brethren Church while the church
continues to seek a full-time pastor.
The Shade Grace Brethren Church
of Windber, PA, closed at the end of
February.
Mikal Smith resigned from the
pastoral team at the New Hope
Community Church at Menifee Valley,
CA.
The Grace Brethren Church of
Bradenton, FL, continues to seek a
full-time pastor.
May 15 is a "Day With God" for the
Fellowship of Grace Brethren Church-
es. Brochures may be obtained
through Grace Brethren Foreign
Missions, RQ Box 588, Winona Lake,
IN 46590.
James Laird has accepted the posi-
tion of pastor of the Grace Brethren
Church of Martinsburg, PA. His
address is: R. 1, Box 57, Roaring
Spring, PA 16673. Telephone:
814/224-5581.
Ken Carozza is the pastor of the
Grace Brethren Church of Greater
Hartford, CT. His address is: 58 Indian
Hill, Newington, CT 06111. Telephone:
203/667-4326.
Change Your Annual
Clingan, Alan. 179 E.
Walter Ave., Green-
castle, PA 17225 (Tel.
717/597-1035).
Cohen, Steve. 10300 E.
Arrow Route No. 1902,
Rancho Cucamonga,
CA 91730.
Howell, Stephen. The zip
In his address should
be 28208.
Huesmann, Louis, 3510
Walnut Ave., Long
Beach, CA 90807.
Huesmann, Perry. 15327
Woodruff PI., No. 113,
Bellflower, CA 90706.
Hulett, Clayton. His Philip-
pines address in the An-
nual is correct.
Jenks, Dale. His new
phone number is
518/695-3776.
Smith, Mikal. 242 W. Lynn
Ave., Tulare, CA 93274.
Triplehorn, Bruce. RUA
Jose Miguel Saramago
1372, 38.400 Uberlandia
MG, Brazil, S.A.
Brian White is the pastor
of the Basore Road
Grace Brethren Church
in Dayton, OH, and
Daniel White is the pastor
of the Grace Brethren
Church in York, PA.
Weddings
Kurtz: Stacey Fidler and C.
Duane Kurtz were mar-
ried on October 20,
1990, at the Grace
Brethren Church,
Myerstown, PA. Luke
Kauffman, pastor.
Seager: Shelly Gurganus
and David Seager were
married on December
15, 1990, at the Grace
Brethren Church.
Myerstown, PA. Luke
Kauffman, pastor.
Deaths
Benningfield, Lucille,
November 22, 1990. She
was a member of the
Grace Brethren Com-
munity Church of West
Alexandria, OH. Percy
Miller, pastor.
Hauer, Miles, 72,
December 3, 1990. He
was a charter member
of the Grace Brethren
Church, Myerstown, PA.
Luke Kauffman, pastor.
Journey, Harold, 73,
February 2, 1991. He
was a member of the
Bethel Brethren Church
of Berne, IN. Robert
Griffith, pastor.
AIRMAIL TO
MISSIONARIES
Did you know that it takes three to six months for the Herald
magazine to reach our missionaries when we send their magazines
via surface mail?
We believe they deserve to receive their Herald a week to 10
days after we place it in the mail, so we would like to send their
subscriptions by airmail. However, airmail costs for each subcription
amounts to nearly $40 a year. Funding for this ministry would need
to come from interested persons, Sunday School classes, Bible
study groups, etc. You may designate a missionary or we will select
one.
Please make your check payable to the Brethren Missionary
Herald, and be sure to designate it "Herald Airmail — Missionaries."
All gifts for this project are tax deductible.
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P.O. Box 544
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Norman Schrock has accepted
the call to become the pastor of
the Grace Brethren Church of
Westminster, CA.
Lester E. Pifer, founder of the work
at North Port and Bradenton, FL,
has again retired but will continue
to assist at the North Port church.
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EDITORIAL
Last week there were signs
of change . . . signs that appear
to be for good. When you have
spent most of your years living
in Ohio and Indiana, this is the
time of year when you are
looking for change. The first
sign of change was a group of
geese flying into the territory.
I watched them fly in forma-
tion and then they came to an
unmarked junction in the sky.
They broke formation, took a
few moments to check the in-
visible sky sign and then they
made a turn. It was a perfect
right angle and I thought
"How wise they are!" They
knew their direction even
without a road map from the
local gasoline station — how
remarkable their God-given
knowledge of the terrain and
the skies.
Then I saw another sign of
encouragement ... it was a
seemingly eager tulip pushing
its way up through the ground.
"A little early," I thought, "you
may just be pushing your good
fortunes a little bit too soon!"
But it wasn't. Someone had
said, "spring is coming, peek
through and feel the warmth
of the sun". When one sees a
tulip in March in Indiana,
there is cause for hope.
But another reminder of
hope was to make its appear-
ance. This time in an unex-
pected place — my planning
calendar. It was written clear-
ly on the page and the little
notation was most encourag-
ing. It simply said, "the first
day of spring". Again my
spirits were lifted and I knew
the long dark days of winter
were to give way to the wet
cloudy days of spring. But it is
not geese headed home or a
little yellow tulip making its
appearance that brings true
hope. They do something for
my general well-being and
attitude, but I also have need
of help for the spirit and the
inner man.
For this reason I found hope
in a message of this spring
time. It was found in a day that
we have come to know as
Easter, which we so recently
commemorated. Easter says it
best when it is changed to the
day of the resurrection of our
Lord. Hope is no longer tied to
a change in the weather or the
greening of the lawn or the
new leaves on a tree. It is tied
to my faith and my hope that
because Jesus Christ could
overcome death, He could help
me do the same.
Resurrection Day is mean-
ingful to me because of some
very special reasons. He sets
forth my hope that death does
not have dominion over me.
Christ paid the penalty for my
sins and asks me to follow Him
and enjoy the wonderful prom-
ise of eternal life. My father
died on Easter Sunday morn-
ing when I was to preach my
first sermon in a full-time
pastorate in Flora, Indiana. My
father-in-law went to be with
the Lord on Easter Sunday of
the following year. My mother-
in-law died the week of Easter
and my brother was buried on
Good Friday.
The hope of the resurrection
and of reassembling together
in eternity is a reality because
Christ died on the cross and
rose again the third day. There
are signs of hope and change
in the air, but we do not have
to wait until spring to sense
them. Our Christ gives us
resurrection hope and life
every day.
There
Is
Change
In the
Air!
by Charles W. Turner
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Brethren Missionary
Volume 53 No. 4
April 15, 1991
3 Editorial
There is
Change in
the Air
Charles W. Turner
5 FGBC
Having Hope
Jerry Young
6 Brethren Personalities
A Genuine Hero
from a Grace
Brethren Pew
Jerry Young
8 Foreign Missions
From Corn
Planters to
Church Planters
Wendell Kent
11 Fellowship News
12 Home Missions
Out of the
Nest!
Dr. Charles R. Davis
14 WMC
Birthday
Celebration
Life at the
Missionary
Residence
16 Brethren Personalities
An Interview
with
Charles Smith
Richard L. Mayhue
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NATIONAL CONFERENCE
HAVING HOPE
Vaclav Havel, the playwright-patriot of
Czechoslovakia, had reason to lose hope. He
was refused a university education by the
communists because of his middle class
origins. Assigned a meaningless job in a
brewery that paid fifty dollars a week.
Imprisoned for his public criticism of the
government.
When he was released from prison in 1983,
he and other Czechoslovak dissidents were but
small voices in a sea of rising discontent. But
all that changed last November. The pride of
Prague became the champion of factory
workers in Moravia and farmers in Slovakia.
Roaring crowds that gathered in the streets had
a slogan: "Havel na Hrad!" "Havel to the
Castle!"
Now president of his country, Vaclav Havel
has something to say about the vision that
pitted him against impossible odds.
"Life without hope is an empty, boring
and useless life. I cannot imagine that I
could strive for something if I did not
carry hope in me. I am thankful to God
for this gift. It is as big a gift as life itself."
-From a speech
by Jerry Young, Conference Moderator
For the popular ruler of Czechoslovakia,
"Hope is a feeling that life and work have a
meaning."
Whether or not things actually turn out well
is not the important thing, says Havel, as long
as there is meaning in what we do.
Not everyone has this gift. An Iraqi soldier
who surrendered to the coalition forces said it
well for all those crushed by impossible odds:
"For us there is no hope." Our world is in
desperate need of a hope that transcends
human feelings, a hope that comes true.
As Grace Brethren people gather for their
annual conference in Columbus, Ohio this
year, they will open their Bibles to learn what
God has to say about hope. Speakers are now
preparing messages to focus their attention on
this important theme. Will you join them?
Our ultimate purpose is to so encourage you
that your life in Christ will overflow to others.
"May the God of hope fill you with all
joy and peace as you trust in him. so that
you may overflow with hope by the
power of the Holy Spirit."
— Romans 15:13
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Church Leadership Seminar— July 26-27
Group Meetings— July 26- August 1
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BRETHREN PERSONALITIES
A Genuine Hero from a Grace Brethren Pew
by Jerry Young
"Consider it all joy, my brethren,
when yon encounter various trials." — James 1:2
He came to me just as the worship service was
about to begin. We stood there in one of the main
aisles of the auditorium, suddenly alone. Just he
and I.
"I've been called to active duty." I searched his
eyes, normally bright and filled with laughter.
They were dark and serious. "We knew it was
coming, didn't we?" I replied.
"Yes."
"When are you leaving?"
"This week."
"I'll be praying for you."
"Thanks."
And then he was gone. I turned and watched his
tall, thin frame slip into a seat beside Patricia Jean,
his words burning a hole in my heart.
The next Sunday, Major Mark Connelly headed
the list of men from our congregation serving in
the Persian Gulf. Their names were posted in the
large, new lobby of our church. And we did pray.
-The Connelly family came to our church in the
summer of 1989, attracted by our Christian
school. Meggan was eight years old at the time.
Ready for second grade. And Peter was five. Ready
for kindergarten.
I met them for the first time in the hallway out-
side my office. When I learned they had just com-
pleted eight years at Fort Benning, Georgia, I
revealed my association as an Army Reserve
chaplain. "I can tell by the haircut," P.J. replied,
laughing. "High and tight." And I was suddenly
embarrassed. We had something in common.
Mark graduated from Notre Dame in 1978 with
a degree in Biology. But he came away with more
than a degree. It was there he met Patricia, and it
was there he found the Lord. They came first in
his life ever after.
With four years at Georgetown University School
of Medicine under his belt, Mark joined the Depart-
ment of Family Practice at Martin Army Com-
munity Hospital for his internship. His abilities as
a doctor, a teacher and a human being were
apparent from the very beginning. Hardly a year
passes without some honor coming his way. In
1985, he was elected "Chief Resident," "Resident
of the Year," and "Resident Teacher of the Year."
Then he went on to be honored as the Family
Major Mark Connelly
Practice Faculty "Teacher of the Year" three
successive years, 1987-89.
But personal honors meant little to Dr. Connelly
who didn't want people even to call him "doctor."
On his curriculum vitae, "church activities and
Bible study" headed Mark's list of personal
interests. "Marriage and the family" completed the
list. And it was his devotion to family that brought
him to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He became
Associate Director of the Department of Family
and Community Medicine at Lancaster General
Hospital in July, 1989.
Mark was very busy at the hospital. He spoke to
me one time about his disappointment over a
schedule that was heavier than promised. Yet with
all that, he volunteered more than once to teach
a Sunday school class or otherwise share his
knowledge. And he always found time to play with
his children. Last spring, I happened to walk
around the corner of the building after school.
There was Mark, bouncing a ball with Peter. In just
a few seconds, we were talking about our families
and about the Lord. No one ever had to guess
where his priorities were.
Dr. Connelly reported to Fort Devens,
Massachusetts on December 12th. But within days
he was "cross leveled" to the 142nd Medical
Company of the Connecticut National Guard. By
January 12th, he was near the front lines in Saudi
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BRETHREN PERSONALITIES
Arabia. Mail delivery was poor. But Mark traveled
long distances to call P.J. on the telephone. We
rejoiced over every word.
Because of my assignment to the 348th General
Hospital in Folsom, Pennsylvania, I had more than
a passing interest in the Persian Gulf. When the
air campaign of the war began January 17th, I was
glued to the television set.
Finally, on February 24th. allied forces moved
to occupy Kuwait. News of the war indicated U.S.
forces were suffering very few casualties. We all
breathed a collective sigh of relief. It was over in
four days.
P.J. Connelly found comfort in the scriptures
that week, and on Sunday morning she penned
the words of Psalm 29:11 on the back of her
registration card: "Praise the Lord for bringing His
people peace!" On Sunday evening, two Army
officers came to her door.
Mark had been killed by a land mine. He was
driving the 30th vehicle in a convoy. A family
doctor caught in a war far from home. How could
this be?
The next few days seemed to melt together in
a confusing array of phone calls and questions.
Family members gathered. Friends from the
neighborhood and the hospital drew near to help
in every way they could. The entire community
wept aloud.
Over a thousand people gathered at the church
on March 9th for a memorial service. Governor
Robert Casey was there. High-ranking officers from
the Army were there. Friends from all over the
country were there. But more importantly, the
Lord was there. A clear testimony of God's love and
grace was there. Mark would have loved it.
And what of prayer? Our hope for Mark's safe
return did not envision the larger plan of God. We
wanted him home. God took him further home
than any of us could have imagined.
Years ago, another man prayed for escape from
death. He was about the same age as Mark. His
name was Jesus. His prayer didn't quite match the
greater plan of God, either. He died.
God answered in the resurrection three days
later. Because of God's larger plan for Jesus, we
have not lost hope for Mark.
"Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial;
for once he has been approved, he will receive
the crown of life, which the Lord has promised
to those who love Him." — James 1:12
A scholarship fund for the education ofMeggan and Peter
has been established. Contributions may be sent to the
Connelly Family Scholarship Fund, do Fulton Bank. P.O. Box
304. Lititz. Pennsylvania. 1 7543.
Jerry Young is the pastor of the Grace
Brethren Church of Lititz. Pennsylvania.
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FOREIGN MISSIONS
On March 15, 1991, members of Grace Brethren churches in Iowa
met in honor of two missionaries who have recently retired from active service,
Miss Marian Thurston and Miss Rosella Cochran.
Wendell Kent had this to say —
FROM CORN PLANTERS to CHURCH PLANTERS
Iowa's Contribution to Foreign Missions
by Wendell Kent
Much has been made of the richness of Iowa soil.
A favorite song says that corn in Oklahoma grows
as high as an elephant's eye, but Oklahoma isn't
even in the same league with Iowa when it comes
to raising corn. From this favored heartland comes
a bounty of fruits of the soil. I want to remind you
of yet another contribution from Iowa. This soil has
sprouted a host of foreign missionaries!
First there was Estella Myers, who came from
sturdy German Baptist stock and grew up around
Williamsburg. She served in Africa from 1918 to
1956 and when Ruth Snyder wrote a book about
her she titled each chapter with the word "strong."
Estella Myers was a strong missionary — strong
because of father, home, school, experience, etc.
She was one of our pioneers with the Gribble party.
Rosella Cochran was with her when she died.
Estella is buried near James Gribble at Bassai.
• Mary Emmert went from Dallas Center in 1924,
after serving a mission in Kentucky for awhile. She
was part of the wave of enthusiasm that came after
the pioneer party came home for the first time to
report on Africa. She served until 1946 when she-
had to stay home and care for her father.
• Grace Byron came from North English, the same
area from which Estella Myers had come. She
served from 1928 to 1959.
• Don Miller, a nephew of Estella Myers, also grew
up around North English and served from 1951 to
1984.
• Bob Williams came out of Iowa and served in
Africa from 1942-1972.
• Ruth Ann Cone hails from Des Moines. She is
perhaps the only big city girl in the group. She
served in Africa from 1954 to 1973 and now serves
in France.
This group of single missionary ladies was
photographed in 1956. Marian Thurston is second
from the left in the front row and Rosella Cochran
is on the far right.
• Rosella Cochran comes from Leon and served
from 1954 to 1990.
• Marian Thurston claims Garwin as her home
and her term is almost the same as Rosella's, from
1952-1990.
• Denise Skeen comes from Cedar Rapids, She
went to CAR in 1977 and is still there.
Iowa has invested at least 260 years of individual
missionary service by the 9 missionaries she has
sent to Africa. But Africa isn't the only place that
Iowa has focused upon with a missionary vision.
• Lynn and Lois Schrock went from Waterloo to
Argentina and served from 1945-1970 (25 years).
• Loree Sickel was a native lowan, serving with her
husband as pioneers for the Brethren work in
Argentina from 1919-1968—49 years.
• Solon Hoyt took his first breath in Iowa and
served in Argentina from 1946 to 1983.
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FOREIGN MISSIONS
All told, we're talking' about over 370 years of
service given by 13 missionaries.
What is it about Iowa that produced such a
missionary vision? A cynic might say that here is
evidence that people will go anywhere to leave this
place. I prefer to look deeper, knowing that Iowa
really isn't a bad place to live.
Not only did these missionaries come from Iowa,
but another common denominator stands out.
They had staying power. The two we honor
tonight. Rosella Cochran and Marian Thurston.
Rosella Cochran in Bozoum. CAR.
who served 36 and 38 years, are typical of the
whole group.
Perhaps the farm bolt mentality of Iowa teaches
perseverance in times of drought, for these
missionaries all suffered through many a dry spell
as far as spiritual fruit was concerned. That is part
of the role of a missionary.
Maybe the rural values of this part of our country
breeds a self-reliance and a make-do attitude that
is in contrast to the alarming trend o\ one-term
missionaries observed today.
I've seen the fierce loyalty of Iowa football fans
for their Hawkeyes. That same loyalty must be part
of the culture in this part of the world and it makes
for good missionaries.
Maybe the wide open spaces that are so familiar
around North English and Williamsburg and
Garwin and Leon helped prepare those mission-
aries for the loneliness that is common to mis
sionary life, and which some ate unable to handle.
Maybe those ripening corn fields made the
words of Jesus in Matthew 9:37 more meaningful
than to others: "The harvest is plentiful but the
workers are few.''
Maybe the neighborliness of Iowa people, so
different from that of city dwellers, prepared them
for the human compassion and interest that is
necessary in order to reach out to strangers in a
foreign land.
Maybe those harsh winters, when the wind
howls across those empty corn fields and the snow
drifts can force you to live indoors with the same
people day after day helped to develop that ability
to get along with each other that is the mark of
a good missionary.
Until last year, the flood of missionaries from
Iowa seemed to have ended. Then Lloyd and
Barbara YVenger stepped forward. They left the
farm in Woodward (near Pallas Center) and went
to Central Africa, where their services are really
appreciated. Who knows? Maybe the cycle is
starting all over again. Keep your eyes on Iowa!
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when we send their magazines via surface mail?
We believe they deserve to receive their Herald
a week to 10 days after we place it in the mail, so
we would like to send their subscriptions by airmail.
However, airmail costs for each subcription
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While GBIF investments are at an all-time high, requests
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increase in building, it has become essential that we increase
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Grace Brethren churches are finding greater difficulty in
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depending on GBIF as their source for building and improve-
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Please consider what part you can have in this continuing
ministry to Grace Brethren Churches.
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with annual compounding. We require no minimum balance
for interest payments and we do not charge service fees. And
we continue to pay postage even with recent increases.
We really need your account, large or small. Teach your
children the joy of investing in the Lord's work and in seeing
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FELLOWSHIP NEWS
NEWS UPDATE
Windber, PA. The Shade Grace
Brethren Church, an outreach of the
Allegheny District Missions Board, is
seeking a full-time pastor. All in-
quiries should be sent to Richard
Lehman, R2, Box 172A, Stoystown,
PA 15563 (Tel. 814/754-5220).
Michael Ocealis is the new pastor
of the Grace Brethren Church of
Ormond Beach, FL.
The Ministerium officers for the
Northcentral Ohio District are: Chair-
man, John Bryant; Vice Chairman,
Don Buckingham; and Secretary,
David Kennedy.
Richard Schnieders has been
called to be the Associate Pastor of
the Grace Brethren Church of Fort
Myers, FL. Richard has served the
Lord as a member there since 1984,
and as the interim pastor from July
to November, 1990. The call was
effective last February. Pastor
Schnieders desires to further his
ministerial experience in serving this
congregation while awaiting the
Lord's direction for future full-time
service.
Howard Mayes' active participation
in the Old Car Restoration hobby
has opened another door for the
Gospel. He has been asked to serve
as chaplain for the 1991 Ford F-100
Supernational Truck Owners Con-
vention to be held at the Grand Hotel
in Pigeon Forge, TN. Howard's 1953
fully restored pick-up has been a
consistent trophy winner since its
completion four years ago.
Pastor Mayes will be in charge of a
90-minute church service and
Gospel Concert which is the total
Sunday morning agenda. The Regal
Brothers of Dayton, OH, will be
presenting the Gospel in song.
Howard Mayes is the pastor of the
Grace Community Church of Huber
Heights, Dayton, OH.
Fran Anthony and the staff at the
Grace Brethren Church, Worthing-
ton, Ohio, have continued to develop
a new program called Neighborhood
Bible Clubs. The materials are a
type of Back-Yard-Bible-Club that
could be used as a replacement for
those churches that would like to do
evangelical children's emphasis, yet
do not have the staff or finances to
do a traditional VBS. Contact the
Worthington Grace Brethren
Church, 6675 Worthington-Galena
Rd., Worthington, OH 43085, for
information on Neighborhood Bible
Clubs.
David Marksbury is the pastor of
the New Life Grace Brethren Church
of Cypress, CA. The church address
is: P.O. Box 222, Cypress, CA 90630.
The Grace Brethren Church of
Willis, VA, has been closed.
Change Your Annual
Burgess, Greg. His phone
number is (011-33)
78-85-14-84 Pg. 26).
Burk, Kenneth. 3452 Elm
St., Long Beach, CA
90807
DeZago, Edmund. 5370
MacCaughey Dr., North
Port, FL 34287 (Tel
813/426-7198). He has
accepted the call to
pastor the North Port,
FL. Grace Brethren
Church.
Galle, Jack. 2065 Cheshire
Forest Ct.. Virginia
Beach, VA 23456.
Haag, Walter. 207 Van
Rowe, Duncanville, TX
75116.
Hickey, Tom. His telephone
number is (011-33)
72-36-35-52 (Pgs. 27
and 98).
Kliewer, Robert. 40911
Oregon Trail, Cherry
Valley, CA 92223
Laird, James. 306 S.
Mulberry St.,
Martinsburg, PA 16662.
Ocealis, Michael. 1252
Vanderbilt Dr., Ormond
Beach, FL 32174.
Weaver, Marlin. Chateau
de St. Albain, FRANCE
(Pg. 27).
Welsh, Ron. 58644 CR
111, Elkhart, IN 46517.
North Port, FL. All mail
should be sent to the
North Port Grace
Brethren Church, 5370
MacCaughey Dr., North
Port, FL 34287.
Bowling Green, OH. All
mail should be sent to
the Grace Brethren
Church, c/o Ron
Mac key, 18665
Washington St.,
Tontogany, OH 43565.
Homerville, OH. All mail
for the Grace Brethren
Church should be sent
to Robert Holmes, 9409
Spencer Rd., Homer-
ville, OH 44235.
Weddings
Grimm: Stephanie
Donelson and Marty
Grimm were united in
marriage on August 11,
1990, at the Everett
Grace Brethren Church,
Everett, PA. The bride
is the granddaughter of
the Homer
Lingenfelters.
Klingler: Lynnie Moore and
Gene Klingler, pastor of
the Grace Brethren
Church of Fremont, OH,
were united in marriage
at the Grace Brethren
Church of Orlando, FL,
on February 9, 1991.
The officiating pastors
were Bill Smith and Ron
Guiles.
Deaths
Dan Gillette, pastor of the
Grace Brethren Church
of Covington, VA.
reports the deaths of
the following five long-
time members:
Jesse Thomas, 84.
September 26, 1990.
Stella Fridley, 85. October
17, 1990.
I. B. Hawkins, 81.
December 21, 1990.
Norman Armentrout, 71,
January 19, 1991.
Mavie Craghead, 84,
February 14, 1991.
Dague, Hettie. The
memorial service was
held on February 23,
1991. She was the
oldest member (98) of
the Homerville Grace
Brethren Church.
Robert Holmes, pastor.
Ditto, Charles. He was a
former Brethren Mis-
sionary Herald board
member and a very ac-
tive layman in the
Calvary Grace Brethren
Church, Hagerstown,
MD. Memorial services
were held on March 7.
1991. Norman Mayer,
pastor.
Mitchell, Lawrence, 70,
February 7, 1991. He
was a deacon and a
member of the Ghent
Grace Brethren Church,
Roanoke, VA, for sixty
years. His son, David
Mitchell, pastor of the
Waipio Grace Brethren
Church in Mililani, HI,
gave a tribute to his
father during the ser-
vice. Nathan Leigh,
pastor.
HERALD/ April 15, 1991
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HOME MISSIONS
OUT OF THE NEST!
Pastor Charles and
Millie Davis
With a little apprehension, a
giant leap, and much joy the
Ocala Grace Brethren Church
flew out of the Home Missions
nest on January 1, 1991. The
word "self-support" can con-
jure up an assortment of men-
tal images for those who have
been under the care of a
parent organization. "What
if?" can be a devastating
thought when leaving the
nest.
Our church began meeting as a Bible study on
November 11, 1982. It was led by Rev. Arnold
Kriegbaum, retired pastor and former Dean of
Students at Grace College. The initial group of
faithful brethren met in several different homes for
study and prayer and in December, 1984, incor-
porated as the Ocala Grace Brethren church. The
thirteen charter members called Rev. Kriegbaum
to be their Pastor.
In the spring of 1985 the church entered into a
contract with the Grace Brethren Home Missions
Council and a partnership with the East Central
Florida District of Grace Brethren Churches. The
nesting relationship had begun.
Pastor Chuck Davis and his wife, Millie, were
called to be the new church-planting team. Their
ministry in Ocala began on February 1. 1986. A
plan was drawn up to be self-supporting and leave
the Home Missions nest in five years.
The original group, which had been meeting in
a mobile home park about twelve miles east of
Ocala, saw the need to relocate into the city. A
midweek Bible study met in the Pastor's home,
and a search was begun to locate a more suitable
meeting place.
Anticipating continued growth, the group pur-
chased ten acres of beautiful wooded lands on
which to build a church facility in the future. A
loan to buy the land was arranged with the Grace
Brethren Investment Foundation in September,
1987. But self-support was a distant thought. The
nest was cozy.
Growth pushed the congregation into a larger
and more adequate room in a new shopping
center. It was a giant step of faith for the small con-
gregation, as the building rent and payment on the
land loan were more than the offerings received.
God blessed the preaching of His Word, and the
congregation bonded into a family, developing a
vision for a church facility and outreach into the
community.
God was also working in other ways. Scott and
Susan Kerr felt His call to full-time gospel ministry.
by Dr. Charles R. Davis
With their daughters, Megan and Kendra, they
were commissioned by the church in the spring
of 1989 and sent to Grace Schools at Winona Lake,
Indiana, to prepare for the ministry.
Numerical growth and the rising costs of renting
a building and making loan payments soon made
it imperative to build. The congregation obtained
a building loan from the Grace Brethren Invest-
ment Foundation, and a ground-breaking service
was held on September 10, 1989.
Rev. Ed Jackson, Home Missions and Yokefellow
representative, helped to obtain the services of Mr.
Vernon Latham as construction supervision The
Grace Brethren Yokefellows responded to a call for
help, and construction began on September 18,
1989. Self-support was moving closer to reality.
The time to vacate the nest was growing closer.
The congregation moved into its new facility on
January 28, 1990. Building dedication was a two-
day event on March 31 and April 1 that year.
Friends from around the world came to celebrate
what God had done in this community.
It was necessary to prepare for self-support by
the end of the year when the baby would have to
leave the nest. It was a financial struggle, and as
December approached, it became apparent that
only the grace of God would enable the church to
survive in a self-support status. In the fall of 1990,
the congregation voted unanimously to go self-
supporting in January, 1991. The goal set five
years before would be met right on schedule.
February 3, 1991, was Self-Support Day. Rev.
Kurt Miller, Southern representative for Grace
Brethren Home Missions, and Rev. Bill Smith, East
Central Florida District Missions Board Chairman,
were present to celebrate this exciting event. Rev.
Miller presented to the congregation a plaque com-
memorating the event, and Rev. Smith brought for-
mal congratulations from the District churches.
The Grace Brethren Church in Ocala, Florida
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HOME MISSIONS
A special cake and a carry-in
dinner made the day complete.
Self-support is great — sort of
like being a grown-up — scary,
but offering a great sense of
freedom. It has not been realized
without a great deal of sacrifice
on the part of many people
worldwide. The prayers, time,
energy, and money of our friends
around the world have been in-
vested in our ministry. It is our
hope and prayer that self-
support does not mean an end to
these relationships, but rather a
deepening of them.
Self-support now presents us
with greater opportunities to
minister to others. Our focus, for
the most part, has been local and
inward, but now with the founda-
tion laid, our vision needs to
grow broader and greater as our
people and resources multiply.
We want to mother other church-
es and see them fly
from the nest. It is a
great experience.
Our missions com-
mitment needs to
increase and we
need to do a better
job in assisting our
missionaries.
Self-support
means it is time to
expand the vision at
home, as well. The
harvest field in our
home county is mul-
tiplying at the rate of
six thousand people
a year. In addition,
we have outgrown
our education space
and a building pro-
gram can't be too far
in the future.
Out of the nest? We sure are . . . but we thank
Grace Brethren Home Missions for helping us to
fly!
Readers who would like to write Pastor Davis
to assure him of their prayer support may con-
tact him at: Ocala Grace Brethren Church, 6474
NE 7th St., Ocala, FL 32671.
Wedertz Resignation
With great appreciation for thirty-
three years of faithful and fruitful
ministry, I am announcing the res-
ignation of Larry Wedertz as Super-
intendent of the Navajo Mission, ef-
fective December 31, 1991. Larry
and his wife, Jonnie Lou, are to be
commended for their hard work and
heart for ministry, spanning more
than three decades, among the
Navajo Indians, the largest of native
American tribes.
A search has begun for a successor
to Rev. Wedertz, and a job description
can be obtained by writing our office,
attention Jesse Deloe.
Larry N. Chamberlain
Executive Director
Grace Brethren Navajo Ministries
Larry and Jonnie Lou
Wedertz
Self-Support Day: Home Mis-
sions' representative. Rev. Kurt
Miller, cuts the "apron strings" on
the cake as Pastor Chuck Davis
looks on.
Miss Brenda Kent
Kent Appointment
Executive Director Larry
Chamberlain has announced
the appointment of Miss
Brenda Kent as accountant
for the three corporations
associated with the home
office: Grace Brethren Home
Missions, Navajo Ministries,
and the Investment Foun-
dation.
Effective April 1, Brenda assumed the
responsibility for financial oversight for these
ministries including data processing, ac-
counting, planning and budgeting, financial
analysis, and management of assets and
liabilities. She will be assisted by capable and
experienced financial personnel in all three
cooperative organizations.
For the past five years Miss Kent has served
as the Administrative Assistant to Russ Dunlap
in the office of the Grace Brethren Financial
Planning Service. She will continue to oversee
some aspects of that work for a limited time.
Prior to that, Brenda was accountant and, later,
office supervisor at Grace Village Retirement
Community in Winona Lake.
HERALD/ April 15, 1991
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WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Birthday Celebration
Riiiiiiiiiiing !
"Hi, Doreen. This
is Amy. How is your
day going? Pretty
well, huh. Do you
have a few minutes
to talk? . . .
"Well, I was just
thinking. We have a
big birthday coming up this year, and I was
wondering if you would like to help me plan a
celebration.
"No, it's not anyone in my family, really, but this
birthday affects lives all over the world.
"What, is it someone you know?
"Of course it is. You even helped bring her into
being. In fact, we all helped. She's younger than
us, but she's showing her age more than we are.
You still don't know who I'm talking about? Why,
the Foreign Missionary Residence in Winona Lake,
of course. She means a lot to a lot of people. Can
you believe it's been almost ten years since the
The Missionary Residence is nearing its tenth
birthday.
residence was finished in November of 1981? After
the carpenters left and the equipment was
installed, Mrs. Ada Taber was the first to occupy
the new building. Since then, the rooms have been
used over 900 different times. Just think of all the
people who have benefited from the Missionary
Residence! The missionaries coming and going to
the fields find a welcome and the supplies they
need for their stay. They have never been disap-
pointed. Sometimes they have needed to stay
longer than they had intended. This past year, for
example, the Wainwrights were in the area,
intending to get their physicals and be on their
way. The Lord really brought them here at the
right time, because Marilyn needed surgery before
she went to Africa. Their intended two-week stay
was extended to almost two months. Where would
they have found a home otherwise?
"You know something else, Doreen? I was talking
with Miss Ruth Kent, who lives permanently at the
Missionary Residence and helps coordinate a lot
of its use. She was telling me that when the house
is not full of missionaries it has been a convenient
place for Board members and college speakers to
stay for a short time. There have been times we
could house families from other missions also, and
they were able to help out with donations for their
stay. Isn't it great how this gift has been used of
the Lord?
"Oh, no, there goes the doorbell! I'll call you back
later, Doreen, to find out what ideas you have for
the celebration. Bye, now!"
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WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Life at the
Missionary Residence
by Miss Ruth Kent
So you ladies would like to know what goes on
at the Missionary Residence. Ruth Snyder and I are
retired missionaries who live here. The other faces
change often. During conference it was very quiet
but afterwards they began coming in.
Marian Thurston was the first to arrive. She
drove here from Iowa although she was sick.
Within two days, she was in the hospital. She is
now here under the watchful eye of Dr. Walker.
Margaret Hull was the next to arrive after
conference for a weekend. Ted Kirnbauers. from
Japan, needed the residence for four days. Just
before departing for the field, the Wainrights
needed a place to stay while they had their doctor's
visits and physicals. They were delayed longer
because of Marilyn's need of more medical
treatment, even surgery. Where would they live
without a place like this provided for them?
The Dave Guiles family needs an apartment
until they leave for Argentina the first of the year.
Without an empty place for them, Marian moved
into the single room of Apartment 2 until the
Hobarts left on September 2nd for France.
Yes, Austins and Garbers need a place for this
year. When our Brethren missionaries do not fill
the place, we let other missionaries in. The
Houghtons. from England, were here for thirteen
days. They are Baptists.
Besides the living facilities, we have the All
Nations Room which is used for groups that are
too big for an apartment. Even the District WMC
officer's meetings are held there. The Hines used
it recently on a Sunday for a family gathering. The
'Africans" who live close by were too many when
they surprised me on my birthday.
You can see, it is a place of blessing in many
ways.
Reprinted from The Gazette (Indiana District WMC newsletter)
WMC Offering:
(March, April, May)
(send before June 10)
Foreign Missions
Goal: $9,000
Projects: $3,000 for printing of
Hungarian tracts;
$6,000 for a vehicle for Portugal
Missionaries of the Year
Offering
We suggest a goal of $1.50 a year per member.
BIBLE READING HONOR ROLL
The following
is a list of those from
the Winona Lake Grace
Brethren Church
who completed reading
the Bible through in 1990.
Bruce Barlow
Esther Frank
Frances Ogden
Christi Barlow
Louise Garber
Gerald Polman
Carl Beridon
Dorothy Goodman
Phyllis Polman
Inez Burns (2)
Kittie Grill
Mary Lou Ringler (2)
Lynn Caraway
Lee Jenkins
Miss Ruth Snyder
Mary Clouse
Homer Kent
Pauline Sumey
Paul Dick
Ruth Kent
Gary Tanner
Esther Dick
Ken Kohler
June Turner
Marjorie Foote
Gertrude Kohler
Ben Zimmerman
Delia Stroup of the Osceola GBC also read through the Bible.
HERALD/ April 15, 1991
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BRETHREN PERSONALITIES
An Interview with Dr. Charles R. Smith
Editor's note: Dr. Charles R. Smith, former Grace
Seminary Director of Admissions and Professor of
Theology, went to be with the Lord on August 29. 1990
after a long bout with cancer. At the time of his death,
he was Dean Emeritus of The Master's Seminary in
Sun Valley. Calif. Dr. Richard L. Mayhue of The
Master's Seminary interviewed Dr. Smith shortly
before his death, and we think some of Chuck's (as he
was affectionately called by so many) final thoughts
would be of interest to our readers.
"Everyone, I think, is aware of the fact that I have
a disease that has been becoming more and more
debilitating for a number of months. I was advised
a little over a year ago that my cancer had moved
into my lungs and that it was terminal. There was
nothing that could be done about it. At that time,
the best estimate was that I would have less than
a year to live. The Lord has already exceeded that
year by well over a month and it has been a great
year. When you have a whole year to focus on look-
ing at eternity, then you have a whole year to focus
on developing relationships with loved ones that
will be relationships that have impact for eterni-
ty. I have had a fantastic opportunity that not very
many people have.
. "One of the tumors has impinged upon a nerve
that controls my left vocal cord. My left vocal cord
is now completely paralyzed. So I am able to speak
using only my right vocal cord which gives me a
great deal of limitation but at least allows me to
be heard. It became obvious that the disease was
not going to allow me to continue my ministry
with the same kind of vim, vigor, and vitality that
I wanted to and it's pretty hard to have a seminary
dean who can't speak, to start with, and also to
have a seminary dean who doesn't have much
energy. I did not want to see the seminary reach
a place where I was sort of a dragging factor, and
I knew that there was no need for that.
"We have a Wednesday morning President's Ad-
ministrative Council meeting, and I had been pray-
ing about it and I had decided that it was time to
make the change. I decided that it wasn't the wise
thing to do to try to maintain status quo. I sug-
gested the change to the president's council and
I talked to them about it and I think they under-
stood my feelings, but they said "No, let's let things
be as they are. We'll just do the best we can until
the Lord takes you home or until you're hospital-
ized." I was encouraged by that just simply
because I like for my friends to like me and support
me, and yet I didn't think it was the right decision.
The next week I spoke with John MacArthur and I
Dr. Charles R. Smith
by Dr. Richard L. Mayhue
explained to him what I had told the president's
cabinet. He listened and said, "I agree with you
one hundred percent. I've been thinking that's
what we ought to do."
"So the new Vice President and Dean of The
Master's Seminary is Dr. Richard Mayhue. The
thing that makes it so unusual is the fact that Dick
and I have worked together for so many years. We
have been dear friends for nineteen years. We have
had precious time of
prayer together in
Winona Lake, Indiana
and in Los Angeles,
California, and we have
been on the same team.
Dick came back last year
to help us reorganize our
pastoral ministries pro-
gram, which is a major
part of our seminary pro-
gram. It was an area
where we had our great-
est weaknesses, and now it is a degree where we
have some of our greatest strengths.
"Dick Mayhue and I have been good friends for
years and I knew that he was the man that the
Lord would have to fill in this particular gap. I had
the privilege of teaching Dick some theology
courses in his basic seminary curriculum, in his
Master of Divinity curriculum, and then when he
came back to work on his doctoral program. I was
also the chairman of the committee under which
he wrote his doctoral dissertation. Then after that
he returned to work as a colleague.
"I have seen Dick's honesty in facing his own
questions about his abilities which is refreshing
to me. Dick is not one of these men who comes in
and thinks he has all the answers and knows how
to do everything. He comes in with fear and
trepidation; he comes in on his knees. He comes
in asking the Lord for help. That's exactly what I
want at The Master's Seminary."
"Because the Lord built all these years together,
I do not have any questions about Dick being the
right man for the job. Dr. Mayhue is a long-time
friend, a long-time colleague, one who trusts the
Lord, and one I know as a peacemaker. He will not
try to promote himself. His concern is to promote
the Lord, and to promote the Lord first."
"My new title is Dean Emeritus. There are things
that I can do to help the seminary, and help Dick.
I've got more experience in working with the
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BRETHREN PERSONALITIES
seminary budget for example, than anyone else.
I've got more experience working with catalogs
and faculty handbooks, and various things like
that. Even though they may not be major things,
they are things that need to be done."
"Anyone who devotes his life to seminary is con-
cerned about preaching and being able to build
men of God. That means far more than preparing
a man who is able to stand up in the pulpit and
say, "Thus saith the Lord." That's easy. My con-
cern, primarily, is that we are able to train men of
God. I want a man whose heart is burning with
love for the Lord and a man whose heart is burn-
ing with love for others. When he stands in the
pulpit, he has a message that he wants to convey."
"Someone needs to continue to lead the
seminary and develop the whole concept of
developing that man of God. A man who can do
more than just preach; a man who can, in his per-
sonal ife, model what it means to be one who loves
the Lord with all his heart and knows how to spur
one another on to love others. What is needed is
not just guys who can parse the verbs, and not just
guys who can diagram their Hebrew. Those things
can be very, very helpful. What is needed is men
who know how to relate the Bible to life, who take
the Bible for what it says, who believe it for what
it says, and know how to talk to people about it.
I'm just talking about putting Christianity into
shoe leather."
"When I describe the seminary I describe it as
a lab. One, it is a learning lab where you learn
Theology and Greek and Hebrew and so forth. Two,
it is a living lab. It is where you learn how to live;
that's the discipling aspects of it. You learn how
to live the Christian life and not only live it but
learn how to talk about it. Three, the seminary is
a skills lab; a lab for learning how to put into prac-
tice all those professional aspects of being able to
serve the Lord effectively in a pastoral ministry."
"Our biggest challenge is to continue to recruit
the kind of young men who we are interested in
investing ourselves in. We want men who are
academically gifted and academically qualified,
but more importantly we want men whose hearts
burn for God." —Charles R. Smith
On behalf of the faculty and student body, we ac-
cept that challenge to continue forth knowing that
our adequacy comes from God alone (2 Cor. 3:5-6).
—Richard L. Mayhue, Th.D. is Vice President and
Dean as well as a professor of Pastoral Ministries
at The Master's Seminary in Sun Valley, CA.
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The family of Dr. and Mrs. Lester (Genevene)
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After marrying in 1941. they attended Bryan
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EDITORIAL
I recently ran across some
interesting information about
my state of Indiana. I was
originally a "Buckeye" from
Ohio, and many have asked,
"What is a Buckeye"? Then, after
spending much of my adult life
as a Hoosier in Indiana, I have
been asked "What is a Hoosier"?
So you can see why I am always
looking for some interesting and
helpful information about my
state ... it all helps to give me
identity.
To discover that Indiana was
once the auto capital of the world
helped me to be proud of this
great state. In fact, the state of
Indiana produced 300 makes of
automobiles before World War I.
(I did not even know there were
300 makes of cars produced that
early in history.) Now for the bad
news . . . Indiana currently does
not produce one make of Amer-
ican domestic automobiles.
When the Studebaker went the
way of the Desoto and the
Packard, Indiana went out of the
domestic car business. However,
we do manufacture some
Japanese cars in the state.
The point is that former
leaders in business and industry
lose their edge and cease to exist
as a thriving, vital organization.
So many former leaders who
were once motivated to succeed
in their field simply became
memories of what they were.
Whether a car manufacturer or
a sales outlet or even a church,
it is possible to become only a
memory of what was.
There is a warning in the scrip-
ture that applies to the
Christian — the command to run
the race and fight the battle so as
not to be a cast-away. Churches
that lose their mission and focus
tend to lose their spiritual
strength. There has to be a
reason for being — without this
goal or reason there is mere func-
tion without accomplishment.
One of the many problems that
confront churches today is the
very problem of having a reason
for existence. Ask the typical
church why they exist and you
will get one of several answers
— "to win people to Christ" is
high on the list of answers. Yet
often there is no plan, program or
preaching which points in that
direction. "Glorifying God" is
another good answer to the ques-
tion of purpose for being.. This is
an excellent answer but very few
have any knowledge of what this
means in practical terms.
There is a continuing ritual
that churches go through each
week of the year . . . year after
year. But the accomplishment of
their goal is very seldom realized.
This brings both frustration to
the persons in the pew and a
burn-out to the person in the
pulpit. Churches do not always
disappear like the hundreds of
auto manufacturers that have
disappeared in Indiana or busi-
nesses that closed their doors.
Churches remain open but they
have not retained their reason to
exist. They are running but they
do not know where. They are
going through the motions but
they are not certain they are
pleasing God.
It would seem there is a need
to do some focusing — some ques-
tions need to be asked and then
answered. If we are just going
through the motions of doing
what is traditional, then we may
have empty actons. There is a
crying need for reality to put
Christianity into action. Our
message must be based on the
Word of God and we must preach
it without fear. That is the basis
for being, and we must apply
that message to the needs of our
generation with the help of the
Holy Spirit.
There are many organizations
that can reach out to help with
temporal needs of mankind but
the church holds a message from
God that is eternal in nature. If
we have not kept that eternal
priority in focus it is possible that
we have lost our right to exist and
to have the respect of both God
and man.
History tells us that businesses
which do not carry out their pur-
pose are overtaken and cease to
be. Where are all of those 300 car
manufacturers that once func-
tioned in Indiana? There are
churches that no longer exist
Starting
Is Good,
But
What
About
The
Whole
Race?
by Charles W. Turner
because they forgot their pur-
pose. There are also many per-
sons who formerly seemed to be
followers of God, but their
pathway has changed. There are
also some churches that have
lost their right to function
because they have forgotten that
Jesus is the Christ and they pro-
claim many things but not the
message of eternal life in a
crucified and risen Savior.
A good start is excellent but
unless there is a good conclusion
something has gone wrong.
HERALD/ May 15, 1991
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Brethren Missionary
cHERALD
Volume S3 Nn.S ^^^ May 15, 19S
May 15, 1991
3 Editorial
Starting is Good,
But What About
the Whole Race?
Charles W. Turner
5 BEM
Ministry
Update
6 CE National
A New
Direction for
Sunday School
Ed Lewis
8 Home Missions
Lessons From the
War for His
Church
Ron Boehm
10 Fellowship Ministries
A Yokefellow
in Africa
Gene Moine
12 Foreign Missions
Meet the
Missionary
Candidates
14 Fellowship Happenings
Personal
Reflections:
The Baptism/
Membership
Debate
Greg A. Ryerson
16 WMC
Do You Know
What the Bible
Says About
Friendship?
17 Grace Village
Financial Crisis
at Grace Village
18 Fellowship News
Herald Magazine Policy
As enacted August 1, 1986
After considerable discussion on the Brethren Missionary Herald Board a new emphasis of
direction for our magazine was established by the following motion.
1. It is the purpose of the BMH magazine to communicate to the members of the Fellowship
of Grace Brethren Churches the news of its ministries and the current state of the church.
2. This shall be accomplished through news reporting editorials, articles and advertisements
from the FGBC boards and interviews of persons best qualified to present information of
general concern.
3. The content of the BMH magazine is determined by the Executive Editor under guidelines
established by the BMH Board of Trustees. It is not the organ of any single interest, but seeks
to serve the general interests of the entire FGBC in pursuing its Scriptural goals.
Seconded and passed by unanimous vote of the Board.
Publisher Charles W. Turner
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Department Editors:
CE National
Ed Lewis
MaryBeth Kaylor
Foreign Missions
Tom Julien
Wendell Kent
Grace Schools
John Davis
Joel Curry
Home Missions
Larry N. Chamberlain
Jim Folsom
Women's Missionary Council
Viki Rife
Cover Photos:
Clockwise: Gene Moine at James
Gribble's grave at Bassai Hill.
The Bookstore workcrew in
Yaloke included Thomas
Ganazoui. Gene Moine. Chuck
Frost, and Raphael Bafa. Masons,
Gene Moine and Raphielle laying
sun dried bricks the African
way!
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BRETHREN EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES
Ministry Update
WINTER BOARD MEETING
The Executive Board of Directors of Brethren
Evangelistic Ministries met in Ocala, Florida
on February 8 and 9. Vice President, Vernon
Harris, announced his retirement effective this
Summer, completing 15 years of faithful
service. Ron Thompson was extended a call to
continue as Executive Director. Angie Ellis has
been placed on staff, part-time, serving as office
assistant and com-
puter operator. A
total income of near-
ly $72,000 was re-
ceived in 1990, ex-
ceeding all previous
years. Directors were
assigned working re-
sponsibilities within
various sub-com-
mittees to facilitate
BEM's ministry
focus.
WHEELS FOR BEMU
The FLORIDA
SUNCOAST CONFERENCE was held
in Brooksville, Florida on February 23. The
First Love Renewal Team provided the
messages and music during the conference
which concluded with a special season of
prayer and consecration. Ron and Thelma
Thompson ministered in the Lakeland,
Florida GBC on Sunday, February 24, prior
to leaving for
a ministry tour
in Mexico and
Guatemala.
FIRST LOVE
RENEWAL and
CHRISTIANS
IN ACTION
BAND
(Children's pro-
gram) seminars were
conducted in Grace
Brethren Churches
in Port Richey, Mait-
land, Ocala, and
Orlando, Florida during January and February.
Ron and Thelma Thompson were joined by
George Traub, Tony DeRosa, Mike and Terica
Williams, Ken Lash, and Don Brotherton in
these team efforts. Many individuals made
public decisions of consecration as the
churches were challenged to mobilize for
evangelism.
Through the kindness and generosity
of a Christian businessman, a 1984
GMC Sierra Classic Surburban
wagon was made available to BEM
last March. Already it has proven an
invaluable asset to our expanding
road ministry. We need to raise
$5000 by June in order to complete
the purchase. Brethren, will you help
us with this worthy project? Call us
at 1-703-992-6595 for further
information.
Mail all gifts to:
BEM, P.O. Box 333, Winona Lake, IN 46590.
THANK YOU,
WMC
LADIES!
How we appreciate
the testimony and
support of our
National WMC. Ear-
ly this year BEM
received a check
from the national
treasurer to provide
funding for the CIA
Band children's
ministry. This will
enable us to pur-
chase a portable
overhead projector
screen, cassette
player, sound sys-
tem, and additional
audio-visual equipment for the road ministry.
We praise God for this blessed Thank Offer-
ing from faithful WMC groups across our
fellowship. It will greatly enhance our ministry
to little ones.
Brethren Evangelistic Ministries
P.O. Box 333, Winona Lake, Indiana 46590
HERALD/ May 15, 1991
5
CE NATIONAL
A New Direction
For Sunday School
This article is written as a challenge to the FGBC from Ed
Lewis, Executive Director. qfCE National, Inc. He was recently
challenged by reading an article by Rev. Keith Drary. a friend
in another denomination who shares similar concerns.
It's obvious that Sunday school in the FGBC is
in trouble. In the last decade there has been a drop
in Sunday school attendance from 36,500 to
29,513. Added emphasis is given to the dilemma
of Sunday school when we realize that in addition
to decreasing attendance in Sunday school,
worship service attendance has remained steady.
In 1989, over 12,500 people attended church who
did not attend Sunday school. That means that for
many people they've become "one-hour-a-week"
Christians and that should concern us. Accom-
. . . many people [have]
become "one-hour-a-week"
Christians and that
should concern us
panying the fact of decreased Sunday school
attendance are discouraged Sunday school super-
intendents and many church leaders who simply
ignore this trend in local churches.
This situation is not unique to the FGBC. In fact,
many evangelical denominations are experiencing
this trend while worship attendances remain
steady or are increasing.
Even though adults comprise 51 percent of
Sunday school attendance, many consider Sunday
school to be childish or synonymous with some-
thing juvenile or unnecessary. The fact that most
who attend are adults may not be an encouraging
trend but rather a demonstration of a de-emphasis
on children's ministries. Through the years we've
encouraged churches to change the name to ABF's
(Adult Bible Fellowships) in order to make it more
attractive to adults.
Should it concern us that over 12,000 people
have become one-hour-a-week believers? Maybe
they're in small discipleship groups at some other
time. But let's be honest — this group is in the
minority. Even the churches that opt for disciple-
ship groups during the week rather than Sunday
school find few can commit to another night out.
A concern related to week-night discipleship
groups is the children who lose important teaching
times when babysitting is offered during these
Bible studies instead of the consistent instruction
children receive in Sunday school.
During the last decade attendance in mid-week
services did not increase and most of those who
did attend were youth or children involved in club
ministries. Even Sunday night attendance has
decreased in most churches. Some churches opt
not to have consistent Sunday evening services.
These trends add further credibility to the fact that
we are seeing thousands becoming one-hour-a-
week Christians.
No one would lay down his life for Sunday
school. It's merely a tool to help accomplish God's
purpose until something better comes along. The
fact is that nothing has come along to replace the
scope and purpose of Sunday school.
That purpose is discipleshipl It's the second half
of the Great Commission. It's our theme verse at
CE National this year. It's "teaching them to obey
all I have commanded you." It's the command to
teach obedience. It's not merely teaching facts,
beliefs, or knowledge; it's teaching obedience. As
someone said, "All knowledge is the outgrowth of
obedience. Everything else is just information."
The mission of Sunday school is "teaching them
to obey."
There are many kinds of discipling ministries:
one-on-one; cell-group (3 to 7 people); or group
discipleship (15 to 30 people). In group disciple-
ship there's a large enough gathering to be con-
sidered a group yet small enough to build warmth,
fellowship, accountability, and sharing.
While Sunday school isn't one-on-one or cell
group discipleship, it needs to be seen as group
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No one would
lay down his life for
the sake of Sunday school.
discipleship. It's "entry level discipleship." It's an
opportunity for a teacher to shepherd the class
members, build into their lives, give challenges
and bring accountability. It's also an effective way
to encourage further cell-group studies (developed
from those within the class).
Sunday school is the "next step" - the left foot.
It's the step after someone attends worship (right
foot). The one-hour-a-week group needs the care
of a teacher/leader and a group of 15-30 people
committed to helping one another become
obedient to Christ. Even though cell group or one-
on-one discipleship is very effective, it would be
unusual to see one half or more of a church
attendance involved in these small groups. It's a
big step to commit to another night or small group
study. Sunday school group discipleship is a more
practical step.
Benefits of seeing adult Sunday school as group
discipleship are:
J . It's the logical "next step" (left foot) after Sunday worship.
2. Children are being trained while adults are there.
3. It's not another night out. (If we can't get them to attend
one hour before or after worship, let's face it - it will be
harder to get another time commitment.)
4. It gives a church the opportunity for group discipleship
of believers. (If it doesn't work, then scrap Sunday school
and use another format and time schedule to accom-
plish the second half of the Great Commission.) It's
simply not an option to drop Sunday school and hope
another option will surface.
5. It's a simple way to do "deaconing" and care through
using Sunday AM discipleship groups. (They'll know the
felt needs of its members — sickness, unemployment,
deaths, hurts, etc.)
6. It's a simple format that's already flexible (topics, discus-
sions, prayer, sharing, coffee).
7. If people won't come at a time contiguous to the worship
hour, they probably won't be fast to participate in
ministries such as choir. VBS. or church visitation
(which require additional hours of time committed each
week).
8. Communication is simpler. Church-family news, prayer
concerns, projects or coming events can be com-
municated through discipleship leaders (teachers).
Sunday school has changed its focus through
the years. It's not primarily the "evangelism" arm
of the church. It's now the shepherding/disciple-
ship arm — the next step after worship.
In the present decade we need to see churches
getting excited about discipleship. As this hap-
pens, we can expect impacting results. Pastors and
Sunday school superintendents are going to
realize the mission of Sunday school is to teach
obedience — it's discipleship. Pastors will involve
themselves in the discipling work. Many churches
will give adult Sunday school a new name such as
"Adult Bible Fellowships," "Discipling Groups,"
"AM Training," "Step Two," or "Care Groups."
Sunday school teachers will abandon the idea of
teaching for knowledge and adopt a "shepherd/
teacher" role with a goal of not "teaching the
material," but teaching people how to obey God.
This is where the Bible becomes practically
applied to believers' lives. As a result the FGBC will
see a great increase in the Sunday school hour as
people's hunger for God is fed and their commit-
ment level rises. This impact can spill over to the
entire church and lead to revival.
And now what about you? What response can
you make to this? Do you agree that there's a
desperate need for commitment among believers?
Do you accept the idea of Sunday school's being
the next step after worship — a step people need to
take to encourage their spiritual growth? Do you
agree that the mission of the Sunday school is
discipleship — fulfilling the second half of the Great
Commission?
If so, I'm not asking you to buy a training video,
send an offering (although I'd always welcome it
- smile), or use an 800 number to get "the answer"
to your Sunday school. I'm asking you to do this:
J. Take the first step to revitalize Sunday school by sitting
down as pastor(s). church leaders. Sunday school staff
and prayerfully adopting "discipleship" as the mission
of Sunday school.
2. Consider the importance of that decision and its impact
on your teachers. People won't give hundreds of hours
to "teach a lesson" but the cause of discipleship — help-
ing people to be Christlike — nom that's a cause to which
most of us will make a commitment.
3. Think about how this would be "fleshed-out" in a typical
class, so that the "end-product" of the time in Sunday
school produces a maturing, obedient Christian.
4. Get full "ownership" of this concept among your elder
board, church leaders, and Sunday school superinten-
dent. Pray about it and then talk about it publicly. It
doesn't necessarily change the teachers or curriculum,
but it will certainly effect the focus in most of your
classes.
The focus of
Sunday school must change—
to discipleship.
There may be many questions that surface as
you consider this in your churches or classes.
When all agree that from this point on the Sun-
day school hour will wholeheartedly give itself to
the task of discipling people, you'll be excited at
what God will do through it. A great spiritual
awakening can and will begin.
TRAINING AND
ENCOURAGING
CHURCH LEADERSHIP
HERALD/ May 15, 1991
HOME MISSIONS
Lessons From the War
for His Church
As I listened to the daily war reports, two themes
often recurred. One was this: "I want to go home."
And who didn't? No soldier was lost to the citizen-
ship of these foreign lands. They loved home and
longed to be there as soon as possible, much the
same way Christians long to be with Christ. Going
to be with Him will put behind us this desert-like
experience once for all (Revelation 21:4).
The second theme was: "let's get the job done!"
The soldiers wanted to get it over with - they
wanted to complete the task at hand in short order,
and by God's grace, they did. Our troops were so
successful in such a short period of time that even
the reporters were impressed with the efficiency
of the operation.
The reports and interviews with General
Schwarzkopf, Commander of the Allied Forces, led
me to think about the spiritual warfare in which
the church is involved in this age.
Goals
The allied forces had a clear goal: regain Kuwait.
This objective meant that they could not sit on the
safe side of the border and do nothing: it meant
that they were not expected to rain terror down on
all of Iraq until it was reduced to nothing but
rubble: it meant they were not expected to conquer
the entire Middle East.
Consequently, as our forces flanked the Iraqi
positions to the west and moved to within 150
miles of Bagdad without opposition, they re-
mained true to their goal by turning away from
Bagdad. Instead, they pivoted due east to engulf
the region of Kuwait and regain it.
The Church has a clear objective given by Christ
Himself: make disciples (Matthew 28:19,20). How
much better off the world would be if the Church
remained faithful to His Commission! In the words
of one well known church growth expert: "The
most effective means of fulfilling the Great Com-
mission known under heaven is the starting of new
churches." If we - the Church - are going to be
victorious in the spiritual warfare of the day, we
must stick to the objective given us by our Lord.
As a former Home Missions Pastor I thank God for
the vision, support and encouragement provided
by our churches through Grace Brethren Home
Missions. They continually remind us and prod us
to stick to the main objective of the Church in the
most effective way - by planting new churches.
by Pastor Ron Boehm
Resources
President Bush promised the American people
that our men would not fight with "one hand tied
behind their backs." Who was not impressed with
the number of sorties flown each day and the
payload they delivered? And when the ground war
began, our forces held nothing back. In just 100
hours it was over.
Soldiers love home and long to be
there; to pursue the American
dream and squander our time
and money is like saying we
really don't want to leave this
desert and go home!
How much more should ALL our resources be
brought to bear on the spiritual conflict at hand
(see I Peter 4:10, 11). When it comes to our involve-
ment in fulfilling the Great Commission, no mis-
sionary or local church should have to struggle
along nearly choked for the want of resources.
One of our most valuable resources is time. We
are implored to use this precious resource with all
wisdom for "the days are evil" (Ephesians 4:15).
To pursue the American dream and squander our
time and money (time translated), is like saying we
really don't want to leave this desert and go home!
As we are making plans here in Macedonia to
construct our building to aid us in obeying the
Great Commission, I have been impressed with the
number of men, both within our church and from
other Grace Brethren Churches (via Yokefellow),
who are willing to give of their time and talents
to get the job done. These men have families and
some have jobs, but sacrificially they are willing
to contribute their TIME to the cause of Christ.
Cooperation
The General had only the highest praise for the
members of the coalition and their commitment
to work together. The military units of the various
forces synchronized their efforts, timing their
moves to support each other.
A friend of one of our small group members flew
an F-14. The second day mission, one which he
particularly feared because of its danger, required
his squadron to refuel in mid-air. The air was
turbulent and only he and one other plane were
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HOME MISSIONS
able to take in enough fuel to keep going. When
the other planes turned back for lack of fuel, he
pressed on to his target. Why? Because his mission
was to support British Toronados who were coun-
ting on the success of his flight to protect them as
they approached their targets. The timing was
crucial and they were depending on each other.
The battle in which
we are engaged
demands teamwork
So also, the church must work together. Though
the body is one, yet there are many members. We
must rely on each other. We are all called upon to
sacrifice our pleasure for the common good of His
Church (Ephesians 4:1-3). If we continually con-
tend with each other, the cause of Christ suffers
loss (Galatians 5:15). The battle in which we are
engaged demands teamwork, and teamwork
demands cooperation, cooperation humility, and
humility grace. If we will be the GRACE Brethren
Fellowship, we must work together like a team with
all grace to gain territory overrun by the Enemy.
Morale
Commenting on the apparent weakness of the
enemy, General Schwarzkopf noted that they had
lost their will to fight. Several factors led to their
demoralization: 1) The Iraqi army was contolled
by fear - at the slightest provocation a soldier, no
matter what his rank, could be executed without
a trial. 2) Units were treated unevenly - the
Republican guard was paid three times the salary
of the men on the front lines. 3) Men were coerced
into service. One captured soldier was from
Chicago and happened to be visiting a relative in
Iraq when the war broke out; he had been coerced
into service, and had no will to fight. He eagerly
surrendered to coalition troops. 4) Supply lines
had been severely disrupted by the allied bomb-
ings, and the Iraqi soldiers lacked food and water.
All of these things worked together to destroy the
fighting spirit so essential to any fit army.
Likewise, the morale of the Church is essential
to the fight. We have been told to love and
encourage one another. If we fail to do this, we lose
our readiness for spiritual conflict. Instead of
malicious criticism and complaining, we must
encourage those churches across our Fellowship
who are moving beyond the status quo. It is
imperative that we boost their morale and main-
tain among us the will to fight the good fight for
Christ.
Courage
One reporter asked the General why it was so
"easy" to over-run the formidable defensive posi-
tions of the Iraqi army. The General paused, then
set the reporter straight, saying it was nothing less
than heroic what the ground troops did that first
day. He reminded the reporter that it is never easy
to go through a mine field, and that our soldiers
had done it with great courage. I later learned that
the General himself had once crossed a mine field
in Vietnam to rescue a fellow soldier; he knew
courage from experience!
For the Church to succeed in the spiritual con-
flict, she too must act with courage. The word
courage comes from the French word for heart. So,
with heart she must battle against all ungodliness.
As Grace Brethren people, living in the last days,
how much more should we go about His work with
heart - with courage!
So let's get the job done! Being a part of the
Church is not like belonging to a club. Some of our
Reservists and National Guard soldiers learned
through Desert Shield that their organization had
a sober mission. Though some were in it for their
own financial gain, when duty called, they were
suddenly awakened to reality.
Oh, that the Christian community would sense
with equal sobriety the spiritual conflict to which
it has been called! You see, making disciples via
church planting is not a mere act of good will,
optional in nature, nor is it a man-devised scheme
to prolong the life of another despairing Protestant
group, nor an accountant's suggestion to keep the
coffers flowing with cash. Church Planting IS the
Battle! Duty calls us and we must respond.
I believe that if we fight the good fight with God's
goal in mind and heart, with all our available
resources, with a commitment to cooperation,
with high morale, and with great courage, we will
make a significant impact for Christ in this needy
world. Our General would want nothing less - "Be
strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be
dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you
wherever you go . . . Go and make disciples! . . .
I will build My Church!" Joshua 1:9; Matthew
28:19; Matthew 16:18.
THE END ... or the Beginning?
Editor's Note
Ron Boehm is the pastor of the Western Reserve
Grace Brethren Church in Macedonia, Ohio. After
five years as a Home
Missions church, the
congregation went
self-supporting late
last Fall. They hope to
break ground this
Spring for their first
building. This article
was adapted by the
author from the
pastor's column in his
church's monthly
paper. Pastor Ron Boehm
HERALD/ May 15, 1991
9
FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES
A Yokefellow in Africa
How excited I was on January 15, 1991, as I
boarded the plane in Cleveland, Ohio bound for
Chicago where I would join most of the African
Yokefellow team! Even with the fact that this date
was the deadline for Saddam to remove his troops
from Kuwait to avoid a war, my enthusiasm did not
lessen.
After a quick flight to Chicago, and not so quick
one-half mile walk in search of the Air France
departure gate, I was startled by a loud "Parlez-
vous Francais?" Immediately, I recognized the
voice to be that of Chuck Frost of Findlay, Ohio.
Chuck, and his dear wife Margaret had served with
me on the Yokefellow team to the Chateau in
France several years earlier. Glen and Dorothy
Bechtel from Minerva, Ohio joined us as well. I had
become acquainted with this couple while work-
ing on the Navajo gymnasium some years ago. And
with them was Ed Jackson, our national
Yokefellow leader who originally came from my
hometown of Rittman, Ohio. Great — all friends! Yet
as I surveyed this group, I wondered whether we
possessed the skills and energy to complete the
projects planned for us in Africa.
I knew Chuck to be a handyman of many talents,
Glen to be a qualified electrician as well as possess-
ing other skills, and their wives to be wonderful
cooks. I knew Ed Jackson possessed a variety of
skills necessary for survival in Alaska. But who
was to give us the needed expertise to design and
build roof trusses for the missionary home and
seminary building which we were to replace? We
had one more to join us in Chicago and I prayed
that he would be a builder.
My prayers were quickly answered as Don
Williams walked up and introduced himself. I soon
learned that he was a building contractor from the
Goldendale, Washington Church. Two and a half
weeks later, while we were at Bata station in Africa,
I was to realize how completely God had answered
my prayers. While I served as a very incompetent
assistant to Don, I observed him quickly and ac-
curately lay out, design, and build the new trusses
for the eight sided seminary building whose low
pitched leaking roof needed to be replaced. Don
and Jim Hocking, our missionary leader, also
figured a way to remove the old trusses using the
seven ton truck for scaffold and transport along
with the grunting assistance of the Yokefellow
team and all available African workers, as well as
Lloyd Wenger, a volunteer missionary serving in
Bata. Then, • these fellows figured how to use a
by Gene Moine
Tony Merrie tt , Chuck Frost, Ed Jackson, Margaret Frost,
Don Williams, Dorothy Bechtel, Gene Moine, Glen
Bechtel.
Mango tree, rope, pulley, all the available help plus
the truck to install the huge trusses that were
built.
After we arrived in Paris, we were joined by Tony
and Cindy Merriett from New Ellenton, South
Carolina. This couple certainly added youthful
exuberance to our team. Tony proved to have
numerous skills, one of which was to assist Glen
as a competent electrician. Cindy was a great aid
to Myra Taylor who gave birth to her third
daughter, Kristen, soon after we arrived in Africa.
(The Taylors are Sower Missionaries, from the
Merriett's home church.)
As we landed in Bangui, God answered another
prayer. For there, waiting to help us through
customs, was Jim Hocking and Cheryl Kauffman.
Although it is usually not possible for non-
passengers to enter the customs room, their
presence enabled us to get all the tools and mis-
sion supples brought in by the Yokefellow team
through customs at no charge! Thanks to all who
sent supplies and were praying for this delightful
result!
The next morning after arriving in Bangui, we
headed upcountry by truck for two weeks of work
projects at the Yaloke station. There, several
Africans and myself were assigned to build a five
room dirt block building, which was to house mis-
sionary offices, a bookstore, and storage areas. The
blocks are made by the Africans using the sifted
red clay soil mixed with water and then sun dried.
After 30 years of working with masonry, this was
an entirely new experience for me!
Thomas, a small statured young African was a
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FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES
great help to me as I worked with mostly Africans
and he knew a little English. This enabled me to
converse with the helpers using Thomas as an
interpreter. Raphielle, a young mason, taught me
how to cut and size the dirt blocks by using a
machete — which was a new tool of masonry for
me, but just the right one for those dirt blocks! In
turn, I showed Raphielle a few American ways to
make the work easier and to improve results.
While these Africans and I worked on this dirt
block building, the other Yokefellows labored
alongside other Africans on various projects. They
installed a new aluminum roof on Carol Mensinger's
house. Tony and Glen rewired Carol's house and
fabricated new metal valleys for the roof. Don and
Chuck designed and installed new piping for the sta-
tion water source, which supplies water for the
whole mission complex. The springs also serve
Yokefellows on a hike to an African fort near Bassai.
as the community wash house and bath house. A
great improvement in volume and quality of water
was accomplished.
We ended our two week stay in Yaloke by cele-
brating the successful completion of our projects
with a pig roast for the African laborers and
Yokefellows. Several of the Yokefellows accom-
panied Jim Hocking and Mike Taylor as they
traveled to town to choose a live pig for the roast.
The owner was able to catch and load the unhappy
pig upon the truck, with some assistance, for its
trip back to the mission station, where several
African workers dressed and roasted it. What a
delightful evening we had feasting, socializing, and
celebrating with our new African friends.
While in the Yaloke area the Yokefellows were able
to visit two African churches and give words of
greetings to those in attendance. One Sunday we
shared in a district TTN (laymen) meeting. Ed
Jackson awarded each active TTN member with a
Yokefellow International badge. Previous to this, Ed,
with Jim Hocking translating, presented a heart
warming message of greeting and encouragement
to the Africans from their American counter-
parts— our Yokefellow team. Then the TTN leaders
presented Ed with a beautiful gift in apprec-
iation of his coming to Africa to meet with them.
Next we traveled to Bassai Hill where we visited
the graves of the Gribbles and other pioneer mis-
sionaries to Africa. What a legacy they have left in
the Central African Republic and even beyond its
borders!
After leaving Bassai Hill, the Yokefellow's men
along with Mike Taylor, Jim Hocking and Lloyd
Wenger, spent the afternoon climbing the rock
mountain to the fort built over a hundred years
earlier by the Africans. What a historical treat to see
where the Karre tribe had been able to escape the
clutches of the Arab slave traders. However, our
return down the mountain was not so pleasant as
we were hurried along by a horde of flying gnats.
During our two week stay at the Bata station,
some of the Yokefellow men worked on mission
vehicles, others did electrical wiring on houses, of-
fices and the seminary building. Some worked on
water pumps and other equipment. All of us were
involved in the replacement of the roof on the
seminary building. It is hoped that the steeper pit-
ched roofing will end the leaking problem.
As members of the Yokefellow team, we were able
to give our testimonies in African churches, in TTN
meetings, in a Youth meeting, and even to the
seminary and Bible Institute students and their
wives. It was a real joy to hear the Africans singing
and to observe those radiant smiles as they praised
our Almighty God. And what a privilege we had to
share in the missionary prayer meetings. I repeated-
ly heard them pray for their supporting churches
and their brethren in the states. Are we faithful in
praying for them?
While at Bata, we Yokefellows were honored at a
banquet given by the African members of the
seminary faculty in appreciation for our work on the
seminary building. What a delightful evening of
sharing the great African food and hospitality! The
banquet was served by African waitresses under the
cool night sky ... a huge table was set up at Pierre
Yougouda's home to accommodate our group.
A day after returning to Yaloke, Don and I were
privileged to view the African countryside when we
were flown back to Bangui in the MAF plane by pilot
Juerg Liesch. I will never forget the sad farewells to
my African and missionary friends gathered along
that grassy runway as we prepared to leave.
Three weeks later, I would arrive home, nearly two
months after leaving for Africa. I had so may new
experiences! So many new friends! What a great
feeling in seeing the results of our foreign mission
work in Africa! What satisfaction to see the quality
of servants presently on the field! How rewarding to
meet African Christians, fruits of your gifts to mis-
sionaries! And the joy of knowing that as a
Yokefellow, you've encouraged your African Brethren
and the missionaries.
Gene Moine is a retired high school math teacher from the
Rittman. Ohio. Grace Brethren Church.
HERALD/ May 15, 1991
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FOREIGN MISSIONS
Meet these folks . . .
"An accepted missionary candi-
date has entered a no-man's-land,
where he is neither fish or fowl,
layman nor missionary." That's
how Marjorie Collins describes the
situation in her book. Who Cares
for the Missionary? Others have
called this special time a "life in
limbo" experience, full of uncer-
tainty, scary new challenges, and a
mixture of excitement and discour-
agement. If you know an appointee,
perhaps you can be an encourager.
You can certainly pray for these
fine people who have recently
placed their feet in the icy waters
of support raising, and are warm-
ing up to the realities of total
dependence upon the Lord for sup-
plying what seems to be a gigantic
need.
May we introduce . . .
Tom and MaryAnn Barlow. The
Barlows served as SOWers in
France for two years and now want
to return as career church planting
missionaries in that country.
Tom was born in Milwaukee. WI,
but grew up in Columbus, OH. He
graduated from Grace College, has
led Operation Barnabas teams on
three summer tours, and has
served as Jr. High youth pastor at
Winona Lake Grace Brethren
Church.
MaryAnn was born in Muncy, PA
and grew up around New Holland,
PA. She graduated from Grace Col-
lege. For two years she was Admin-
istrative Secretary to the Executive
Director of Grace Brethren Foreign
Missions.
The Barlows were married
August 18, 1984. They have one
child, Nicole, born August 11, 1990.
Tom is a member of the Grace
Brethren Church of Columbus OH,
and MaryAnn considers the Grace
Brethren Church of New Holland,
PA as her home church. They want
to leave for France in the fall of
1991.
The Taylors have three children,
Rachel (Dec. 5. 1984), Rebekah
(April 28, 1987), and Kristen (Jan.
19, 1991).
They hope to receive language
training in France in 1992 and
return to Africa in 1993.
Ted and Dawn Booker. These
want to serve as SOWers in the
Philippines. They have one child,
Justin, born Aug. 24, 1990. They
were married July 8, 1989. They
are members of the Grace Brethren
Church of Lynchburg. VA.
Ted was born in Callaway, NE
and was raised as a preacher's kid
and also as a missionary kid, hav-
ing lived in Germany and Austria.
He speaks German fluently. He is a
graduate of Liberty University.
Dawn is the daughter of GBFM
missionaries Bob and Brenda
Juday and was born in Warsaw. IN.
She is a graduate of Grace College
and has already had some taste of
missionary life and work in Brazil
and the Philippines. Ted and Dawn
have not yet set a date for
departure.
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Mike and Myra Taylor have
already served for two years as
SOWers in Central African
Republic. They are now seeking to
return there as career mis-
sionaries and were appointed to
that in February, 1991.
Mike was born in Ft. Lauderdale,
FL, and graduated from Grace Col-
lege. He also graduated as a Physi-
cians Assistant from Medical
University of South Carolina.
Myra was born in Darlington,
SC, the daughter of a Baptist
pastor. She is a graduate of
Medical University of SC and is a
nurse. They were married in 1981
and are members of the Grace
Brethren Church of Aiken, SC.
Donna Fasnacht. Donna wants to
serve as a SOWer in Central African
Republic. She comes from Ephrata,
PA and is a member of the Grace
Brethren Church there. She attend-
ed Lancaster Bible College and the
American Institute of Banking. She
is an accomplished organist, and
has been a loan officer in a bank
for five years. Donna has the
accounting skills that are needed
in our mission in Bangui and is
eager to fill that need, as early as
August of 1991, if support is com-
mitted to her. Donna will replace
Karen Foster in the office at
Bangui, while Karen is in the US.
Karen Foster has already served
for two years as a SOWer in Central
African Republic and now wants to
make a career of it. She was born
in Wheeling, WV, but considers
Columbus, OH as her home and is
a member of the Grace Brethren
Church of Columbus.
She is a skilled bookkeeper and
accountant and has proven herself
to be a valuable addition to the
staff in CAR. She anticipates retur-
ning to Africa in 1993, after French
studies.
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FOREIGN MISSIONS
Steven and Celeste Kern. The
Kerns want to serve in Germany
and will go as two-year-term mis-
sionaries. Steve was born in
Marion, OH and graduated from
Grace College. He also received a
Diploma in Theology from the
Theological Practorium. Mansfield.
OH.
Celeste was born in Mansfield.
OH and attended Grace College.
Her father is a preacher and a
director for Child Evangelism
Fellowship. They have a son.
Jacob, born April 9, 1987. They
were married Oct. 13. 1984.
Steve and Celeste are members
of Woodville Grace Brethren
Church, Mansfield, OH, where
Steve has been serving as an
associate pastor. Their desire is to
leave for Europe in July 1992.
Dennis and Jeanette Martin.
The Martins met when Dennis
was a SOWer missionary in
France and were married Jan. 11.
1987. Dennis was born in
Hagerstown, MD but grew up in
New Holland, PA. He graduated
from Geneva College and has
taken additional work at Grace
Seminary Extension in France
and at Lancaster Bible College.
Jeannie was born and raised in
Colorado Springs, CO and is a
graduate of Grace College. She had
previously been sent as a single
career missionary to France.
Since completing Dennis's
SOWer term in France, the Martins
have served in the youth ministry
at New Holland Grace Brethren
Church, where they are members.
They want to return to France as
career missionaries in the fall of
1991, Lord willing.
Linda was born in Sioux City,
IA and graduated from the Univer-
sity of Iowa. She has been an
elementary school teacher and a
tax preparer. They were exposed
to missionary work in Costa Rica
in 1989. They were married May
20, 1978 and have two children.
Michael (April 11, 1982) and Jen-
nifer (April 14, 1984). They are
members of Community Grace
Brethen Church, Warsaw. IN.
Their desire is to go to language
school in the fall of 1991, then to
Argentina in June, 1992.
Ralph and Joan Justiniano. The
Justinianos want to serve the Lord
in Japan, and are appointees for
career service. Ralph was born in
Manila, Philippines. He graduated
from Orange Coast College and
from Grace Bible Institute and
Grace Theological Seminary.
Joan was born in Toledo, OH. She
has attended Miami University, the
University of Toledo, and Long
Beach City College.
Ralph and Joan are members of
the Long Beach Grace Brethren
Church. They were married Sept.
15. 1983 and have two children:
Megan (May 25, 1987) and Amanda
(Oct. 3. 1988). They want to leave
for Japan in June, 1992.
Gary and Linda McCaman want
to serve in Argentina and will go
as two-year-term missionaries.
Gary was born in Lakeview, MI.
He graduated from the University
of Iowa and Grace Theological
Seminary. He is a preacher's son
and has lived in Michigan, Illinois,
Kansas, Colorado. Kentucky,
Oregon and Montana. He has been
associated with a hearing aid
business and is a clinical
audiologist.
0
Bonnie Nissley. Bonnie wants to
serve the Lord as a SOWer mis-
sionary in the Philippines. She
was born in Martinsburg, WV,
where she grew up. She is a
member of the Rosemont Grace
Brethren Church of Martinsburg.
She graduated from Grace College,
and has taught in both Christian
and secular schools. For several
years she has led Operation Bar-
nabas teams under the direction
of CE National. She plans to teach
in Faith Christian Academy in
Manila for one year and then
assist the youth ministries of the
Filipino churches the rest of her
term. She would like to go in July
of 1991.
Support commitments
are needed for all these
missionaries. If you would
like to be a part of their
support team, please call
or write GBFM, P.O. Box
588. Winona Lake, IN
46590. 219/267-5161.
HERALD/ May 15, 1991
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FELLOWSHIP HAPPENINGS
Personal Reflections
/ have been encouraged by many to open up a limited number
of pages of the Herald magazine to the expression of opinions
and beliefs regarding the baptism I membership Issue In the
Grace Brethren Church. No practical means of such an
exchange has been available to persons following last year's
national conference. A forum plan was adopted at the 1989
conference, but has not been Implemented In a workable
fashion to date. No exchanges which Involve the names of
other persons will be Included. The use of the Herald
magazine makes the Information available to lay persons as
well as to ministers. No editing will be done on any of the
articles and It Is understood that the material does not have
the endorsement of the Herald, the Fellowship or the local
church — It reflects the personal position of the Individual
author. —Charles W. Turner, publisher
By Greg A. Ryerson
Grace Brethren Church, Centerville, Ohio
Whether you find these comments helpful or
not, you deserve to see my "label" so that you will
identify the grid through which I have screened
my observations.
Various terms have been proposed as tags for the
opposing positions on the baptism/membership
issue. "Open membership" and "closed member-
ship" seem to be the best current designations for
the local church policies that exist. Though some
may balk at the label "closed," I embrace that term
as an accurate and inoffensive description on my
(and my church's) policy, and as a way of differen-
tiating clearly between myself and someone who
permits transferred-in members without triune
immersion.
For a while I called myself a "moderate conser-
vative," but nobody knew what that meant (even
though I estimate that the majority of Grace
Brethren fall into this category). So I started refer-
ring to myself as a "closed-membership
moderate'— one who holds to the "closed" position
but who cooperates with "open" Brethren. This
would separate me from a "closed-membership
stalwart," who insists that the "closed" position is
the only one acceptable for the FGBC. I would also
be distinct from the "open-membership
moderate," whose position is different from mine
but who willingly cooperates with me. (When a
person adopts an "open-membership stalwart"
position, he departs the FGBC by choice.)
I came to my position because, while I have
never doubted that Grace Brethren people should
be triune-immersed, I have met many who were
triune-immersed for the wrong reasons.
When a Christian visits my church and subse-
quently inquires about membership, I explain to
him what we believe and practice. Sometimes he
is surprised to discover that he is eligible for
membership only after being triune-immersed.
Almost without exception, a saved-and-already-
single-immersed person will question this require-
ment. I then give him a written presentation on
baptism and ask him to study it prayerfully before
deciding. In the process, I explain, "Here's why we
believe that Jesus wants every Christian to be
triune-immersed. In fact, I believe that you should
consider being triune-immersed whether you join
my church or not!"
[Some] people see triune
immersion merely as an
inconvenient (but relatively
harmless) "hoop" through which
they were asked to jump. They
are triune-immersed, but they
are not "triune-immersionists"
by conviction.
Across our Fellowship, I have met a number of
GBC members (even local church leaders) who
testify that they submitted to re-baptism by triune
immersion just so that they could become
members. Such people see triune immersion
merely as an inconvenient (but relatively
harmless) "hoop" through which they were asked
to jump. They are triune-immersed, but they are
not "triune-immersionists" by conviction. And
there are perhaps thousands of such people
populating "conservative" Grace Brethren church-
es all across our land!
Meanwhile, several prominent open-member-
ship churches have a history of successfully
triune-immersing people after they join. Such
believers are urged to consider triune immersion
as a step of obedience to Christ, as a natural step
in the discipleship process. I suspect that the
Master would rather have people thus triune-
immersed by conviction in an open-membership
church than triune-immersed for convenience in
a closed-membership church.
The greatest irony to this entire debate, then,
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FELLOWSHIP HAPPENINGS
is that the closed-membership stalwarts risk
cutting themselves off from many who are deeply
Brethren while retaining many who are just
nominally Brethren. Wouldn't that be a little like
shooting oneself in the foot?
I am fully conscious of the dangers and abuses
of the open-membership policy. But since its
proponents are united with me in preaching the
gospel and the historical "Message of the Brethren
Ministry," how can I fail to cooperate with their
endeavor, even while deploring their methods?
Surely we could do a better job of training
upcoming teachers in the significance of baptism
(and a great many other Biblical tenets). If we did
that, perhaps we would be planting more closed-
membership churches, thus strengthening that
position by natural means.
I know of no gracious or honorable way to
backtrack from a policy that the Grace Brethren
adopted in 1964 in good faith after a century of
study. Some "conservative" Brethren predict that
"division and disaster" will overtake the FGBC in
the 1990's. If that were to happen, it would not be
the fault of the 1964 compromise, but rather of
those who could not appreciate the great harvest
which has been achieved by Christ through a
diverse but unified Fellowship of Churches.
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WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Do You Know What
the Bible Says About Friendship?
Quiz Yourself
Across
1. The wounds of a friend are . (Prov. 27:6)
2. Jonathan made a with David because he loved him as himself. (I Sam. 18:3)
3. Jesus asked His friends to keep with Him. (Matt. 26:38)
4. When Paul saw the brethren, he thanked God and was . (Acts 18:15)
5. "Greet the friends by ." (3 John 14)
6. Jesus entrusted His to the disciple whom He loved. (John 19:26-27)
7. Jesus promised to be with His friends . (Matt. 28:20)
8. Jesus was criticized for being a
of sinners. (Luke 7:34)
his brothers. (Luke 22:32)
Down
1. Christ told Peter to
2. We are to follow Christ's example and be willing to lay down our _
A friend at all times. (Prov. 17:17)
There is a friend who sticks closer than a (Prov. 18:24)
are better than one. (Ecc. 4:9)
Paul had no of mind when he did not find Titus. (2 Cor. 2:13)
for our brothers. (1 John 3:16)
3.
4
5
6
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
We are Christ's friends if we do what He
us. (John 15:14)
requested appointments for his three friends from the king. (Dan. 2:49)
"Love one another deeply, from the ." (1 Peter 1:22)
Mary to visit Elizabeth after hearing the good news. (Luke 1:39)
Jonathan became one in with David. (1 Sam. 18:1)
12. Ruth promised Naomi that they would belong to the same God and the same
(Ruth 1:16)
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GRACE VILLAGE
Financial Crisis at Grace Village
Announced By The Board of
Grace Brethren Retirement Homes, Inc.
Grace Village has been established to provide
quality living arrangements for its residents. In an
effort to provide service it has, over the last several
years, been engaged in a substantial building
program.
The leadership for this program was provided by
its former administrator. The Board of Directors
endorsed the building programs based upon its
understanding of the soundness of Grace Village's
financial condition.
Since the departure of our former administrator,
the Board of Directors of Grace Village has learned
that the financial condition of the institution is not
nearly as good as they had been led to believe. Due
to the downturn in the economy, the much larger
than expected cost of construction of and lack of
interest in the additional Robin Hood Apartments,
a number of unoccupied retirement apartments,
and the very large cost of servicing the indebtedness
on the properties, the Village finds itself in a very
difficult cash-flow problem.
Recognizing the seriousness of the problem, the
Board of Directors several weeks ago engaged Green-
croft, Inc. of Goshen, Indiana, to review the Grace
Village operations and to make recommendations
with regard to the proper course of action. Green-
croft's initial report confirms the seriousness of the
Grace Village financial problem.
In addition to the assistance of Greencroft, the
Board of Directors, with the assistance of its counsel,
Michael L. Valentine, has engaged Jerald I. Ancel
of the Indianapolis law firm of Sommer & Barnard
to provide specialized legal assistance in dealing
with the current problems.
In order to assure the continued care and service
to residents, the Board of Directors has taken the
following steps:
1. A crisis management committee has been
established.
2. A temporary moratorium has been declared on
the payment of investor debt.
The steps that the Board of Directors has taken
will not interfere with nor interrupt the services
which we provide for residents.
Grace Village is current with its payments to all
suppliers and employees and will continue to main-
tain all such accounts on a current basis. The Board
does not contemplate that there will be any re-
duction in staffing.
The Board of Directors has taken these special
steps to insure the continued operation of Grace
Village and the welfare of the residents. The board
also has secured the advisory help of Greencroft
Retirement Home management, Goshen, Indiana,
a local lawyer, and a special lawyer from a firm
in Indiananapolis, along with two board members
to form a crisis management team.
Right now, considerable financial help is need-
ed to finance this crisis management program in
order to minimize additional drain on the opera-
tions of the Village.
The help of many Grace Brethren people is
earnestly and prayerfully being sought. A crisis
management fund has been set up to receive tax-
deductible gifts. The board itself has initiated the
fund with sizable personal donations. Funds given
will be used for the purpose of managing this
crisis to a successful conclusion for the good of
Grace Village residents and the glory of the Lord.
We are seeking:
100 people who could and would give $1,000;
200 people who could and would give $500;
700 people who would give anything as they are
able.
WOULD YOU PLEASE PRAY AND CONSIDER
BEING ONE OF 1,000 WHO WOULD HELP
PRESERVE GRACE VILLAGE FOR THE
GOOD OF OUR DEAR PEOPLE AND THE
GLORY OF OUR LORD.
Please send your gifts to:
Grace Village
P.O. Box 337
Winona Lake, IN 46590
Mark them "Crisis Management Fund." All gifts
are tax-deductible and will be receipted.
Thank you so much for your prayers and
whatever financial help the Lord may lead you
to give.
HERALD/ May 15, 1991
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FELLOWSHIP NEWS
NEWS UPDATE
Jeff Brown is the new pastor at
the Spring Valley Grace Brethren
Church of Elyria, OH.
Sixty-one high school students
and twelve leaders will make up the
1991 Operation Barnabas tour
beginning June 28 with a ten-day
orientation in Whittier, CA. This
year's tour will involve ministry on
the West Coast in California,
Oregon, Washington, and the inter-
national ministry in Canada and
Mexico. Operation Barnabas tour
will conclude at the 1991 Brethren
National Youth Conference at
Flagstaff, AZ, on the campus of
Northern Arizona University.
Chaplain Phil Spence returned
from Saudi Arabia on March 26,
1991. He is stationed at Fort Bragg
and desires to express thanks to all
through the Fellowship who sent
cards and letters to him while he was
on duty.
The Grace Brethren Church of
Lansing, Ml, had a special day of
mortgage burning April 14, 1991,
with special speakers Gerald
Polman and Richard Sellers.
Michael Rockafellow, pastor.
Change Your Annual
Bowlin, Don. 9712 Golf
Course Rd., NW, Albu-
querque, NM 87114 (Tel.
505/897-7443.
Brown, Jeff. 1305 Nash
Ave., Elyria, OH 44035.
Dunkle, Jeff. He is the new
pastor of the Melborne,
FL , Grace Brethren
Church.
Green, Dan. His new
telephone number is:
(011-55) 34-236-6426.
Vnasdale, Lester. His
furlough address is: c/o
531 Marion Ave.
Mansfield, OH 44903.
Card, Charles. His new zip
code is: 09798.
Schrock, Norman. New
pastor at the Grace
Brethren Church,
Westminster, CA.
Telephone number is:
213/690-7591.
Marriage
Davis: Wendy Bouslough
and Cubby Davis were
married on December 8,
1990, at the Grace
Brethren Church, Mar-
tinsburg, PA. William
Snell performed the
ceremony.
Pratt: Marcy Hastings and
Kim Pratt were united in
marriage February 9,
1991, at the Free
Methodist Church in
Winona Lake, IN, by
Pastor John Teevan,
pastor of the Winona
Lake Grace Brethren
Church, Winona Lake,
IN.
Stern: Heidi Jeffries and
Bradley Stern were
united in marriage on
December 15, 1990, at
the Grace Brethren
Church, Martinsburg,
PA. William Snell per-
formed the ceremony.
Will: Amy Detwiler and
Matt Will were married
on December 28, 1990,
at the Grace Brethren
Church, Martinsburg,
PA. William Snell per-
formed the ceremony.
Deaths
Hammers, Tom, 87, March
27, 1991. He was a
faithful member of the
Winona Lake Grace
Brethren Church,
Winona Lake, IN, where
he served as visitation
pastor from 1975-1983.
He was a member of
the Missionary Herald
Board of Trustees for
approximately thirty
years, and served in a
number of pastorates in
the Fellowship of Grace
Brethren Churches.
John Teevan, pastor.
Houser, Emily, 73. She
was a member of the
Grace Brethren Church,
of Hagerstown, MD.
Pastors Ray Davis and
Robert Dell officiated at
the memorial service.
Sell, Paul, 66, November
6, 1990. He was a
faithful member of the
Winona Lake Grace
Brethren Church,
Winona Lake, IN. John
Teevan, pastor.
Sutphin, Kenneth,
February 14, 1991. He
had a perfect atten-
dance record of 23
years at the Fairlawn
Grace Brethren Church,
Radford, VA. Lester
Kennedy, pastor.
Sutphin, Viola, March 19,
1991. She was a faithful
member of the Fairlawn
Grace Brethren Church,
Radford, VA. Lester
Kennedy, pastor.
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Certain cultures place a lot
of emphasis on names. It is
important to select a proper
name for a child, not because
it sounds good, but because
it has meaning. The family
name is also important be-
cause it denotes a special
relationship and the lineage
must carry it to future
generations.
In a business publication I
read last year, it was recount-
ing the great financial woes
of the savings and loan crisis.
This financial disaster is
probably the greatest one in
American history. No one
can guess the final cost in
money lost plus all of the
interest on the funds borrow-
ed to help pay the bills. A
name kept recurring as one
of the persons involved in the
fiasco . . . would you believe
his name was Mr. Fail?
It seemed to me he was
carrying out the family name
and giving it new signifi-
cance. At least, one should
not be surprised when it was
discovered he was involved in
the failure of one of the large
savings and loans, plus a
number of insurance com-
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deal of fun with the name in
several presentations on the
financial problems of our
time.
The fun and humor came
to an end just a couple of
months ago when I sought to
cash in a maturing policy
with Mutual Security In-
surance Company. I had
bought it back in my Grace
Seminary days and faithful-
ly paid on it for 41 years. Now
it was time to take out the
funds. But I soon discovered
Mr. Fail had been there before
me and had picked up all of
the cash. There were no
funds left and the good old
Brotherhood Mutual policy
(reborn Mutual Security) . . .
was not being very brother-
ly nor were they very secure.
I am waiting in line with
thousands of others to see
the outcome.
There are a lot of cracks in
the walls of some otherwise
dependable institutions
these days. What I thought
was secure was just a facade
and nothing was behind the
external walls. There are a lot
of applications to the princi-
ple in the area of finance and
there are principles that
carry into the Christian life.
It is not always what we see
on the external that is
real — the thought probably
comes to your mind that
man looks on the external,
but it is God who looks on
the heart.
So it just may be that 41
years of payments into the in-
surance fund will result in a
big disappointment. But I
know one thing that is
certain — Mr. Fail sure had the
right name for the event.
Since we have taken on a
new name, the name "Chris-
tian", it is important that we
not disgrace the name in any
way. Just as Mr. Fail proved
to be just what his name
implied, it is necessary that
Miss, Mr. and Mrs. Christian
live up to their name. No
facade or empty internals but
reality on the inside to match
the name on the outside.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Brethren Missionary
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Volume 53 No. 6
June 15, 1991
3 Editorial
What's in a
Name?
Plenty!
Charles W. Turner
6 WMC
Letters of Thanks
8 Foreign Missions
Looking at Our
World
11 Grace Schools 14 Grace Schools
Rick Gorrell The Heart of
Earns Community a Teacher:
Service Award Dr. Homer A. Kent Jr.
Jenifer Wilcoxson
12 Home Missions
Conquering the
Last Frontier
Larry Chamberlain
16 BEM
"Dulces" in
Guatemala
and Mexico
Angle Ellis
18 Fellowship News
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2. This shall be accomplished through news reporting editorials, articles and advertisements
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Women's Missionary Council
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WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Letters of Thanks to WMC
Dear WMC Ladies.
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FOREIGN MISSIONS
Looking At Our World
by Tom Julien
Facing my desk is a map of the world. On it are
slightly over 200 irregular shapes of varying shapes
and color, each representing a country.
My map however, does not show me the world as
it really is. It merely shows me boundary lines.
Within those lines live billions of people caught in
the struggle between light and darkness. From these
God is calling out a people for His name — a people
He chooses to call the Bride of His eternal Son.
Further, my map does not reveal the outwork-
ing of God's plan or the great challenges faced by
those who seek to be a part of it. I look at it,
however, and let my thoughts focus on those parts
of the world that I have learned to know. Many
needs cry out for the intercession of those who
know how to pray.
The Challenge of Africa:
A Church In Transition
In 1921, pioneer missionary James Gribble
began to evangelize the heart of Africa. Today, the
Central African Republic, the name later given to
the area where he worked, is considered one of the
world's most evangelized countries.
Because of this, some are saying that mission-
aries are no longer needed in the Central African
Republic. To say this would be like saying that
parents are only needed to bring children into the
world. After they are born they should be left to
fend for themselves.
The churches of Africa are like children. They
are well into their adolescent years, but
adolescence is the most dangerous and challeng-
ing period of life. The church in Africa is in transi-
tion from the leadership of older, less-educated
pastors, to a new generation of younger men.
Never has the need been greater for missionaries
who can work side by side with Africans, training
them, helping them make this transition, warning
them of potential dangers from without, helping
supply the churches with biblical literature, aiding
the churches to greater maturity in structure and
practice. Because of retirements and sickness and
resignations, we have seen our missionary team
reduced to a skeletal staff. The fate of the church
of tomorrow is in the hands of young men who are
being trained today. They need the counsel and god-
ly example of missionary elders who will treat them
as equals and show them a model of Christian
maturity, both in their teaching and their lives.
Baptism at the Chateau of St. Albain.
The Challenge of Western Europe:
Prayer For Spiritual Awakening
In the last twenty years, many missionaries have
gone to Europe. In fact, nearly half of the mis-
sionaries who are in active service in Grace
Brethren Foreign Missions are assigned to that
continent. This is a great contrast to the days when
few people thought of Europe of being a mission
field. It is also an indication to some of us that God
is putting in place a network of people in prepara-
tion for a spiritual awakening on that continent.
Though there are signs of change, the popula-
tion of most of Western Europe is still indifferent
to the claims of Jesus Christ. Churches have
emptied and secularism has triumphed. Yet,
Western Europe is destined to play the leading role
on the world's stage in the end times.
Several years ago, the team at the Chateau de
St. Albain, produced a brochure entitled "A Plea
for Help from Christians in France to their
Brothers throughout the World." It was a plea for
prayer. Nearly 100,000 of these brochures were
distributed in many countries. News came back of
groups of Christians praying throughout the world
for a spiritual awakening in Europe. Many Chris-
tians in Grace Brethren Churches were a part of
this movement of prayer. The time has come to
renew this commitment to intercession for Europe
and for open doors in the countries where our
missionaries are laboring.
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FOREIGN MISSIONS
The Challenge of Eastern Europe:
Unprecedented Opportunity
All of us watched in wonder as the communist
regimes fell one by one in Eastern Europe. The
resulting vacuum revealed a spiritual hunger in
some countries which is almost unprecedented.
Evangelists and Christian workers who visited
Romania after the fall of the government reported
that they had never experienced the kind of
responsiveness that they found there.
Everyone realizes that this period of spiritual
responsiveness is limited, and that the inroads of
western materialism will soon take its toll. Even
though denominational missions lack the mobili-
ty that other movements have, Grace Brethren
Foreign Missions has set its sights on Eastern
Europe and desires to share in the harvest there.
Two fact-finding trips have been made by mis-
sionaries and board members into Eastern Europe.
This summer two TIME teams will journey into
Eastern Europe to seek to meet spiritual needs
there. At this time, the Lord seems to be indicating
that Prague, Czechoslovakia, will be the first target
city for a church-planting team. Several couples
have already begun the application process in
hope of being commissioned for this ministry.
The Challenge of Latin America:
A New Generation of Missionaries
Argentina is the oldest mission field in Grace
Brethren Foreign Missions. In the early 1950s, mis-
sionaries also went to Brazil and Mexico. In each
of these countries, churches have been planted
that have joined together to form national fellow-
ships. In some Latin America countries the pop-
ulation is more open to the gospel than ever before.
One of the greatest challenges of Latin America
is to recruit new teams of missionaries to pioneer
an aggressive new chapter of church-planting.
Many of those who went to evangelize in Latin
America are now retired. Others will retire in the
next few years. New teams are coming together in
Buenos Aires, South Brazil and Mexico City. Mis-
sionaries are needed to work along side the
national pastors in the border ministry of Mexico,
in North Brazil and in the northern churches of
Argentina. In addition, churches have been started
in Uruguay and Guatemala. These churches need
fraternal contact through regular visits of
missionaries.
Though we have many Spanish speaking peo-
ple in our churches, few have responded to the call
of Latin America.
Believers in Mexico.
Street scene in Japan.
The Challenge of the Orient
Church-Planting In Urban Areas
Our missionaries in the Orient labor in huge
urban areas: Metro Manila, Tokyo, and Osaka. One
of the annoying questions in church-planting in
urban areas relates to church buildings. In Japan
converts come very slowly and the churches are
small in number. Though the Japanese give
generously, they can never hope to amass the
small fortunes necessary to purchase property at
today's astronomical prices. The response to the
gospel in Metro Manila is far greater, but most of
the new Christians are poor. Even when they give
generously their offerings are a mere pittance
when compared to the price of land and buildings,
either in purchase or rent.
In countries where land is cheap and the peo-
ple can construct their own building, church
growth has often been rapid. The huge urban
areas of the Orient present a different picture,
however. How to respond to this need remains one
of the unanswered questions of the missionaries
serving in the cities. Our missionaries need
guidance as they attempt to find answers.
HERALD/ June 15, 1991
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GRACE SCHOOLS
Rick Gorrell Earns
Community Service Award
Rick Gorrell
Rick Gorrell, a junior math major at Grace
College from Berne. Indiana, recently earned an
award for outstanding public service from the
Indiana Conference Compact, an organization
promoting public service opportunitites for
college students. Rick and students from 26
other Indiana colleges and universities were
honored at a luncheon at the Radisson Plaza in
Indianapolis. Dr. John J. Davis introduced Rick
at the luncheon.
Rick says, "Members from the Compact came
to campus and asked students and faculty. 'Who
at Grace is most actively involved in community
service?' I guess my name came up most often."
During his three years at Grace College, Rick
has been active in the Lighthouse ministry as
a "big brother" to a community child. He served
as Co-chairman of "Heart of the Holidays" this
year, and annual Christmas community out-
reach service. He also has served as committee
chairman for the "Fall Classic," a campus
improvement service: the "Halloween Alter-
native." an outreach to community children: and
for the "Heart of the Holidays" in 1989.
Dr. Louis C. Gatto, Compact director, says
those students selected best exemplify the word
of Charles W. Eliot inscribed on the gates of
Harvard University: "Enter to grow in wisdom.
Depart to better serve thy country and
mankind."
Grace College Receives
lempleton Foundation Award
Grace College is one of 49 schools receiving
honorable mention for The John Templeton
Foundation Honor Roll for Character Building
Colleges in 1991.
The Honor Roll, sponsored by John Marks
Templeton and the John Templeton Foundation,
is an annual listing of schools which "best
exemplify campuses that encourage the develop-
ment of strong moral chracter among students."
The listing is compiled by polling college and
university Presidents and Directors of Develop-
ment of four year, accredited institutions of
higher education across the country.
Dr. Frank Tillapaugh spoke
at College and
Seminary Baccalaureate
Dr. Frank Tillapaugh of Denver. Colorado
spoke at the Grace College and Theological
Seminary Baccalaureate Exercise on May 17 in
the Rodeheaver Auditorium. Winona Lake,
Indiana. The college graduated 152 students,
with 80 graduate students receiving seminary
degrees.
Dr. Tillapaugh is the author of several well-
known books on Christian ministry and
evangelism. Unleashing the Church,
Unleashing Your Potential and Mastering
Outreach and Evangelism.. He also has had
numerous articles published in leading Chris-
tian magazines.
GRACE
COLLEGE & SEMINARY
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11
HOME MISSIONS
Conquering the Last Frontier
by Larry JV. Chamberlain
Alaska. "The last frontier." "The great land."
"Where men are men and women win the
Iditerod." "Where people don't tan in the
summertime, they thaw."
This beautiful state boasts a land area greater
than one-fifth of the remainder of the United
States and a coastline of 37,000 miles, more
than the entire coastline of the "lower 48."
When superimposed on a map of the
continental U.S., Alaska stretches from Canada
to Mexico. There are as many air miles
separating Seattle from Chicago as there are
separating Seattle from Anchorage.
Alaska's natural, majestic beauty is absolutely
breathtaking!
So much of Alaska is yet inaccessible by
automobile that every 20th person is a registered
pilot. Kids learn to fly before they learn to drive.
The Alaskan range has so many peaks, most
are yet unnamed. Mt. McKinley, (Denali, "the
great one") dwarfs every other peak in America
at 20,320 feet.
Alaska's natural, majestic beauty is absolutely
breathtaking! While visiting this 49th state in
April with Jim Johnson, director of GBIF, we
were impressed by the power of God in His crea-
tion. We were equally impressed by His power
in the formation of His Church.
1. Anchorage <
2. Anchorage Grace Community Church
3. Eagle River Grace Brethren Church
4. Kachemak Bay Grace Brethren Church (Homer)
5. Kenai Grace Brethren Church
6. North Pole Grace Brethren Church
7. Peninsula Grace Brethren Church (Soldotna)
When superimposed on a map of the continental
U.S., Alaska stretches from Canada to Mexico.
When Grace Brethren Home Missions
pioneered the first Grace Brethren Church in
Kenai, it was August of 1969. Their first Bible
study was set for October 2 and fifteen people
had indicated an interest. No one came. But
through continued diligence and prayer, by the
end of 1970 they had a congregation number-
ing twenty-one and a membership of thirteen,
including the pastor, Herman Hein. his wife, and
their youngest son. Today, there are eight Grace
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HOME MISSIONS
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The Alaskan pipeline.
Brethren Churches in Alaska, with Sunday
morning attendances of 1,870! Very few other
states in America, if any, have witnessed that
incredible rate of church growth.
As Jim and I visited with all eight churches,
we discovered a warmth and excitement that
offered evidence of why God has blessed His
work there so abundantly. Alaskans have a
rugged determination to make things happen,
to survive in a land where temperatures can dip
to 50 degrees below zero or more, to prosper in
an economy which is extremely volatile and
unpredictable, to endure winter nights lasting
20 hours or more. In order to overcome these
many hardships and challenges, relationships
become invaluable. Some Alaskans have found
that the Grace Brethren Church is a place where
they can build a strengthening relationship with
fellow believers, as well as with the Lord.
Our Grace Brethren Churches in Alaska are
committed to a Bible-teaching ministry with
expository, verse-by-verse, preaching a common
practice on Sunday morning. (I was privileged
to listen to Larry Smithwick's sermon from John
21, one in a series from the Gospel which he has
been preaching from for the past year.) Small
group Bible studies and support groups are a
common occurrence as evidenced by the dozens
of announcements for such events in the weekly
bulletins.
The average age in Alaska is 29.4, with many
young families and lots of kids ... as evidenced
by very aggressive children's and young people's
ministries in the churches.
We were sadly reminded, though, that the
expanse of the Alaskan landscape is not nearly
so great as the expanse of the spiritual needs of
its people. Spawned by the harshness of the
environment, Alaskans suffer from rampant
depression, alcoholism, occultism (including the
most concentrated following of New Age any-
where fh the U.S.), family break-ups, child abuse,
drug usage (marijuana was only recently de-
clared illegal in the state, and immorality (a
"tradition," going back to the days of the gold
rush).
Our Alaskan Grace Brethren congregations
are working hard to meet the spiritual needs of
the people there through the declaration of the
truths of God's Word, through the demonstra-
tion of genuine love and compassion, and
through effective evangelism, all focused in the
biblical context of the local church.
Grace Brethren Home Missions is pleased to
have played a strategic, supportive role in the
reaching of hundreds of Alaskans with the Good
News of Jesus Christ. We are thankful for the
courageous, pioneering spirit of our early
church-planters who looked beyond the frontier
struggles and envisioned congregations of peo-
ple who would enjoy a relationship with God and
each other amid the harsh realities of life.
While we pray for the continued growth of the
Brethren up North, let us, also, pray for a similar
spirit of fortitude and aggressive evangelism in
our church-planting efforts all across the United
States.
I'd like to tell you we trekked for miles overland,
sneaked up close, and got this shot. In reality, we
stopped the car and rolled down the window.
Larry Chamberlain is Executive
Director of the Grace Brethren
Home Missions Council.
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13
GRACE SCHOOLS
The Heart of a Teacher: Dr. Homer A. Kent Jr.
"1 suppose there are few people in the
Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches for whom
I have more respect than Dr. Homer Kent Jr. He
is a man of deep conviction not afraid to express
truth with courage, but even in times of testing
he has reacted as a true Christian gentleman."
—Rev. Tom Julien, Executive Director
Grace Brethren Foreign Missions.
Dr. Homer A. Kent, Jr.
Dr. Homer A. Kent Jr. retired from his position as
Professor of New Testament and Greek at Grace
Theological Seminary in May. That marked the end
of 40 years of teaching and administrative duties for
Grace College and Seminary. Students who studied
under him are in 49 states and 45 countries around
the world. His faithful service to God at Grace
Schools within the Fellowship of Grace Brethren
Churches has touched countless lives.
Homer Kent was born in Washington D.C. on
August 13, 1926; the eldest of two sons born to
Homer and Alice (Wogaman) Kent. His father was
pastor of the First Brethren Church of Washington,
D.C. Both home and church were but a few blocks
from the nation's capitol buildings.
Homer and his younger brother Wendell grew up
with the blessings of a Christian home and a
growing church family. The Kents traveled fre-
quently across the continental United States. "We
always went by car and took a different route each
trip, seeing national parks and historic sites
whenever possible," he remembers. "We actually
saw the things that other boys only read about in
geography or history books. Those are some of my
best memories."
1940 brought great changes to the Kent family.
Homer Kent Sr. accepted the offer to be a professor
of church history at the young Grace Theological
Seminary recently established and newly located
in Winona Lake, Indiana. They left the excitement
of the nation's capital and a large church with
many friends for the unknowns of a fledgling
by Jenifer Wilcoxson
school located in a small mid-western town.
In those days the seminary was small and the
students and faculty were a very close knit group.
Since there was not a Brethren church in Winona
Lake, all the Brethren in the community attended
seminary activities. The Kent home was near the
campus and many students went there to relax
and have fun.
Homer attended his first three years of high
school at Warsaw High then transferred to Bob
Jones Academy for his senior year. The draft for
World War II was in effect and he wanted the
chance for at least one year in a Christian school
environment before being called to serve.
A profession of faith in Christ in 1934 and years
of study and contemplation had led Homer to
decide, by high school graduation, that he would
follow in his Dad's footsteps and be a preacher. He
was able to graduate from Bob Jones College in
1947 due to a ministerial draft deferment with a
Bachelor's degree in Religion. Then, it was back
to Winona Lake and Grace Theological Seminary
for further training.
While a student in the seminary, Homer was
asked to teach English Composition in the grow-
ing Grace Collegiate Division. He remembers
enjoying the teaching and the feeling of achieve-
ment that came as students responded and did
well. By 1950 he finished his senior year and was
awarded a Bachelor of Divinity.
Described by students as a "clear explainer,"
Kent was often told by those around him—
"You are a gifted teacher."
"All my classmates were getting ready to go out
and take pastorates but I was still a bachelor and
churches weren't pounding on my door to hire a
single man right out of seminary," he says. "I
wasn't sure that I was totally ready either, so I
stayed in seminary, studying for a Master of
Theology degree and continuing to teach— this
time first and second year Greek."
Over time, one question repeatedly surfaced:
"What about teaching?"
"I tried to be objective, which isn't always easy,"
he explains, "but I felt that I did well at teaching.
I had a real satisfaction that accomplishment was
occurring." Described by students as a "clear
explainer," Kent was often told by those around
him— "You are a gifted teacher."
But those were the days when "full time
Christian service" meant one of two things—
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GRACE SCHOOLS
pastor or missionary. How could a man who had
dedicated his life to service and spent years of
education pursuing the pastorate balance his
desire to be faithful with his apparent giftedness
in teaching?
"As I studied church history I looked carefully
at the life of Martin Luther, a major influence for
modern Christianity. Luther was not a pastor but
instead an educator, a university lecturer — a
teacher. I came to understand that teaching really
can be the Lord's full-time work," he explains.
His knowledge of the subject
and heart of a teacher
combine to create books designed to instruct
and make clear
the passages being considered.
And teach he did. The seminary continued to
grow and President McClain asked Kent to take a
full-time teaching position in the New Testament
department. "I was a green-as-grass teacher when
they hired me for the fall of 1951 — and I'm still
here 40 years later," he says with a smile.
In August. 1953 Kent married Beverly Page.
Making their home in Winona Lake they have
three children — Rebecca, Kathy, and Dan. Beverly
taught voice at Grace College for 25 years.
Along with teaching, Kent studied for a Doctor
of Theology degree from Grace Seminary His
dissertation on the authorship problems and
message of I Timothy was presented in 1956 and
an expanded version including II Timothy and
Titus "The Pastoral Epistles" was published by
Moody Press in 1958.
This was the beginning of Kent's teaching being
available in printed form. His books and commen-
tary contributions are remarkable for his careful
handling of the scriptures and well crafted presen-
tation. His knowledge of the subject and heart of a
teacher combine to create books designed to instruct
and make clear the passages being considered.
Dr. Kent's work at Grace expanded when in 1962
he was appointed Dean of the Seminary. He main-
tained a reduced teaching load during that time
and assumed more administrative duties.
1976 brought with it another time of questions
and changes. The teacher who was thoroughly
enjoying his work was asked to consider a different
office — the President of Grace Schools. "I love to
study the Scriptures and teach — to watch students
progress in their understanding. I didn't want to
lose that. I told them no," he relates.
But they asked again. This time the offer included
the opportunity to continue teaching and share the
administrative duties with John Davis who would
fill the office of Executive Vice President.
In a spirit of willingness to serve where he was
needed and grow as God presented opportunities.
Dr. Kent became the third President of Grace
Theological Seminary and College in 1976.
For ten years Dr. Kent had as his goal a school
where students could daily be challenged to
spiritual growth; where godly lifestyles would be
nurtured and encouraged. During that decade
there were many achievements: highest enroll-
ment totals for both college and seminary; com-
pletions and remodeling of buildings; expanded
library; accreditation for the Seminary; and
growth of endowment funds.
In May, 1985, Dr. Kent announced his intention
to relinquish his position as President to go into
effect at the end of the 1986 contract. He would
focus on teaching again.
Back in the same office in McClain Hall that he
occupied in his early teaching days, he resumed
a full class load. Along with teaching at the
seminary he also worked with the Institute of Holy
Land Studies in Jerusalem leading educational
trips. He taught as a guest lecturer at the Grace
extensions in California, France, and Africa, at The
Master's Seminary in California, and at Capital
Seminary in Washington DC.
And now, five years later, change comes again.
"I plan to continue teaching part-time at Grace
Seminary. I will stay on as long as the school has
need for me. There are many things I can do, I have
some ideas for further books and am considering
short-term teaching opportunities.
"We will really enjoy the change of pace. I may
slow down — but don't look for me rocking on the
porch."
Books and Commentary Inclusions by
Dr. Homer Kent Jr.:
Pastoral Epistles (1958)
Comments on the Gospel of Matthew-Wycliffe
Bible Commentary (1962)
Ephesians, Glory of the Church (1971)
Epistle to Hebrews (1971)
Jerusalem to Rome, Acts (1972)
Light in Darkness, John (1974)
Freedom of God's Sons, Galatians (1976)
Treasures of Wisdom, Colossians and Philemon
(1978)
Comments on Philippians — The Expositor's
Bible Commentary (1978)
Studies in the Gospel of Mark (1981)
Heart Opened Wide, 2 Corinthians (1982)
Faith That Works, James (1986)
1ERALD/ June 15, 1991
15
BRETHREN EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES
"Dulces" in
GUATEMALA and MEXICO
by Angie Ellis
BEM Personnel, Ron and
Thelma Thompson, Phil
Guerena, Tony DeRosa, Angie
Ellis, and others teamed together
on a ministry tour February 25
through March 7, 1991 to
Guatemala and Mexico. Joining
BEM were Pat Saunier of
Roanoke, VA; Ann Bracker of
Pico Rivera, CA; Pastor Francisco
Bravo ("Pancho") of San Luis,
Mexico; and Rev. Jack Churchill
of San Diego, CA who is the
Brethren Field Superintendent
for Mexico. God's hand was at
work during the trip: miracles
were witnessed, a great time of
Christian fellowship was en-
joyed, and above all a lasting
burden to reach the lost souls of
these countries was impressed
upon all of our minds and hearts.
Going through customs at the
Guatemalan airport will be a lasting memory to
us all. We were a little nervous and anticipated
some conflict since we had about thirty-six bags,
carrying a variety of Children In Action Band
T-Shirts, musical instruments, and craft supplies
for the children, as well as forty pounds of medical
supplies such as syringes, antibiotics, and pain
relievers for a medical mission. They were only in-
terested in a couple of boxes that proved not to be
important. Suddenly we found ourselves outside
the airport — luggage untouched! This miracle
was confirmed three days later when all of Roger
Peugh's luggage was thoroughly searched as he
came through to join us.
Guatemala City is typical of Latin America. The
buses are so crowded that people literally hang out
the windows on the bumpers to get a ride. During
the dry season, most of the homes only have water
one hour in the morning and two hours in the
afternoon, which is not the same time each day.
The dirty streets are sadly filled with small
homeless children whose eyes show they have a
deep longing to be loved. This became a reality to
us as we watched a little girl about four years old
sneak into the Burger King where we were eating
supper and begin to pile scraps of food together
off of a table as her brothers stood outside watch-
THE TEAM. L-R Back: Tony DeRosa, Angie Ellis, Phil Guerena, Ron
Thompson, Ann Bracker, Jack Churchill. Front: Pat Saunier, Thelma
Thompson, Francisco Bravo)
ing and crying through the glass doors. Our hearts
melted. We felt compelled to reach out in some
way. We bought each one a "hamburguesa"
(hamburger) and as we put it into their small, dirty
hands we said gently "Dios te ama" (God loves
you.")
Santo Domingo Xenocoj is a small primitive
Indian village, an unexpected change to the fast
pace life of the capital city. With a population of
5,200 people, only 2 percent are born-again
believers. The two nurses in the tiny medical mis-
sion were overjoyed to receive all the medical sup-
plies and even a slide projector that Pat had
brought for them. The Mayor and other officials
joined our presentation and prayer of dedication.
Of all the supplies, they were most excited about
receiving scissors. The Health Post had none! Pat
reminded us of how many are thrown away daily
back home as well as other supplies that just sit
on shelves and expire without ever being used. We
were thrilled to have a small part in sharing God's
love with such needy people.
God worked through and in our lives again in a
little town about four hours away from the capital
city in well known Chichicastenango. We were all
looking forward to finally getting the chance to do
some shopping in this large market area when the
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BRETHREN EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES
Giving the medical supplies at Santo Domingo Xenocoj.
Lord began to use us to spread His Word to some
of the people. Tomas was one of the children who
tagged along with us, acting as our guide through
the shopping spree. When time came to check into
the hotel and say goodbye to Tomas, the Holy Spirit
was at work. Angie and Pat had already been
witnessing to him when Pancho took over on the
steps of the hotel. While he spoke to Tomas about
the Lord, Pat and Angie prayed, a small crowd of
about twenty gathered, and suddenly from the
crowd an arm stretched out to Pancho holding a
Spanish Bible for him to use. What a miracle! In
a small town where approximately 80 percent of
the people are illiterate, where did this Bible come
from? Pancho led in prayer and the crowd began
to disperse. Afternoon prayer time with the team
that day was filled with tears of rejoicing that seeds
had been planted and souls may have been won
to the Lord.
The First Love Renewal and CIA Band Seminar
resulted in a surprise to all of us. The Lord had His
hand in each one of our lives in different ways. Four
area churches combined in this renewal effort,
hosted by Pastor Rodrigo Argueta, one of our Grace
Brethren pastors. The first night of the seminar
seemed to be frustrating, confusing , and some-
what disappointing. Thelma got sick with food
poisoning and spent the entire opening night in
the bus. By the next morning Ron, Angie. and
Tony - all of the English speaking teachers - were
also sick in bed. This forced others to fill positions
that otherwise would never have been thought of.
Phil Guerena conducted all of the adult sessions
with Pancho, Jack, Pastor Rodrigo, and others
helping with the music. Tim Carey, a Wycliffe Bible
Translator and son of Art Carey (one of our retired
Brethren missionaries to Africa), taught the
children, aided by Pat and Ann. Those of us in bed
sick felt helpless in trying to understand the Lord's
purpose. So we prayed. God blessed all of our
efforts. Pastor Rodrigo said that this seminar was
what his church had needed for years. The Pastor's
son used the witness bracelet he made in the CIA
Band to lead his friend of 5 years to the Lord as
a result of the seminar, telling his mom that he
wants to be a pastor like his dad when he grows
up. Gloria a Dios!! - Praise the Lord!!
Mexico City, the largest city in the world with
a population of approximately 24 million people,
is rich with culture: children constantly tap your
legs, begging for food and money, buildings
damaged in the '85 earthquake are left standing
in rubble because of lack of money to reconstruct,
and the Metro (subway) is filled with crowds of
people rushing to get somewhere fast. Our tour
was filled with visiting historical and well-known
landmarks as well as fellowshipping with our
Grace Brethren Pastor. Mariano Azcarate and his
family, and our missionaries Bess Farrell, Brenda
The ladies' Bible Study group in Mexico City.
Welling, and Martin and Kristy Guerena. One of
the highlights was spending Wednesday morning
with a ladies' Bible Study group in our Grace
Brethren Church. These ladies combined their
hard efforts into a fantastic brunch for everyone,
then we took part in their Bible study as Ron
Thompson brought a devotional, Pancho and Jack
sang, and the ladies gave testimonies and sang for
us. A brief tour through the small church helped
to plant a visual picture in our minds of how our
missionaries are ministering and of the many
needs they have.
Words can never describe the many faces we
looked into who longed to know the real love, peace
and joy of life. How grateful we are that we were
allowed to have a small part in sharing God's love.
Our hearts will always whisper a special prayer for
each child who tugged at our emotions as we
hugged and handed them a "dulce" or tract, hop-
ing the seeds planted will someday be harvested
into souls coming to know God the Father as Lord
and Savior. Please join with us in prayer for the
needy people of these two countries and those
faithfully serving the Lord there. Our prayer is to
someday see the Guatemalan flag flying at
Brethren National Conference as a new mission
point for our Fellowship. Praise the Lord for His
sovereignty and promise that "he who began a
good work . . . will carry it on to completion. . . ."
Angie Ellis serves on the staff of BEM as computer
operator and director of the CIA Band.
[ERALD/ June 15, 1991
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FELLOWSHIP NEWS
JVEWS UPDATE
Correspondence for the Shade
G.B.C. (previously reported closed)
should be directed to 4242 Dark
Shade Dr., Windber, PA 15963.
Jeff Carroll has resigned from his
ministry at the Maumee Valley
G.B.C. in Toledo, OH, to begin a new
church in Powell, OH.
Scott Miles has been called as
the pastor of the Community G.B.C,
Warsaw, IN.
Larry Humberd, former youth
pastor of the G.B.C. of Hagerstown,
MD, has resigned and will complete
his ministry there in early summer.
The Grace Brethren Church of
Yakima, WA, plans a mortgage-
burning service and parsonage
dedication on Sunday, June 23,
1991, at 2 p.m. Former pastors who
plan to be in attendance include
Russell Williams, George Christie
and Dale Hostetler. William Schaffer
will be the dedication speaker. Paul
Brooks, pastor.
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EDITORIAL
Oh, for the good old days
when air was free and
breathing was easy. That may
well be the cry of the aging or
should I say "the call of the
maturing!" For a long time the
corner service station would
provide the equipment, the air
tire gauge and the air was free.
Not so any longer. Now the
land and the gas pump is pro-
vided and you do the work.
Someone else collects the
money. You clean your own
windows, check your oil, even
put your credit card in the slot
and look-no service. It's hard to
accept having to pay to put air
in your tires. Thus the name
Service Station is no longer
valid.
Not only is free air gone at
the gas station, free clean air is
also no longer available in city
parks. In Mexico city where
pollution has reached extreme
levels, you can purchase fresh
air. This is the way it works:
there is a booth and for several
dollars or pesos, you get a
minute or two of fresh air and
oxygen. I am told that the air
offered by nature and polluted
by humanity makes this not a
luxury, but a necessity. In fact,
some Japanese companies in-
sist that their key employees in
Mexico spend several months
a year outside of Mexico City.
This is for their personal
health. Can the idea be a
possibility one of these days in
Southern California?
The disappearance of free air
has seemingly brought on a
change in our day. Salvation is
still a free gift, but there is a
cost in maintaining the new life
in Christ. It takes time and
effort and dedication not to pay
for Salvation but to do it the
way God wants it done.
Many people have lived with
the assumption that everything
is free and you do not have to
really pay. It was called credit.
"Borrow now and worry about it
tomorrow" became the philoso-
phy of this past decade. When
the time came to pay, the money
supply came up short. Religious
news is filled with financial prob-
lems among Christian institu-
tions. Many of them are cutting
staff and programs. They have
lived on borrowed money and
borrowed time. The next few
years will reveal many sad tales
of woe and disappointment.
There may be some free
lunches but you generally get
them only when someone is try-
ing to sell you something. You
had better check the product
carefully before you make the
purchase. There are very few
really free lunches. Savings and
loans, banks and now insurance
companies in the secular realm
are going under at a rate not
seen since the depression days.
It behooves us as believers to pay
special attention to our obli-
gations or we could become the
victims of the same problems.
The signs are clearly in
evidence and concern is grow-
ing. Much wisdom is needed
and we should all follow the
directions of the Bible in con-
trast to the wisdom of the
world. Perhaps it is time to
reread and gain insight from
the book of Proverbs.
Gone is the free air at the gas
station. Rare is the free clean
air in the city. Gone are the
days when we can fool
ourselves into believing that
plastic and free credit and debt
will not come home to haunt
us. For the borrower is the
slave to the lender and what
appears to be free will one day
require some form of
repayment.
What
Happened
to Free Air?
Or Free
Anything?!
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IERALD/ July 15, 1991
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Brethren Missionary
Volume 53 No. 7
July 15, 1991
3 Editorial
What Happened
lb Free Air?
Or Free
Anything?!
Charles W. Turner
5 National Conference
One Thing Leads
to Another
Jerry Young
6 BEM
A Future
Leader Writes
Dan Pierce
7 Fellowship News
Chuck Colson
Involves New
Holland GBC
with Prison
Ministry
8 Fellowship Happenings
Personal
Reflections:
The Baptism/
Membership
Debate
J. Keith Altig
10 Home Missions
Mission America:
A Strategy for
Ministry in
the Nineties
12 WMC
Thank You to
Our WMC
Friends
14 Foreign Missions
There's Hope
for Buenos
Aires!
16 CE National
Summer
Ministries
18 Fellowship News
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HERALD/ July 15, 1991
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
One Thing Leads To Another
by Jerry Young, Conference Moderator
Several years ago, a hydroelectric dam was to
be built across a valley in Maine. The people in the
town were to be relocated and the town itself
submerged.
During the time between the initial decision and
the completion of the dam, the town fell into
disrepair. When asked about the disappearance of
well-kept lawns and streets, one resident replied,
"Where there is no faith in the future, there is no
work in the present."
It is the business of Annual Conference to build
such faith within the Fellowship of Grace Brethren
Churches. Consider what our representatives
declared in 1985:
The Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches
will hold conferences for the central purpose
of inspiring a greater vision in our churches
for a worldwide gospel witness. To support
this purpose, delegates will be provided
opportunities for fellowship, corporate
worship. Bible teaching and evaluation of
our national and international ministries.
The order in which these opportunities appear
is not without significance. Because one thing
leads to another, we purposely made fellowship
a leading component in Conference this year.
According to Romans 15:7-12, accepting one
another in the spirit of Christ brings praise to God
among the nations of the world. One thing leads
to another. And this acceptance is not a mere
handshake or hug. It is a bending of one's own
pride until the needs of others come before your
own. It is an exertion of effort until the unaccep-
table become acceptable.
Others won't like it. of course. When Jesus
welcomed sinners, his critics were irritated. But
wonderful things happen when we act like Jesus.
The Spirit of the Lord fills our souls with joy and
peace. Steadfast hope overflows to others. They
watch and decide to follow Jesus, too. One thing
leads to another.
Welcome to Annual Conference! I hope you find
someone unacceptable to you. Only then can the
Spirit of God prove His presence.
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love. joy. peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness and self-control. Against such
things there is no law. Those who belong to
Christ Jesus have crucified their sinful
nature with its passions and desires."
- Galatians 5:22-24 (NIV)
Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches Annual Conference Information
July 25 - August 1
Location: Grace Brethren Church of Columbus
8225 Worthington-Galena Rd.
Westerville, Ohio
Program Highlights:
Thu. July 25, 7:00pm - Opening reception for
everyone. Meet the Seminar speakers and leaders of
our national organizations.
Fri. & Sat. July 26-27 - Great CHURCH LEADER-
SHIP SEMINAR Featuring Dr. Elmer Towns -
"Reaching the Unchurched America" and Rev. Bill
Hull - "The Discipling Church" Plus fourteen most
helpful elective workshops.
Sat. July 27, 7:00pm - "THE STORY" A concert
directed by Randy Kettering, featuring a 150 voice
choir, 50 piece orchestra and other musicians from
the host church.
Sun. July 28, 9:00 & 11:00am - Duplicate worship
services with Pastor Jerry Young's moderator's
address, "HAVING HOPE".
Sun. July 28, 7:00pm - Great Missions Focus Rally
Featured speaker: Eduardo Coria from Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Mon. - Thu., July 29 - August 1
Daily morning group meetings - Missions Focus Bible
Hours - Women's, Men's and Minister's Meetings -
Business - Corporation Meetings
SPECIAL EVENING SERVICES - 7:00pm
Monday - All Conference Communion Service led by
our host pastor, Jim Custer.
Tuesday - Worship & Praise Service Speaker: Dr.
John Davis. Commissioning service for new
missionaries.
Thursday - Great Patriotic Service. Speaker: Colonel
David P. Peterson, U.S. Army, Chaplain over all
chaplains in the Desert Shield and Desert Storm
operations. Finale Concert: "AMERICA" Presented by
the choir and orchestra of the host church.
IF YOU NEED ANY INFORMATION ABOUT CONFERENCE PLEASE CONTACT YOUR PASTOR OR CALL OUR
FELLOWSHIP COORDINATOR'S OFFICE - (219) 269-1269
IBRALD/ July 15, 1991
BRETHREN EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES
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Grace Brethren Church in
Irasburg, Vermont.
HERALD/ July 15, 1991
FELLOWSHIP NEWS
Chuck Colson
Involves New Holland GBC
with Prison Ministry
After leaving the White House, Charles W.
Colson, former special counsel to President
Richard Nixon, encountered Jesus Christ.
Seven months in prison for Watergate-related
offenses changed the new believer's vision. The
prisoners he'd met behind bars needed to know
about the transforming power of Jesus Christ.
God used this new Christian's prison term to
begin Prison Fellowship Ministries that, since
1976, has spread the Good News of God's love
and forgiveness around the world.
Since 1977, Dr. Roy Roberts, Senior Pastor
of the Grace Brethren Church, New Holland,
Pennsylvania, has been involved with Chuck
and Prison Fellowship. On Easter Sunday,
March 31, Dr. Roy and Patti Roberts accom-
panied four families from the New Holland
Church into the State Correctional Institution-
Retreat in Hunlock Creek, Pennsylvania.
Chuck Colson gave a stirring resurrection
message in the gymnasium and fully half of
the prisoners came forward for prayer and
other decisions. Following the in-prison service,
the New Holland group joined Chuck Colson
for lunch.
The real meaning of Easter, according to
Colson, "Is why I always spend this most
meaningful of all holidays in prison. What a
better place to be? Prisons are places of despair
and slow death, sapping the life out of people.
They are indeed the tombs of today's society.
But they also display the victory of the resur-
rection most dramatically; one can see the
reality of the resurrected Christ in once-dead
lives."
Truly, the New Holland prison visitors ex-
perienced this as well. Ministry to the "least
of these" is life-changing indeed.
Left to right: Ed & Erma Hershey, Dr. Wolfram & Arlene Andrews, Patti & Roy Roberts, Chuck Colson, Ruth
Ann & Morris Hursh, and Barbara & Clyde Horst (all members of the GBC, New Holland, PA).
HERALD/ July 15, 1991
FELLOWSHIP HAPPENINGS
Personal Reflections
/ have been encouraged by many to open up a limited number
of pages of the Herald magazine to the expression of opinions
and beliefs regarding the baptism I membership issue in the
Grace Brethren Church. No practical means of such an
exchange has been available to persons following last year's
national conference. A forum plan was adopted at the 1989
conference, but has not been Implemented In a workable
fashion to date. No exchanges which involve the names of
other persons will be Included. The use of the Herald
magazine makes the Information available to lay persons as
well as to ministers. No editing will be done on any of the
articles and It Is understood that the material does not have
the endorsement of the Herald, the Fellowship or the local
church — It reflects the personal position of the Individual
author. —Charles W. Turner, publisher
FINAL ARTICLE IN SERIES
By J. Keith Altig
Retired missionary to Brazil and Pastor Emeritus,
Grace Brethren Church, Whittier, CA
Having been in the ministry of the Brethren
church for over fifty years both in State-side
pastorates and on the foreign field, I feel that
perhaps my experience vis-a-vis the membership/
baptism question might help to allay some of the
fears and apprehensions which seem to be rife in
our Fellowship.
I was on the mission field in 1964 when the
church of which I was formerly the pastor and
where my membership has been almost con-
tinuously since 1945, adopted the practice of
receiving as full members, people who had made
a true confession of faith and witnessed it by
immersion.
As far as I know never has one of the members
baptized by single immersion ever advocated that
the church discontinue the practice of trine
immersion. And never has one refused to have his
or her children baptized by trine immersion or
requested that the child be baptized by other than
the method taught by the church.
Many non-trine immersed members have
become strong supporters of the Brethren ministry
and its Boards. The Seminary professor's salaries
have been paid in part by their tithes and offerings.
Grace Schools has been supported, Home Missions
works have been helped and missionaries have
been sent out by these believers. Many have been
strong prayer warriors in behalf of the Brethren
work and they have been a blessing in every way.
I fear that those who insist on admitting only
trine immersed people into church membership
will destroy exactly what they think they are
preserving. Here's what I have observed: A family
I know who were not admitted to membership in
a Brethren church because they considered their
single immersion a sufficient testimony to their
faith in and indentification with Christ in His
death, burial and resurrection, went to worship
and serve in another Fellowship. Their son became
a pastor and is reaching souls for the Lord but is
not practicing trine immersion so those who come
to Christ under his ministry will know nothing
about it.
Had this family been accepted by a Brethren
church, their son would undoubtedly have become
a Brethren minister teaching and practicing both
trine immersion and the three-fold communion
service.
That is exactly what happened in another family
I know. They were accepted as members without
being baptized by trine immersion. Their son
became a Brethren pastor and their other child
was baptized as we practice the ceremony. They
were no threat to our Fellowship but have been a
blessing for many years.
In giving the requirements for a widow to be
received into the "number" (church membership?)
nothing is said about the necessity of her being
baptized. 1 Tim. 5:9-10.
If baptism is required of one, if he or she is to
be a member of the "true church" and thus sav-
ed, the comment of Paul is exceedingly strange
when he said in 1 Cor. 1:14, "I thank God that I
baptized none of you but Crispus and Gaius." It is
as if he had said, "I thank God that none of you
are saved save Crispus and Gaius." Salvation, or
membership in the "true church", follows salvation
and is not a part of the process of getting there.
To insist that a believer must be baptized by trine
immersion in order to be worthy to fellowship and
serve in a local church demonstrates an attitude
of superiority and spiritual pride which says in
effect, "You may be on the bus for heaven but you
must sit in the back. You can be an "associate" but
you can't be a full member." Such an attitude
indicates a lingering desire to do something to
complete one's relationship with God.
If anyone is betrayed, it is those of us who served
in the Grace Brethren church under the im-
pression that it truly maintained a position of
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FELLOWSHIP HAPPENINGS
grace. Now we find some declaring that grace is
not enough - that before we can be totally right
with God and the church we must submit to trine
immersion.
Trine immersion is good and scriptural, but so
is the three-fold communion service, regular
church attendance, generous giving, the practice
of good works, separation from the world, service
and witnessing to others. If we are consistent we
should insist that these and other "good works"
be scrupulously observed before membership is
granted.
Because the "true church" is still in the world,
there must still be some whom God has elected
to be saved. If we Brethren will put aside our
wrangling and contention as to just what are the
requirements for church membership and get on
with the business of reaching souls for Christ, they
will be taught the beautiful and blessed truths
contained in the practice of trine immersion and
the three-fold communion. But if not, these elect
ones will be reached by others who really have a
burden for the lost but the new converts will never
hear about nor practice those things we rejoice in
knowing and doing.
In his commentary on Romans 2, Dr. McClain
puts it clearly when he says the subject of circum-
cision and the Jewish religion is relative as com-
pared to baptism and the Christian faith. "Perhaps
we may paraphrase the twenty-eighth and twenty-
ninth verses in this manner: " 'For he is not a
Christian who is one outwardly, neither is that
baptism which is outward in the flesh, but he is
a Christian which is one inwardly, and baptism is
that of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter;
whose praise is not of men but of God."'
Is it possible that we Brethren will not allow
Christians whose baptism is of the heart, in the
spirit, to be associated with us fully in the work
of reaching the lost for Christ just because they
have not obeyed the letter of the law? We should
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HOME MISSIONS
MISSION AMERICA
A Strategy for Ministry in the Nineties
"Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy
of the gospel of Christ; . . . standing firm in one
spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith
of the gospel." Philippians 1:27 NAS
Paul knew that if the gospel of Christ was to be
successfully proclaimed throughout the world.
Christians would need to stand firm and strive
together: stand firm in their faith, and strive
together in a spirit of cooperation, in support of a
common goal.
It's exciting to be a part of the Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches, to be a part of a group
of God's people who are committed to a biblically-
sound statement of faith and who cooperate with
one another for the proclamation of the gospel of
Christ, the extension of His Church in America
and around the world.
Grace Brethren Home Missions seeks your
prayer support of a ministry strategy for the first
half of this decade, "Mission America." We've
developed a list of five primary goals for each
of our four areas of ministry: church planting,
Navajo ministries, church financing, and
chaplaincy ministries. These goals are explained
below.
MISSION AMERICA
MINISTRY GOALS 1991-1995
CHURCH PLANTING:
• Facilitate the planting of
fifty new churches in the
USA. To reach this goal, we
would need to plant an average
of ten new churches each year
over the next five years. Our
objective is to plant churches
with an ethnic diversity, in areas
ranging from rural to urban
settings, in cooperation with sponsoring churches
and regional district mission boards.
• Facilitate the planting of our first Grace
Brethren Church in Canada. This is part of a five-
tiered strategy, the "Canadian Initiative," approved
by our directors in 1990. Please pray that a qualified
church-planter will step forward to lead this pioneer
effort.
• Prepare cooperative agreements with each of
our twenty-two districts in the FGBC. Nearly all
of our Home Mission churches receive assistance
from their respective district mission boards. Our
goal is to enhance and strengthen this cooperative
relationship via the adoption of a uniform working
agreement.
• Produce a church-planting handbook for spon-
soring churches. Many of our Grace Brethren
Churches are adopting a strategy to reproduce
themselves, to actually plant a new church in a
neighboring city. Our goal is to facilitate this pro-
cess with a "how-to" guide, easily read and follow-
ed by the average lay person.
• Provide quality training and ministry tools for
our church-planters. Our goal is to prepare video
training helps in the areas of evangelism, assimila-
tion of new people, creative church-planting
methodology, etc. We also hope to enhance our
leadership workshops and seminars for the develop-
ment of our church-planters' effectiveness.
NAVAJO MINISTRIES:
• Obtain full support of our
missionary staff by the end
of 1993. Presently, only a few
of our Navajo missionaries have
their financial support needs
fully underwritten. It is our goal
to have each one of our Navajo
missionaries enjoy the support
of sponsoring churches and be accountable to
those supporting congregations.
• Obtain full support of our Navajo student
body by the end of 1993. We have one of the finest
educational facilities on the entire Navajo reserva-
tion and we feel that Christian education remains
one of the most effective means of reaching the
Navajo people with the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Our goal is to develop a network of God's people
across the United States which will sponsor the
educational needs of our Navajo children.
• Start two new Navajo churches by the end of
1995. We are thrilled with the exciting ministries
of our three Navajo churches and their Navajo
pastors. Please pray that Navajo pastoral leadership
will be developed for the initiation of at least two
more Grace Brethren churches on the reservation.
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HOME MISSIONS
• Develop a dynamic youth ministry among
our Navajo churches. Although there are many
activities available for the youth attending our
school, there are few activities for the youth who
attend our Navajo churches. Our goal is to develop
national leadership for the programmatic develop-
ment of a Christ-centered youth ministry in the
local church.
• Add four couples to our VIA (Volunteers in
Action) ministry by the end of 1995. We have
been blessed in Navajoland with the sacrificial
service of volunteer helpers, from teaching in the
school to maintaining the buildings and grounds.
With the addition of the Angie Garber Residence,
we are able to comfortably house more people who
are willing to volunteer their time and talents in
a significant ministry among our Native
Americans.
CHURCH FINANCING:
• Increase awareness in the
FGBC of the valuable ministry
of the Grace Brethren Invest-
ment Foundation. Many de-
nominations look at our GBIF
ministry with an envious eye,
especially since churches are
finding it more and more difficult
to obtain conventional financing
for the purchase of land and construction of wor-
ship facilities. Our Grace Brethren people need to
be made aware of this effective ministry.
• Increase personal investments to $25
million. This represents an approximate increase
of 30 percent over the next five years, or six per-
cent each year. It is a necessary step in order to
finance the healthy growth of the Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches.
• Increase church loans to $20 million. We ex-
pect requests of loans to increase, as the result of
new Home Mission churches purchasing land for
future development and existing churches con-
structing their first worship facility or an expan-
sion of their current building.
• Increase total number of personal invest-
ment accounts to 7,000. Presently, the GBIF has
3,730 accounts. When we consider that the total
membership of the FGBC is 39,000+ we have con-
siderable room to grow. Our goal is for more peo-
ple to enjoy the benefits and blessings of an ac-
count with the GBIF, an "investment with eternal
value."
• Develop a network of prayer support for the
ministry of the GBIF. We feel that this organiza-
tion plays a significant spiritual role in the harvest
field of America and, therefore, is deserving of the
consistent support of prayer partners who are kept
informed of specific needs and ministry progress.
CHAPLAINCY MINISTRY:
• Increase Eagle Commis-
sion membership by 100
percent by the end of 1995.
The Eagle Commission is a
support group which provides
prayer and financial
assistance for our ministry of
encouragement to Grace
Brethren chaplains serving in the United States
Armed Forces. Members of the Eagle Commission
receive monthly, informative updates and prayer
requests from our chaplains who serve in the Ar-
my, Navy, and Air Force.
• Recruit and endorse three new chaplains.
All of our Grace Brethren chaplains serve with
distinction and in strategic assignments of
ministry. We enjoy a high reputation in the
Chaplaincy Corps and wish to preserve this tradi-
tion by recruiting quality men who are trained and
qualified for this demanding career ministry.
• Sponsor a ministry retreat for our chaplains
and their wives. As in every profession, there is
a need to minister to one's peers, to learn from one
another, to encourage. Grace Brethren chaplains
serve in some difficult assignments, often in
remote, lonely areas, with little occasion for Chris-
tian fellowship. They need a time together for
prayer and for refreshment.
• Develop a network of at least ten sponsoring
churches for each of our military chaplains.
Even though the Eagle Commission provides per-
sonalized support and encouragement, we feel it
is important for our chaplains to enjoy a partner-
ship with local congregations.
• Develop recruitment materials for use in
colleges and seminaries. As part of our effort to
endorse qualified men for the Grace Brethren
chaplaincy, we will be preparing materials which
will illustrate for a prospective candidate the
dynamics and challenges of a career position as
an officer in the Chaplaincy Corps.
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I hope you can appreciate the fact that for these
important goals to be achieved, we must "strive
together." I hope that you will stand with us, "with
one mind," behind these worthy objectives.
My hope and prayer is that "Mission America"
will be a strategy which will enjoy the enthusiastic
support of all our Grace Brethren people. May this
last decade of the twentieth century be a decade
of significance as God's people unite together for
the gospel of Christ!
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5
FOREIGN MISSIONS
There's Hope for Buenos Aires!
As of April 21, 1991 there is a new Grace
Brethren Church in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It's
called Iglesia de la Esperanza (Hope Church)
and it represents hope for eternal and abundant
life in Jesus Christ for the people who live in one
of the largest cities in the world. GBFM mis-
sionaries Steve and Wilma Bailey and Dave and
Sue Guiles are vitally involved in this work
which in reality consists of three works in one.
To understand this, a short history lesson will
help.
In 1989 the Guiles and Baileys began a new
church-planting endeavor in conjunction with
the Don Bosco Brethren Church, pastored by
Eduardo Coria. This church, begun by former
GBFM missionaries Solon and Kathryn Hoyt
approximately 40 years ago, had the vision to
plant a church in the neighboring community
of Wilde.
The Lord blessed the Wilde work and after
much prayer, contact making and evangelism,
a group of between 30-40 people was taking
shape. On Sundays, the group from Wilde met
together with the Don
Bosco church with the
intention that one day
they would have their
own church in their own
community.
In 1990, through a
contact provided by one
of the Wilde group
members, Pastor Coria
was given the oppor-
tunity to broadcast a
weekly radio program in
Sarandi, another neigh-
boring community. Out of this ministry grew a
Bible study in Sarandi led by Pastor Coria which
grew to an attendance of 10-15 people. Many from
this group also began congregating at the Don
Bosco church on Sundays, also with the intention
on the part of some to eventually have their own
work in Sarandi.
A family signs the
membership book for
the new churches.
Pastor Eduardo Coria baptizing new Christians.
With the three groups meeting together every
Sunday, the lack of space in the Don Bosco
building became a real problem. Something had
to be done. Was it time for the Wilde and/or
Sarandi works to launch out on their own? After
much prayer and planning on the part of the
leadership, a decision was finally reached, to com-
bine the three small works into one strong,
vibrant, growing church.
This is exactly what happened on April 21,
1991. With 130 people in attendance, 86 people
signed a special commemorative parchment as
the founding members of this new Grace Brethren
Church, Iglesia de la Esperanza (Hope Church).
A new pastoral leadership team was recognized
consisting of two Argentines, Eduardo Coria and
Jose Palacios, and two GBFM missionaries, Dave
Guiles and Steve Bailey. The Brethren have been
challenged to expand their vision of what God can
do in and with their church— reach not only their
own community but the entire southern zone of
Buenos Aires.
This entire project represents a change in the
GBFM strategy in Argentina and a break with
what has been traditional mission strategy in
many fields of the world. Instead of seeking to
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FOREIGN MISSIONS
begin churches in various areas at the same
time, missionary efforts are being concentrated
in one place at one time. The plan is to build
a strong base in southern Buenos Aires con-
sisting of a large, strong mother church capable
of investing the people, resources and prayer
support necessary to plant other churches in
surrounding areas.
There is no doubt that God has already begun
a significant work in southern Buenos Aires.
Attendance at the church has doubled in the
past year, from 60 to 120. During the months
of March and April of this year, 27 people were
baptized, with others waiting in the wings to do
likewise. The Iglesia de Esperanza or Hope
Church, although small by U.S. standards, is
now the second largest Grace Brethren church
in Argentina. Immediate plans call for a re-
modeling of the present sanctuary to be able to
accommodate more people and the using of the
parsonage next door for Sunday School class-
rooms, the latter hinging on the finding of
adequate housing for Pastor Coria. After that,
if the present growth continues, double Sunday
morning services could be implemented for a
Philippines Bible Institute Need
The Robert Judays' have been working in the
Philippines for some years. Their work has been
fruitful, but they, like all missionaries, have special
needs. They were at the Herald Bookstore in May.
As we talked, the need for funds for library books
in the Philippines Bible Institute became the
center of the conversation. I promised them that
the Missionary Herald would help with raising the
funds. They stated it would become a project that
they would mention as they traveled. The first
responses have come in and we are thankful for
them. If you would like to become part of the pro-
ject of Library books for the Philippines, please
join us! Checks may be sent to the Missionary
Herald or to Grace Brethren Foreign Missions.
— Charles W. Turner
Leamersville, PA GBC
Faith and Love WMC $25.00
Grace and Peace WMC $ 20.00
Vicksburg, PA GBC $25.00
Part of the congregation of
Hope Grace Brethren Church.
time until a bigger facility could be acquired.
Long range plans call for the construction of a
large facility located on a highly visible piece of
land on one of the main avenues of southern
Buenos Aires.
It's exciting to see God working and changing
lives in this great city. Your GBFM missionaries
solicit your prayers as the Iglesia de la Esperanza
offers the hope of eternal salvation in Christ to
Buenos Aires.
AIRMAIL TO MISSIONARIES
Did you know that it takes three to six months
for the Herald magazine to reach our missionaries
when we send their magazines via surface mail?
We believe they deserve to receive their Herald
a week to 10 days after we place it in the mail, so
we would like to send their subscriptions by airmail.
However, airmail costs for each subscription
amounts to nearly $40 a year. Funding for this
ministry would need to come from interested
persons, Sunday School classes, Bible study
groups, etc. You may designate a missionary or we
will select one.
Please make your check payable to the Brethren
Missionary Herald, and be sure to designate it
"Herald Airmail — Missionaries." All gifts for this
project are tax deductible.
Brethren Missionary Herald
P.O. Box 544
Winona Lake, IN 46590
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15
Pray for the Summer Ministries of CE National, Inc
ME.
(Training In Ministry Experiences)
Chery Otermat, Associate Director
ARGENTINA/URUGUAY
(Dan and Miriam Pacheco)
Cindy Allebach - Palmyra, PA
Julie Rosado - Chicago, IL
Rachel Gigous - Warsaw, IN
Dave Underwood - Huber Heights, OH
BRAZIL
(Bill and Patty Willhite)
Sherry Kloosterman - Grandville, Ml
Brian Kohler - Winona Lake, IN
Milissa Pennington - Lake Odessa, Ml
Chontelle Pritchette - Waterloo, IA
Phil Shirk - Ripon, CA
Cathy Shipley - Warsaw, IN
Andy Sommers - Osceola, IN
Tricia Willhite ■ Roanoke, VA
ENGLAND/SCOTLAND
(Brian and Rhonda Weaver)
David Bargerhuff ■ Marcellus, Ml
Jenny Diemer - Worthington, OH
Lynette Kaufman - Turner, Ml
Shannon Sprunger • Berne, IN
NATIONAL
TRAINING AND
ENCOURAGING
CHURCH LEADERSHIP
Steve Taylor - Lakeland, FL
Mary Walker - Marietta, GA
Tammy Underwood - Huber Heights, OH
FRANCE/ROMANIA/USSR
(Jay and Jan Bell)
Stephanie Gregory - Leamersville, PA
Mark Hejduk - Cincinnati, OH
Kelli Hoke • Winona Lake, IN
Tami Miller - Winona Lake, IN
Chery Otermat - CE National, Inc.
Patricia Pepple - Richmond, VA
Julia Tom - South Bend, IN
Steven Wise • Palmyra, PA
GERMANY/CZECHOSLOVAKIA
(Kip and Mary Cone)
Steve Jacobson - Indianapolis, IN
Sheryl Mumma - Lititz, PA
Jenny Saurer • Rittman, OH
Denise Trenner - Orange, CA
Mark Vandegrift - Canton, OH
Mike Yoder - Warsaw, IN
JAPAN
Sherry Albin - Hagerstown, MD
Dawn Ryman - Osceola, IN
NAVAJO
Miriam Aellig • Winona Lake, IN
Allison Waltz - Lititz, PA
PHILADELPHIA (Third Brethren)
Mark Dal Pra - Wooster, OH
Towana Price - Auburn, IN
SAFARI OF HOPE (C.A.R.)
Crystal Siegrist - St. Petersburg, FL
Ben Taylor - Bellflower, CA
Ruth Wolfe - Cadillac, Ml
OPERATION BARNABAS
Leaders:
*Perry Huesmann
"Rob and Christy Barlow
Johanna Custer
Tim and Dana Kurtaneck
Misty Moore
Dan and Gay O'Deens
Mike and Denise Sessler
Donya Tanglin
Phil Yoder
TeamMembers:
Angela Albright
Rae Alejado
Jennifer Allshouse
Ruben Alvarez
Scott Becker
Michelle Biddle
Douglas Black
Tricia Botdorf
Denise Braham
Adam Brown
Amy Buchanan
Jason Carmean
Kelly Chalfant
Beth Coleman
Heather Dilling
Christie Edmonds
Jessica Eno
Cindy Erickson
Daniel Eshleman
Jason Fallin
Scott Feather
Susanne Feller
David Fordyce
David Gable
Michael Gomez
Stephanie Grady
Chrissy Gray
Maurie Grimm
Teena Halbakken
Heather Hanft
Amanda Harper
Grant Harrison
Derek Heisey
Jason Horst
Philip Jarvis
Andy Jentes
Brian Johnson
Rachel Keith
Jonathan Klohr
Lisa Knox
Jennifer Leverenz
Lori Luna
Meredith Malone
Michelle McNeal
Dave Pacheco
Cindy Pfitzenmaier
Jason Prince
Dean Pryor
Scott Robison
Anna Rybarik
Jason Sandy
Peter Schrock
Julie Schwartz
George Seifert
Travis Simmons
Marcia Steiner
Gary Stevens
Jamey Tanner
Jon Watkins
Tracy Wright
Jason Young
Brethren National Youth Conference
EJ. Underwood, Associate Director
Speakers...Greg Speck, Jay Bell, EJ Underwood, Ed Short,
Charley Scandlyn
Other Features.. .First Call, Billy and Sarah Gaines, Communion, Operatioi
Barnabas, Blitz, GRAND CANYON, Worship team, Post-Hi division
programming.
Other conferences there -- Twenties: a vacation with a conference for
Christian singles
-- Blueprints: an adult "training program" in youth ministries
Other Prayer Concerns:
New Direction for Sunday School -- Discipleship
TARGET THREE • to see 1000 persons praying for
the salvation of three friends
1 FOCUS '92 - a focus on outreach for the FGBC
strategy
Boys' Curriculum Task Force -■ Jim Jensen,
coordinator
CE Network Consultants - helping churches
National Conference -■ Bill Hull, Church Leadership
Conference & discussion groups
"Vital Signs' - a new direction for PSA (Statistics)
'Youth News in the Nineties" ■ new publication for
youth sponsors
SMM -■ kindergarten program plans
National Cabinets - planning for future
.
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WMC Reading Circle
1991-1992
A Story
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SOAJWJVG OiV BROKEJV WTiVGS
by Kathy Bartalsky
Kathy Bartalsky's adult life began like a fairy tale. She married a
wonderful Christian man and moved to Hawaii. Despite doctors' predic-
tions to the contrary, she soon conceived and gave birth to a healthy baby
boy. In love with her husband and enthralled with her new son. Kathy
was filled with hope for her future. But her storybook life soon began to
fall apart.
Like Job, Kathy would learn many painful lessons on the sovereignty
of God. Through devastating personal losses she became acutely aware
of her need to trust the Lord completely. And by keeping her eyes fixed
on Jesus, Kathy has turned tragedy into triumph.
NO PLACE TO CRY
by Doris Van Stone and Erwin W. Lutzer
Dorie Van Stone considered herself ugly, unloved, and dirty as the result
of childhod sexual abuse.
Having been shunned by her parents "like an unwanted dog," and
mercilessly abused in several foster homes. Dorie clung to the uncondi-
tional love of God that so many take for granted. God gave her a tender
heart to forgive her abusers.
Through Dories candor, you will gain insight into the trauma of abuse
and also knowledge of the steps to recovery for those unfortunate enough
to have been affected by this plight.
EVIDENCE NOT SEEN
by Darlene Deibler Rose
"As an American spy, you are worthy of death. ... All time froze around
me. ... In terror I watched the man's hand fold around the hilt of the
sword. ..."
This is the true story of a young American missionary woman's courage
and triumph of faith in the jungles of New Guinea and her four years in
a notorious Japanese prison camp. Never to see her husband again, she
was forced to sign a confession to a crime she did not commit and face
the executioner's sword, only to be miraculously spared.
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FELLOWSHIP NEWS
NEWS UPDATE
Michael Ostrander will be termi-
nating his ministry at the Ozark
Grace Brethren Church of Ozark,
Ml, after 5 and one-half years. He
will assume the pastorate of the
Mifflin, OH, Grace Brethren Church.
He plans to move to the Mifflin
pastorate by July 22, 1991. Resumes
for the pastorate at Ozark can be
sent to: Ozark Grace Brethren
Church, R. 1, Box 212, Moran, Ml
49760.
Tim George announced the com-
pletion of his ministry at the
Myerstown Grace Brethren Church
of Myerstown, PA. This will be effec-
tive August 1, 1991. He has served
in the capacity of associate pastor
of evangelism and discipleship.
Roger Wambold has resigned as
senior pastor of Penn Valley Grace
Brethren Church in Telford, PA. He
has accepted the call to serve as
general director of the Hebrew-
Christian Fellowship Headquarters
in Dresher, PA. Inquiries regarding
the senior pastor vacancy should be
directed to Harvey Stoneback,
Chm., Elder Board of the Penn
Valley Grace Brethren Church, 320
N. Third St., Telford, PA 18969.
Larry Humberd, youth pastor of the
Grace Brethren Church of Hagers-
town, MD, has announced his
resignation. The church is now seek-
ing a replacement for Mr. Humberd
and you may contact Pastor Ray
Davis if you have an interest in this
field of service.
James Custer has been awarded
the Doctor of Divinity degree by
Grace Schools, Winona Lake, IN.
Jim is a graduate of both the college
and the seminary and has distin-
qished himself as the pastor of the
Grace Brethren Church, Worth-
ington, OH. This church has grown
from 250 to the present average
attendance of 3,000, and also
operates the Grace Brethren Chris-
tian Schools and Worthington High
School which includes a staff of 95
and 900 students.
Change Your Annual
Morton, James. 3078
of Cypress, CA. Pastor
Arment, Alan. P.O. Box 210,
Williamsburg Dr., State
Charles Covington per-
Lititz, PA 17543-0210.
College, PA 16801.
formed the ceremony.
Arrington, Harold. 2615
Quick, David. R. 5, Box
Deaths
Ellet Ave., Apt. No. 5,
204, Peru, IN
Akron, OH 44312 (Tel.
46970-9805.
Stephenson, Cecil, 84, Oc-
tober 31, 1990. She was
216/733-2529). He re-
Satterthwalte, Richard.
a member of the Bethel
quests that all corres-
Almudaina 21-7, 2;
Brethren Church, Berne,
pondence be sent to the
46007 - Valencia, Spain.
IN since she was 12
church address at: 530
Smith, Randall. 4501 W.
years of age. Robert
Stetler Ave., Akron, OH
Atlantic Blvd., A-1516,
Griffith, pastor.
44312.
Pompano Beach, FL
Welborn, Glen, 72, May 17,
Cohen, Steve. 13759
33066-1763.
1991. He was a Grace
Gardenland Ave.,
Brethren pastor for
Bellflower, CA
Weddings
many years and served
90706-2728.
Day: Deborah Wagner and
as pastor of the Leon
Dunkle, Jeffrey. 7667 N.
Leonard Day were
Brethren Church, Leon,
Wickham Rd., No. 1501,
united in marriage on
IA, until his retirement
Melbourne, FL 32940
February 16, 1991, at the
Grace Brethren Church,
several years ago. He
(Tel. 407/255-9009).
also pastored the Kenai
Grace Brethren Church
Farrell, Bess (Page 28).
Meyersdale, PA. Larry
in Kenai, AK, for several
Xola 125-103, Colonia
Gegner, pastor.
months after his retire-
Alamos, 03400, Mexico
Senior: Billie McClelland
ment. John Aeby of
D.F., Mexico.
and Randy Senior were
Waterloo, IA, LaRoy
Kennedy, James. 6246
united in marriage on
Anderson, and Russell
Drexel N.W., Massillon,
March 16, 1991, at the
Betz officiated at the
OH 44646.
Grace Brethren Church
memorial service.
The Maumee Valley Grace
Brethren Church is seeking a new
pastor. Resumes for this congrega-
tion of approximately 175 can be
sent to the Maumee Valley Grace
Brethren Church, 8715 Garden Rd.,
Maumee, OH 43537.
A new church is being started in the
Mayfair-Tacony area of Philadelphia,
PA. It will be called the Crossroads
Grace Brethren Church and pas-
tored by Jim Brown. His address is:
4216 Levick St., Philadelphia, PA
19135.
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FEELING GUILTY ABOUT WITNESSING?
THE
NO-GUILT
GUIDE
Witnessing
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The Brethren Adult
Series for September
October, and
November will feature
George Sweeting's
"No Guilt Guide to
Witnessing."
We have all at one time or other experienced
the guilt that comes when we don't obey God's
command to reach others with the Good News
of the Gospel. But even when we do witness,
we often feel guilty because we feel inadeguate
and ill-equipped to share our faith.
Dr. George Sweeting has walked in your shoes.
As a basically timid young man he learned to
witness amid occasional reluctance and worry
that the responsibility for success was his. But he
persevered and over the years has become a
renowned evangelist, leading many seekers to
Christ.
Now he offers you his decades of experience in
this helpful book. In it he tells
• how to prepare to witness,
• how to present an effective witness,
• how to seek commitment,
• and how to follow up.
Not only will you gam confidence as you brush
up on some proven how-tos of witnessing, but
you will gain assurance that as you are faithful
to the task you can trust the Lord with the
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EDITORIAL
"The Annual Meeting" is the
name of a special gathering by
the Brethren. It dates back to the
middle of the 18th century and
it is not clear when the first one
took place. "Brethren through-
out their history have depended
exclusively on a democratic style
of government. Questions of
practice, doctrine, and leader-
ship have found answers in open
discussion in Brethren assem-
blies. This democratic style
reaches its highest development
in the Brethren Annual Meeting,
a gathering open to all members
for the mutual discussion of
common questions." This his-
toric institution is thus described
in the Brethren Encyclopedia.
In the early years the annual
meeting location was near Ger-
mantown, Pennsylvania. But it
began to move out to Virginia,
Ohio and Indiana. The annual
meetings before 1880 included
discussions of doctrine and prac-
tice, with questions concerning
baptism and discipline. During
the mid- 19th century the interest
centered around Brethren atti-
tudes toward the innovations of
the day. The authority of the
annual meeting was even ques-
tioned! The 1881-1883 disagree-
ments centered on the binding
decisions of the meeting. The
division of the Brethren during
this period brought about dif-
ferent groups and their own
models for the annual meeting.
I have a 1,000 page book of the
annual meetings covering the
period of 1778 through 1980. It is
an in-depth study of the thoughts
and movements of the periods of
this time. The later section deals
with the Old German Baptists.
The first edition was published in
1876 and carries the name of J.
Quinter, the famous publisher of
the last century.
The first National Conference
I attended was in 1941, just a
half-century ago. It came a
month or two before PearUHarbor
and the beginning of World War
II. I left the National Youth Con-
ference several evenings to listen
to men like Bauman, Ashman.
Mayes, McClain and Hoyt who
were leaders in the early days of
a new group and the call to ser-
vice was very clear. There was
much excitement and for a
young man there was a focus.
There was no doubt about the
reasoning of this group and
where they were going.
National conferences for the
Grace Brethren took place in
Winona Lake, Indiana for many
years and then began to be held
in other areas where the Brethren
were working. However, there is
one common element in all of
these conferences — it is fellow-
ship! Meeting and greeting and
hugging and kissing as persons
renew friendships. They exchange
stories and warm greetings and
the preaching sets the tone for the
whole meeting. They debate is-
sues with warmth and go home
with the basic convictions that
they had brought with them.
Seldom does the vote of national
conference ever change the action
of the local church. Convictions
are not easily swayed by the emo-
tions of a few brief hours.
So it is national conference time
again. The Brethren have been do-
ing this for over a hundred years,
perhaps two hundred. This year
we gather at Columbus, Ohio.
Some of my friends will not be
there this time. They have joined
a larger group of believers that
have solved the problems of theo-
logy and full fellowship. However,
there will be hugging, kissing,
warm fellowship and sharing in
the good things that God has
done. There will be some tears,
both of joy and sorrow — and we
will return to the place where the
real work is done — at home in our
everyday lives.
The
Annual
Meeting —
National
Conference
Time!
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by Charles W. Turner
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Brethren Missionary
Volume 53
August 15, 1991
12
3 Editorial
The Annual
Meeting —
National
Conference Time
Charles W. Turner
5 Fellowship News
6 CE National
Friend Day
Jerry Young
7 CE National
An FGBC Focus
on Outreach
8 Foreign Missions
Having Hope for
An International
Fellowship of GBC
Tom Julien
10 WMC
Where is God
When Friendship
Hurts?
11 Grace Schools
Inner City-
Ministries
12 Home Missions
God's Wonderful
Provision
Scott Weaver
14 B.E.M.
Alliance, NE
One Year
Later!
15 Ministry Resources
Constructing the
Vision through
Missions
Suzanne Collins
16 Christian Fiction
Christian Fiction
Author Hopes
Book Will Lead
Others to Christ
Chip Alford
18 Fellowship News
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Jim Folsom
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FELLOWSHIP NEWS
Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches 1992 Conference
to Focus on the Theme of Evangelism
Dr. David Plaster, the moderator of our fellowship for 1991-1992,
will lead the conference to be held in Winona Lake, Indiana - August 1-6, 1992.
The facilities of Grace College will be available to us for lodging and meals. Information about
dormitory lodging and meals in the dining hall will be sent out to all F.G.B.C. churches soon.
For motel lodging contact one of the following motels/ hotels. All located in east Warsaw very
close to Winona Lake. Be sure to identify yourself as "Grace Brethren" in order to secure
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2513 E. Center
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CE NATIONAL
CE National, Inc. is urging churches to
annually have a special day to
encourage church members to invite
their friends to join them for a special
Sunday celebration. The following article
by Elmer Towns gives an overview of
Friend Day, used successfully in many
Grace Brethren churches to generate
contacts in the community.
FRIEND DAY
Friend Day is one of the most successful Sun-
day School attendance campaigns in the church
growth market today Historically, the Friend Day
Campaign is attributed to Wendell Zimmerman at
Kansas City (MO) Baptist Temple, who began using
the idea in the late 1950s. Dr. Truman Dollar, who
became pastor of the church, improved on the
idea. The author further developed the idea,
adding church growth principles and turning it
into a tool for all churches.
Friend Day is an evangelistic outreach involving
the total membership in a strategy of church
growth which uses existing human relationships
to reach people. Its success lies in its simplicity,
every church member brings a friend. Many
churches have used this campaign to double their
attendance on Friend Day. Using the campaign
follow-up strategy, many churches have exper-
ienced a significant and sustained increase in
attendance following Friend Day.
The strength of the Friend Day campaign is that
it uses a number of principles of church growth
including (1) identifying and reaching receptive,
responsive people (qualify prospects), (2) using
existing social networks to reach others in the
community, (3) using relationships to assimilate
new converts to the church, (4) eliminating bar-
riers and ministering to people at their felt needs,
(5) utilizing people according to their spiritual
gifts, and (6) applying the results of church growth
research in a workable plan of evangelism.
The purpose of Friend Day is to create momen-
tum in the minds of the church members. Five
Sundays before Friend Day, the pastor holds up a
letter to the congregation during the worship ser-
vice from a town dignitary who promises to attend
as the pastor's friend on Friend Day. This gives
credibility and motivation to the rest of the con-
gregation to invite a friend to church.
The following Sunday, members of the Church
Board hold up their letter indicating a friend is at-
tending with them on Friend Day. The third week,
Sunday School leaders reinforce Friend Day by
displaying their commitment from a friend. This
commitment is an enlistment card. A card is then
distributed to all church attenders. On the fourth
Sunday, each member of the congregation is asked
to display commitment cards.
In 1983, Church Growth Institute of Lynchburg,
Virginia first published a church growth campaign
entitled Friend Day. In the next seven years, over
20,000 churches used it to reach people for Jesus
Christ. As a matter of record, Friend Day usually
reaches more people than a week long evangelistic
crusade. One denominational office wrote, "Friend
Day is the hottest thing going in Sunday School."
The success of Friend Day and widespread
interest in a similar follow-up campaign resulted
in the recent publication of The Second Friend
Day by Church Growth Institute. The new material
includes lessons with coloring books for children,
sermon outlines, new adult lessons and two books
that help people evangelize their friends.
Both of these resource packets contain all a
church needs to conduct a successful evangelistic
outreach campaign. They include audio tapes
which explain how to use the packet and motivate
church boards and Sunday School teachers. Also
included are art layouts that can be copied for
advertisements and forms to organize and admin-
ister the programs. Everything in the packet is
reproducible.
A recent survey of four thousand new converts
indicated that 70 to 80 percent had chosen a
church because they had been invited by a relative
or friend. A nationwide survey of both growing and
non-growing congregations revealed that between
two-thirds and three-fourths of the members were
affiliated with their particular churches because
of friendship and kinship ties; and in the members
of the fastest growing congregations, a full seven-
eights of the recent adult new members indicated
that they first attended the church at the invita-
tion of a friend or relative.
For more information on Friend Day
contact 1-800-553-GROW at Church
Growth Institute (Virginia) or contact CE
National, Inc.. P.O. Box 365, Winona
Lake, IN 46590 (219) 267-6622.
Published from Tbwn's Practical Sunday
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leased summer, 1992. " '
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HERALD/ August 15, 1991
CE NATIONAL
An FGBC Focus on Outreach
Is knowing Christ the most important thing in life? Then sharing
Christ is the most important thing you can do for others.
For a number of years now various pastors,
leaders, and church members have expressed con-
cern that as a Fellowship of churches and as local
churches we must renew our commitment to
reaching the lost for Christ. In the last 8 years as
a Fellowship conversion growth in the United
States has dropped from almost 8000 people a
year to 4000 people a year. In spite of new
churches . . . new educational programs, we're
losing effectiveness in reaching those who are not
yet believers.
As a result of a growing need in our churches,
a desire from leaders of FGBC boards to encourage
evangelism among those entrusted to their respon-
sibilities and a challenge from the FGBC strategy,
a new "Focus on Outreach" emphasis is being
instituted for the Fellowship called "FOCUS '92."
District and regional seminars are planned
beginning in September 1991 to stimulate concern
and action in reaching the lost for Christ. With
unprecedented teamwork in evangelism using
national and district leaders, Saturday seminars
will challenge pastors and church members
through Biblical motivation, prayer, training,
sharing, accountability, and follow-up. The
seminars include small group discussions by
churches, videos of conversations with the lost
concerning Christianity, skits on ways to share
Christ, training in a new evangelism tool (available
to those desiring its use) and newly-revised follow-
up materials for new converts. One important
aspect includes personal responsibility for
outreach with goals and plans where a sense of
accountability will be encouraged. Churches will
be challenged to consider local programming to
focus on the lost.
Please pray that God will use these initial plans
to help us all be more active in sharing our faith.
As a result we too can grow spiritually as we gain
a full understanding of every good thing we have
in Christ (Philemon 6). The following people are
planning to attend each of the regional seminars
in 1991 and '92: Larry Chamberlain, Jesse Deloe
(GBHM); Tom Julien, Jay Bell (GBFM; David
Plaster, Roger Peugh (Grace Schools); Ron Thomp-
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Southern Ohio - September 28: North Central Ohio
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FOREIGN MISSIONS
Having Hope For An International Fellowship
Of Grace Brethren Churches
The sun never sets on the worldwide fellowship
of Grace Brethren churches. Worship begins in the
land of the rising sun, continues through Europe
and Africa, finally bringing together Christians on
the American continents, with the churches of
Hawaii the last to close their doors.
In most parts of the world the Brethren are sparse,
but we can say that Grace Brethren churches en-
circle the globe. An international fellowship of Grace
Brethren churches is already a reality.
What then does our Fellowship strategy mean
when it states: "Implement plans to establish an
International Fellowship of Grace Brethren
churches?" The answer is that we have churches
but very little fellowship on an international level.
We are looking for something that will tie us
together so that we can rejoice in each others bless-
ings and share common burdens.
The dream of an International Fellowship has
been around for a long time. Resolutions and recom-
mendations have been passed, but until now we
have been skimpy on follow through. The need for
doing better is keenly felt by many. Better network-
ing is indispensable to preserve our heritage, share
common concerns, and unite us in our mission to
a world never more desperate for hope. Our
Fellowship strategy, the road map for many of us in
planning and reflecting, lists three assignments.
These have been give to Grace Brethren Foreign Mis-
sions for implementation.
Identify the Leadership of
the International Fellowship
We are instructing our Regional Coordinators to
seek to identify the leaders of our churches on
each continent. We will be publishing a photo and
a brief biographical sketch of some of these men
Women's and Men's groups
in Central African Republic.
The ordination of an elder in Germany.
in future editions of Significant Times Newsletter.
In 1993, one man from each country will be
invited to participate in a Leadership Council to be
held just before National Conference here in the
United States. The purpose of this meeting will be
to establish an organizational structure for the
International Fellowship and to plan an International
Conference for 1995.
As an ongoing project, GBFM will coordinate an
exchange program for pastors. Through the years,
many pastors have visited the "mission field." How
about planning a trip for your pastor, making the
focus not the mission field, but a sister church
somewhere in the world? How about going a step
further and encouraging your district to bring a
pastor from overseas into your churches to allow
him to minister and also to learn from you?
Establishing a Communication System
to Track Church-Planting Worldwide
At this time no one knows exactly how many
Grace Brethren churches exist or where they all
are, mainly because of the outstanding growth of
the African congregations. Our goal is to have a
complete listing of the churches by this time next
year, listing the date of their organization, their
founder, and current pertinent information.
At the same time, plans are being made to en-
courage distribution of a monthly newsletter of
churches of each continent giving news of God's
working, sharing prayer requests, and making
Brethren aware of particular needs. The newslet-
ter will also encourage churches to engage in com-
mon efforts of prayer, such as the Day With God
on May 15, and common efforts of outreach, such
as FOCUS 92.
In fact, united prayer might well become the
8
HERALD/ August 15, 1991
FOREIGN MISSIONS
greatest one unifying factor of our International
Fellowship. This year we received a very encourag-
ing response from several countries indicating that
churches had set May 15 aside to seek God and
His favor.
Organize an International Conference by
1995 with Representation from Each Country
One of our dreams is to see a conference some-
where in the world bring together representatives
from every country where Grace Brethren church-
es exist. Those of us here in the United States
hardly see the need of such a gathering, for we
tend to value such events by what they can do for
us rather than what we can do for others, and it
is evident that we have been blessed abundantly
and need very little. This is certainly not the case
with our brothers in other countries.
Churches that are planted overseas see them-
selves as spiritual children of sending churches. The
The congregation at the church in Conde, Brazil.
day comes when the missionary must leave. These
churches must not feel that they are orphaned at
that time. An International Fellowship must be able
to continue what the mission has begun, otherwise
the fruit of many years' labor will go to others. An
International Conference at best will bring together
only a limited number of participants. It will be a
step toward further networking and sharing. But
though just a small step, it will nevertheless be the
setting for true fellowship on a deeper level than
many of the participants have ever known.
Yes, an international fellowship of churches is
already a reality if we mean merely the existence
of congregations around the globe, but it is time
to put some content into the word fellowship and
create genuine ligaments between us and our
brothers of other lands.
"From Him the whole body, joined and held
together by every supporting ligament, grows and
builds itself up in love, as each part does its work."
Eph. 4:16
Pastors Coria and Azcarate
to Visit National Conference
Two national pastors will participate in the Mis-
sions Rally on Sunday at National Conference.
They represent two of the metropolitan areas of
Latin America — Buenos Aires and Mexico City.
We extend to them a warm welcome to our coun-
try and our conference, and our best wishes for
their ministry in our midst.
Eduardo Coria
Pastor Eduardo Coria is the
Senior Pastor of the new Hope
Grace Brethren Church in
Buenos Aires. The Hope
Church is a merger between
the Don Bosco, Wilde, and
Sarandi congregations. Born in
the Cordoba Province of Argen-
tina, Pastor Coria graduated Pastor Coria
in 1960 from the Grace Brethren Bible Institute
in Almafuerte. He was married in 1961 to Nora
and became pastor of the Tancacha church. In
1964, he became one of the directors of the
Almafuerte Bible Institute, participating in the
radio program hosted by missionary Lynn
Schrock. In 1972, he moved with his family to
Buenos Aires where he became pastor of the Don
Bosco church while serving with a Christian
recording studio. In 1988, he left the studio to
become one of the few full-time pastors of the
country. Pastor Coria has three children and six
grandchildren.
Mariano and Margarita Azcarate
For the past five years, Peruvian born Mariano
Azcarate has pastored the Grace Brethren Church
in Mexico City. It was through the ministry of this
church that Mariano one day came to know Jesus
Christ as his Savior while passing through Mex-
ico on his way to the United States searching for
a better life. That was in 1981. Hungry to know
more about the Bible he soon decided to formal-
ly study in a Latin American seminary. Mariano
married a member of the Mexico City GBC,
Margarita.
After four years of seminary studies, Mariano
returned to Mexico City to
pastor his first church. Mariano
has focused on developing
capable leaders who are able to
direct others. His strong points
include Bible teaching and
marriage counselling.
Mariano, 36, and Margarita,
34, have three children: Andres
Eduardo (8), Mariano (5), and
Pastor Azcarate Maria Julia (2).
HERALD/ August 15, 1991
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WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Where is God When Friendship Hurts?
Diane stared in shock at the letter in her hand.
She read it again, hoping that she had
misunderstood its message.
Diane,
You won't need to help me get the kids to
the doctor on Friday. We will manage just
fine on our own. You never do any of the
things you promise, so from now on we'll
take care of ourselves.
We don't need for you to tell us about God
and His love. He has never done anything to
help us, even though I've prayed many
times. People like you always try to force
their ideas about God on others. I'm glad
this is a free land where we don't have to pay
any attention to people like that.
Sarah
P.S. It won't work out for us to come for the
holidays. I'll get your typewriter back to you
somehow after I finish this course. I'll mail
the books as soon as I finish them.
Diane dropped the letter on the kitchen counter.
Was Sarah trying to tell her that this was the end
of their friendship? She had called Sarah long
distance two days ago to let her know that her car
was in the shop for major repairs and she would
not be able to make the two-hour trip to Sarah's
town to drive her children in for their checkups.
She had thought that Sarah understood that this
was a situation beyond Diane's control.
Her mind wresded with Sarah's accusation that
she never did anything to help her. Could Sarah
really believe that? Of course, Sarah didn't know
about many of the sacrifices that Diane and her
family had made for her. Diane had been very
careful never to tell Sarah about them. She thought
of the time that finances were very tight and her
husband had been given a chance to earn some
overtime. They had planned on using the money to
repair some leaks in the roof, but Sarah had been
going through hard times financially since her
divorce, and had called in tears. Diane and her
husband had discussed the situation, and the
money from the overtime check had gone to Sarah.
Shortly after that, Sarah had been invited to go
with some friends to a cabin for a week. These
friends did not care much for children and had not
invited Sarah's children. Diane and her family had
kept the children for the week, even though they
had house guests of their own at the time, so Sarah
could have the break she needed.
Then there was the piano which at the time
Sarah had said was a dream come true. But it was
Diane who had scanned the papers, looking for the
"dream," an affordable used piano. And it was
Diane's husband and brother-in-law who had
transported the heavy piano to Sarah's house,
giving up their day off to make the trip.
As she racked her brain to think of what Sarah
could be thinking of, nothing came to mind except
that she had once offered to include some of
Sarah's items in a garage sale. None of them had
sold, and Sarah had felt cheated. Oh, yes, Sarah
had also asked her to try to sell a set of tapes that
Sarah's children had outgrown, but Diane hadn't
been able to find a buyer. "Help me, Lord, to know
what else I've done to hurt Sarah, " she cried in
her heart, "and show me how to make it right."
Hadn't she prayed for Sarah enough? The ques-
tion was, how could she pray for her more? All day
long, it seemed, every day, her heart cried out to the
Lord for her friend. Why hadn't God answered her
prayers for Sarah? Why hadn't He proved Himself
to Sarah before she turned against Him? Why didn't
He prove Himself to her now, and dispel her doubts?
They had been so close: college roommates, best
friends and confidants; they had even chosen the
same career. Diane had truly thought of Sarah as
a sister. Why was it that Sarah had stopped believing
in God and become the angry person she was today?
Diane would have laughed at Sarah's accusation
that she was forcing her ideas on her, except it hurt
to think that Sarah could really believe what she
was saying. Sarah had once claimed to love God
as Diane did, and they had attended the same
church for years, until Sarah married and moved
away. Now that Sarah was rejecting God, she had
told Diane to instruct her children to never
mention God to Sarah's children. Diane had
responded in her last letter that God was too much
a part of their lives, and that she could not require
that her children consciously deny His presence
in their lives. That, according to Sarah, meant they
were forcing their beliefs on her.
As Diane slowly picked up the letter and placed
it back in the envelope, she felt the same ache
inside her that she had felt when her grandfather
died. "It's actually worse," she thought. "With
Sarah I can't rest in the assurance that she is with
the Lord. I can only pray that she changes her
mind before it's too late."
What is Diane's responsibility to her friend?
Does friendship mean continuing to bear hurts
yourself in order to help someone? What does the
Bible say that Diane should do next? Write your
suggestions for Diane, based on what you believe
the Bible teaches and send it to: WMC Editor,
Brethren Missionary Herald Co., P.O. Box 544,
Winona Lake, IN 46590
Deadline: August 25. Your suggestions will be
printed in the October issue of the HERALD.
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HERALD/ August 15, 1991
GRACE SCHOOLS
Inner City Ministries
Ministry in inner-city Philadelphia.
There are people everywhere you look. One
million, six hundred thousand faces packed into
this "inner city".
They are Philadelphia.
Four Grace Theological Seminary alumni — all
Grace Brethren pastors — and their families are part
of inner-city Philadelphia. They are there with the
most important mission of all in the teeming
city — to bring the good news.
Mike Brubaker (M.Div. '83) has been there the
longest. "Though I was a country bumpkin, the
Holy Spirit drew me to urban work all through my
life." His undergraduate years at Philadelphia
College of Bible placed him right in the middle of
the city.
While at Grace Seminary. Mike participated in
the Grace Prayer Bands, a factor which kept the
burden for inner city alive within him.
"I had learned to love Philadelphia 20 years
before God put me there as Associate Pastor at
First Brethren Church in Philadelphia."
That was in 1981. Mike, his wife Margie, and
their daughters Charlanne and Amy are still there.
He's been the Senior Pastor since 1983.
Steve Blake (M.Div. '78) took the challenge of
Third Brethren Church nearly five years ago.
"When we got here." Steve remembers, "they
averaged only about 20 in attendance and were
ready to shut the doors. Now we average about 89."
Steve is on the street more than in the office.
"Sure I still study and preach, but the inner city
is people, and I love people. I want to meet them
and start building relationships."
"We don't play church here and open up only on
Sunday. It is a life for us."
Steve and his wife Ruth and their four children
James. Mackenzie. Morgan, and Cara live just
three minutes from the church. It is a rough,
welfare area beset with crime, violence, and drugs.
"We take precautions, but God has to take care of
us. We can't live in fear."
Steve Makofka (BA '83, M.Div. '88) is the rookie.
Steve and his family live in the Fishtown area
as Grace Brethren Home Missions urban church
planters.
"We started from scratch. Within a one-mile
radius of us there are 45.000 people and only two
other Bible-preaching churches. Both are fairly
small.
We just walked outside and started talking to
people. Developing the skill of talking with people
is a matter of survival. The foundation of the urban
church pastor is his ability to initiate conversations
with people."
With an average attendance of 30. the congrega-
tion of Liberty Grace Brethren Church has moved
Steve Makofka,
Mike Brubaker,
Steve Blake.
its meetings from the Makofka's house to a local
funeral home.
Steve and his wife Lorrie (formerly Lorrie
Gottschalk. who earned her AS degree in Nursing
from Grace College in 1982) have two children.
Kristin, and Kaitlin.
The latest addition to the Philadelphia team is
Jim Brown, his wife. Lisa, and their three children.
Jason. Jared. and Jennifer.
The Browns are members of First Brethren
Church and are working on plans now to plant a
new Grace Brethren Church. Crossroads Grace
Brethren Church of Philadelphia, in the Mayfair
section of the city.
Jim is a May 1991 M.Div. graduate of Grace
Theological Seminary and is now completing the
licensure process in the Northern Atlantic District
of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Jim
had been youth pastor on the staff at First
Brethren before entering Grace Seminary in 1988.
The needs of the people scream out in
Philadelphia — there's no doubt what to do with your
time and \ision. But. how to meet those needs?
Mike Brubaker: "We are seeking to increase our
membership to 300. That way we would have a
firm base on which to branch out into the city to
do more work."
Steve Blake: "We are fighting against Satan to
develop a core of Sunday-after-Sunday men with
strong commitments in their lives. We want this
church to become an accurate reflection of the
neighborhood racial population and meet the
needs of everyone in the racial mixture."
Steve Makofka: "We are aiming toward a perma-
nent facility by next year. We are also working to
increase our people's skills in evangelism. To
accomplish these things we specifically are seek-
ing two churches to adopt us. to help us financially,
visit often and pray for us."
Jim Brown: "Philadelphia is a traditional, yet
contemporary city. I see great opportunities for the
multiplication of new churches throughout the
city. This is the area of the traditional roots of the
Brethren churches in our country, and there is a
lot to do in the city today to bring the good news
of Christ to so many people. We are truly excited
as we look at future opportunities."
HERALD/ August 15, 1990
11
HOME MISSIONS
God's Wonderful Provision
By Pastor Scott Weaver
On April 7, 1991,
at 2:30 p.m., we
met for the
Ground Breaking Ser-
vice for our new
building. There were
98 members, guests,
and friends present. It
was a cool, clear day.
Less than an hour
afterwards it began to
rain, and the rain con-
tinued for more than
a week. However, God
gave us a glorious day
from early morning
throughout the after-
noon on a day that
our church had been
dreaming of for the past two years!
The five acres of land that God made available
to us for $70,000 is now worth at least $200,000.
We continue to be amazed at the Lord's blessing
and direction.
On April 18, workers excavated, dug holes, and
poured cement for the new building. The next day
they set huge beams on which to hang the build-
ing. It seemed slow in those opening days, but then
things began to really take place. On April 27, they
set the trusses for the roof upon which plywood
and shingles were applied.
Each Friday at 10:00 a.m. our building commit-
tee met with the contractor to discuss problems.
Clockwise: Pastor Scott Weaver leads the ground-
breaking service.
A prayer of dedication is given for the new facility.
Jim Johnson, Director of the Grace Brethren
Investment Foundation, shares during the ground-
breaking of the new building.
Things went well until May 3 when we learned that
we were going to be forced to construct a
deceleration lane and move the telephone pole!
The contractor said it might cost $1,500 to $2,500
to move the telephone pole. The cost of this entire
project would be $10,000 which had not been
included in our original construction cost. But God
had other plans!
We found that there were two telephone poles,
and they belonged to the City of Mishawaka. The
city officials proved to be very helpful. After look-
ing the situation over, they offered to move both
poles for nothing! They even ran the underground
power line and set a new transformer at NO COST.
How wonderful our God is!
God also led one of our own church families to
offer to pay for the deceleration lane! What a great
God we have!!
The contractor, Rufus Martin, is a born again
man. He has been so conscientious and has done
a wonderful job. Almost all of the sub-contractors
and workers are Christians as well.
Everything kept right on schedule. By mid-June
the rock lath was completed, the brick work was
going up beautifully, and the siding had been ap-
plied. The electricians, plumbers, and earth
movers all hustled so that we could move in by
mid-August.
We included in the church bulletin each Sunday
a list of items that could be provided as memorials
in the new building. Our people have enjoyed
underwriting them: church steeple, $2,500; pulpit
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HOME MISSIONS
chairs, $350; sign, $1,500; piano keys at $69.80
each; refrigerators and stoves for the kitchen, etc.
Two of our men, Robert Chaffee and Ed Dressier,
have completed a beautiful oak pulpit, altar table,
and two flower stands for a total cost of $350. These
items would have cost us $2,500.
The WMC ladies of the North Kokomo Grace
Brethren Church put together and sold cookbooks
with recipes provided by ladies of both of our
churches. The North Kokomo church invited our
people to an evening service on July 21. They
planned an evening of fellowship after the regular
service and presented our church with $800 for
our new hymn books. What a sweet time together!
God has been putting it all together for us
through the members of our Grace Brethren Fellowship:
Home Missions, Brethren Investment Foundation, district
churches, and many other of God's people. We are so very
grateful for all the gifts and sacrifices that have been made.
Our first worship service in our new church building
should be on August 18. and the Mishawaka Grace Brethren
DEDICATION SERVICE is being planned for September 22.
1991. All our friends are invited to attend, if possible, and
rejoice with us in God's wonderful provision!
Although the pace seemed slow In the opening days,
construction has moved right along. Pastor Scott Weaver
and the Mishawaka, Indiana, GBC, are planning the first
worship service in the new building for August 18.
HERALD/ August 15, 1991
13
BRETHREN EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES
Alliance, Nebraska
One Year Later!
(An interview with Jules Ostrander, Pastor of an Independent Baptist Church in Alliance. Nebraska, scene
of an unprecedented spiritual revival that transformed a town of 9,500 in May of 1990)
Ron: I've read articles in Moody Monthly and
elsewhere about what happened. Could you tell us
more?
Jules: Revival took place! I began meeting with
preachers of other churches— Evangelical Free,
Assemblies of God and others and prayed and
believed God, and that's what was going on prior
to 1990. We had the Anders Family, an evangelistic
team, in for eight days. Big things began to occur
and God prompted us to go on another week, and
it ended up going 91/2 weeks! The articles reported
that 1,000 people came to Christ. A number of
these were unchurched people who are still active
in churches today.
A major result of what occurred was a youth
work, called the Alliance Teen Outreach Mission.
God prompted a young man in my church, with
no formal training, to begin a work which
ministers to around 40 or 50 kids. One teenager
who got turned around was a drug dealer a year
ago. He has won 20 people to Christ. Teens are
coming out of a background of drugs and
Mormonism; many have never been to a church
before.
Cross-denominational meetings are continuing.
Church attendance is up in Bible-believing
churches. I think I can safely say there is a greater
commitment in my church to obey the Scripture
than there was before. In the last two months my
entire church board resigned, one at a time, on the
basis that they didn't qualify according to I
Timothy 3 to be leaders in the church. So we've
put in a whole new board. One man said, "I don't
want to hold back what Jesus wants to do in this
church and in this town."
We've started a full-time nursing home ministry.
A man and his wife who recently moved here are
working in eight or nine nursing homes, driving
600 miles a week, winning elderly people to Christ.
I could take you to a number of couples who were
saved and baptized a year ago that are still making
a difference, still growing.
Ron: What was the key element in all of this? Was
it prayer?
Jules: It's prayer, but it isn't just prayer. It is
prayer crossing denominational lines which most
people aren't willing to do. I pray and meet with
the Charismatic camp. We're going to spend all of
eternity together, therefore I think we ought to try
to get along with each other now. So that's a key.
Another is vision; expecting God to do something.
We saw vision, expectation and cooperation
among churches.
Ron: How has the revival affected evangelism in
your church? Do your people feel free to share their
faith?
Jules: Oh yes, that's occurring. When I came here
three years ago the highest percentage of the town
did not know this church existed. That has com-
pletely changed. Everybody is aware of the church
and what we stand for. We've been branded as a
radical, wild church in the city. But definitely,
people are taking a stand in the workplace. Many
of them are carrying tracts and inviting people. It
has become the talk of the town.
Ron: Would you include unity as a necessity to
revival?
Jules: Absolutely! If you study anything on revival
in the past, you'll find that when the denomina-
tional distinctives, the lesser issues, were set aside,
that's when God began to work. I personally
believe the Holy Spirit is grieved at most cities in
America because of the way preachers and
churches treat each other and talk about each
other.
Ron: Tell me your thoughts about the future for
your community and church. What are you think-
ing as you look ahead?
Jules: I don't think we've even gotten started!
We've been running two services since the revival,
and we're going to acquire another building and
be debt-free on the first day. I'm expecting some
churches to close. (We always like to look at the
positive side, the upbeat side of revival, but we
need to recognize that there is a backside to
revival.) I'm expecting the Bible churches to get
bigger, hotter, more dynamic. I'm still believing
God to take the town. We've seen a revival and
revival is when God's people get right with Him.
And that's going on to a lesser extent even today.
I'm expecting an awakening. An awakening is
when lost people turn to Jesus by the droves.
That's what I'm expecting in Alliance. My heart-
beat is revival in the country . . . coast to coast!
Ron: Amen! Thanks, Jules.
—Submitted by Ron E. Thompson
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HERALD/ August 15, 1991
MINISTRY RESOURCES
Constructing The Vision
Through Missions
Several years ago the GBC in Cincinnati,
Ohio found itself facing an unusual challenge.
Our congregation was primarily comprised of
families with young children. While Sunday
School curriculum was plentiful, we discovered
that there was little available for children's
church ministries. Since the philosophy of our
children's ministry was to promote world
missions, we determined it was necessary to
develop our own curriculum focusing on global
missions. This project was directed by Judy
Brown and Sue Collins.
Wanting to give our children a "heart to
change the world," we began our journey to
create this new curriculum. Due to the wide
age range (grades 1-6), very few materials were
suitable as written. We wanted hands-on,
missions-oriented lessons and we were drawn
to materials from the U.S. Center for World
Missions that were written for kindergarten
children. We used their concept of a "country-
a-month" theme, selected our destinations and
continued our travels.
Beginning with Brazil we focused on songs,
recipes and artifacts from Dan and Nancy
Green, our missionaries to Brazil. We
highlighted Judy and Eric Brown's mission trip
to visit the Greens on the field. (Our current
format includes "visits" to 12 Grace Brethren
Foreign Mission fields).
Our "trip" was extended one month at a time
as the writers alternated teaching and writing
duties. (A third couple, Clark and Carol Sarver,
also helped with the teaching). Much time was
spent compiling resources, researching cul-
tural aspects of each country and coordinating
Christian and secular materials. The material
is complete and detailed, although supple-
by Susanne Collins
ments from sources such as Child Evangelism
Fellowship are helpful.
Many children brought neighbors and en-
thusiasm was high. Being a normally active
group, we provided songs, games, A-V
materials, crafts, a missions lesson and food
experience on a weekly basis, with activites
changing every 10-15 minutes. We included
parties, special programs presented to the
entire congregation and a restaurant trip.
We learned about holidays, festivities,
language, cuisine and customs. While each
culture was different, we emphasized the one
thing they had in common . . . their need to
believe in Jesus Christ. We attempted to
decorate the classroom to reflect the country
we were studying. However, meeting in a
rented middle school facility hampered this
effort. (One of our favorite experiences was
studying the C.A.R. during the summer
because we were able to leave our stone "camp-
fire" and bulletin boards up for the whole
month). We often talked about how we could
even more effectively facilitate the program
"when we get our building."
Three years after beginning our journey we
have chosen to share our curriculum with
other churches to benefit our building pro-
gram. Selected portions have been used with
success by GBFM, churches. Christian schools
and public schools. Our desire is to make these
materials available by this year's national
conference.
Producing this material has been a total
church project: written by various members,
type-set by Steve Strouse, edited and promoted
by Kathy Clark with cover design by Micah
Collins. We trust that God will use this project
to honor His name!
HERALD/ August 15, 1991
15
FICTION
Christian Fiction Author Hopes Book
Will Lead Others to Christ
by Chip Alford
Colleen Snyder cannot
imagine life without
books.
"My earliest childhood
memories are of my
mother reading 'Winnie
the Pooh to us kids," said
the 36-year-old Colum-
bus, Ohio, bookkeeper
and budding author. "She
would sit there with this
stuffed bear on her lap
and act out all the char-
acters. It was wonderful."
Snyder continues the
tradition with her own
children, Katie, 10, and
7-year-old Mark Jr., better
known as "Bear." But she
was determined to share a
more eternal message
with her kids than could
be conveyed through hu-
morous bedtime stories.
After becoming a Chris-
tian as a young adult, Snyder developed a voracious
appetite for books with religious themes.
"Somebody introduced me to the C.S. Lewis
'Chronicles of Narnia' books and I loved them,"
Snyder said, referring to a series of fiction fantasy
novels by the British scholar/theologian. "When
Katie got old enough I began reading them to her,
and we read through them twice and she still
wanted to hear them again."
But rather than read through the series a third
time, Snyder decided to take a stab at writing her
own children's book.
"I had been writing a lot for years, not for publica-
tion, just for my own enjoyment, " said Snyder. "But
I thought I might be able to write a story that could
get across to Katie and Bear some biblical principles,
so that they could come to faith in Jesus as children
instead of having to wait until they are grown up like
I did.
"I saw that C.S. Lewis incorporated fantasy into
Columbus, Ohio— Colleen Snyder reads to her two children, Katie and Mark,
Jr. (Bear), from the original handwritten manuscript of her first book,
"Journey to Amanah: The Beginning." The Christian fiction book is to be
released this month by Broadman Press. (Photo by Jim Veneman).
his writing and that you can marry fantasy and
Christianity without losing the message of Christ.
Seeing how well he did it made me at least want to
try-
Initially, Snyder wrote her "book" as a story to
read only to her children. She wrote each chapter
in longhand while her daughter was away at
kindergarten. The story revolved around two
children, Katie and Mark, who were on a mystical
journey to "Chayah," the Hebrew word for "life" or
"heaven."
"I wrote a chapter a day so we could read
something new each night," Snyder remembered.
"And Katie was a very strict editor because if I ever
didn't come through she would say, 'But Mommy,
you promised me a new chapter.' "
The handwritten manuscript was finished in less
than three weeks, and Snyder typed the first copy
with then two-year-old Bear lying across her
shoulder. She eventually shared the story with a
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"writing buddy" from California who encouraged
her to revise the story and submit it for
publication.
"I had to make some changes," Snyder ex-
plained. "There were some theological kinks that
had to be worked out, and then I decided to turn
the whole story into an allegory that would
demonstrate the journey to faith in Christ."
Snyder made several revisions before submitting
the manuscript to publishers for consideration.
The story title was changed from Journey to
Chayah to Journey to Amanah. "Amanah" is the
Hebrew word for "faith". Most of the characters
were given Hebrew names with meanings relative
to their role in the story, and their ages were
changed to make them appeal to teen-agers and
young adults, as well as children.
As most writers do, Snyder had to face rejections
before Broadman Press agreed to publish Journey
to Amanah: The Beginning. The book, which is
being billed as a Christian fiction novel, was sched-
uled for a July release by; the Nashville, TN based
publishing house.
In its published form. Journey to Amanah
follows the adventures of Rachael and Jonathan
Adamson. On their mystical journey, the two learn
about "Haben Jah" (the son of God), and must
decide whether to trust him or "Adam Chata,"
(man of sin) the evil governor of "Tebel-Ayr" (city
of confusion).
Tempted at every turn, the young travelers are
led astray by false guides who take them to
dangerous locations like "The City of Delights"
and the "Pit of Despair." They are given helpful
guides as well, but in the end it is their own faith
that determines whether they arrive at their
destination.
In many ways, Snyder said the story parallels her
own journey of faith.
"On New Year's Eve in 1974 I was alone in my
apartment. I can remember getting on my knees
and crying out to God, if there was a God, to take
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my life and do something with it. or I'd take it
myself," Snyder recalled.
"That night while I cried and prayed I felt a
peace and I knew everything was going to be
alright."
A short time later Snyder joined the Air Force
and was assigned to a missile unit squadron in
North Carolina.
"My squadron commander and immediate
supervisor were born-again Christians. They took
me under their wing and their families kind of
adopted me and got me involved in a Bible study.
That is where my walk with the Lord really began
and I've been walking with Him ever since."
Today, Snyder is an active member at Trinity
Grace Brethren Church in Columbus with her
husband, Mark. But like the characters in her book
she. too, has faced obstacles in her Christian
pilgrimage. One was overcoming the New Age
philosophy she had been taught during her
childhood and adolescence. She purposely in-
cluded New Age terminology and ideas in her book
and had the characters discover them to be false
teachings.
"I was hoping to counter a lot of the New Age
philosophy that is being taught out there today, the
subtlety of it, how it twists Scripture and results
in confusion," she said.
Perhaps more important, though, is Snyder's
hope that the book will actually become a tool for
evangelism. She was thrilled when Broadman
asked her to include her Christian testimony as an
epilogue to the story.
"My hope for this book is that someone would
read it and come to faith in Christ," she said. "If
only one person does that, then it will have all been
worth it."
Chip Alford is the Feature Reporter for the
Nashville Bureau of Baptist Press.
HERALD/ August 15, 1991
17
FELLOWSHIP NEWS
NEWS UPDATE
Jeff Dunkle is the new pastor of
the Grace Brethren Church of Mel-
bourne, FL.
Lyle Sweeney has resigned from
the pastorate of the Pike Grace
Brethren Church of Johnstown, PA.
There is an immediate need for
a Director of the Physical Plant of
Grace College. This person has the
responsibility for the maintenance,
custodial, grounds, central supply,
audio/visual, security, and transpor-
tation functions, He will be accoun-
table for a sizable staff and budget.
The successful candidate would
preferably possess the following
qualifications: proven effectiveness as
a leader and manager of a large staff,
good at planning and administration,
strong interpersonal skills, commit-
ment to customer service, and a solid
knowledge of the primary areas of
physical plant operations such as
construction, electrical, heating, cool-
ing, and plumbing.
Interested individuals should mail
an updated resume to Ron dinger,
c/o Grace Schools, 200 Seminary Dr.,
Winona Lake, IN 46590.
Robert Markley, who has pastored
churches in the Fellowship for many
years, has recently had to undergo a
triple bypass operation. He is getting
along as well as can be expected.
Continued prayer has been requested
on his behalf.
John Garber, son of Rev. and Mrs.
Martin Garber who have served on
the African mission field for many
years, was seriously injured July 4,
1991. He was burned over 35 percent
of his body from an explosion.
Larry Humberd has accepted the
call to be the pastor of the Lehigh
Valley Grace Brethren Church of
Bethlehem, PA, as of July 1, 1991. Un-
til the Humberds have secured a per-
sonal address, they can be reached
by using the church address: 580
Bridle Path Rd., Bethlehem, PA 18017.
The First Brethren Church of
Buena Vista, VA, honored its Senior
Pastor Dr. Paul R. Fink and his wife,
Mary Lou, with a surprise Fortieth
Wedding Anniversary reception on
June 16. They were presented with a
three-tier wedding cake, many gifts,
and a shower of money.
Change Your Annual
Arrington, Harold. His
personal telephone
number is 216/794-2752.
Card, Charles. P.O. Box
72146, Fort Bragg, NC
28307.
Diaz, John. 407 Queen St.,
Portsmouth, VA 23704.
Dunkle, Jeff. 906 Delta
Way, Melbourne, FL
32940.
Hartman, John. P.O. Box
135, Osceola, IN
46561-0135.
Hudson, Elliott. 3307
Martin Farm Rd.,
Johnson City, TN 37601.
Humberd, Larry, c/o Lehigh
Valley Grace Brethren
Church, 580 Bridle Path
Rd., Bethlehem, PA
18017 (Tel. 215/868-0004).
Ocealis, Mike. His
telephone number is
904/607-7674.
Patrick, John. 1351
Brownsboro Hwy., Eagle
Point, OR 97524-9431.
Poyner, Randy. P.O. Box
350621, Palm Coast, FL
32135-0621.
Ryerson, Milton. 1105
Sunday Lane, Winona
Lake, IN 46590.
Satterthwaite, Richard.
Almudaina 21-7, 2,
46007-Valencia, Spain.
Sowers, Larry. R. 1, Box
555, Hollidaysburg, PA
16648.
Stallter, Tom. 612 N. Miami
St., West Milton, OH
45383-1914.
Wall, F. Eugene. RQ Box
741, Miamisburg, OH
45343-0741.
The address of the
Hackberry Hill Grace
Brethren Church is:
6980 Pierce St., Arvada,
CO 80003. The name of
the church has now
been changed to the
Grace Fellowship
Church.
The address for the
Clayhole church is 4335
Hwy. 476, Clayhole, KY
41317.
The zip code for the
Maranatha Brethren
Church of Hagerstown,
MD, is 21742.
Weddings
Kaylor: Trisha Weiant and
Todd Kaylor were mar-
ried on April 13, 1991, at
the Grace Brethren
Church of Myerstown,
PA. Luke Kauffman,
pastor.
Giorgio: Tammy Stauffer
and John Giorgio were
married on April 20,
1991, at the Grace
Brethren Church of
Myerstown, PA. Luke
Kauffman, pastor.
Sattazahn: Ann Ziegler and
Steve Sattazahn were
married on May 25,
1991, at the Grace
Brethren Church of
Myerstown, PA. Luke
Kauffman, pastor.
Deaths
Edenfield, Mary, 73,
February 17, 1991. She
was a member of the
Grace Brethren Church
of Myerstown, PA. Luke
Kauffman, pastor.
Haller, Wesley, 68, June 5,
1991. He had served the
Grace Brethren Church
of Middlebranch, OH,
from 1954 to 1969, and
again from 1983 to the
present. He had served
the Lord in pastorates
for forty years. Pastors
who participated in the
memorial service were:
Terry Taylor (Canton),
Bud Olszewski (Ritt-
rrian), and Ron Boehm
(Macedonia).
Hartman, Mabel, 96, went
home to be with the
Lord on March 9, 1991.
She was the oldest
member of the Grace
Brethren Church of
Myerstown, PA. Luke
Kauffman, pastor.
Latham, Vernon, 68, July 5,
1991. For many years
Vernon had served on
the Grace Brethren
Construction Company
erecting churches for
the National Fellowship
of Grace Brethren
Churches. He was
presently in Kokomo, IN,
superintending the erec-
tion of an addition to
the North Kokomo
Grace Brethren Church.
A memorial service was
conducted in
Okeechobee, FL, and a
graveside service in
Orlando, FL.
Shope, Janet, 74,
December 19, 1990. She
was a charter and very
active member of the
Grace Brethren Church
of Vandalia, OH.
Stronach, Roy, 84,
February 22, 1991. He
was a member of the
Grace Brethren Church
of Myerstown, PA.
Associate pastor, R.
Paul Miller, officiated at
the memorial service.
Luke Kauffman, pastor.
Tschetter, Wilma Kay, June
21, 1991. She was the
daughter of Paul and
Mary Tschetter and
sister of Missionary
Evelyn Tschetter. She
had suffered from a
brain tumor for the past
year. Burial was in
Kansas.
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EDITORIAL
I read a strange statement
the other day and the more I
thought about it the stranger
it became. "People are dying
who never died before. It's get-
ting lonely at the top of the
tree." This quote came from
Dorothy Donegan at the age of
68 as she learned that anoth-
er one of her friends had died.
There is a lot of truth in the
statement. I had never heard
it explained that way before.
George Gallup passed along
this quote. "If Christianity
were to die, sooner or later it
might affect the Church."
This researcher of Americans
and their religious beliefs and
practices is strange and per-
haps a bit too close to the
truth.
Here is another quote from
the field of sports, where there
is a lot of praying done on
Sunday mornings and after-
noons. Their theology and
purpose of prayer I will leave
up to you to decide. The cen-
terfielder for the Los Angeles
Dodgers said, "See, a lot of
people do not understand,
. . . but the fact of the matter
is that if Christ was a player.
He'd be the best there is. He
would knock the guy down at
second base and pick him up
and say 'I love you.' He'd be
the best pitcher. He'd come
inside to push the guy back
off the plate. He'd do all the
things a ballplayer does,
okay, without sinning. You
can play baseball as hard as
you can without sin."
Again, the theological im-
plications of each of the
worldly words of wisdom men-
tioned thus far have some ele-
ments of truth but they may
leave you a little cold. They
are samples of what everyone,
saved or unsaved, encounters
each day. The opinions come
to us by way of newspapers,
radio, TV talk shows and the
philosophic words of friends.
It is said that the most re-
peated Bible verse is, "God
helps those who help
themselves." As you know
there is a problem with this
because it is not found in the
Bible. When something is re-
peated often enough people
generally are willing to accept
it as truth.
This brings up the purpose
of this little dissertation.
There is a great need to be
exposed to the Bible, to learn
what it says and discover
what we need to do. An oft re-
peated complaint is that we
are raising a generation of
Bible illiterates. The tendency
to respond to sound rather
than truth may be close to
reality. The noise of action
evokes a response from us. It
is difficult to get away from
the radio, the cassette player,
the boom box and the
television.
We are being instructed to
feel more than to think and
analyze. Relationships with
people have become more im-
portant than our relationship
to God. Is it any wonder we
are hearing strange messages
and finding it more difficult to
hear the message of the Scrip-
tures? The words of the Bible
do sound strange to the un-
saved, but it becomes very se-
rious when the same words
sound strange to the church.
Strange Words
Are Not
Necessarily
Great Words
of Wisdom!
by Charles W. Turner
HERALD/ September 15, 1991
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Brethren Missionary
CHERALD
Volume S3 No Q V# Cpnrpmhpr IK 1 QQ1
September 15, 1991
3 Editorial
Strange Words
are Not
Necessarily Great
Words of Wisdom!
Charles W. Turner
5 National Conference
1991 Report
Charles Ashman
6 Home Missions
Honors to our
Chaplains
Galegor
Appointment
8 WMC
President's
Message
Betty Ogden
10 B.E.M.
The Way to
Spiritual Power
Glen Sheppard
12 Devotional
Why Me?
Fran Fredericks
14 Fellowship News
15 Tribute to Mrs. Dorothy
Dixon
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NATIONAL CONFERENCE
REPORT ON NATIONAL CONFERENCE
f by Charles Ashman
The Annual Conference of the Fellowship
of Grace Brethren Churches was held from
Thursday, July 25, to Thursday, August 1, at
the Grace Brethren Church of Columbus,
Ohio. The host church, Pastor Jim Custer
and his people, did a marvelous job in pro-
viding grand facilities and a most warm wel-
come to all conference attenders. Their
regular church staff and host of volunteers
spent numberless hours arranging for our
every need — the meeting and exhibit space,
marvelous music programs, housing, food
service, hospitality, tours, a very large com-
munion service and a myriad of other details.
Pastor Jerry Young, our Moderator, led us
in what many have called "the best confer-
ence we have had in years." Some said it was
the best ever. The spirit was good. The at-
mosphere was electric with praise and hope.
The program began with the two day Church
Leadership Seminar coordinated by Pastor
Bernie Simmons and featured Dr. Elmer
Towns and Bill Hull as well as many work-
shop leaders. There were 370 registrants for
this seminar. Saturday evening the host
church choir and orchestra, under the direc-
tion of Randy Kettering, presented a concert
titled 'The Story" to almost 1,300 inspired
worshipers. On Sunday morning, in dupli-
cate services, our moderator presented his
message, "Having Hope," in which he empha-
sized the need in our Fellowship of commit-
ment to the Word of God, to each other and
to the hope that is ours in Christ.
On Sunday evening in a great missions
rally, 1,350 were challenged by our home
and foreign mission agencies and missionar-
ies to have a great evangelistic outreach vi-
sion for the '90s both at home and abroad.
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday were
days committed to group meetings: focus on
Missions Bible Hours in the morning, orga-
nizational meetings (WMC, GB Men, GB
Ministers) and business meetings. One of
the thrilling experiences of conference busi-
ness was the acceptance of seven new
churches into the Fellowship: the Happy
Valley Grace Brethren Church of State Col-
lege, PA; the Rocky Ridge Grace Brethren
Church of New Albany, OH; the Liberty
Grace Brethren Church of Philadelphia, PA;
the New Life Community Grace Brethren
Church of Souderton, PA; the Fellowship
Grace Brethren Church of Richmond, VA;
and the New Life Grace Brethren Church of
Orange County, Cyprus, CA. Representing
our F.G.B.C. churches in the business ses-
sions were 764 delegates, 452 lay and 312
ministerial.
Monday evening the Columbus people
hosted an all conference communion service
in which nearly 1,300 Grace Brethren people
experienced the special joy of worshiping
together in a Columbus style threefold
communion service. Tuesday evening the
conference attenders shared in a praise ser-
vice. Wednesday featured something new at
conference — over 450 attended a prayer
breakfast sponsored by the major F.G.B.C.
Cooperating Corporations. On Thursday
evening the program was climaxed in a very
moving patriotic service in which Colonel
David Peterson, the chaplain in charge dur-
ing the Gulf Operation, gave a stirring mes-
sage and the musicians of the host church
presented a heart moving concert entitled
"America" for a finale to an audience of over
2,000 people.
Dr. David Plaster will be moderating
next year's conference , August 1-6, in Winona Lake, Indiana.
Rev. Bill Snell has been elected as moderator-elect
and will service the national conference in 1993.
HERALD/ September 15, 1991
HOME MISSIONS
Honors to Our Chaplains
Delegates and guests enjoyed a spectac-
ular patriotic rally on the concluding
night of the annual conference of the FGBC
in Columbus. The program featured six mili-
tary chaplains with special emphasis on
three men who ministered faithfully and well
in the Middle East during operations Desert
Shield and Desert Storm.
Captains Phil Spence and Charles Card
(Army) and Lt. Colonel Jim Elwell (Air Force)
were presented with gifts in recognition of
their significant spiritual ministry to military
A scene from the Patriotic Rally held at the
national Conference.
personnel in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraq.
Assisting in the presentation were two Army
Chaplains, Colonel Orville Lorenz (retired)
and Colonel John Schumacher. The sixth
military representative was Army Colonel
David Peterson who was the special speaker
for the occasion. Colonel Peterson was the
chief chaplain on General Schwartzkopfs
staff during Desert Storm.
Executive Director Larry Chamberlain had
previously presented plaques to the three
chaplains, acknowledging their service in the
Persian Gulf. These gifts were given on behalf
of the Eagle Commission, a strategic support
group which provides encouragement to the
military chaplains of the Fellowship.
"Ministry In Harm's Way," a twelve-minute
video, was premiered at the rally in the Wor-
ship Center of the Columbus Grace Brethren
L to R: Col. Lorenz, Col. Schumaker, the Phil
Spence family, Lt. Col. Jim Elwell, Capt. Charles
Card, and Larry Chamberlain.
Church. The tape included excerpts from in-
terviews with Chaplains Card, Elwell, and
Spence, and highlighted their reaction to the
ministry opportunities God had given during
the months of preparation and the several
days of actual combat.
In conclusion, an opportunity was pre-
sented to the audience to become a part of
the Eagle Commission. The monthly contri-
bution of $15 provides funds for the
Chaplain Endorsing Agent's office (ably
administered by retired Navy Chaplain Lee
Jenkins), travel expenses for chaplains
attending the FGBC
National Conference
or other denomina-
tional meetings,
and regular com-
munication with
military personnel.
Chaplains' salaries,
of course, are cared
for by the U.S. gov-
ernment.
Readers who are interested either in a one-
time gift or in becoming a member should
contact the Eagle Commission, P.O. Box 587,
Winona Lake, IN 46590. For new members,
an hour -long expanded version of the video
tape shown at Conference is available upon
request. In any case, please do remember in
regular prayer the nine active duty Grace
Brethren chaplains.
Col. David Peterson
6
HERALD/ September 15, 1991
HOME MISSIONS
Galegor Appointment
Executive Director Larry Chamberlain has
announced the appointment of Rev. Steve
Galegor as Director of Grace Brethren Navajo
Ministries in Counselor, New Mexico. Steve
has served as Assistant Superintendent at
the Mission for two years. He and his wife,
Chris, and two daughters moved to New Mex-
ico in 1989 from Milford, Indiana. Steve had
been the accountant at the home office of
Grace Brethren
Home Missions for
several years prior
to the move.
Mr. Galegor suc-
ceeds Larry Wedertz
who, with his wife
Jonnie Lou, served
at the Mission for
thirty- three years,
the last twenty-five as superintendent. Mr.
Wedertz submitted his resignation last
spring but continues to help in the transition
of leadership.
A graduate of Central State University, Ed-
mond, Oklahoma, and Grace Theological
Steve and Chris Galegor
Seminary, Rev. Galegor is well trained in
business as well as in pastoral ministry. Dur-
ing a year's leave of absence for Mr. Wedertz,
Steve assumed the director's responsibility
for the Mission which includes a school of
110-115 students and three Navajo
churches.
Focus *92
Grace Brethren Home Missions is cooper-
ating with other national organizations in the
FGBC to sponsor one-day seminars promot-
ing personal evangelism in our churches in
an effort to implement one of the objectives of
our Fellowship's Masterplan: to encourage
personal evangelism and discipleship,.
A team of leaders from Home and Foreign
Missions, Grace Schools, CE National, and
Brethren Evangelistic Ministries will lead
these seminars in Ohio at: Brookville (Sep-
tember 28), Delaware (October 26), and
Wooster, November 2. Pastors and church
leaders are invited to participate for encour-
agement, motivation, and the challenge of
reaching their communities for Christ.
News Briefs
• Pastor Robert Combs, Norton, Ohio, and Mr.
Robert Bryant, Richmond, Virginia, were elected
to three-year terms on the Board of Directors of
the GBHMC. Re-elected also were incumbents,
Dr. Luke Kauffman, Myerstown, Pennsylvania,
and Mr. Mark Curtis, Long Beach, California.
• New Life Community Grace Brethren Church,
Pastor David Allem, was adopted as a Home
Mission point at the July meeting of the Board of
Directors. The church, which began last Easter,
is an outreach of the Penn Valley GBC in Telford,
PA. The new work is located in Montgomery
Township in the Greater Philadelphia area.
• Three former Home Mission points have
concluded their ministries with decisions by the
congregations to dissolve. The church near
Austin, Texas, closed in mid-July. Pastor Fenton
McDonald has moved to Mabton, Washington,
where he has assumed the pastorate of the
Grace Brethren Church there.
The church in Charlotte, North
Carolina, closed at the end of
July. Pastor Steve Howell is
open to another ministry.
Pastor Jim Jackson, formerly
at the Columbia, South
Carolina, church, has accepted
the pastorate of a new GBC in
Vancouver, Washington. The
Columbia church concluded its
services in mid-August.
Howell family
• Pastor Lyle Sweeney,
formerly of the Johnstown,
Pennsylvania, area (Pike
GBC), has moved with his
family to the Dallas-Ft. Worth
area where he has become
pastor of the Grace
Fellowship GBC in Hurst,
Texas.
Lorrie and
Lyle Sweeney
HERALD/ September 15, 1991
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
WMC President's Message
at National Conference
I have completed my third year as National
President of the Women's Missionary Council
and if I am to be a good steward, I must evaluate
my leadership and ask: "Where have we been?
Where are we now? And where are we going?"
Recently I did a study of the past 15 years in
WMC and discovered some interesting statistics.
Our peak year in the National Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches was 1983 when we
had 43,000 members, 307 churches, 269 Wom-
en's Missionary Councils and 4,800 WMC mem-
bers. Last year, though the number of churches
increased to 319, the total membership
decreased to 39,000 and WMC membership fell
27% from 1983. However, WMC per capita giving
increased: 1983— $16.08; 1991— $23.38 per
member.
I think we can justifiably conclude that we are
experiencing difficult times in our fellowship as
well as in our beloved Women's Missionary
Council.
On the positive side, in the past five years we
have been blessed with probably some of the fin-
est program packets that WMC has ever pro-
duced. Our thanks to Janet Minnix and her fine
program packet committee members. From the
warm fuzzies to the friendship Bible studies we
were reminded of God's unfailing love.
The Executive Board is composed of self-start-
ers who work faithfully and skillfully in their spe-
cific area. I look forward to meeting with them
twice a year because the fellowship is sweet, fun
and refreshing. The unity of purpose is so obvi-
ous as we hammer out solutions to difficult prob-
lems!
The National Board comprised of District Pres-
idents (as well as the Executive Board) are ladies
who work hard in their individual districts to
encourage the local presidents in the ministry of
missions. We have so many qualified ladies in
our fellowship. I wish you could hear our district
presidents' reports on the many things accom-
plished on the local and district levels.
I want to commend each one of you as mem-
bers of WMC for your faithful ministries. Includ-
ing the national offerings, you contributed
$82,583 toward special projects in Home and
Foreign Missions, CE National, Grace Schools
and the Board of Evangelism. I haven't begun to
mention all of the things you do in your local
churches. One pastor wrote to me recently, "Our
church ministries would greatly suffer without
the help of our local WMC."
Mrs. Betty Ogden
Our missionaries spur us' on with their devo-
tion and dedication. In her letter, Rosa Churchill
from Mexico (one of our WMC Missionaries of the
Year) wrote, "Thank you for your special support
gift as well as the extra prayer and love directed
our way during this year."
Gloria Mendez, church treasurer of the Span-
ish work in Mabton, Washington, writes, "Thank
you for your gift. The ministry is expanding. A
youth group of about twenty is meeting in our
home in Grandview, Washington. Several fami-
lies have accepted Christ within the last month.
With help from many like you, we are sure the
Lord will be exalted!"
James Bowling at Grace College expressed
heart-felt thanks for our financial assistance for
the Teacher Education Computer Lab.
Another positive note of rejoicing — James
Johnson, Director of Grace Brethren Investment
Foundation, sent us a check for $2,000 after last
year's conference from the Board of Directors in
recognition of the many organizations that WMC
has supported through the years. In closing, Mr.
Johnson said, "God bless you in your vital work.
Please accept this gift with our love and
admiration."
Our biggest challenge is "Where Are We
Going?" This question led me to write a three-
page letter to the Executive Board in early June
suggesting a study committee for WMC to
update our procedures and help us reach
younger women. The make-up of many of our
councils is women 50 years old and above, and if
WMC is to have a future, we need to make some
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WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
bold decisions.
Church growth specialists suggest dramatic
changes if we are to reach younger adults. The
"baby-boomers" have little institutional loyalty—
they must be challenged by a great cause. They
have a great need for relationships. We need to
develop loyalties around fellowship and minister-
ing.
Christian women in the '90s are faced with the
greatest opportunities and the greatest peril.
Throughout church history periods of heresy,
apathy and ignorance have been both times of
danger and opportunity; opportunity to declare
the full counsel of God — to confront a new age
with an old message.
Are you startled, as I am, by the moral and
ethical bankruptcy that exists even in the evan-
gelical church today and at the subtle worldli-
ness that has rendered the evangelical
community virtually impotent?
The secularization of the church has been
masked by its "practicality." The master strategy
of Satan is his deception. We have been deceived
to believe in programs rather than in the power
of the Spirit. We can get women to come to a
color analysis program, aerobic classes to firm
and trim, health and diet lectures, craft classes
and basket weaving, painting, ceramics, quilting
and swim exercise classes. Getting together is
great fun and is enjoyable, but we are body, soul
and spirit (1 Peter 3:3-4). What part gets the
most attention? Proverbs 31:30 says, "Charm
and grace are deceptive and beauty is not last-
ing, but a woman who reverently fears the Lord,
she shall be praised."
Are our priorities centered around our per-
sonal desires, self-improvement, the accumula-
tion of things, or does Jesus Christ and the
advancement of His Kingdom have first place in
our lives?
I cannot speak to the women who are not
attending WMC but I can speak to you. So I chal-
lenge you to recommit yourself to the twofold
purpose of WMC:
WMC Offering:
September, October, November
(send before December 10)
Home Missions
Goal: $8,000
Project: New Church Start-up Kits
• • •
Thank Offering
We suggest a goal of $3.00 a year per member.
1. To promote missions at home and abroad;
and
2. To enrich your spiritual life through Bible
study, prayer and personal witnessing.
The Scriptures offer a solution to the secular-
ism we are so easily drawn into. In Philippians
3:30, Paul said, "I want to know Christ and the
power of his resurrection and the fellowship of
sharing in his sufferings, becoming like Him in
his death ..." Paul's standard was not that of
the society of his day — it was the Person of Jesus
Christ.
Paul said in verse 13 he had to do two things:
The first was "forgetting what is behind."
Paul said he had to forget those successes and
failures of the past. All across the Roman world
were churches that Paul had established— yet he
refused to become complacent. Paul said he was
in the race until God took him to Himself. Paul
could have looked at what he had suffered and
concluded he had done his part — he had
endured enough.
Bless your heart, I trust you will never hear
Betty Ogden say, "Well, I've served my time in
WMC, I'm not going anymore." Or, "Don't ask me
to teach a class of children. I had plenty of years
of that." Unless my health prevents me, I want to
serve Him until Jesus comes or He takes me
home.
Two Sunday school teachers (Madge and Ber-
tha) who had taught 35 years were given a retire-
ment party and the Sunday school
superintendent was extolling their dedication
and commitment. He said, "I can just see Madge
and Bertha in heaven with the little children
gathered round them." Bertha said to Madge,
"Good grief, won't they ever let us quit?"
The second thing Paul said he had to do was
reach for those things before him.
There is failure in the Christian race because
we forget the goal— the goal isn't the rocking
chair; it isn't "serving time" like a prison sen-
tence. The goal is to please Christ in our con-
formity to Him. "I press on toward the goal to
win the prize for which God has called me heav-
enward in Christ Jesus" (Hebrews 12:1, 2).
Let's keep running the race. Invite ladies to
WMC, sit with them, talk to them, make them
feel welcome, make your meetings interesting.
Don't just read the Bible study. If you have only one
lady who can give a Bible study, have her do it
each month. But most important, I trust your
Women's Missionary Council will go forward on
its knees. Pray for missionaries at home and
abroad by name — pray at least for those that
your church supports; read the newsletters they
write; get to know one another; built relation-
ships; encourage one another.
Let's keep running. The prize is before us. The
race isn't over yet.
HERALD/ September 15, 1991
9
BRETHREN EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES
The Way to Spiritual Power
by Glen Sheppard
he way to spiritual power involves a hum-
ble walk with God, Spirit-filled living, constant
communion with God the Father and a close fel-
lowship with God the Son and God the Holy
Spirit. God the Father is seeking great interces-
sors. The believer never stands taller than when
he kneels to pray and never moves closer to the
heart of the Father than on his knees. Interces-
sion is usually a hidden role. It is a role under-
valued by most Christians who so often walk
only superficially with God.
The only request the disciples ever made of the
Master concerning instruction was in Luke 11:1,
"Lord, teach us to pray." In Luke 18:1 the
instruction is given that men ought always to
pray and not lose heart. Throughout the entire
Bible there is a list of great heroes of faith that
are only explainable in light of their prayer part-
nership with the Heavenly Father. The same
prayer partnership that was available to Moses,
Elijah, David, Peter or Paul is available to you
and me today. Acts 2:39 says, 'The promise is for
you and your children." That means that the
same promise of God's power is available to each
of us today. Just as those heroes of faith walked
with God and moved the hand of God to affect
human history and world evangelization so can
we if we are willing to pay the price of prayer.
The great spiritual conquerors of history have
been heroes who knelt to pray. They were willing
to pray and then plan while we are busy plan-
ning and then pray. David Livingstone of Africa,
John Knox of Scotland, John Wesley of England,
or Martin Luther the Reformer, were all heroes
who had learned the key to Spiritual Greatness.
They were all great prayer giants.
David Livingstone died on his knees. John
Knox fought and won the spiritual battle for
Scotiand on his knees. John Wesley preached for
54 years, traveled 5,000 miles per year on horse-
back, traveling a total of 290,000 miles in his
lifetime, a distance of circling the earth twelve
times. He averaged preaching fifteen sermons per
week for 54 years and some secular historians
credit him with having transformed England. But
John Wesley was a man of prayer. He said, "God
does nothing but in answer to prayer." He spent
two hours each day in prayer.
All of God's saints were human like you and
me, but they were mighty in prayer. We will never
be any greater than our prayer life. We will never
stand taller than when we kneel to pray. Anyone
can be great in prayer in spite of all else if he/she
is willing to walk with God in humility, live in the
fullness of the Holy Spirit, develop constant com-
munion with God the Father and have a close fel-
lowship with God the Son and God the Holy
Spirit.
If Moses could be one of the world's greatest
intercessors and Elijah could be counted by God
as one of earth's greatest prayer warriors and
David could overcome his background of adul-
tery and murder to be known as a man after
God's own heart, each of us can be a close friend
of God the Father if we are willing to give our-
selves to communion and intercession. We can
determine by God's grace to give priority to
prayer in new and specific ways. We can form
good prayer habits. We can learn to discipline
our time and begin to schedule time for prayer.
We can redeem moments throughout the day and
give them to prayer if our hearts are hungry
enough for close fellowship with Holy God.
To begin this new dimension of prayer we
must constantly seek God's face. We must pay
the price of priority time. God calls us today to
unite our hearts and lives together in prayer for
His Kingdom to come, His Will to be done on
earth as it is being done in Heaven. God's heart
is turned toward World Evangelization. He is call-
ing believers throughout the entire earth to a
new movement of prayer. Join me in taking that
step today and becoming an intercessor for the
evangelization of the whole earth. Make some
time today your prayer time. Make some place
your prayer place. Should we settle for less when
the same promise which was for Moses, Elijah,
David, Peter, Paul, Livingstone, Knox, Wesley or
Luther is the very same promise for us this very
day?
"LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY."
Glen Sheppard is Senior Associate for Prayer for
the Lausanne Committee for World Evangeliza-
tion. Reprinted from World Evangelization, Volume
13 No. 48 September-October 1987. Used by
permission.
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DEVOTIONAL
Why Me?
Why me?, I mused, as I sat reflecting on the
darker side of my circumstances. Of course, that
"why me?" question was backed up with all that
seems so terribly hard for me right now . . . lately
things seem to have all gone askew. The things
I love to do and had fondly planned are now
removed utterly beyond my reach. This year
began with the death of my mother, the loss of
my dearest German girlfriend, personal strug-
gles of a body that's aging and waves of soul
searching and longing. These things are
magnified by living in another culture. I
thought, Why me?
That little verse keeps popping into my head
"If any man would come after me let him deny
himself." I often ask myself: IF? Have I such a
purpose, to follow Jesus blindly, utterly,
regardless of what it might be, as the days come
and go? I am sure that the Lord gives thought
to each of us, studying our lives, longing to carry
out His plan ... if He could only get permission,
and He is sorely disappointed in many of us. In
the same split second as the thought flashed
through my mind, "Why me?", the question of
"Why NOT me?" reverberated in my head. Can
you possibly hear the absolute . . . thud . . .
which that reverse question had as it hit? "Why
NOT me?"
I began to think: If the Lord had published a
want ad describing the exact circumstances in
which I am now living, would I be willing to ac-
cept the job? Would I willingly apply? The
biblical word for this is probably "obedience".
Paul said in Acts 20:24 "But none of these things
move me, neither count I my life dear unto
myself, so that I might finish my course with joy,
and the ministry, which I have received of the
Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of
God." Jesus knew his job description: no
reputation, service, humility . . . even unto death
(Phil. 2:5-8).
Are these the success career goals that one
envisions for life? If not, then let me say very
kindly, but very plainly, our lives thus far are a
failure. Well, things may be moving smoothly in
the church or business and the family may be
growing up as we had hoped. But in the main-
stream of heart and character in the individual
life, we have failed utterly. Men and women of
by Fran Fredericks
God have been able to give themselves in obe-
dience throughout the ages because of a con-
fidence in God, believing in His overruling power
(both in the things which are seen and unseen),
trusting in His unfailing love, and resting in His
sovereign wisdom — even in the midst of the
darkness of His mysteries yet unrevealed.
Where do I go to apply for my job description
for today? I "apply" by willingly confessing and
putting out of my life what displeases Him, no
matter what that may be. I "apply" by tarrying
in His presence daily through His Word and
prayer. I "apply" by allowing the Holy Spirit to
take full possession of me and to maintain a
loving, but absolute, monopoly in all my cir-
cumstances. I "apply" by going, as Jesus has
asked me to, to serve others.
I once read of an account told of a foreign
mission where the work had ended in a certain
outpost because the workers were all killed by
the local residents. When all the other mis-
sionaries of that land were gathered together
and were asked, "Who will go to retake the work
left vacant?", every single hand in the room
immediately was lifted . . . lifted in a "Why NOT
me
v
And in old age, when others fade,
They fruit still forth shall bring;
They shall be fat, and full of sap,
And aye be flourishing.
(Unknown author: adapted from Psalm 92:14)
Fran Fredericks (lower center in photo above), her hus-
band Jim and their four children serve as missionaries
in Calw, West Germany with Grace Brethren Foreign
Missions.
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FELLOWSHIP NEWS
NEWS UPDATE
Robert Clouse, pastor of the First
Brethren Church of Clay City, IN,
has received an excellent report
after his checkup for his heart trans-
plant on July 8, 1985. Both Robert
and Bonnidell are praising the Lord
for all the new medical technology
and would like "to publicly thank
God for six more years of life."
The Calvary Bible Church of Aus-
tin, TX, has been closed.
Jay Fretz will become the new pas-
tor of the Maranatha Brethren
Church, Hagerstown, MD, as of
October 1, 1991.
The Grace Brethren Church of
Charlotte, NC, has been closed.
Scott Franchino has returned to
Alaska to become the youth pastor
of the Peninsula Grace Brethren
Church, Soldotna, AK.
Gunn Guest House is a 1903 Vic-
torian Bed and Breakfast nestled in
the heart of Winona Lake. From the
wrap-around front porch you can
view the Homer Rodeheaver Audi-
torium. You are within walking dis-
tance to the Billy Sunday Taberna-
cle and Home and just four blocks
to Grace Schools. $35 per single
and $40 per couple. Call Delores
Gunn at 219-267-7552 or 219-267-
2023.
The South Bay Community Grace
Brethren Church of San Jose, CA,
is seeking an addition to its pastoral
staff to serve with special emphasis
on church growth. Ability to relate to
young couples under the direction
of the pastor is required. This posi-
tion is a trial program that will be
reviewed and renewed on an
annual basis. The applicant must
fully support triune immersion for
church membership as required by
our constitution. Interested individu-
als may send resume to Mr. Ben
Klus at the church address.
Change Your Annual
Amundson, Louis. P.O. Box 772984, Eagle
River, AK 99577-2984.
Brown, James. His telephone is: 21 5/332-
0189. He is pastoring the new
Crossroads Grace Brethren Church near
Philadelphia, PA.
Burns, Stephen. 100 Rhinehart Ave., Dallas
Center, IA 50063.
Dickson, Grover. 2044 Barnett St., Oxnard,
CA 93033.
Elwell, James. 2134 Crestline Dr., Abilene,
TX 79702-6228.
Hocking, Thomas. 5745 Oliva Ave.,
Lakewood, CA 90712-1613.
Makofka, Steve. His zip is 19125. The
address of Liberty Grace Brethren
Church is 2314 E. York St., Philadelphia,
PA 19125.
McDonald, Fenton. Box 71 , Mabton, WA
98935.
Spence, Phil. 30 Maas St., Ft. Bragg, NC
28307 (Tel. 919/997-7220).
Taylor, James. 212 Pinellas St., Lakeland,
FL 33803-4832.
Townsend, Kenneth. P.O. Box 5413,
Central Point, OR 97502-5413.
Webb, Tony. 3804 Devton Dr., Columbus,
OH 43228. He is the new pastor of the
Southwest Grace Brethren Church of
Columbus, OH.
The Tri-County Grace Brethren Church
address is: P.O. Box 328, Royersford, PA
19468-0328.
Weddings
Darr: Vonda Williamson and Michael Darr
were married on June 22, 1991 , in Maple
Plain, MN. Shimer Darr, grandfather of
Michael, performed the ceremony.
(Submitted by the Winona Lake Grace
Brethren Church. John Teevan, pastor.)
Frank: Traci Chamberlain and Kelly Frank
were married on May 19, 1991, at the
Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church,
Winona Lake, IN. Traci is the daughter of
the Larry Chamberlains. John Teevan,
pastor.
Montz: Mary Lou Hummel and Matthew
Montz were united in marriage May 25,
1991 , at the Grace Brethren Church,
Homerville, OH. Robert Holmes, pastor.
Owen: Laurie Davis and Randy Owen were
married on July 20, 1 991 , at the Grace
Village Chapel, Winona Lake, IN.
(Submitted by the Winona Lake Grace
Brethren Church, Winona Lake, IN. John
Teevan, pastor.)
Silveus: Cynthia Harrell and Scott Silveus
were married on July 27, 1991 , at the
Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church,
Winona Lake, IN. The ceremony was
performed by Mark Penfold. John
Teevan, pastor.
Stark: Cindy Zimmerman and Lee Stark
were married on June 22, 1991, at the
Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church,
Winona Lake, IN. John Teevan, pastor.
Wonders: Sharon Allebach and Richard
Wonders, Jr., were united in marriage on
May 25, 1 991 , at the Mt Calvary Church
in Elizabethtown, PA. Sharon's father
(Pastor Jerry Allebach, Palmyra, PA) and
Rich's pastor (Dan White, York, PA)
officiated at the ceremony. (Submitted by
Dan White, York, PA.)
Deaths:
Andrew, Ray, 80, May 11, 1991. He was a
faithful member of the Leon Brethren
Church, Leon, IA. Russell Betz, pastor.
Messner, Richard, 61 , July 9, 1 991 . A
memorial service was held at
Huntersville, NC. Stephen Howell was in
charge of the service assisted by Bob
Messner. Dick was associated with
Grace Schools for 28 years.
Mrs. Dixon
(continued from page 15)
It was written of the godly Abel that "He being dead, yet speaketh."
Mrs. Dixon is greatly missed and deeply mourned, but she too will live
on in the multitude of lives that were touched by hers and were
changed forever.
Her children, Richard, Paula, Paul, James, Peter and Deborah (and
22 grandchildren) rise up and call her blessed . . . her husband also,
and he praiseth her (Proverbs 31).
Dean I. Walter, Associate Pastor, GBC of Greater Washington
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FELLOWSHIP NEWS
Dorothy B. Dixon
June 1, 1921-^June 9, 1991
"She walked so close to her Lord that when the
accident happened, she just kept walking with only
the slightest change of pace." This quotation from
Mrs. Dorothy Dixon's memorial service on July 12
links her with that rare group of saints of all ages
who, like Enoch, "walked with God and was not, for
God took him."
Dorothy Dixon, wife of Pastor James G. Dixon,
Jr., of the GBC of Greater Washington, had just
observed her 70th birthday on June 1. On the fol-
lowing Saturday, her family and a group of close
friends had gathered for a surprise late-birthday
luncheon in her honor. Tributes from her husband
of 50 years, her children and associates were elo-
quent in their praise of her gracious Christian spirit
that flourished in the care of all who came under
her influence. It was remarked that some private
schools have their Mother Superiors, but Grace
Brethren Christian Schools, which she founded,
had a Superior Mother. Younger pastors and their
wives also attested that she had been a second
mother and a spiritual guide to them.
After the tributes and the singing of some of her
favorite hymns, Pastor Dixon whispered in her ear,
"Well, Dorothy, you have just attended your own
memorial service." She responded that she never
had anything happen to her that thrilled her more.
The next evening, on her way with family members
to the seashore 100 miles away, she stepped softly
onto another shore that no one dreamed was so
close! An oncoming car had crashed into the vehicle
in which she was riding (the driver of the oncoming
car was killed instantly).
Mrs. Dixon had hoped that she might live to be
caught up to be with her Lord "in a moment ... in
the twinkling of an eye." And while God's program
for our age did not allow for that, it was as close to
that reality as anything short of the Rapture could
have been. She had just enough time to throw her
garment of care around her loved ones for the last
time. She saw that all were alive . . . and she asked
about their welfare. Her last bit of earthly energy
was spent caring for others. A few minutes later on
the Medivac helicopter, she soared Heavenward,
leaving her "outgrown shell" behind.
Poor health had plagued Mrs. Dixon the last sev-
eral years of her life. Bronchial difficulties and all
the attendant side effects had all but squeezed her
breath from her body, but like the Apostle Paul, she
accepted her thorn in the flesh, knowing that in
weakness she could be strong for Christ. Hers was
a triumph of faith to match the heroes of Hebrews
11, and no one could have observed her faithful-
ness without being impressed by this "evidence of
things unseen."
Mrs. Dixon was born in Albert Lea, Minnesota,
and raised in Wichita, Kansas, where her parents,
Dorothy B. Dixon
Peter and Elsie Hoidale, now in their nineties, and
her sister. Gwendolyn, still reside. The Dixons
would have been married 50 years in August. Their
families and friends had planned to honor them on
their Golden Anniversary with special ceremonies
at the Temple Hills Church. This also marks their
50th year in the Christian ministry, the greater part
of which was carried out in the Washington, D.C.,
area. They came to Washington's First Brethren
Church in 1951, and established the GBC of
Greater Washington in suburban Maryland in
1962.
The years at Temple Hills were fruitful years for
the Dixons, and although Mrs. Dixon had no
thought of starting a school, the needs of the
church family for day care moved her into this good
work in 1965. Year after year another grade was
added until the 12th grade level was reached.
Enrollments increased steadily until currently over
one thousand students attend at four different
campus locations. It has been rumored that some
children got into trouble on purpose so that they
would be sent tc the Director's Office and could sit
on Mrs. Dixon's lap for motherly instruction. She
was dearly loved by the students and highly
respected in the academic community. She retired
as Director on December 31, 1986. after which she
became Director Emeritus and continued as a con-
sultant until her death.
Eloquent witness was given to the impact of her
life on the community by the large number of
people who attended her memorial services, coming
to pay tribute to this capable and gracious lady. The
memorial service on June 12 followed closely the
format of her birthday observance that she had
attended four days before. The same songs were
sung and many of the same people took part. In
addition to those tributes, James Dixon m read
excerpts from his mother's manuscript of a devo-
tional book which the family plans to publish soon.
Mrs. Dixon was buried in a family plot in Wichita
on Monday, June 17, with Pastor conducting the
brief service there. (continued on page 1 4)
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EDITORIAL
Each year several of my favor-
ite business magazines flaunt
themselves by revealing what
they've discovered about the pri-
vate lives of a number of individ-
uals. The goal is to find the
richest people in the world or
perhaps limit it to our own
United States. More copies of
these special issues of Fortune
and Forbes magazines are sold
each year than any other single
issue. Nearly everyone seems to
be interested in the private lives
of this select group. The maga-
zines had defined this group to
be millionaires at one time, but
now with soaring inflation they
are the billionaires.
The list has been released for
this year and again there is a Mr.
Turner in the group. His name is
Ted. He made it in the ranks with
a modest SI. 200. 000,000 which
is a mere two hundred million
dollars more than is needed to
qualify. In the lead is a fellow
from Brunei who owns
S32. 000, 000. 000. His name is
Sultan Hjai Hassanal Bolkiah
Muizzaddin Waddaulah. With a
name like this he must be better
than Smuckers! This Sultan
boasts a number of oil wells. He
also loves Polo and offers air-con-
ditioned stables for his ponies. 1
Uncle Ted Turner has been en-
deared to us as the mouth of the
south. It appears that CNN and
all that the media business en-
tails has been good to him. I too
am in a Turner clan and have
been in the media business for
more than twenty years, but my
name isn't on this most impres-
sive list. I have been informed
that Ted has done well because of
his superb news coverage on
wars. Well, Ted has no real ad-
vantage over me, after all I offer
coverage on the Brethren! So
there must be some other expla-
nation for Ted Turner's wealth.
Why are we so fascinated with
such great sums of money? Be-
1 Fortune magazine. September 9. 199 1 .
p. 59.
ing rich is often discouraged by
our churches, yet most people
know the name of the Reader's
Digest contest that promises
S10.000.000. The contest runs
for about five years and then
goes through twenty-seven dif-
ferent phases of offering thou-
sands of products for sale before
any funds can be given away.
There is also the Clearing
House Sweepstakes that gives
away a million dollars here and a
million there. There is more than
a passing interest in these mail-
ings. By definition becoming rich
is a difficult goal to achieve. It is
the nature of mankind to crave
more and. may I add. it is the
fallen nature that cannot be sat-
isfied. No, neither my name or
yours is on the list of the rich.
But I trust it is written in the
book where the values cannot be
measured by a worldly means of
dollars and cents.
There is an old gospel song
which says. "... is my name
written there on the page white
and fair? In the book of the king-
dom, is my name written there?
Lord. I care not for riches. Nei-
ther silver nor gold: I would make
sure of heaven, I would enter the
fold. In the book of thy kingdom
With its pages so fair. Tell me.
Jesus, my Saviour. Is my name
written there? Lord, my sins are
many. Like the sands of the sea.
but thy blood. O my Saviour. Is
sufficient for me: For thy promise
is written, in bright letters that
glow 'Though your sins be as
scarlet. I will make them like
snow.' Oh. that beautiful city
With its mansions of light, with
its glorified beings in pure gar-
ments of white! Where no evil
thing cometh To despoil what is
fair. Where the angels are watch-
ing. Yes, my name's written
there. Yes, my name's written
there. On the page white and fair,
in the book of Thy kingdom. Yes.
my name's written there.
2 Used by permission. Singing His
Praise. Lexicon Music. Inc.. Newbury-
Park. CA.
Is My Name
Written
There?
No and Yes!
by Charles W Turner
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Brethren Missionary
'HERALD
Volume S3 l\Tn in ^^^ Ortnhpr IS 1QQ1
October 15, 1991
3 Editorial
Is My Name
Written There?
No and Yes!
Charles W. Turner
6 Foreign Missions
A Vision for the
Violent City
Kip Cone
8 WMC
1991-92 Officers
10 B.E.M.
God Is Calling Us
to Revival
Armin R. Gesswein
12 CE National
Honor to Whom
Honor is Due
BNYC Highlights
14 SMM
Today's SMM
16 Home Missions
Is Home Missions
Essential?
An Answer to
Prayer
18 Fellowship News
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or expand their ministry facilities during the past
fiscal year. Over the past 36 years, you have en-
abled us to extend $37,637,133 in loans for Fellow-
ship building projects.
Your confidence in this ministry has resulted in
deposits currently exceeding 20 million dollars.
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trust. We want you to know that you are greatly
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Dublin, Ohio
Bay De Noc Grace Brethren Church
Escanaba, Michigan
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Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Norton, Ohio
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Orlando, Florida
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Pataskala, Ohio
1 First Brethren Church
Taos, New Mexico
i Grace Brethren Church
Waldorf, Maryland
Total Church Loans = 19
Total Loan Volume = $3,446,859
HERALD/ October 15, 1991
FOREIGN MISSIONS
a Vision for
the VIOLENT
\JTo To That Great City is the theme of the Grace Conference
on Mission (Oct. 29-Nov. 1). The focus on urban missions
reflects the heartbeat of Jay Bell, GBFM Church Relations
Coordinator and this year's conference keynote speaker.
Jay is a native of Los Angeles. Though he now
resides in quiet Winona Lake, his heart is still in
the frantic bustle of the city. Jay's vision is for
the city because he believes that is where God is
working today. "We have become an urbanized
world," states Jay. "We have gone from a world of
countries to a world of interconnected multi-cul-
tural cities."
"Cities," continues Jay with enthusiasm, "are
like giant magnets pulling people out of villages
and tribes and countries and rural areas into a
concrete jungle." Today, 250 cities boast one mil-
lion citizens. By the year 2000 almost 1,000
cities around the world will have populations
exceeding one million. Mexico City, the largest
city in the world with over 20 million people,
increases by one million people a year. "It is mind
boggling what God is doing in His world,"
observes Jay.
Jay has a love-hate relationship with the city.
Traffic jams, smog, congestion, and long lines
are disconcerting. The city is a difficult place to
minister because it stretches one beyond his
comfort zone.
The city is violent. In the Greater Los Ange-
les Area, there are approximately 600 street
gangs with over 80,000 members. In 1988 over
800 homicides were recorded in L.A.
The city is ethnically diverse. Los Angeles
contains the largest concentration of Mexican,
Korean, Filipino, Vietnamese, Guatemalan, Sal-
Mexico City sprawls across the valley.
vadorean, and Cambodian people outside of their
respective homelands. One hundred and four
language groups are represented in L.A. schools.
The city is spiritually complex. "I saw a pic-
ture on the front page of the Orange County Reg-
ister showing 6,000 Muslims in Mile Square Park
on their knees bowing east to Mecca," relates
Jay. "L.A. hosts the largest Hindu and Buddhist
temples in the Western Hemisphere. God is
bringing the religions of the world to L.A."
Violence, ethnic diversity, and spiritual com-
plexity can be found in every city around the
globe. 'The world," declares Jay, "is on our door-
6
HERALD/ October 15, 1991
FOREIGN MISSIONS
Crowded streets In Lyon, France.
step. And that can be taken two ways: the city in
our way as an obstacle, or the city in our way as
an opportunity."
The city is where the people are. Jay loves
the city. Why? He sees the world at our front
door as an opportunity to share the gospel with
people — all kinds of people. "When you cram
people of different language, culture, food, dress,
and religion into a compact area, barriers of tra-
dition melt away leaving people open to new
ideas," explains Jay. 'The packaging of the Gos-
pel needs to be accomplished in such a way that
we become all things to all men, by all means,
reaching them for Christ." Violent gang members
need Christ, Cambodian refugees need Christ,
Muslims need Christ ... as well as white
Anglo-Saxons. They are all congregating in the
cities of the world, waiting for the Truth.
"The Bible records Jesus being moved to tears
on two occasions," Jay says. 'The first was at the
death of his dear friend Lazarus, and the second
was over a city! The incarnate God, the God in
human flesh, wept over a city! It has been said,
'Don't sing to me What a Friend We Have in
Jesus, until I have a friend in you.'"
GBFM is planting churches in cities around
the world. Grace Brethren missionaries are pro-
claiming Christ to people in Tokyo, Manila, Bue-
nos Aires, Lyon, Stuttgart and other world class
cities. But who will go to Prague, Berlin,
Moscow . . . ? More workers are needed, for the
task is great. Roger Peugh, Mission Conference
Coordinator, desires that the conference will
deeply move students to get involved in the inner
city. Any large city in America provides numer-
ous cross-cultural mission opportunities. 'Then
the word of the Lord came . . . Go to that great
city and proclaim to it the message I give you"
(Jonah 3:1-2).
People flood across a street in Tokyo.
Mission
Conference Highlights
Alex Montoya, pastor of the First Fun-
damental Bible Church of Monterey
Park, Los Angeles, will also be challeng-
ing students with his heart for the city.
The First Fundamental Bible Church,
one of many churches planted by Alex
in the LA. area, has a strong ministry
in the Hispanic community. Founder
and President of the Southern Califor-
nia School of Ministry, Alex's vision is
for the evangelization of the city. He will
bring a strong challenge to the Grace
student body.
Workshops dealing with various
mission-related topics will be offered on
Thursday, October 31. Later that day,
Grace students will host the Halloween
Alternative, a community service and
outreach activity held on campus.
HERALD/ October 15, 1991
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
1991-1992 WMC Officers
President — Mrs. Russell (Betty)
Ogden: Betty is a pastor's wife and
a member of the GBC of Lanham,
MD, for the past sixteen years. She
has served as National President for
three years, Assistant Secretary for
two years, Secretary for one year,
District President, Vice President,
Secretary, and SMM Leader. She
taught in junior and senior high
school in the public school system
for fourteen years. In 1975 she,
along with her husband, helped
found the Lanham Christian School,
where she continues to work in
administrative areas. She has four
children and seventeen grandchil-
dren. She has taught ladies' Bible
studies, seminars, and retreats. A
highlight in ministry is her annual
visit to a mountain village in Haiti
where she conducts women's
seminars.
First Vice President — Mrs. Tom
(Geneva) Inman: Geneva is a pas-
tor's wife and member of the GBC of
Colorado Springs, CO, for the past
twenty-one years. She has served
as National First Vice President,
Assistant Secretary and Assistant to
the Financial Secretary-Treasurer. In
District WMC she is currently the
president and has served continu-
ously in various offices through the
years. Locally, she is involved in both
WMC and SMM. Geneva is a sec-
ond grade teacher, the mother of
four children and has three grand-
children.
Second Vice President — Mrs.
Odell (Janet) Minnix: Janet served
on the Program Packet Committee
for three years before becoming Pro-
gram Chairman. She has also been
District Program Chairman and has
held offices in her local WMC, includ-
ing President. She is a member of
the Ghent GBC in Roanoke, VA,
where she is church organist. Her
hobbies include reading and garden-
ing. Janet and her husband have two
sons.
Secretary— Mrs. Dan (Nancy)
Eshelman: Nancy is the pastor's
wife at the GBC of Elizabethtown,
PA. After serving as her husband's
secretary for most of their ministry,
she is presently employed as a
bookkeeper. She has served for two
years as National Secretary, and in
the past has served as National
Assistant Secretary, District Presi-
dent, Project Chairman, and Editor,
and has held several local WMC
offices. She is the mother of four
children.
Assistant Secretary — Mrs. John
(Lucy) Snow: Lucy is the pastor's
wife at the GBC of Portis, KS. She
has held various offices in local
WMCs and presently serves as Dis-
trict Secretary and as National Assis-
tant Secretary. For over twenty years
she worked in clerical positions in
banking and business firms, five of
those years as an executive secre-
tary. Her hobbies include counted
stitchery and bicycling.
Financial Secretary-Treasurer —
Joyce Ashman: Joyce grew up in a
pastor's home. She has been the
National Treasurer since 1972. She
is a member of the Winona Lake
GBC, where she is a member of the
choir as well as Choir Librarian and
Sunday School Secretary. She
serves as local WMC treasurer and
is active in the Christian Women's
Club. Her hobbies include bowling,
crocheting, and watching sports.
Assistant to the Financial
Secretary-Treasurer — Mrs. Gary
(Martha) Tusing: Martha is a mem-
ber of the Leesburg GBC of Lees-
burg, IN. She helps with the
bookkeeping at her husband's busi-
ness and sells real estate in the War-
saw area. She attended Grace
College and is active in her local and
district WMC. Local responsibilities
have included most offices; currently
she is Program Chairman. She has
just completed a term as Indiana
District President and has served as
Project Chairman and Program
Chairman in the past. She will be in
charge of the Fall retreat for the dis-
trict this year. Martha and her hus-
band have a daughter and son-in-
law, and a granddaughter.
Literature Chairman — Mrs. Lillian
Teeter: Lillian was a pastor's wife for
34 years until her husband passed
away eight years ago. She currently
works as secretary at Grace Breth-
ren Foreign Missions. Although she
is a member of the Winona Lake
GBC, she travels to Fort Wayne, IN,
every Sunday to lead children's
church at the GBC where her son-in-
law is pastor. Her hobbies include
cross stitch, knitting and reading.
She has two daughters and four
grandchildren.
Prayer Chairman — Mrs. Roger
(Nancy) Peugh: Nancy was a mis-
sionary in W. Germany from 1969 to
1 989. There she worked with an
"SMM type" ministry and with the
women in the Stuttgart GBC. The
Peughs moved to Winona Lake
when Roger became the overseer of
the Department of Missions at Grace
Seminary. This school year he is
also the Chaplain of Grace Schools.
The Peughs attend the Winona Lake
GBC where Nancy is actively
involved in WMC as Prayer Chair-
man. She also leads a Precept Bible
study with the wives of seminary stu-
dents. They have four children: three
sons (22, 20, and 15) and a five-
year-old daughter.
Editor— Mrs. John (Viki) Rife: Viki
spent most of her childhood in
Argentina, where her parents were
FGBC missionaries. She has taught
junior and senior high school, and
has also taught part time at Grace
College. She currently serves as
SMM Coordinator for her district and
is a member of the National SMM
Cabinet. At the Leesburg, IN, GBC,
where she is a member, she serves
as Recording Secretary, Amigas
SMM leader, and WMC Missions
Chairman, as well as assisting with
the children's church ministry. The
Rifes have three school-age
children.
8
HERALD/ October 15, 1991
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Dear Sisters in Christ:
As this program year winds down, I wanted you to know how much the friend-
ship studies have meant to the Washington Heights WMC Council. I hope our expe-
riences will be an encouragement to you to actively seek and develop new and
lasting relationships.
I have seen a marked change in all our WMC members. It is hard to say what
has contributed to our new attitudes. I like to think that it has been a combination
of our friendship studies, "The Friendships of Women" study book, as well as our
receptiveness to our pastor's teachings on evangelism.
I even have proof of our new openness and willingness to share with others.
Our ladies are continuously using their tal-
ents to strengthen and unify our council —
one even went so far as to paint each mem-
ber a friendship sweatshirt. Individually we
are using daily opportunities to witness
through friendships and many of our ladies
have invited some of their unsaved friends
and family members to attend our monthly
meetings. Visitors keep coming and we keep
sharing God's love and the message of sal-
vation with some who have never heard it.
Another outpouring of friendship was
expressed at our annual Mother-Daughter
Banquet. We had almost 65 mothers and
daughters present for a fabulous seven-
course meal and inspirational program
using the National WMC's suggested material. Most of those present did not attend
our church and many did not attend any church at all, but they came and were
introduced to God's people and His love.
This past year our Council also sponsored "WMC Night." We sent out invita-
tions to every District officer and WMC president, as well as our entire church body
(including the men). Many church members as well as ladies from two other local
councils decided to worship with us and participate in our program. It was heart-
warming to meet and fellowship with our own members as well as some of our
friends we had not seen for a while.
In closing, I'd just like to encourage all ladies to remember what they have
learned through the friendship studies. Keep making yourself available to others for
God's glory. Don't ask God to put you somewhere other than just where you are
now. Many years I prayed that my personal circumstances would change. I don't do
that anymore. I took the advice offered by author Beverly Bush Smith and decided
to "bloom where I'm planted." I challenge each person who reads this to remember
you are where you are for a purpose. Use these circumstances to make a positive
contribution in someone's life — be a friend and glorify God in the process.
Your friend,
Martha P. Franklin, President
Washington Heights Grace Brethren Church WMC
Roanoke, Virginia
HERALD/ October 15, 1991
9
FOREIGN MISSIONS
God is Calling Us to
Like a person searching for gold and not
seeing a precious nugget in front of his
eyes, churches are missing revival even while
they are praying for it.
We miss it by generalizing: praying for "a
great revival in our land." Or by juturizing:
"When revival comes, mighty things will hap-
pen." At the same time we fail to heed Scrip-
ture which calls us to repentance — repentance
which will bring awakening to our churches.
A minister friend related that he went to
hear a man of God preach on revival. My friend
was shaken when the preacher began. "We are
not here tonight to pray for some big. general
revival. We are here to be revived!" In that very
hour renewal began in my friend, and God has
used him in revival ministries ever since.
What appears consistently in the New Testa-
ment is that the local church is the basic unit
for the major working of the Holy Spirit. The
Church began this way in Jerusalem on the
Day of Pentecost, and then other churches
were started. No instruction from God is
plainer than that which calls individual
churches to repentance and renewal.
The problem is with our priorities. We pro-
crastinate and postpone. Secondary things
crowd out the primary things. We major in
the minors. Desires get the better of holy
disciplines.
Jesus counters all this with one plain and
penetrating word: "Seek first the kingdom of
God and His righteousness, and all these
things shall be added to you," Matt. 6:33.
When we put first things first (repentance,
returning to the "first love" and "first works"),
the secondary things — which usually attract
us — take their proper place.
God's call is not only to revival. It is a call to
the praying which brings revival to our
churches. God works in answer to prayer. This
seems hard to learn and easy to forget.
Why is it that churches so seldom catch the
grand vision of prayer which is on the heart of
Jesus and his Church in the New Testament?
by Armin R. Gesswein
When Jesus built his Church, he built a
prayer meeting — a praying congregation. That
is the message written all through the book of
Acts. Yet somehow we miss it. And we miss
revival and the powerful working of the Holy
Spirit. The world gets into our churches, and
we get into the business of problem- solving
instead of life-changing.
I once read a book titled Nine Bad Shots of
Golf c^d What to Do About Them. To my sur-
prise, I found that I had all nine of them. But
greater still was my surprise when I discovered
that one good shot could cure all nine. There
are few problems in our churches which
prayer meetings cannot solve.
One morning this thought came to me: The
only thing our blessed risen Lord left behind
on Planet Earth when he ascended to heaven
was a little prayer meeting."
I thought that there should have been some-
thing else, at least some alternate route. But
the Lord seemed to say to me, "Read the book
of Acts and see what I did with that little
prayer meeting. And I will teach you what a
prayer meeting really is and what I can do with
it."
It all comes down to this: revival in our
churches is as near as our prayer meetings.
Not only Scripture but all church history
shows that no revival has ever come any other
way.
Can we possibly improve on Jesus' plan for
revival in our churches? John Chrysostom
said, "God can refuse nothing to a praying
congregation."
Armin R. Gesswein is the founder and director
of Revival Prayer Fellowship, Inc. He is also the
author of several books on prayer, the Christian
life, church renewal and evangelism. He and his
wife, Reidun, are the parents of three grown chil-
dren. The Gessweins live in San Juan Capist-
rano, California. This article originally appeared
in the January 1, 1986, issue of Alliance Life
Used by permission of the author.
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STATISTICAL REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
REPORTED AT NATIONAL CONFERENCE
1989
Professions of Faith 4.040
Total Baptisms 2.51 1
MEETING ATTENDANCES
Sunday Morning 42.068
Sunday School 29.513
Sunday Evening 16,445
MEMBERSHIP
Total Membership 39,481
Trine-Immersed Membership 35.437
All Expenditures S40.604.479
U.S. CHURCHES
Total Number Reporting 319
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Number of churches operating schools 43
Total Enrollment 8,823
FOREIGN FIELD STATISTICS
Number of churches 733
Foreign field average attendance 193.075
1990
4.316
2,581
change
+276
+70
42,174
29,103
15,425
+106
-410
-1.020
38,991
34,875
S42, 661,957
-490
-562
+S2.057.478
278
-21
42
-1
8,455
-368
747
+ 14
196.311
+3.236
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CE NATIONAL
Honor to Whom Honor is Due..."
CE recognizes and congratulates the following churches!
Church of the Year - Lititz GBC, Lititz, PA
Senior Pastor... Jerry Young
One of the strengths of the Lititz GBC is the edification and building up of their people.
They also have a good strategy for reaching their community. The church has seen good
consistent growth. Another strength is leadership development. The College of Elders
program is the key to this leadership training.
Sunday School of the Year - Valley GBC, Hagerstown, MD
Senior Pastor.. .Dan Pritchett
The people of Valley GBC have a heart for the Lord which is evidenced by their Sunday
School. Sunday School is the point of entry into the church. It is there that the friends
and families that are invited to church are introduced to the Bible and good Christian
fellowship.
Good Samaritan Award
East Side GBC, Columbus, OH
East Side Basketball Camp was held last
summer for junior-senior high boys from
single-parent homes. The camp was free
and included several college basketball
coaches and a player from the Cleveland
Cavaliers. The camp was designed to put
the boys in contact with male role models,
challenge them to see the important of
education while avoiding drugs and
alcohol, and to help them understand
what it means to be a Christian.
CE Idea of the Year
Lititz GBC, PA
A program called the College of Elders is
designed to train and develop new male
leadership in the church. Pastor Jerry
Young originated the idea as a way to
avoid the over-involvement of leadership
in the church. Prospective church leaders
are involved in a program of on-going
training and personal discipleship in a
one-on-one arrangement with current
members of the elder board.
Educators of the Year
Ashland GBC, Ashland, OH
Dan and Leigh Daugherty
Both Dan and Leigh are very active at the
GBC of Ashland. Dan teaches a class of
young married couples and a junior high
group. Leigh assists in planning activities
for these groups. She also teaches a
kindergarten class on Sundays and a
training program for first grade girls
during the week. Dan and Leigh are
members of the Children's Commission at
the church and take part in several other
ministries as well.
Senior Medal of Ministry
Eastside GBC, Columbus, OH
William Flick
Bill is an elder in the church and is a
trainer in the church's Evangelism
Explosion program. He is probably best
known to all who have attended the
church as a door greeter. In addition, Bill
has been active in work projects through
the Men in Ministry organization.
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CE NATIONAL
• 1792 in attendance.
• 1 100 participated in the outreach
blitz.
• 107 persons in Flagstaff, AZ
prayed to receive Christ!
/
BNYC is
SUCCESSFUL!
• Hundreds of youth made
commitments for Christ!
• 41 adults were trained in the
Blueprints program.
• 60 were in the Twenties program.
■ There's always something interesting going on. The organization was great!
i The BLITZ again showed kids that creativity and fun can be a great witnessing tool.
■ I was impressed with all the adult leaders I
met - everyone really had a heart for the
kids and I think the kids really saw that
and benefited.
1 1 was impressed by the youth group
emphasis.
■ Prayer made it happen! Thanks for your
leadership and example.
' I was impressed by the "spirit of conference" from day one and the emphasis of prayer.
■ The speakers were excellent. They knew what we needed to hear and got straight to the point.
1 The times with the youth from our church was especially a great idea.
■ I came to BNYC planning to leave youth work, discouraged, burnt-out. I now realize I can't quit. I
am revitalized. Thank you God!
i As quiz coach of my church, my motivations for quizzing have been rearranged. The Christian
character built through consistent Bible memorization is the ultimate goal, not winning.
Young people made decisions to live for the Lord at home and be
witnesses at school. They want to go back to their youth groups and
pray for their local pastors and be leaders. Praise the Lord for the
way He changed and is changing lives.
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HOME MISSIONS
Is Home Missions
Essential?
by Jesse B. Deloe
Perhaps you think the question is trite, rhetorical, or
self-serving. For some, however, it may be helpful to
seek an answer beyond the obvious. Many fine Chris-
tian people have a burden for missions but do not rec-
ognize the essential nature of church planting in the
United States or the need for "outside help" to start new
churches.
Some time ago the pastor of a
large, self-supporting church in our
Fellowship said to me, "The Home
Missions Council is an essential in-
gredient in a church planting strate-
gy." His church had started six other
congregations in the previous five
years, some with the assistance of
Grace Brethren Home Missions, and
some on their own.
This pastor recognized that
church planting is the responsibility
of the local church as a part of the
Great Commission. Yet he testified
that additional resources may be
needed for a local church to give birth
to another congregation.
As I thought about his comments,
I quickly recognized at least six re-
sources that Home Missions can provide churches in
their own church planting efforts:
1. Orientation and training for church planting pas-
tors. We conduct an annual three-day workshop to pro-
vide our new home mission pastors with practical helps
in developing strategies to start churches and bring
them to self-support status. These orientation sessions
are augmented by an annual leadership workshop for
all home mission pastors (and established pastors are
invited, too).
2. On the field assistance of regional directors. Three
men currently oversee the ministries of our church
planters. Their own experience and training equip them
to help new men on the field in the challenging role of
starting from scratch and building a church.
3. National exposure for prayer support. Through
our various publications and mailings, media presenta-
tions provided for small groups and churches, staff itin-
eration throughout the Fellowship, and programs at
district and national conferences, we can give begin-
ning groups the kind of introduction to the Fellowship
that engenders care and concern through prayer and
encouragement. We try to link new groups with
churches within their districts and across the country
that will become partners with them in their ministry.
4. Financial assistance from Grace Brethren inves-
tors from all over America. Of course. Home Missions
has no money of its own. But, as we are the facilitators
of our Fellowship churches for church-planting in the
U.S. and Canada, we can call upon Grace Brethren
people to provide the resources required for church
"The Home
Missions
Council is an
essential
ingredient in
a church
planting
strategy. "
expansion. Church and individual gifts provide for sal-
aries, health insurance, and partial retirement benefits
for pastors and their families. They finance training
materials and seminars for pioneer church planters.
They also cover the expenses involved in overseeing the
ministry, including administrative, publicity, and sup-
port costs. Only as Fellowship members respond can
we offer this help.
5. Proven strategies for getting
started. There may be more than one
way to start a church, but each group
must determine the one way in which
it will begin. Our field directors and
cooperating district mission boards
provide a wealth of help and counsel
for new pastors and people in a
church plant, evaluating community
demographics, designing strategies,
and developing methods to get the
job done.
6. Ongoing evaluation and ac-
countability. Pastors out in the field
are not left alone. Through regular re-
ports, communication with their field
directors, encouragement through
their district fellowships, and other
direct contact, their ministry is constantly evaluated,
and help is given where needed. This not only assists
the new work but guarantees to the donors of the Fel-
lowship that their investments are being guarded and
utilized as a stewardship from God.
We sometimes say that we don't care who starts a
church or how it is done, just so churches are planted.
In many instances, however, churches of our Fellow-
ship have found it essential to have the assistance of
the Home Missions Council.
Church groups recognizing their need and opportun-
ity to reproduce themselves are encouraged to contact
our offices for counsel and assistance. It is our greatest
joy and privilege to facilitate your church planting
goals!
4m
A HOME MISSIONS STRATEGY FOR THE
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HOME MISSIONS
An Answer to Prayer
This is an update on Pastor Wilfred Jean
and his family of L'Eglise Evangelique
des Freres de la Grace in Ft. Laud-
erdale, Florida.
Attenders at the July national con-
ference in Columbus will remem-
ber that special prayer was
requested for the family of
Pastor Jean. He has been in
the United States for about
five years, having fled Haiti
during days of great perse-
cution of protestant
preachers. As this letter
indicates, his wife and
two young sons are
currently with him
in Florida. Read the
letter with joy and
continue to pray
that permanent
visas can be
arranged for
them.
HERALD/ October 15, 1991
FELLOWSHIP NEWS
NEWS UPDATE
Pastor Roy Glass, III, has
informed his congregation, the
Troy, OH, Grace Brethren Church,
that he will not be accepting an
extension of his call as their pastor
when it ends in November 1991.
After serving 7 years as their youth
pastor and pastor, he desires to
return to youth ministry on a full-
time basis. Anyone desiring to con-
tact him may do so at the church or
at his home. His address is: 708 S.
Clay St., Troy, OH 45373.
Jim Jackson (former paster of the
Charlotte, NC, church which has
been closed) has moved to Van-
couver, WA, to begin a new work
there. The name of the church is:
Vancouver Grace Fellowship.
Garth Lindelef is the new pastor
of the Makakilo Grace Brethren
Church, Makakilo, HI.
Mike Lookenott is the new pastor
at the Laurel Mountain Grace
Brethren Church at Boswell, PA.
Scott Massey has accepted the
call to pastor the Carlton Brethren
Church in Garwin, IA.
Bob Trefrey is now pastoring the
Grace Brethren Church of Alexan-
dria, VA.
A new district has been formed as
a result of action taken at the
National Conference in Columbus,
OH, named Chesapeake District. It
consists of the following churches:
Temple Hills, Frederick, Calvert
County, Waldorf, and Lanham, MD;
Alexandria, Virginia Beach, and the
two churches located in Richmond,
VA.
Carlton Fuller is serving as the
interim pastor of the Grace Brethren
Church in Johnson City, TN.
Mike Prentovich has resigned
from his position as assistant pastor
at the Grace Brethren Church of
Rittman, OH, to begin a new district
home missions church in Kent, OH.
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Deaths
Brown, Roy L, 86, August 26, 1991.
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Grace Brethren Church in
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Church of Hagerstown, MD, for 36
years. Pastor Bob Dell officiated at
her memorial service. Ray Davis,
pastor.
Davis, Lloyd G., went home to be with
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served faithfully at the Pike Grace
Brethren Church of Johnstown, PA,
for many years.
Weimer, Earl W., 65, July 16, 1991. He
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A news story came through the
other day that seemed to be of no
great importance, but neverthe-
less it caught my attention. When
a sports team in our area wins a
noteworthy title there is good rea-
son to cheer. You do not cheer too
often if you are a Chicago Cubs
fan. In fact, when the Cubs do
well, you get nervous. It is just
not normal for them to win. They
are best loved as losers, because
that is their normal standard.
I am used to this kind of thing,
having been born and raised in
an area where the radio broad-
casted the Cleveland Indians'
games. Then there are the Colts
who came to Indiana by way of a
night trip from Baltimore. It was
obviously the red-eye special be-
cause we have been weeping ever
since.
But back to the news story.
The impossible seemed to happen
when a fellow showed up in Chi-
cago who was able to change a
pair of sneakers into a highly val-
ued piece of clothing. Even non-
sports enthusiasts have seen him
on television, doing what is next
to impossible with a basketball as
he flies through the air, feet clad
with Air Jordans. He led the Chi-
cago Bulls to the championship
three months ago. Just recently
he and the team were invited to
the White House for a photo ses-
sion and a visit with the Presi-
dent of the United States. This
also helped make the President
look like a real friendly and
approachable person, which is
not a bad image to want when
election year is approaching.
When the big day came, the
Chicago Bulls went to the Rose
Garden, but the big guy wasn't
there. Without any explanation,
Michael Jordan did not show up.
Everyone was afraid to ask about
it and went ahead and acted like
Jordan was present and the Pres-
ident was smiling, but everyone
wondered, "Where is Jordan?" To
turn down an invitation from the
President of the United States is
not even heard of, let alone
thought about.
Hold on, you non-sports fans,
there is a moral to the story. It
seems strange to turn down a
special invitation from kings,
queens or even presidents. Who
would even think about /finding
something more important to do?
After all it would be an insult to
the leader. But do not be too
hasty to judge, for there is a large
group of people who do this
everyday.
An invitation has been ex-
tended to all persons of the
human race. The invitation is
open for an opportunity to come
into the presence of God, the Cre-
ator of the universe. People turn
the offer down by the tens of
thousands, even by the millions.
They refuse to come with their
burdens and rest them at the feet
of Jesus. They spurn the invita-
tion as they boldly turn down the
King of kings.
There is yet another group
which turns down invitations
. . . not a visit to the White
House, but to the throne of grace.
This invitation is to pray and talk
to God. We do use the privilege
on some occasions — often when
giving thanks before a meal or
when asked to pray over the
chicken dinner on our Sunday-
out trip. But prayer consists of
much more than this according
to the Bible. It is not a pre-
planned, packaged event which
can occur at places like the may-
or's prayer breakfast where we
eat for 45 minutes, listen to a lec-
ture for an hour and have 45 sec-
onds of prayer for the bacon and
eggs. Prayer is communion and
fellowship with God. According to
the Bible it is not to be done in
front of people on the street cor-
ner. Those prayers have an
immediate reward because those
praying get the attention of
those who see them performing
piously.
So Michael Jordan didn't show
up in the Rose Garden at the
President's invitation, but he
claims to have had a reason. It is
much more sad to not show up at
the invitation of God in the gar-
den of prayer for communion,
soul-searching and fellowship.
This, too, is an insult to God and
also a lack of obedience.
Saying No —
to the
President!
by Charles W. Turner
HERALD/ November 15, 1991
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Brethren Missionary
GERALD
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Volume 53 No. 11
November 15, 1991
3 Editorial
Saying No —
to the
President!
by Charles W. Turner
5 B.E.M.
Directors' Doings
6 Home Missions
School Bells in
Navajo Land
by Chris Gcdegor
8 Grace Schools
Grace College
and CE National-
Serving Christ
Together at BNYC
10 Foreign Missions
Snapshots from
CE National's
Eur-TIME Team
by Kip Cone
12 WMC
Momma
14 Fellowship News
Herald Magazine Policy
As enacted August 1, 1986
After considerable discussion on the Brethren Missionary Herald Board a new emphasis
of direction for our magazine was established by the following motion:
1 . It is the purpose of the BMH magazine to communicate to the members of the Fellowship
of Grace Brethren Churches the news of its ministries and the current state of the church.
2. This shall be accomplished through news reporting editorials, articles and advertisements
from the FGBC boards and interviews of persons best qualified to present information of
general concern.
3. The content of the BMH magazine is determined by the Executive Editor under guidelines
established by the BMH Board of Trustees. It is not the organ of any single interest, but
seeks to serve the general interests of the entire FGBC in pursuing its Scriptural goals.
Seconded and passed by unanimous vote of the Board.
Publisher Charles W. Turner
Printer Hardesty Printing Co.
Department Editors:
CE National
Ed Lewis
MaryBeth Kaylor
Foreign Missions
Tom Julien
Greg Weimer
Grace Schools
John Davis
Joel Curry
Home Missions
Larry N. Chamberlain
Jim Folsom
Women's Missionary Council
Vila Rife
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BRETHREN EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES
Directors' Doings
Phil Guerena
Phil Guerena, director with
BEM, was one of 32 pastors
and missionaries who minis-
tered at the Pan American
games in Cuba this past
August. He reports that
churches were packed and in
some cases there was stand-
ing room only. Anyone who
stood to give a testimony or a
message was well received like a breath of
fresh air. The Cuban evangelical church had
formerly been treated like an enemy of the
state, but now new concessions are opening up
and foreign ministers are allowed to officiate.
Decisions for Christ were numerous. There
were exchanges of greetings, testimonies, sing-
ing, and a warm Cuban Christian heart which
gave immediate love and
acceptance. Pray for the
Cuban people, its presi-
dent, its leaders and its
Christians.
Vernon Harris, con-
cluding 15 years of faith-
ful service as a BEM
director, was honored at
National Conference with
the Robert B. Collitt
Memorial Award for ex-
cellence in evangelism.
He presently serves as associate pastor of vis-
itation and discipleship at the New Holland
GBC in Pennsylvania. He was a leader in the
GROW 73-76 programs of evangelism and the
DEO-80's evangelistic thrust in the Fellowship
Dr. Charles Davis pre-
sents Collitt Memorial
Award to Vernon Har-
ris (center).
of Grace Brethren Churches.
Elene Dohner, wife of director Earl Dohner,
was part of a First Love Renewal team that
ministered to the WMC ladies of the North
Atlantic District, October 11 and 12. They are
members of the Grace Brethren Church in
Brookville, Ohio.
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Tony Derosa
Tony DeRosa, a director
and businessman who at-
tends the Grace Brethren
Church ofWhittier, CA, joined
the BEM road ministry team
in September. He will serve as
assistant to the Director,
part-time teacher in First
Love Renewal seminars and a
follow-up coordinator. Those
desiring to assist him with financial support
may call our Roanoke office (703/922-6595).
Newly elected Directors at National Con-
ference in Columbus, Ohio include: George
Traub, pastor at Washington Heights GBC in
Roanoke, VA; Dan White, pastor of the Grace
Brethren Church of York, PA; and Lyle
Sweeney, pastor at Grace Fellowship Church
in Hurst, TX. Pastor Chuck Davis of Ocala, FL
was re-elected president of BEM; Donald Ken-
dall of Hagerstown, MD was elected vice-pres-
ident; Fred Sorrick of AUentown, PA was re-
elected secretary; Warren Zellner of Winona
Lake, IN was re-elected treasurer.
The winter meeting of the Board of Directors
has been set for January 31 -February 1 in
Palm Harbor, Florida.
ERALD/ November 15, 1991
5
HOME MISSIONS
School Bells in Navajo Land
by Chris Galegor
As the summer quickly passed, one by one
the staff returned for the new school year.
It seemed only yesterday when we had
celebrated graduation, but already it was time to
prepare for another group of returning and new
students. So many things needed to be done:
classrooms and carpets to clean, weeds to be
pulled, dorms to be painted, and on and on.
Our biggest need, however, was a teacher for
the 5th and 6th grade class; and what about
dorm parents for the boys? Our friends all across
America had joined us in praying about these
needs.
We tackled the first problem with an all staff
work day. Thanks to volunteers from the North-
ern Atlantic District youth group, the classrooms
were all ready for opening day, but there was still
a lot to be done in painting and other cleaning.
The second problem was taken care of by a
very faithful and loving God. He provided us with
Mrs. Linda Davidson, an experienced and li-
censed school teacher from Maryland, to teach
the 5th and 6th grade class. Also, Ray and Helen
Dennis from Alaska arrived to be boys' dorm par-
ents. They have come through the VIA program
(Volunteers in Action). These new staff members
came with years of experience in their respective
areas.
At the beginning of the semester, there was
still an opening for a kindergarten teacher. For
the present that position is being filled by Jenni-
fer Ritchey, a TIME worker from Wooster, Ohio,
who was already on staff here. (TIME is a pro-
gram for college-aged young people sponsored by
CE National.)
With everything finally in place, 122 excited
and energetic children arrived at school on
August 26. There was a very positive spirit on
opening day this year, especially among the high
school students. It was obvious that something
had happened over the summer to change some
lives.
It was those high school students who
attended Brethren National Youth Conference
that were making the difference. They were
excited and renewed, and it showed in their
actions and attitudes. A positive spirit is conta-
gious, and it spread to the other students. The
BNYC group shared their testimonies in the first
Dorm picnic at Largo Canyon.
high school chapel, and as a result two students
re-dedicated their lives to the Lord.
The trip to Youth Conference was made pos-
sible by the generous response of Grace Brethren
people to a special appeal for financial assis-
tance. The staff and students are very grateful!
A number of special activities have been
planned for the students as the year progresses.
Ed Lewis of CE National visited us in September
and was a great blessing in student chapels and
among the staff. Members of the Navajo Commit-
tee (representing the Board of Directors) visited
in October. Regular staff meetings, exciting ath-
letic events, and special programs will occur
throughout the year. Next spring the Mission will
host the first annual Institute on Ministries to
Native Americans; participants will get a first-
hand look at the school.
Please pray that this excitement among our
students will remain alive and that families will
be touched by their testimonies. Continue to
pray for permanent staff members to fill teaching
positions. Thanks for your faithful support and
encouragement!
Chris Galegor is the wife of Steve, Director of Grace
Brethren Navajo Ministries. She assists her husband in
numerous tasks related to the school and the adminis-
trative offices. One of their daughters is a student in the
Grace Indian Christian School; another is a student at
Pensacola Christian College in Florida
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HOME MISSIONS
HERALD/ November 15, 1991
GRACE SCHOOLS
Grace College and CE National
Serving Christ Together at BNYC
"We're here to serve — how can we help?"
That was the question asked over and over as
Grace College administration and staff worked
beside CE National to make Brethren National
Youth Conference '91a big success.
CE National annually takes on the challenge of
planning and orchestrating the youth portion of
national conference. The job is huge and grow-
ing— 1,792 young people attended this past sum-
mer at Flagstaff, Arizona.
"It was so exciting to see Grace College people
taking an active, serving attitude," says E. J.
Underwood, Chief Financial Officer for CE
National and Associate Director of BNYC. "They
made a special point of getting to know the
young people by living in the dorms with them,
working at the registration tables, driving shuttle
vans across campus, or handing them a cold soft
drink when they arrived hot and tired.
"Grace provided music and skits and whatever
help we needed. They worked with us, serving
wherever the need arose," Underwood adds.
And, the administration and staff of Grace
Schools were eager to do just that.
"We looked at the opportunities that were
there — the chance that we had missed in the
past — to meet young people from the fellowship
and get to know them. To show them what we at
Grace are like and show them the best that
Grace has to offer. We saw clearly that it was
time to grasp those opportunities," says Carl
Beridon, Dean of Enrollment for the college.
"We know that the best way to grasp work for
Christ is through servanthood. We asked CE to
tell us what we could do to help. BNYC is their
project and we wanted to participate in any way
that would help reach the young people and
make the week go smoothly," Beridon explains.
Grace Schools offer great things for young
people — a quality education founded on biblical
Grace College staff and students enjoy the splendor
of the Grand Canyon during this summer's BNYC.
principles with the purpose of training for service
as the framework. But Grace exists only for and
with the students' participation.
CE National has their finger on the pulse of all
the students in the fellowship. The students who
are bright, talented, and committed to Christ.
But tradition alone is not enough to hold young
adults in the fellowship. Grace College is a major
link in showing them why remaining in our
churches — and preparing them for church minis-
tries both lay and full time — is a good decision.
"We appreciate the support that we have
received in the past from CE and the churches.
We want to do whatever it takes to keep that rela-
tionship strong," says Beridon.
"I agree," adds Underwood, "CE and Grace are
separate institutions that are striving to serve
Christ together. BNYC is a good place to lock
hands and watch what God will do as we will-
ingly serve together."
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FOREIGN MISSIONS
SNAPSHOTS
from
C.E. National's
Eur-TIME
Teams
by Kip Cone
TIME (Training in Ministry Experiences) is a program
developed for college-age or older adults in order to offer
cross-cultural ministry experiences in the United
States as well as overseas. The goal is to see partici-
pants challenged in such a way that they will experi-
ence spiritual growth, a burden for the lost, boldness to
share their faith and a basis on which to evaluate their
personal responsibility to the mission God has given to
each believer. GBFM wishes to thank CE National for
their teamwork in Great Commission ministries.
Street Evangelism in Romania.
France/Romania
Iasi, the fifth largest city in Romania, lies in
the northeast part of the country, only 18 kilo-
meters from the Soviet border. In this remote,
almost isolated section of Eastern Europe, the
France/Romania team walked into the city
prison. As guards looked on, they entered a
small auditorium where two hundred prisoners
wearing striped "concentration camp" pajamas
stood at attention. The uniformity of shaved
heads and prison garb matched the common
look of sullen resignation and despair on the
faces of the inmates. The Americans, touched
with fear and awe at this most usual opportun-
ity, began to sing "His Name is Wonderful." As
the last notes faced, Jay Bell stepped forward
singing "Alleluia." The team soon accompanied
him. Hay then motioned to the inmates to join.
One by one, faltering at first, the prisoners began
to sing the chorus until the room resounded with
the heavy sound of two hundred male voices!
Voices unused to uttering words of joy sang
praises to God! A Romanian pastor spoke with
the men, answering their questions about this
God to whom they had sung. Three-fourths of
the inmates responded to the invitation, raising
their hands and praying out loud to receive
Christ as their Savior! The Americans had a
parting gift — Bibles. As if a signal had been
given, as soon as the box of Bibles was opened
both the prisoners and the guards lunged for-
ward toward the stage, begging for a copy of
God's Word. The sight was frighteningly joyous!
One particularly large, burly-looking man cra-
dled his new treasure close to his chest. As he
hugged the Bible, he wept, repeating tenderly,
"Biblia, Biblia, Biblia."
10
HERALD/ November 15, 1991
FOREIGN MISSIONS
Laying bricks in Nitra, Czechoslavakia.
Germany/Czechoslovakia
They thought "mortar" and "block" were the
only English words Jan knew. With gestures
and demonstrations, the calm Czechoslovakian
guided several team members in erecting a third
story wall of the Brethren church in Nitra,
Czechoslovakia. By the time the wall was fin-
ished, the TIME team members had become very
fond of Jan and the way he called for the heavy
clay blocks and sloppy buckets of mortar. Their
last day in Nitra, the team worked furiously to
complete another building project. As they toiled,
one member began to sing a hymn. The others
sang along, working to the rhythm of the melody.
Suddenly, a familiar but unexpected voice joined
in. Several team members stopped and looked in
amazement at Jan who, with a heavy Slovakian
accent, was singing too! The last few hours of
labor flew by as the team members sang hymn
after hymn. Jan sang along, sometimes in
English, sometimes in Slovak. A deeper bond
was sealed between the Americans and the Slo-
vakian Brethren as they praised God together,
realizing that His glory spreads throughout the
world.
English children at Shirley Heath Junior School.
England/Scotland
For weeks before CE National's TIME team
arrived in England, Dave and Becky Schwan had
promoted the puppet Bible clubs which the team
would be holding at their son's school, Shirley
Heath. They were planning on a good crowd of
children. Excitement was high as the team set up
the puppet stage in the tidy gymnasium on the
first day. Nervous anticipation soon collapsed
into dismay when only five children, representing
just two families, attended the club. The team's
spirit lifted as they sang songs, worked their
puppets, listened to a missionary story, and
played a game with the children who had come,
but the frustration lingered. Afterwards, Bill Kid-
doo encouraged the team to continue ministering
with enthusiasm. He explained that people are
suspicious, and that it takes time to build credi-
bility and trust. The team responded in prayer
and with renewed energy. Each day, more chil-
dren came to the club. By the end of the week,
the hall seemed almost crowded with twenty-five
children eagerly awaiting another puppet perfor-
mance. The reward for the team's effort was
supernatural. One child trusted Christ as Savior,
and the door was opened for the England team to
hold more Bible clubs in the school. After only a
few days, the short term missionaries under-
stood the intensity of the spiritual battle in
England.
HERALD/ November 15, 1991
11
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Momma
by Jinny Kennedy
This is an open letter to all the ladies who
shared with me concerning my Momma during
this past year's studies in "Friendship of
Women."
On Thanksgiving Day, 1989, Momma had a
stroke and the following Sunday morning she
went to be with Jesus.
Our son, Pastor David Kennedy, had been in
to see her on Saturday. She was in a coma, but
after reading to her from John 14, he gently told
her, "Relax, Grams, you're almost home." He was
holding her hand on the side not affected with
paralysis. She squeezed his hand in response.
I had been with her in August 1989. Although
she had become quite disoriented, whenever I
quoted any of the favorite Scriptures she had
memorized, she would become alert enough to
say them with me. We quoted many of the
Psalms including Psalms 23, 91, and 100.
One day in Makokila, Hawaii, I lay down to
take a nap. My thoughts were with Momma. I
asked the Lord about her, because I knew she
was slowly going home and wondered what she
might be thinking, wherever she was in that
state of "un-at-home-ness" between earth and
heaven.
The Lord told me to go downstairs, get my pen
and paper and He would give me the answer to
my question. I obeyed and it was as if He wrote
while I pushed the pen. This was Momma's
answer. It seems fitting now for me to share this
insight that God gave me on April 14, 1989,
when He knew He would call her to Himself
seven months later. It has been a great comfort
to me and I trust it can bring peace of mind and
heart to many others.
Momma at 95
It's lonely now,
And darkness dims the eyes so blind;
But in my spirit still Your presence known
Brings calmness to my heart and peace of mind.
Though frailty erases much of memories past,
I do believe, Dear Lord,
You've saved the best for last.
It's quiet now.
The noises of the world are dull, obscure.
And thoughts of You are sanctifying hopes
Made pure by sensing that Your loving hands
Still hold me fast.
I know within my heart
You've saved the best for last.
I'm tired now.
The hectic pace of earthly chores is done.
I seek a better place whose Builder is the Lord —
Who saw me through this fight of faith.
The race is won. And I am now content to rest in You.
The die is cast; for truly, going home with You is proof
You've saved the best for last.
WMC Offering:
(September, October, November)
(send before December 10)
Home Missions
Goal: $8,000
This offering is for the initial funding to pro-
vide start-up kits for new churches, making it
possible for new pastors to acquire equipment
needed in beginning a ministry. This might
include hymn books, keyboards, amplifying
system, computer, software, Bibles, teaching
aids, telephone, signs, brochures, and many
other useful tools.
Thank Offering
(Suggested goal: $1.50 or more per member)
The thank offering this year is for SMM debt
reduction. Our aim as a WMC is to encourage
our "daughter" by eliminating the debts that are
a carryover from past years.
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BRETHREN MISSIONARY HERALD
Larry Chamberlain, Forest Jackson, Mike Clapham,
Robert Belohlavek.
Cincinnati GBC
i
The Grace Brethren Church of Cincinnati broke
ground for their new church on Sunday, Septem-
ber 8, 1991. The church has been moving ahead
on a pay-as-you-have basis. The plans as well as
the land have been paid for and about $250,000
has been raised for the building.
Charles Turner of The Herald Ministries pre-
sented the opening remarks and members of the
church, with Pastor Mike Clapham, recounted
the challenges to date and the plans for the
future.
Four groups were represented in the service,
showing the progress and cooperation of the
work. Larry Chamberlain, from Home Missions;
Forest Jackson, representing the district; Mike
Clapham, local pastor; and Robert Belohlavek,
from the Columbus-Worthington GBC of Ohio,
the Mother church.
The Indianapolis Herald Bookstore
The Brethren Missionary Herald opened a sec-
ond Herald Bookstore in Indianapolis, IN, on
Wednesday, September 11, 1991. The opening
came after many months of planning and hard
work. There had been discussion of opening a
new store for about a year.
The Herald Co. has been growing through a
large mail order business. Customers include
accounts in every state in the Union and total
about 6,000. The Herald Co. also services other
Christian bookstores and a number of colleges
and universities. In addition, there are 23 foreign
countries in which we have accounts at the
present time.
The new store is located in the northeast sec-
tion of Indianapolis at Interstate 69 and East
96th Street. It is part of a shopping strip with 30
other stores. The site includes a Wal-Mart and
SAM'S Wholesale, Shell, McDonalds, a bank and
other commercial establishments.
Hours at the bookstore are from 10:00 a.m.
until 8:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and
from 1 1:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. It
is expected that the new Herald Bookstore will
dramatically increase the sales of the ministry.
The first two customers were Gerald Polman
and his sister Elaine Brenneman. This was
appropriate because their father, Leo Polman,
was one of the early leaders in the work of the
Brethren Missionary Herald.
HERALD/ November 15, 1991
13
FELLOWSHIP NEWS
NEWS UPDATE
The First Brethren Church of
Buena Vista, VA held special
homecoming and revival services
on October 13-16, 1991. The
church commemorated its 101st
anniversary with former pastor,
Rev. Ed Lewis, Sr., who faithfuliy
served at the church from 1954-
1963, ministering from God's Word.
He spoke on the question, "Why
Does God Permit the Christian to
Suffer?" John and Linda Pantana
presented special music. A carry-in
supper and the evening worship
service concluded this special
occasion.
The new Grace Brethren Church
has been started in Sidney, OH,
with Roger Bartlett serving as the
pastor.
CORRECTION. In the September
1 5 issue of The Herald, we listed an
Airmail to Missionaries gift for the
Ramsey family as being given by
Mary Jane Rice. Instead the gift
came from the entire Hope WMC of
Canton, Ohio GBC.
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Allem, David. His telephone number is 215/
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Collins, Ben. His home address is 27
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Jackson, Jim. He can be reached at 2216
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The Grace Brethren Church of
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Lindelef, Garth. 92-783 Makakilo Dr., #19,
Makakilo, HI 96707.
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855-0139.
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Weddings:
Redcay: Jennifer Meyers and Douglas
Redcay were united in marriage on June
29, 1991 , at the Grace Brethren Church
of New Holland, PA. Roy Roberts, pastor.
Deaths:
Glesner, Ray A., 55, went to be with the Lord
on September 1 , 1991 . He was a
member of the Grace Brethren Church of
Hagerstown, MD. Ray Davis, pastor.
Wolf, Esther, 83, August 26, 1991 . She was
a member of the Grace Brethren Church
of Portis, KS. R. John Snow, pastor.
Ralph Schwartz is no longer serv-
ing as pastor of the Santa Maria,
CA, church. He and his wife will be
serving as missionaries to Portugal.
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NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP
Churches, Directory of Brethren 70
Districts, Directory of 50
Ministers, Roster of 89
Minutes of 1991 National Fellowship-
Business Sessions 9
Moderator's Address 5
Organization and Committees 3
Statistical Report 19
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OFFICERS
Moderator — David R. Plaster
Moderator-Elect — William H. Snell
Secretary — John Snow
Treasurer — Steve Popenfoose
FELLOWSHIP COORDINATOR
Charles Ashman
FELLOWSHIP COUNCIL
Moderator, ('91-'92), (Ex Officio)
David Plaster
Moderator-Elect, ('91-'92) (Ex Officio)
William Snell
Past Moderator, ('90-'91) (Ex Officio)
Jerry Young
Luke Kauffman, ('92), Eastern
H. Don Rough, ('93), Eastern
Ray Davis, ('94), Eastern
Dan Eshleman, (95) Eastern
James Custer, ('92), Central
Jesse Deloe, ('93), Central
John Mayes, ('94), Central
Bud Olszewski, ('95), Central
John Mcintosh, ('92), Western
Greg Howell, ('93), Western
John Snow, ('94), Western
Ed Trenner, ('95), Western
STANDING COMMITTEES
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Dan Thornton, Chm. ('92)
Robert MacMillan, ('92)
Paul Woodruff, ('93)
Ron Boehm, ('93)
Bob Moeller, ('94)
Randy Smith, ('94)
RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE
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Brian Smith, ('93)
Ron Manahan, ('94)
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
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Richard DeArmey
Robert Fetterhoff
Ron Thompson
Jay Fretz
Timothy Coyle
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE
Ed Cashman, Chm. ('92)
Ron Carnevali, ('93)
Galen Wiley, ('94)
SPECIAL COMMITTEES
SOCIAL CONCERNS COMMITTEE
Donald Shoemaker, Chm.
Russell Ogden
Bob Fetterhoff
John Teevan
Ron Cohen
STRATEGY COMMITTEE
Jerry Young, Chm.
Bob Fetterhoff
Roy Halberg
Ed Trenner, Consultant
RETIREMENT PLANNING
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James Johnson, Chm.
Bill Burby
James Custer
Dewey Melton
Charles Turner
F.G.B.C. CHAPLAIN ENDORSING
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PASTORLESS CHURCHES &
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PAST MODERATORS
1940— Charles H. Ashman,
1941— L. S. Bauman*
1942— Roy Patterson*
1943— Herman A. Hoyt
1944— Russell D. Barnard*
1945— Kenneth Ashman*
1946— Bernard Schneider*
1947— W. A. Ogden*
1948— Paul Bauman
1949— Miles Taber*
1950— Conard Sandy*
1951— Orville Jobson*
1952— Arnold Kriegbaum
1953— J. L. Gingrich*
1954— R. Paul Miller, Sr.*
1955— Thomas Hammers
1956— Bernard Schneider*
1957— Miles Taber*
1958— Paul Dick
1959-Harold Etling*
1960— Ralph Colburn
1961— John Aeby
1962— Mark Malles
1963— Kenneth Ashman*
1964— L. L. Grubb*
1965— Richard Grant
1966— Glenn O'Neal*
Sr.
1967— Homer A. Kent, Sr.*
1968— Russell D. Barnard*
1969- Wesley Haller*
1970— William Tweeddale
1971 -Robert Collitt*
1972— Wayne Beaver
1973— Charles Ashman
1974— Scott Weaver
1975— Charles Turner
1976— Robert W. Thompson
1977— James Custer
1978— David Hocking
1979— Jesse Deloe
1980— Knute Larson
1981— Luke Kauffman
1982-Homer A. Kent, Jr.
1983— Edwin Cashman
1984— Lester E. Pifer
1985— John Mayes
1986— Tom Julien
1987-Dean Fetterhoff
1988— John J. Davis
1989— Roger Peugh
1990— Jerry Young
Year listed denotes the year in which the
person was elected moderator. (*Denotes
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HAVING HOPE
A Message Presented by Jerry R. Young
Moderator of the FGBC
July 28, 1991
The world often seems to me to be a rather
hopeless place. I believe ourselves very
fortunate, as a nation, to have enjoyed the
leadership of a hopeful man. Whatever his
faults may have been, former President
Reagan was a great encouragement to us. Our
current President, George Bush, likewise
gives evidence of being a hopeful man. May
God bless him. We need all the encourage-
ment we can get, because, you see, the world
is a rather hopeless place.
The famous English philosopher Bertrand
Russell once wrote, "We stand on the shore
of an ocean, crying to the night and the
emptiness; sometimes a voice answers out of
the darkness. But it is a voice of one
drowning; and in a moment the silence
returns. The world seems to me quite dread-
ful; the unhappiness of most people is very
great, and I often wonder how they all endure
it."
A couple of years ago, my wife presented
me with a membership in Tim's Gym, a local
establishment in Lititz that specializes in the
preservation of old muscles. With fleeting
thoughts of what she might be trying to tell
me, I decided to try the place and see what
it could do. One of the staff members that
greeted me praised the power of positive
thinking. And I reminded him that positive
thinking is powerful only when there is hope
to hang it on. Let's face it, my muscles will
never regain their youthful elasticity. My
tummy will never again be flat.
Some of you know the experience of lost
hope. It might have been the lost hope of
romance, or marriage. It might have been the
lost hope of good health, either for yourself
or for a loved one. It might have been the lost
hope of a successful business or vocation. It
might have been the lost hope of a child gone
wrong. Whatever it is, some of you know the
experience of lost hope. The world is filled
with lost hopes.
But there is a God of hope that stands above,
beyond this world of lost hopes. A God that
offers endurance and encouragement in the
hopeless moments of life. A God that is able
to fill you with joy and peace, able to make
you overflow with hope when all is lost. Our
Bible text for today tells how God can do that,
if you will let Him.
Please turn in your Bibles to the book of
Romans, chapter 15. I am reading from the
New International Version, verse one: "We
who are strong ought to bear with the failings
of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each
of us should please his neighbor for his good,
to build him up. For even Christ did not please
Himself but, as it is written: The insults of
those who insult you have fallen on me."
Look on down the page in your Bibles to
verse seven: "Accept one another, then, just
as Christ accepted you, in order to bring
praise to God."
Hope begins with remembering Jesus. Our
tendency, in the midst of lost hopes, is to think
only of ourselves. To nurse bitterness and
sorrow. Turning inward, we focus on our own
problems, our own disappointments. Others
are forgotten, even rejected. Often mistreated.
Once upon a time, a young businessman
returned home tired from a hard day at the
office. He found his two children rushing
madly about the house, whooping it up and
having a good time. He scolded both of them
and sent them to bed. The next morning, he
found a note pinned to his bedroom door. It
read, "Be good to your children, and they will
be good to you. Yours truly, God."
Have you noticed? When things go wrong
in our lives, we tend to take it out on others.
That is the exact reverse of what Jesus did,
and what we ought to do.
Do you remember what Jesus did when all
hope was gone for you? Your sin separated
you from God, threatened to bring you to
judgment, to death and hell. But Christ died
for you, in your place.
And here is the incredible part. On the
cross, He bore not only the judgment of God
for the sins of the world; He also bore the
taunts of the very people for whom He died.
Psalm 69 verse 9, quoted in Romans 15, verse
3, puts these words on the lips of Jesus: "The
insults of those who insult you have fallen on
Me."
He didn't have to put up with that. But He
did. A rejected, tragic, hopeless figure of a
man, His thoughts were not for Himself, but
for you.
Because of who He is: the eternal Son of
God . . . because of what He did at calvary
and the empty tomb . . . there is hope for you.
He is the only source of hope. The ancient
Greeks believed that hope is part of the fabric
of every human soul. But their hope was
nothing more than a mysterious impulse
giving rise to good and beautiful things in the
world. A vague feeling that everything will
turn out fine some day. Well, everything
doesn't turn out fine, and feelings won't do
when all is lost.
The Lord Jesus offers something better to
pin your hopes on.
Once upon a time, a little boy was
overheard talking to himself. With a baseball
cap on his head and a bat in his hand, he
proudly announced to himself, "I'm the
greatest baseball player in the world!" Then
he tossed a ball in the air, swung and missed.
Undaunted, he picked up the ball, threw it into
the air again, and said (louder this time), "I'm
the greatest player in the world!" Again he
swung and missed. He paused a moment to
carefully examine the ball. Then he threw the
ball into the air, swung the bat as hard as he
could, and missed the third time. "Wow!"
he said with awe. "What a pitcher!"
When all is lost, we need something more
than mental adjustments. We need a hope that
transcends human feelings, a hope that comes
true. Peter revealed the source of this hope
in his first letter to Christians. In the first
chapter, verse 3, Peter wrote that God "has
given us new birth into a living hope through
the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
dead."
Hope begins with remembering the Lord.
Without the cross, there would have been no
empty tomb. Without the empty tomb, no
eternal life offered to those who believe. The
greatest victories spring from the ashes of lost
hopes. Remember the Lord.
There is a second thing I want to show you
from our Bible text today. Hope builds its
house on the Word of God.
Perhaps you remember the story Jesus told
about two men who built houses. The wise
man built his house on rock. Matthew chapter
7, verse 25 says "The rain came down, the
streams rose, and the winds blew and beat
against that house; yet it did not fall, because
it had its foundation on the rock." The foolish
man built his house on sand. Verse 27 says
"The rain came down, the streams rose, and
the winds blew and beat against that house,
and it fell with a great crash. ' ' And Jesus said,
"Everyone who hears these words of mine
and puts them into practice is like a wise man
who built his house on the rock."
Hope does not descend like magic from
above. I am afraid that some people in Grace
Brethren churches are addicted to superstition.
Some of you believe the performance of
religious duties brings a special grace from
God. Some of you believe that power with
God depends on how often you pray, or how
fervently you pray, or how publicly you pray.
Some believe fasting is a magical button to
push when hope is desperately needed. I am
afraid for you.
It doesn't matter how often I pray, or how
well. It doesn't matter how insightful I
happen to be on occasion regarding other
people's needs or burdens. It doesn't matter
how well I preach or teach. These don't
prove anything with God. Read Matthew,
chapter 6, if you want to know what God
thinks about the public exercise of religion.
Only one thing will cause you to stand when
all is lost. Hope builds its house on the word
of God. Look again at Romans 15, verse 4:
"Everything that was written in the past was
written to teach us, so that through endurance
and the encouragement of the Scriptures we
might have hope."
Once upon a time, a little girl watched as
her mother put moisturizing cream on her
face. "What are you doing, Mommy?"
asked the little girl. "Putting cream on my
face." "Why?" "Well, it's good for
wrinkles." "Oh. It's sure doing a great job,
Mommy. You're getting lots of them."
Only one thing will put endurance and
encouragement in your life. Time spent in the
Word of God provides a foundation for hope.
Putting it to work in the privacy of your soul
builds a house that doesn't fall in the storms
of life. The moisturizing cream of religious
performance will never do. Don't be fooled.
In the King James Version, the words in
verse 4 are translated "patience and
comfort. ' ' Notice how the words are repeated
in verse five for emphasis. The word
"endurance," or "patience," comes from a
word that means "to remain," or "stay."
Endurance appears only in time of trouble,
when it takes effort to stay the course.
The word "encouragement," or
6
comfort," comes from the Greek word
paraclete." It is the same word Jesus used
) describe the Holy Spirit in the Gospel of
Dhn chapters 14, 15 and 16. The word means
to help alongside."
That brings me to third and last thing I want
) show you from our Bible text today. Hope
uilds the lives of others. Hope begins with
smembering Jesus. Hope builds its house on
le Word of God. And hope builds the lives
f others.
Without hope, we are stagnant pools of
'ater, taking in but never giving out.
erving ourselves, rejecting others. Insen-
itive. Independent.
Once upon a time, a Scotsman returned to
cotland after a few weeks in New York
!ity. He said to a friend, "Ay, they're a crass
rt there, they're very impolite. There's no
;lling what a New Yorker will do when
roused. Two-thirty in the morning, if you
an believe this, Jack, a screaming and a
ounding at my door. Three o'clock in the
torning, if you can believe that, Jack, more
:reaming and pounding." So the Scotsman
aid, "What did you do?" "I didn't do
nything. I just went on quietly playing my
agpipes."
Only the power of the Holy Spirit let loose
l our lives can erase the insensitive, indepen-
ent spirit that plagues so many Christians and
hurches today. Many of us don't really care
bout others. We care only for ourselves and
or those who are like us. We don't ask what
'thers need. We ask only what we want. We
on't look for ways to let others have their
/ay. We struggle to get our own way.
When the God of hope fills you with joy
nd peace, certain other things appear visibly
n your life. Verse one, you put up with the
ailings of those who are weak. Verse two,
ou seek to meet the needs of others. Verse
ive, you exhibit a spirit of unity among
ourselves. Verse seven, you accept one
nother. Verse eight, you become a servant
if others, even those who fail miserably,
/erse nine, you cause others to praise God.
/erse 12, they place their hope in the Lord
esus Christ. Your hope overflows.
All that sounds like a bunch of love and
inity to me. And soul winning. Things which
ire sadly lacking in many of our churches.
Once upon a time, a dog presented her
>wners with a surprise litter of six pups. The
'amily tried unsuccessfully to give the pups
away. Finally, after cleaning the daily deposits
one too many times, the man of the house
issued an ultimatum to his wife: "Either the
puppies go or I go." Two days later, she
pushed the local newspaper in front of him
with an ad circled. It read, "Husband says
either he or puppies must go. Puppies are
adorable, fat, mixed breed. Husband is cross
and unsympathetic. Your choice, free!"
I confess, there are times when I would like
to unload some Christians I know. Rather than
overflow with hope, they overflow with
bitterness and strife. But I cannot. The Lord
Jesus loves them. And the Lord loves you.
He wants you to know the joy and peace that
comes from trusting Him.
Surely there is someone in this audience
today that longs for a hope that comes true.
You have tried mental adjustment, but the
emptiness, the sorrow of lost hopes is more
than you can bear. Hope begins with
remembering Jesus. He died for you and rose
again that He might bring you to God. Will
you today surrender your broken life to the
One who puts people back together again?
There are delegates from churches all over
America in the audience today. Will you set
your heart this week to overflow with hope
by the power of the Holy Spirit? That would
make a wonderful difference in business
sessions. I'll have some recommendations that
may help us do a better job of building one
another. I'll let you decide.
Charles Osgood wrote a poem some years
ago that may help you understand what we
are about this week. It is entitled, Trouble
Afoot:
"I ask if any of you know,
When men's socks vanish, where do they
go?
Perhaps, as folk suggest,
Martians take some, leave the rest.
For reasons out beyond the stars
They need one sock of yours on Mars.
Or here's a thought, perhaps debatable:
One sock is made biodegradable.
But the best idea, the greatest notion,
Comes from New York. One H. Poloshjian
Suggests that maybe in his drawers
Are socks that might match some of yours .
He thinks there should be some device,
And possibly it would be nice
If match-ups could be somehow made
Through systematic one-sock trade.
The time has come for such a change,
And hence the New York Sock Exchange."
We'll be exchanging a lot of socks this
week. Some of us have lost socks along the
way, and what we have don't match anymore.
How about cheering us up with a fresh idea
or a pat on the back? Some of us have socks
with holes in them. How about mending our
broken spirits and sharing some hope with us?
Some of us have smelly socks, and we're the
hardest ones to help. Because, you see, no one
likes to be around us. We smell. How about
washing us with the fragrance of Christ?
Accepting us. Forgiving us.
To all I say: Remember Jesus. Put the
Bible into practice. Build the lives of others.
' ' May the God of hope fill you with all joy
and peace as you trust in Him, so that you
may overflow with hope by the power of the
Holy Spirit."
I have heard the complaint by some that
our Fellowship of churches elevates love and
unity over purity of doctrine. That is un-
mitigated nonsense for at lease two reasons.
First, if love and unity are so important to us,
where are they? I have been a pastor in this
Fellowship for over 25 years, and most of
those years have been marked by strife. I ask
again, if love and unity are so important to
us, where are they?
Second, love and unity cannot be separated
from pure doctrine. They have everything to
do with Christian living and the power of the
Holy Spirit. Would it be proper to complain
that the deity of Christ has been elevated
above pure doctrine? Or that the filling of the
Holy Spirit has been elevated above pure
doctrine? That's nonsense! The New
Testament is jammed with commands to love
one another and get along. How then can you
say that love and unity have been elevated
above doctrine? They are doctrines! In
case you haven't noticed, six of the ten
commandments have to do with loving each
other. Love and obedience are inseparable.
Business Sessions
FIRST SESSION
Monday morning, July 29, 1991
The Conference Moderator Jerry Young
called to order the first session of the 52nd
Annual conference of The Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches meeting at
Columbus, OH, July 29-August 1. He led in
the reading of Ephesians 2: 1-10 and prayer.
A motion prevailed that the official list of
member churches of the F.G.B.C. consist of
those churches listed on pages 69-87 of the
1991 Grace Brethren Annual, with the
exception of the churches which have dis-
banded or voluntarily withdrawn from the
Fellowship.
Emory Young reported for the Membership
Committee a total of 279 ministerial delegates
and 428 lay delegates for a first day total of
707 delegates.
A motion prevailed to seat the delegates
as reported by the Membership Committee.
New Churches Received
A motion prevailed to accept the Happy
Valley Grace Brethren Church of State
College, PA, into the F.G.B.C.
A motion prevailed to accept the Rocky
Ridge Grace Brethren Church of New
Albany, OH, into the F.G.B.C.
A motion prevailed to accept the Liberty
Grace Brethren Church of Philadelphia, PA,
into the F.G.B.C.
A motion prevailed to accept the New Life
Community Grace Brethren Church of
Souderton, PA, into the F.G.B.C.
A motion prevailed to accept the
Fellowship Grace Brethren Church of Rich-
mond, VA, into the F.G.B.C.
A motion prevailed to accept the New Life
Grace Brethren Church of Orange County,
Cypress, CA, into the F.G.B.C.
An additional report of the Membership
Committee was announced with 7 more
delegates: 283 ministerial delegates, 431 lay
delegates for a first day total of 714.
Charles Ashman presented the proposed
agenda noting the following changes: add
' 'Approval of minutes of Business Section 2 ' '
between items 1 and 2 and "Approval of
minutes of Business Session 3" between items
10 and 11 on the Thursday session.
A motion prevailed to adopt the proposed
agenda as amended.
Proposed Agenda
Monday, July 29, 1991, 2:30 p.m.
First Business Session /
1 . Call to Order, Moderator Jerry Young
2 . Presentation of member churches in the
F.G.B.C, Fellowship Council
3. Initial report of the Membership Commit-
tee, Emory "Zeke" Young, Chm.
4. Seating of delegates from member
churches
5. Presentation of new churches to be
received into the F.G.B.C, Fellowship
Council
6. Additional report of the Membership
Committee, Emory "Zeke" Young
7. Seating of delegates of newly received
churches
8. Presentation of the Proposed Agenda,
Charles Ashman, Fellowship Coordinator
9. Consideration of applications from
newly formed districts
10. Correction of last year's minutes
11. Report of the Nominating Committee,
Larry Wedertz, Chm.
12. Election of Moderator-Elect and
Fellowship Council members
13. Report of appointment of Conference
officers, Fellowship Council
14. Ratification by the Conference of those
appointments
15. Report of the appointment of Conference
committees, Fellowship Council
16. Report of the Fellowship Council on
recommendations from the Moderator,
Roger Peugh
17. Adjournment
Tuesday, July 30, 1991, 2:30 p.m.
Second Business Session
1. Call to Order, Moderator, Jerry Young
2. Approval of the minutes of the first
business session
3 . Additional report from the Membership
Committee, Emory "Zeke" Young
4. Report of the elections of Moderator-
Elect and Fellowship Council members
5. Report of the F.G.B.C. Strategy
Committee, Jerry Young, Chm.
6. Report of the progress of the Forums, Jim
Custer, National Forums Coordinator
7. Report of the Board of Brethren
Evangelistic Ministries, Ron Thompson,
Executive Director
8. Election of members to the Board of
Brethren Evangelistic Ministries
9. Report of the Social Concerns
Committee, Don Shoemaker, Chm.
10. Report of the Resolutions Committee,
James Poyner, Chm.
1 1 . Report of the Retirement Planning Com-
mittee, Larry Chamberlain, Chm.
12. Report of the Brethren Chaplain's
Ministries, Lee Jenkins, Endorsing Agent
13. Report of the Conference Treasurer,
Steve Popenfoose, Treasurer
14. Report of the Conference Auditor,
Donald Eshelman
15. Unfinished business
16. New business
17. Adjournment
Thursday, August 1, 1991, 2:30 p.m.
Third Business Session
1. Call to Order, Moderator, Jerry Young
2 . Approval of the minutes of the second
business session
3. Additional report of the Membership
Committee, Emory "Zeke" Young
4 . Election of the Conference Nominating
Committee
5. Report of the Conference Statistician,
Tom Avey
6. Report of the Committee on Pastorless
Churches and Available Men, Greg
Howell, Chm.
7 . Report of the Fellowship Council on their
activities and actions, Jerry Young, Chm.
8. Report on time and place of the 1992 and
future conferences, Charles Ashman,
Coordinator
9. Additional reports
10. Unfinished business
1 1 . New business
12. Approval of the minutes of the third
business session
13. Installation of the 1992 Conference
Officers
14. Adjournment (sine die)
New District
Moderator Young read an application from
the Chesapeake Fellowship to be recognized
as a newly formed district.
A motion prevailed to accept the
Chesapeake Fellowship as the Chesapeake
District.
1990 Conference Minutes Correction
Moderator Young noted that the minutes of
the Third Business Session from the 1990
Conference were not approved. He noted that
two corrections were needed.
A motion prevailed that the minutes of
the Third Business Session from the 1990
Conference be approved as corrected as
follows. In the minutes as recorded in the
1991 Grace Brethren Annual, page 23, col.
2, pp. 2, in the first sentence put quotation
marks (") around the words "I'm confused."
and remove the quotation marks from the last
paragraph of the report on p. 24, col. 1 . On
page 17, col. 1 with respect to the Bylaws
amendment it was reported that the motion
was passed when it should have been reported
that it did not pass because it did not receive
the needed two-thirds majority vote required
for a Bylaws change.
Nominating Committee Report
Larry Wedertz reported for the Nominating
Committee. The following were presented for
nomination.
Office of Moderator-Elect: William H.
Snell and Charles G. Thornton
Fellowship Council - Eastern Region:
Dean Fetterhoff, Ronald Guiles, Ronzil
Jarvis. Central Region: Arthur McCrum,
Bud Olszewski, Stephen Peter. Western
Region: Paul Hoffman, David Mitchell, Ed
Trenner.
A motion prevailed to place these names
in nomination.
Additional nominations were made from the
floor: Eastern Region: Dan Eshleman, Jim
Poyner, and Jeff Thornley. It was noted that
Dean Fetterhoff had removed his name from
consideration.
A motion prevailed that the additional
names be placed in nomination and the
nominations cease.
The election was then carried out.
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE
APPOINTMENTS
Moderator Young announced the appoint-
ment of Conference treasurer, Steve
Popenfoose, and no appointments for the other
two positions at present (Conference secretary
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and Conference statistician).
A motion prevailed to ratify the appoint-
ment of Steve Popenfoose as Conference
Treasurer.
Fellowship Coordinator Charles Ashman
announced the appointments to Conference
Committees.
Conference Membership: Randy Smith
('94), Robert Moeller ('94)
Resolutions: Ron Manahan ('94)
Parliamentary: Ed Cashman ('92), Ron
Carnevali ('93), Galen Wiley ('94)
Social Concerns: Add Ron Cohen
Pastorless Churches and Available Men
Coordinator: Gregory Howell
Retirement Planning: James Johnson and
Bill Burby replacing Larry Chamberlain and
Morgan Burgess.
REPORT ON MODERATOR'S
RECOMMENDATIONS
Roger Peugh made a report from the
Moderator's Address Committee. He
presented two recommendations from the
moderator, one with "Respect to handling dis-
sent" and one with respect to "Improving the
conference planning process". These both
dealt with proposed changes in the F.G.B.C.
Bylaws. A printed sheet of proposed Bylaw
changes was distributed and the changes pro-
posed by the moderator were read as follows:
With Respect To Handling Dissent.
Understanding that dissent is a desirable
practice, since it drives us to examine
cherished beliefs and practices in the light of
God's word but also understanding that
unharnessed dissent produces harmful effects
and fails to move us toward productive results
we recommend the following addition to our
F.G.B.C. Bylaws.
ARTICLE IV Meetings Of Members add
Section Eight to read "Section Eight.
Dissent." In the event that divisive issues
threaten to disrupt business sessions and
subvert the purposes of the Annual Con-
ference, the Moderator may, with the advice
and consent of the Fellowship Council, invoke
a moratorium on the discussion of such
particular issues in the Conference business
sessions. In such cases the Fellowship
Council shall initiate conflict resolution as
follows:
a. Small group discussion will be organ-
ized for the purpose of increasing com-
munication and understanding. These
discussions shall be open to all interested
persons and shall be of sufficient
geographical dispersement so that all may
participate,
b. These discussions shall extend over a
period of not less than two calendar years.
Following sufficient discussion positive
recommendations for a positive resolution
shall be presented to the Annual Con-
ference through the Fellowship 'Council.
Improving The Conference Planning
Process.
Since Conference Moderators need to have
major imput into all phases of Conference
planning and since under our present system
they do not have sufficient time to do so we
are recommeding that the office of a Second
Moderator-Elect be added to our Bylaws. The
following changes are therefore
recommended.
ARTICLE V Fellowship Council, Section
Two. Number and Term.
— In paragraph one the number "fifteen"
be changed to "sixteen".
— Paragraph two be changed from "The
remaining three members of the
Fellowship Council shall be the
moderator, moderator-elect, first
moderator-elect, second moderator-elect
and retiring moderator."
ARTICLE VI Officers
— Section One. Officers. Change
"moderator-elect" to "first moderator-
elect" and following that add the office
of "second moderator-elect."
— Section Two. Election. Change
"moderator-elect" to "first moderator-
elect" and "second moderator-elect".
— Section Four. Responsibilities and
Duties.
— Change the title of number 2. to
"First Moderator-Elect."
— Add a section to be numbered 3
3. "Second Moderator-Elect."
a. He shall succeed to the office
of first moderator-elect the
second year following his
election.
b. He is a member, ex officio,
of the Fellowship Council.
c. He shall fulfill the function of
first moderator-elect in the
latter's absence or illness or
when called upon by the
moderator to do so.
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d. He shall assume the office of
first moderator-elect in the
event of the resignation,
decease or inability to serve
as the first moderator-elect
upon notification by the
moderator.
e. He shall lead in the early
planning for the conference
in which he will lead as
moderator
— Renumber the officers following
sequentially.
SECOND SESSION
Tuesday afternoon, July 30, 1991
Moderator Jerry Young called the second
business session to order.
The Moderator read 1 Thessalonians
5:12-18 and led in prayer.
The printed minutes of the first session were
distributed and corrected.
A motion prevailed that the minuted from
Monday be approved as corrected.
The Membership Committee gave an
updated report of 448 lay delegates and 309
ministerial delegates for a total of 757
delegates.
A motion prevailed to seat the additional
delegates.
CONFERENCE SECRETARY
APPOINTMENT
The Moderator reported that John Snow had
been appointed Conference Secretary to fill
the current term and serve next year.
A motion prevailed to ratify the appoint-
ment of John Snow as Conference Secretary.
ELECTION REPORT
The results of the election were given.
William Snell was elected Moderator-Elect.
Further voting was needed for the three
regional representatives. Eastern Region: Dan
Eshleman and Ronald Guiles; Central Region:
Bud Olszewski and Stephen Peters; and
Western Region: David Mitchell and Ed
Trenner. This election was carried out.
STRATEGY COMMITTEE REPORT
Ed Trenner gave the report of the FGBC
Strategy Committee.
MASTERPLAN of the Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches
Revised July 24, 1991
In the light of the needs of our world, the
concerns within our churches, and the man-
dates of our Lord, the Strategy Committee
recommends the following purpose statement,
six objectives and goals for the 1990's. We
believe the following dreams reflect the kind
of Fellowship we desire in the year 2000
AD... a Fellowship both alive with faith and
pleasing to our Lord.
PURPOSE STATEMENT
The Fellowship of Grace Brethren
Churches Exists to Encourage and Enable
Member Churches in Equipping and Uniting
the Saints in Fulfilling the Great Commission.
Continuing Objectives of FGBC
1 . To encourage personal fellowship with
Jesus characterized by love and obedience
to His Word.
2. To encourage personal evangelism and
discipleship.
3 . To disciple leaders for present and future
ministries throughout the Fellowship.
4. To plant Grace Brethren Churches world-
wide.
5. To develop clear communication
throughout the Fellowship.
6. To strategize and implement vision
throughout the Fellowship.
GOALS OF FGBC
Note: italicized items are revised or new
goals.
1. To encourage personal fellowship with
Jesus characterized by love and obedience to
His Word.
A. Stimulate a renewed and creative
emphasis on the systematic practice of
prayer by:
a . Produce a handbook of ways a local
church can organize a time specifi-
cally focused on prayer.
b. Handbook mentioned in l)A.a. to
include examples of ways a District
can plan an event focused in prayer.
c . Evaluate what each district has done
to conduct a Prayer Retreat during
1989-1992.
d. Plan opportunities for focused prayer
during regular conference sessions
in 1993.
B. Encourage each pastor to make himself
accountable on a monthly basis to
another pastor for his personal holiness,
prayer and example to the flock.
a. Provide examples of pastoral
accountability for personal holiness.
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b. Each District Ministerium develop
ways for pastors to have closer per-
sonal relationships.
C. Encourage spiritual revival in our
churches by:
a. To revise the Covenant of Spiritual
Unity to reflect positive objectives.
b. Seek the formal adoption of the
Covenant of Spiritual Unity by
District Ministerium.
c. Each District Ministerium identify
what opportunities their churches are
providing that demand courageous
faith and sacrifice.
To encourage personal evangelism and
scipleship.
A. Collect and publish what Grace
Brethren Churches are doing to promote
evangelism and discipleship
internationally.
B. Each National organization identify
their programs that encourage
evangelism and discipleship in Grace
Brethren Churches.
C. Design an integrated strategy involving
local churches, district and national
organizations that will increase the
effectiveness of evangelism and
discipleship in Grace Brethren
Churches internationally.
D. National Ministerium collect from every
pastor and missionary their personal
goals for evangelism and discipleship
yearly for the next three years.
E. Establish a network of Grace Brethren
Churches conducting similar social con-
cern ministries.
I To disciple leaders for present and future
ninistries throughout the Fellowship.
A. Design an integrated training process
that develops and mobilizes leaders
among our men, women, children and
youth.
B. Encourage each district ministerium
to identify the needs of its pastors and
provide training help in maximizing
their leadership.
C. Each Grace Brethren Church identify
the top five potential pastoral or
missionary leaders in their church.
i. To plant Grace Brethren Churches world-
wide.
A. The 1993 Conference prayerfully assist
the planting of a new Grace Brethren
Church within the proximity of that
year's conference site, and that every
three years thereafter National
Conference convene in a major city for
the same purpose.
B. Each existing Grace Brethren Church
world-wide participate in initiating a
daughter church by the year 2000.
5. To develop clear communication
throughout the Fellowship.
A. Create a central information gathering
and distribution center for the
Fellowship.
B. Publish an easily revisable, pictorial
Pastor's Prayer Directory.
C . Encourage greater communication, rela-
tionship and accountability between
pastors, churches, and districts on the
basis of natural geographic clusters.
D . Track our progress in fulfilling the goals
of our Masterplan by developing a
reporting system for churches, districts
and organizations to share significant
achievements and blessings.
6. To strategize and implement vision
throughout the Fellowship.
A. The strategy committee continue its
work of coordinating a Fellowship
strategy.
a. The Strategy Advisory Group meet
yearly with the leaders of national
organizations for the purpose of
implementation and coordination.
b. A yearly budget with suggestions for
funding to be submitted by the
committee.
c. Provide for lay participation in all
decision-making bodies of the
Fellowship.
B. Implement plans to establish an Inter-
national Fellowship of Grace Brethren
Churches.
a. Identify the leadership of the inter-
national fellowship.
b. Establish a communication system to
track church planting world-wide.
c . Organize an international conference
by 1995 with representation from
each country.
COVENANT OF SPIRITUAL UNITY
Spiritual unity is necessary for the blessings
of God in the midst of our earthly spiritual
conflict.
Areas of disagreement are inevitable:
however, spiritual disunity must be dealt with
and the principle of reconciliation be applied.
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Gossip and destructive criticism needs to be
dealt with quickly.
When problems arise, they should be
resolved with the person concerned and not
with others.
Constructive criticism is welcomed, but
must be directed to the individual concerned.
Manipulation of others to fulfill a personal
desire is to be avoided.
Consideration, sensitivity, grace, love, and
tolerance of personal differences must be
shown to each other in the spirit of Matthew
18:15-17, Galatians 6:1-2 and I Corinthians
13:1-8.
THE ELEMENTS OF A GRACE
BRETHREN CHURCH
A Grace Brethren Church is a local
assembly of believers in Jesus Christ who are
affiliated with the Fellowship in other nations,
and are committed to:
1. One another as a spiritual family;
2. The Statement of Faith as a summary of
our biblical belief and practice;
3. The practice of triune-immersion
baptism only and three-fold communion
only;
4. Oversight by an elder (or elders) who
fulfill(s) scriptural qualifications; and
5. The observance of regular worship
services.
The purpose of a local church is the
worship of God, the edification and fellowship
of believers, and the fulfillment of the Great
Commission.
A motion prevailed to approve the report.
REPORT ON THE FORUMS
Jim Custer read a report on the progress of
the Forums.
Report to the Fellowship Council on the
Forum Process for National Conference
July 24, 1991
"A motion prevailed to refer the matter of
the Baptism-Church Membership issue to the
Fellowship Council with the directive that they
prepare for a forum of study and discussion
and come back to the conference with creative
alternatives as soon as feasible but not more
than 3 years from now. An amendment
prevailed to have the Fellowship Council be
sure that at least one representative from each
district be in on this study." (action taken at
the 1989 National Conference)
Following the August 1990 conference in
Richmond, Virginia, I spent the following
winter trying to identify the District
Coordinators for the National Forum process.
I also tried to identify the relevance of the
Forum process by specifying the underlying
questions that contribute to our debate.
On March 21-23, 1991, 22 delegates
representing 13 of our districts assembled in
the Grace Brethren Church of Columbus,
Ohio to pool our resources and engage in
discussion of the issues that lie at the heart
of the baptism/membership debate. This
group represented 254 Grace Brethren
Churches and among themselves brought 593
years of Grace Brethren ministerial experience
to the table with them. The purpose of this
meeting was discussion and forum. No papers
were prepared or read. No official notes were
taken. No position papers were developed.
And no resolutions were set by the group. At
the close of the meeting each man was
challenged to go back to his respective district
and engage the pastors and churches there in
the same process we enjoyed during the
meeting.
The group was sub-divided into small units
and reported 38 different items they dis-
cerned were involved in creating the present
atmosphere that surrounds the debate.
Our next objective was to list clear biblical
arguments for triune immersion. Although,
most of the recent debate has centered on this'
question, the leaders uncovered several fresh
biblical ideas as we forced ourselves to answer
temporary questions from biblical material.'
The group then divided into small disucs-
sion units to answer the question "What are
the biblical requirements for local church
membership?" It was obvious to all that this
area of Bible investigation needs to bet
explored more carefully.
The group then discussed the nature of our
government as a Fellowship and what biblical]
mandates we have for organizing churches
into districts and national associations to
implement the work of local churches. The
definition of congregational government and J
the autonomy of the local church was review-
ed against the biblical teaching about]
eldership and inter-church relationships.
We agreed to meet again in Columbus oni
November 7-11, 1991, to review district i
discussions and formulate proposals foi
Fellowship Council to receive at the
January meeting.
The scheduled events for the 1992 National!
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onference are being planned to discuss these
roposals and their application to our
ellowship.
James Custer, National Forum Coordinator
A motion prevailed to adopt the report.
BRETHREN EVANGELISTIC
MINISTRIES REPORT
Ron Thompson gave a report of the
rethren Evangelistic Ministries.
The Lord continues to provide and direct
ur work of evangelism in the Fellowship of
irace Brethren Churches. Ours was the most
idespread and diverse road ministry in many
ears. Traveling thousands of miles, con-
ucting over 19 crusades and seminars from
ermont to Florida, and from Washington to
luatemala, God gave us some outstanding
lessings, victories and answers to prayer,
ruly "the Lord hath done great things for
s, and we are filled with joy" (Psalm 126:3).
[ere are some of our reasons for rejoicing:
*Hundreds of believers came to the altar
ssiring to be a consecrated minority to
npact our fellowship and world for Christ.
*A rich and rewarding tour of Mexico and
luatemala allowed us to provide medical
applies and minister to children and adults.
♦Several individuals have entered the
Ihristian ministry and are already or shortly
lanning to enroll at Grace Schools.
*Our National WMC ladies gave us a thank
ffering, enabling us to purchase equipment
jr our CIA Band children's program.
*The Lord provided BEM with a GMC
uburban for use in our travels.
♦Total income for 1990 from individuals
nd churches broke all records: $68,522.72.
*Our daughter, Angie Ellis, became an
ssistant in the office on a part-time basis.
♦Several individuals have become part of
ur growing teaching staff.
We are honored to be invited to come to
our churches and share what God has given
a us. Your prayers and gifts have made the
ifference! The future holds many exciting
lossibilities for growth and expansion in our
oinistry of evangelism as we labor together
or our Lord.
Respectively Submitted,
Ion E. Thompson, Executive Director
BRETHREN EVANGELISTIC
MINISTRIES
Trial Balance
January 1, 1990 to December 31, 1990
Checking Balance on hand
1-1-90 ( 50.91—)
Received to 12-31-90 72,898.40
Transferred from Savings 1,500.00
74,347.49
Disbursed to 12-31-90
69,302.19
Balance on hand, 12-31-90
5,045.30
Savings
Balance on hand 1-1-90
$ 1,796.91
Deposited
f 39.96
Withdrawn
1,500.00
Balance on hand 12-31-90
336.87
Total Cash on Hand
$ 5,382.17
Income
Churches General
$53,631.06
Churches Thompson
2,139.25
Individuals General
4,566.00
Individuals Thompson
2,084.00
FLR
3,609.88
Interest
39.96
Books, tapes
3,335.35
Guatemala
2,530.03
Total Income
$71,935.53
Expenses
President's Support
$24,812.50
President's Expenses
4,787.73
Insurance
2,939.89
Board Meetings
1,930.02
Herald & Annual
1,734.45
Promotion
1,820.12
FLR
6,987.11
Office Salaries
379.11
Phone
1,096.75
Office Supplies, etc.
3,103.08
Collin Memorial
1,000.00
Brethren Retirement
1,140.00
Social Security
3,048.00
Speakers Travel, etc.
2,042.38
Pastors Helps
198.00
Piano, etc.
11,280.22
Total Expenses
$68,299.36
Balance on Hand 1-1-90
Checking
( 50.91-)
Savings
1,796.91
Total Cash on Hand
$ 1,746.00
Total Income
$71,935.53
Total Expenses
68,299.36
3,636.17
Balance on Hand 12-31-90
$ 5,382.17
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A motion prevailed to accept the report.
Chuck Davis presented the following ballot
for the B.E.M. board. Appointments needing
Conference ratification: Dan White, one year
term replacing Tim George, George Traub,
two year term replacing George Christie.
Nominations for election to the B.E.M. to community issues that arise.
Board: Ministerial - Phil Guerena, Scott
Libby, Kim Robertson, Lyle Sweeney; Lay
- Don Brotherton, Tony DeRosa, Earl
Dohner, Ed Waken.
A motion prevailed to place the ballot for
ratification and election to the B.E.M. Board
in nomination.
The election was carried out.
Further corrections were noted on the first
business session minutes.
A motion prevailed to change the minutes
of the first session to reflect that the report
on the recommendations of the Moderator was
moved and seconded but not voted on.
SOCIAL CONCERNS COMMITTEE
Don Shoemaker read a report of the Social
Concerns Committee.
The Social Concerns Committe is an arm
of our Fellowship active in helping our
churches be an effective moral voice to our
world and helping our members be the citizens
they should be.
During the past year we had two mailings
to our churches. The first mailing primarily
discussed churches and the law, especially
the growing problem of litigation against
churches and how to minimize it.
The second mailing provided a biblical and
reasonable basis for Christian social action,
presented differing Christian views on war
and shared how our Wooster, Ohio, church
is active in social concerns.
Our committee is currently having discus-
sions to develop a clear strategy for reaching
the goal of having our Fellowship and our in-
dividual churches be an effective voice for
Christian social concern.
One primary function of our committee is
to be a resource to our churches. Please avail
yourself of our literature and contact one of
us during the year for information you need.
We urge each church to be a hand of love
into its surrounding communities through
support of caring ministries such as preg-
nancy aid centers and homes for unwed
mothers.
We urge each church to release its people
to be ministers to the community through
creative Christian social concerns efforts.
We urge our districts to create avenues for
rapid communication on legislative matters of
moral concern and we urge churches to
establish a network with likeminded churches
in their locale so they may respond rapidly
In the immediate future our country will
face major conflicts over issues of church and
state, homosexuality, the integrity of the
home, euthanasia, abortion rights and more.
Our church leaders must inform themselves
and follow a strategy which will involve our
people in appropriate responses to conflicts.
This committee stands ready to advise in any
way we can.
In the past our committee's level of
activity has utilized a budget approaching
$ 1 ,000 a year, and we anticipate the need for
approximately the same amount of funds next
year.
Respectfully submitted by the Social
Concerns Committee:
Donald P. Shoemaker, Chairman
Russ Ogden
Bob Fetterhof
John Teevan
A motion prevailed to adopt the report.
RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE
James Poyner gave the report of the Resolu-
tions Committee. Two corrections were
noted. The corrected report is as follows:
I. In light of this year's conference
theme "Having Hope" and next year's
"Focus '92 on Evangelism", the Resolutions
Committee reminds us of the Two Greatest
Resolutions ever written:
( 1 ) You shall love the Lord your God with
all your heart and with all your soul,
and with all your mind.
(2) You shall love your neighbor as
yourself.
Jesus, Himself, gave these two command-
ments in Matthew 22:36-40 and we agree that
they are the key to Hope and Evangelism.
II. In light of current trends in some
churches today, the Resolutions Committee
is concerned that the F.G.B.C. remains firm
in it's Biblical stand for morality and church
policy and we believe that:
(1) Any sexual behavior and/or conduct
outside the marrige relationship is a
clear violation of the Word of God.
(2) Homosexuality is a clear violation of
the Word of God. (Yet, we affirm that
while hating the sin, we need to show
Christ's love to the sinner.)
(3) The Biblical office of elder/overseer
is reserved for men an therefore the
practice of licensing, ordaining, or
placing women in the position of
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elder/overseer is a violation of the
Word of God.
III. In light of the need to have Common
Goals for our F.G.B.C. churches to follow,
we encourage our individual congregations to
seek to implement our National Strategy
Committee's Goals. (The six goals and sub-
points are available in printed form and will
be presented in revised form at this year's
conference.) We also encourage cooperation
with Focus '92, which is being presented at
this year's conference.
Respectfully submitted,
1991 Resolutions Committee
Jim Poyner, chairman
Kurt Miller
Brian Smith
A motion prevailed to accept the report as
corrected.
The Fellowship Coordinator was instructed
to have copies available for delegates of the
previous years' Continuing Resolutions and
the report of the Resolutions Committee. The
Continuing Resolutions are as follows.
Report to the F.G.B.C. Conference
on Continuing Resolutions
August 1, 1991
1985 Continuing Resolution on the
Sanctity of Life
Human life is worthy of respect and
Drotection at all stages from the time of
conception. The sanctity of human life is
sstablished by creation (Gen. 1:26-27), social
jrotection (Gen. 9:6) and redemption (John
3:16).
Committee Comment: It is our obser-
vation that our churches and people are
implementing this resolution as measured by
lie increase in the participation in crisis
pregnancy ministries, church education of
Sanctity of Life issues, and personal involve-
ment of Grace Brethren people to encourage
adoptions and to discourage abortion both
personally and politically.
1987 Continuing Resolution on Religious
Freedom
We commend the efforts of our governmen-
tal leaders which strive to preserve the free
exercise of religion guaranteed in the First
Amendment of the Constitution.
We express our strong objection to those
efforts in government which would move the
state away from "benevolent neutrality" to
religion toward a secularistic "anti-religion"
attitude, and which would reshape our nation
as a secularist state.
We believe the free exercise of religion
includes such activities as:
1 . Freedom to meet in public places and in
private homes for worship, Bible study,
prayer and evangelism, including freedom for
our children to have equal access to the use
of public school facilities for such purposes.
2. Freedom to operate private schools to in-
struct our children in the relation of our faith
and values to all life.
3. Freedom to determine the qualifications
for membership in our churches and schools
and to exercise discipline on the basis of these
qualifications.
4. Freedom to determine the standards for
employees of our churches and schools, and
to discharge employees who fail to maintain
these standards.
5. Freedom to offer personal and family
counseling according to the teachings of the
Bible to those who seek it, without being
licensed by a state agency, and without fear
of reprisal from those who do not agree with
the counseling.
6. Freedom to share the gospel of Jesus
Christ with others both publicly and privately.
7. Freedom to teach and practice what we
believe the Bible teaches about morals,
sexuality, personal relationships, private and
public conduct, and all other matters that come
within the scope of our religious concerns.
8. Freedom to strive to influence public
policy from the perspective of our Christian
values.
1988 Continuing Resolutions on Personal
Commitment
We resolve as a national fellowship of
churches, as local churches and as individuals:
1. To make four personal commitments.
A. To spend quality time with Jesus
Christ in the Word and in prayer.
B. To fellowship with and minister to
the body of Christ.
C. To present the gospel to our friends,
relatives, associates and neighbors.
D. To live this day as though Christ
would return momentarily.
2. To make four prayer commitments.
A. To pray daily for spiritual revival.
B. To pray daily for five unsaved
people. — "Handful for Christ."
C. To pray daily for our pastors,
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missionaries and other spiritual
leaders.
D. To pray daily for those in authority.
RETIREMENT PLANNING
COMMITTEE
Jim Johnson read the report of the
Retirement Planning Committee.
During this past conference year the Retire-
ment Planning Committee has undergone a
reorganization. Due to the resignation of
Brother Larry Chamberlain and Brother
Morgan Burgess, it became necessary for the
Fellowship Council to appoint two new
members to fill these vacancies. Brother
William Burby from Columbus, Ohio, and
Brother James W. Johnson from Winona
Lake, Indiana, were named to the Commit-
tee with Brother Johnson being named
Chairman.
We certainly want to recognize Brothers
Larry and Morgan as they invested great
amounts of time and energy into the Retire-
ment program for our Fellowship.
There was a substantial revision of the Plan
this past year and a large increase in participa-
tion. The new plan allows all employees of
member churches and Fellowship organiza-
tions to enroll. Participation has increased
from 1 17 members on July 1 , 1990 to 265 on
July 1 1991 . During the same period, assets
have increased from $383,690 to $572,996.
Joining the plan this year were the employees
of Grace Brethren Church of Columbus and
Worthington (OH) Christian School, Grace
Brethren Home Missions, Grace Brethren
Investment Foundation and Grace Brethren
Navajo Ministries.
The revised plan also allows emergency
loans with interest paid being applied back to
the participant's own account. Other
enhancements include 100% vesting for
Pastors and 100% vesting for employees after
5 years of service, quarterly account
statements (although this feature is not yet up
and running) and quarterly interfund transfer i
change option.
Eligibility is open to any employee age 21
and having one (1) year of service.
Many, many thanks are due Mrs. Linda
Leonard, who has worked patiently with J
Aetna during this plan change. It has been a
difficult transition and Linda has done a great
job.
James W. Johnson, Chariman
Pastor Jim Custer
Pastor Charles Turner
Brother Dewey Melton
A motion prevailed to accept the repo'
A motion prevailed to extend the meeti ;
to 4:00 p.m.
There was no report on Brethren chapla.
Ministries.
CONFERENCE TREASURER'S REPORT
Steve Popenfoose gave a report as Conference Treasurer.
The Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches
Statement of Cash Receipts and Expenditures
For Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1991
CASH BALANCES, JULY 1, 1990
Checking — Lake City Bank
Savings — GBIF
Total
CASH RECEIPTS.
Credential Fees
Conference Exp. Offering
Child Care Fees
Other (Interest, etc.)
Conference GBFM
Offerings: C.E. Natl.
Intl. Fellowship
GBHM
Fellowship of GBC
Total Cash Receipts
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
$ 1,928.10
(19,516.36)
$77,043.97
$ 1,928.10
57,527.61
(17,588.26)
77,043.97
59,455.71
66,457.80
1,453.43
3,949.58
6,416.96
44,305.20
719.95
110.763.0C
1,453.42
3,949. 5i
6,416. 9(
719.9^
1,121.06
1,121.0(
3,766.00
3,766.(X
1,576.18
9,000.00
60,488.39
1,576.11
9,000.(X
78,277.77
138,766. 1(
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:ASH EXPENDITURES:
Conference Expenses
Facilities/Equip. Rental
4,020.20
4,020.20
Child Care
3,830.09
3,830.09
rinting and Promotion
4,922.41
4,922.41
Speaker Travel/Honoraria
3,487.90
3,487.90
'ommittees and Officers
30,069.87
30,069.87
Jrace Brethren Annual
11,689.90
11,689.90
ension Investment Plan
125,349.17
125,349.17
)esignated Offerings
7,183.19
132,532.36
7,'183.19
Total Cash Expenditures
58,020.37
190,552.73
Surplus (Deficit)
20,257.40
(72,043.97)
(51,786.57)
ASH BALANCES, JUNE 30, 1991
Checking-Lake City Bank
2,664.14
5,000.00
7,664.14
Savings-BIF
5.00
$ 2,664.14
5.00
Total
$ 5,000.00
$ 7,664.14
i motion prevailed to accept this report.
AUDITING COMMITTEE REPORT
Don Eshelman read a report from the
inference Audit Committee.
The audit committee had requested from the
)llowing Boards, The Fellowship of Grace
rethren Churches and Brethren Evangelistic
linistries, an audited financial statement.
In response to this request the Fellowship
F Grace Brethren Churches submitted a
Statement of Cash Receipts and Expen-
itures" and the Brethren Evangelistic
linistries submitted a "Reviewed Financial
tatement".
Even though these financial reports are
ibstantially less in scope than an audited
nancial statment, I do believe these reports
jpear to be accurate and properly reflect the
nancial position of the respective
rganizations.
I recommend the acceptance of this report
s presented.
Respectfully submitted,
Don Eshelman, Audit Committee
A motion prevailed to accept this report.
The Bylaw changes from the Recom-
lendations from the Moderator were brought
ack to the floor. The Vice Moderator
ssumed the Chair.
By common consent it was agreed to divide
le question into 2 separate motions. Discus-
on followed.
A motion failed to extend the time of this
;ssion 15 minutes.
The session was adjourned.
THIRD SESSION
Thursday afternoon, August 1, 1991
Moderator Young called the third business
session to order at 2:05 p.m. He read
Philippians 2:1-11 and led in prayer.
The Membership Committee gave an
updated report of 452 lay delegated and 312
ministerial delegates for a total of 764
delegates.
A motion prevailed to seat the additional
delegates.
The printed minutes of the second session
were distributed.
A motion prevailed that the minutes from
Tuesday be approved.
A correction from Monday's business
session was noted.
A motion prevailed to correct the minutes
of Monday's business session accordingly.
An announcement of election results from
Tuesday for area representatives to Fellowship
Council was made as follows: Eastern Region
- Dan Eshleman ('95), Central Region - Bud
Olszewski ('95), Western Region - Ed
Trenner ('95).
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
The ballot for the Nominating Committee
was presented with the following names:
Robert Arenobine, Timothy Coyle, Richard
De Armey, Robert Fetterhof, Jay Fretz,
Wendell Kent, Howard Mayes, Ron
Thompson, Randy Weekley, Gene Witzky.
Six are to be elected.
A motion prevailed to place these names
into nomination.
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A motion prevailed that nominations cease.
The election was carried out.
CONFERENCE STATISTICIANS REPORT
Tom Avey, Conference statistician, gave a report.
FGBC Statistical Report 1990
PROFESSIONS OF FAITH
Regular Services
Other
TOTALS
Total Baptisms
Expense 12,849,967 12,680,382
Other Expenses 4,643,181 4,412,131
TOTAL EXPENSES . 35,065,888 17,100,504
Reporting:
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reporting 1
1990
1,528
2,788
1989
1,733
2,307
4,316
2,581
MEETINGS: AVERAGE ATTENDANCES
Sunday Morning Services . . 42,174
Sunday School 29,103
Sunday Evening Services. . . 15,427
Midweek Services 13,734
Communion Services 19,286
MEMBERSHIP
Total Last Year 39,191
Total Added This Year .... 3,049
Total Lost This Year 3,246
Net Gain or (Loss) (197)
Total Membership
at End of This Year 38,991
Trine-Immersed Members . . 34,875
AUXILIARY ORGANIZATIONS
Vacation Bible School 16,775
Women's Organizations 3,987
Men's Organizations 1,028
Coed Youth Minstries 4,222
Girls' Ministries 2,474
Boys' Ministries 1,688
Other °.638
INCOME
Total Gift Receipts
for the Year 38,187,925
Total Non-Gift receipts
for the year 5,393,712
Grand Total of All Income . 43,581,637
EXPENDITURES
Brethren Foreign Missions . 2,659,698
Brethren Home Missions . . . 759,012
Grace Schools 329,407
District Missions 214,667
CE National 112,783
BEM 36,846
Brethren Missionary Herald 22,751
All Other
Grace Brethren Ministries 657,603
All Non-Brethren Ministries 1,207,845
TOTAL 6,000,611
Pastoral Staff Salaries 12,371,273
All Local Expenditures 23,177,154
TOTAL 35,548,427
Auxiliary Organizations .... 1,112,918
GRAND TOTAL OF
ALL EXPENDITURES .... 42,661 ,957
CHRISTIAN DAY SCHOOLS
Number of Churches
Operating Schools 42
Total Enrollment 8,455
Total Income 17,572,740
Faculty-Administrative
4,040
2,511
42,068
29,513
16,445
14,438
19,864
39,449
2,979
3,035
(56)
39,481
35,437
17,455
4,540
1,323
4,474
2,527
1,997
5,007
Number of Churches . .
Allegheny
Arctic 7 '
East Central Florida 5 1
Florida Suncoast 7
Hawaii 4
Indiana 21
Iowa Midlands 14
Michigan 7
Mid-Atlantic 12
Mountain-Plains 6
Nor-Cal 7
North Central Ohio 28
Northeastern Ohio 17
North-Atlantic 29
Northwest 12
Southern Florida 7
Southern 8
Southern Cal & Arizona 31
Southern Ohio 19
Southwest 5
Virginia 15
Western Pennsylvania 20
TOTAL 298
(*) Based on churches listed in the 1990 Annual, District
Conference Organizations, Cooperating Churches.
FOREIGN HELD STATISTICS 1990
Number of
Country Churches
18
3
1
1
27
37,615,376
5,791,836
43,407,211
3,728,547
823,245
408,532
243,258
180,635
31,247
32,315
50,729
1,146,691
7,175,736
11,891,276
21,241,703
33,249,595
1,026,816
40,604,479
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8,823
16,489,629
Argentina
Brazil
CAR
Republic of Chad
England
France
Germany
Japan
Mexico
Philippines
Spain
20
600
77
1
6
6
3
13
2
1
747
Average
Membership Attendant
800 1,20
1,300
145,000
9,985
N/A
105
150
13
434
121
N/A
157,908 196,3
1,40:
175,00:
17,38
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Worship and Membership
Four Year Comparison
46000
44000
43000
42000
41000
40000
39000 -
38000
37000
36000
35000
34000
33000
32000 '
31000 -
30000
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1987
1990
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1988
A motion prevailed that this report be
icepted.
The Fellowship Council made the following
commendation to delete the position of
inference Statistician. "Since CE National
s the machinery in place to do the job well
d since there is need and desire to simplify
; statistical reporting process, we recommend
at we eliminate the office of Conference
itistician, that CE National be asked to do the
itistical facts gathering and reporting, that the
dlowship Coordinator be the liaison to work
ith CE National, that each year the Con-
rence Moderator analyze the statistics and
port his findings to the Conference. We
erefore also recommend that in the Bylaws
RTICLE VI OFFICERS, Section One.
fficers the words 'and statistician' be deleted
id that in Section Two, Election in the
cond paragraph the word 'Statistician' be
:leted and that in Section Four,
esponsibilities and Duties all of #5
atistician be deleted.
A motion prevailed that the Bylaws be
anged to reflect the printed change.
CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR
The Fellowship Council made the following
commendation with respect to the Conference
seal year. "Since there is insufficient time for
port preparation and proper auditing of the
•oks after July 1st each year it is recommended
at the Bylaws ARTICLE XI
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MISCELLANEOUS, Section Two, Fiscal
Year be changed to read, "... April 1 through
the following March 31 " instead of ". . . July
1 through the following June 30."
A motion prevailed to approve this change
and to amend the Bylaws accordingly.
PASTORLESS CHURCHES
AVAILABLE MEN REPORT
Greg Howell presented the report of the
Committee on Pastorless Churches and
Available Men.
"As coordinator of Pastorless Churches and
Available Men, I do not actually match up
pastors with churches. I simply act as a
clearing house, collecting resumes of available
men and passing them on to churches looking
for pastors. There are really two lists -
Pastorless Churches and Available Men.
Anyone can ask for either or both of these lists,
though we try to maintain a degree of
confidentiality.
The system works best when all who are
looking also list their names. For various
reasons some pastors or churches do not want
to be listed but do want the benefit of looking
at the other list.
Many of you will ignore this report because
it does not affect you. But some day when you
need a pastor or desire to change pastorates
please remember this office was created to serve
you. Your participating will make our
committee effective and efficient."
A motion prevailed to accept this report.
Moderator Young gave a report on the
activities of the Fellowship Council.
NAME CHANGES IN THE BYLAWS
A motion prevailed to make the needed
name changes in the Bylaws for Brethren
Evangelistic Ministries and to add the name of
Grace Brethren Navajo Ministries, Inc. to the
list of Cooperating Organizations in Article X.
A motion prevailed that Section 4 of
Article 8 "Board of Ministerial Emergency and
Retirement" be deleted from the Bylaws.
A motion prevailed that the Fellowship
Council be authorized to designate a part of the
extra $1 membership fee, presently designated
for Promise of Honor funding, to the Pension
Investment Plan in order to care for the
administrative costs of the plan.
It was stressed that more information on the
programs Promise of Honor and Pension Invest-
ment Plan was needed, and written information
should be available to delegates at next year's
Conference.
FELLOWSHIP COORDINATOR
Moderator Young reported on the status of
research and development of the position of
Fellowship Coordinator.
At the close of Annual Conference in 1990,
delegates present approved a motion "That the
office of Fellowship Coordinator be organized
as a full time paid position in order that it may
receive expanded responsibilities. Research and
development of the office will proceed as
follows:
1990-91 — Concept development of the
office by the Fellowship Council including
funding requirements.
1991-92 — Presentation to conference for
approval followed by the development of
necessary documents.
1992-93 — Search and screen process for a
full time coordinator.
1993.94 _ Selection of the Fellowship
Coordinator."
Recommendation
1. Preliminary criteria.
a. Spiritual Life. He should be able to
meet qualifications for the office of
deacon as found in the Scriptures.
b. Work Skills. He should be a skilled
administrator. He should have good
people skills in balance with ad-
ministrative skills, a person with a
contextual understanding of the
Fellowship. Furthermore, he should be
an independent person who can work
on his own with little or no oversight.
He should not be a retired person,
because longevity in office is desirable.
c. Communication. He should be a
skilled communicator who is capable of
assessing the wide variety of media
available in our Fellowship.
2. Supervision.
He will be supervised by the Administra-
tion Committee of the Fellowship
Council. Past, present and future
moderators comprise the Committee. The
present moderator will chair the Commit-
tee and take the lead in guiding the work of
the Fellowship Coordinator.
3. Funding.
a. Re-assignment of Funds. The
Promise of Honor assessment will be
re-assigned to a salary and benefit fu
in 1994.
b. Cooperating organizations. Natior
organizations will provide additior
funds. A formula for contributions w
be designed in concert with t
organizations to express proportional'
based on such things as relative size a!
benefit derived.
A motion prevailed to place on the floor t
recommended concept of Fellowship Coc'
dinator as presented.
C.G.B.A. APPLICATION
Moderator Young presented the followii
recommendations from the Fellowsh
Council on the application of the Conservati
Grace Brethren Association for recognition!:
a Cooperating Organization.
"Because we, as a Fellowship Council, s
convinced that the consideration of tl
application will result in discussion on t
'Baptism-Church Membership Issue' on wh:
a moratorium has been called
the Conference we recommend: That i
consideration of this application, by i
Conference, be postponed in order to keep |
integrity of the moratorium and in order nol
interfere with the effectiveness of the Fon
process."
A motion prevailed to place on the flo(|
the action of the Fellowship Council wil[
regard to the application of the Conservativ
Grace Brethren Association.
Discussion followed.
A motion prevailed to move the previoi
question.
A motion prevailed to approve the recon
mendation of the Fellowship Council on tl
application of the Conservative Grac
Brethren Association.
A motion prevailed to reconsider tlj
previous motion.
A motion prevailed to vote by ballot on tl
motion.
A motion prevailed to extend the time <
the session 30 minutes.
Charles Ashman, reported on the 1992 ai
future Conference locations.
1992 - Winona Lake, Indiana - August 1
1993 - Northwest Region
1994 - Southeast Region
1995 - Southwest Region
1996 - Northeast Region
1997 - Central Region
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ire Conferences through 1997.
v report was given on the election to the
minating Committee: Wendell Kent,
airman, Richard DeArmey, Robert
terhof, Ron Thompson, Jay Fretz,
nothy Coyle.
'he report of the ballot vote on the motion
postpone consideration of the C.G.B.C.
>lication was announced: 385 yes, 140 no.
e motion carried.
MODERATOR'S
RECOMMENDATIONS
'he Vice Moderator, David Plaster,
umed the Chair to care for the old business
h respect to the recommendations from the
derator, Jerry Young.
i motion prevailed to refer the recommen-
ion on "Handling Dissent" to the
rliamentary Committee with their
ommendations to be filtered through the
lowship Council.
?he recommendation with respect to
jroving the conference planning process
s represented as follows:
iince Conference Moderators need to leave
jor input into all phases of Conference
nning and since under our present system
y do not have sufficient time to do so we
recommeding that the office of a Second
xlerator-Elect be added to our Bylaws. The
lowing changes are therefore
iommended.
tTICLE V FELLOWSHIP COUNCIL,
Section Two. Number and Term.
- In paragraph one the number "fifteen"
changed to "sixteen".
— Paragraph two be changed from "The
naining three members of the Fellowship
iuncil shall be the moderator, moderator-
ct and retiring moderator." to "The
naining four members of the Fellowship
iuncil shall be the moderator, first
xlerator-elect, second moderator-elect and
iring moderator."
ARTICLE VI OFFICERS, Section One.
Officers.
— Change "moderator-elect" to "first
moderator-elect and following that add the
office of "second moderator-elect."
ARTICLE VI OFFICERS, Section Two.
Election.
— Change "moderator-elect" to "second
moderator-elect." {
ARTICLE VI OFFICERS, Section Four.
Responsibilities and Duties.
— Change the title of number 2. to "First
Moderator-Elect. ' '
— Add a section to be numbered 3.
3. "Second Moderator-Elect."
a. He shall succeed to the office of
first moderator-elect the second
year following his election.
b. He is a member, ex-officio, of the
Fellowship Council.
c. He shall fulfill the functions of first
moderator-elect in the latter' s
absence or illness or when called
upon by the moderator to do so.
d. He shall assume the office of first
moderator-elect in the event of his
resignation, decease or inability to
serve as the first moderator-elect
upon notification by the
moderator.
e. He shall lead the early planning for
the conference in which he will
lead as moderator.
— Renumber the officers following
sequentially.
A motion prevailed to change the Bylaws
to add the office of "Second Moderator-Elect.
The Moderator resumed the chair.
A motion prevailed to extend the time of
the session 5 minutes.
A motion prevailed to approve the minutes
of the third business session as read.
A motion prevailed to adjourn (sine die).
National Organizations
GRACE BRETHREN FOREIGN MISSIONS
1401 Kings Highway, Winona Lake, IN 46590
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 588, Winona Lake, IN 46590
Staff
Executive Director
Rev. Tom Julien
Director of Administration
Mr. Greg Weimer
Financial Officer
Mr. Steve Popenfoose
Church Relations Coordinator
Rev. Jay Bell
Technical Coordinator
Rev. Gordon Austin
Candidate Coordinator
Mr. Blaine Horst
Distribution Coordinator
Rev. Larry Hubartt
Accounts Payable Manager
Mrs. Lee Ann Horst
Secretary to the Executive Director
Mrs. Cindy Byers
Secretary, Administration
Mrs. Kathy Herman
Secretary
Mrs. Lillian Teeter
Information Services
Coordinator (part-time)
Mr. Kip Cone
Receipts Manager (part-time)
Miss Karen Spicer
Creative Consultant (part time)
Mr. Terry Julien
Board of Trustees
(Term ending J 992)
Rev. Dean Fetterhoff
Mr. Kenneth Balmer
Box 30, Meetinghouse Road,
Telford, PA 18969
Rev. John Teevan
Dr. David Plaster
(Term ending 1993)
Dr. S. Wayne Beaver
Rev. Robert Griffith
Rev. Wayne Hannah
Mr. Lenard Moen
7914 Michigan Ave.
Whittier, CA 90602
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(Term ending 1994)
Rev. Edwin Cashman
Rev. Steve Taylor
Dr. Terry Hofecker
Dr. Peter Peponis
5282 River Forest Road
Dublin, OH 43017
Officers of the Board
President— Rev. Dean Fetterhoff
Vice President— Rev. John Teeva
Secretary — Rev. Wayne Hannah!
Treasurer— Dr. David Plaster
FOREIGN MISSIONARY
DIRECTORY
(Phone numbers follow addresses)
*Home Ministries - Send mail to home o$y
ARGENTINA
Bailey, Rev. Steve and Wilma
Guamini 6498, 1875 Wilde
Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA, S.A.
(011-54) 1-254-1438
*Home Ministries: Dec-Mar
Guiles, Rev. David and Susan
Ortega 6260, 1875 Wilde
Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA. S.A.
(011-54) 1-207-9673
Nairn, Rev. Stanley and Betty
J V Gonzales 2218, 1879 Quilmes Oe
Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA. S.A.
(011-54) 1-250-1215
*Home Ministries: Mar-Jan
Peacock, Miss Alice
Alem 119, 9 C, 1878 Quilmes Oeste !
Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA. S.A.
(011-54) 1-253-9204
BRAZIL
Burk, Rev. Bill and Imogene
Cx 101, 68.447 Vila dos Cabanos, P/
BRAZIL. S.A.
(011-55) 91-754-1636
*Home Ministries: Apr-Aug
feen, Rev. Daniel and Nancy
I Joao XXm, No. 520
WOO Uberlandia, M.G.
AZIL, S.A.
H-55) 34-236-6426
flome Ministries: Jul-Jan
ligdon, Rev. Earle and Dorothy
xa Postal 861, 66.000 Belem, Para
£\ZIL, S.A.
1.1-55) 91-231-4716
pison, Rev. George and Evelyn
|xa Postal 861, 66.000 Belem, Para
AZIL, S.A.
fl-55) 91-226-6641
tier. Rev. Eddie and Eileen
xa Postal 368, 66.000 Belem, Para
AZIL, S.A.
fl-55) 91-235-2192
plehorn. Dr. Bruce and Lisa
t\ Jose Miguel Saramago 1372
■100 Uberlandia, MG
KZIL, S.A.
ll-55) 34-234-4620
JVTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
[fldress for all C.A.R. missionaries is:
. 240, Bangui
UTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,
Irica; Dial "0"; ask for operator
13236; give phone number 61-68-23
S Bangui.
[ gherty. Dr. Dave and Karen
f ome Ministries: Jan-Jun
t is, Miss Diana
liacht. Donna
iegger, Miss Mary Ann
ome Ministries: Jan-Jun
:s, Dr. Jim and Martha
tended Furlough
ing, Rev. Jim and Faye
fman, Miss Cheryl
ome Ministries: Sep-Sep
Is, Mr. Paul and Berta
Ixtended Furlough
| singer. Miss Carol
Medical Leave
I singer, Rev. Eddie and Linda
jome Ministries: Jan-May
I Her, Rev. Dan and Mary Lou
Irs, Rev. Tom and Sue
'ome Ministries: Jan-Jul
^n. Rev. Bob and Denise
*ome Ministries: Jul-Jul
Tschetter, Miss Evelyn
Uphouse, Mrs. Miriam
*Home Ministries: Jan-Jun
Varner, Miss Janet
*Home Ministries: Sep-Sep
Volovski, Dr. Mike and Amy
*Home Ministries: Jun-Jun
Wainwright, Rev. Jack and Marilyn
*Home Ministries: Aug-Aug
Walker, Dr. William and Donna s
Wenger, Mr. Lloyd and Barbara
*Medical Leave
Wilson, Miss Lois
*Home Ministries: Jan- Apr
Wooler, Miss Barb
CHAD
Stallter, Rev. Tom and Sharon
B.P. 183, Moundou
REPUBLIC OF CHAD Africa
(Dial "0" ask for operator - 160235,
give phone number 397 at Moundou)
Vnasdale, Rev. Les and Ruth
B.P. 183, Moundou
REPUBLIC OF CHAD. Africa
(Dial "0" ask for operator - 160235,
give phone number 69 14 07 at Moundou)
*Home Ministries: Jan-May
ENGLAND
Angle, Rev. Roy
100 Langley Hall Rd., Olton, Solihull
B92 7HD, ENGLAND
(011-44) 21-708-1539
Kiddoo, Rev. Bill and Beckie
28 Rainsbrook Dr., Monkspath, Solihull
West Midlands, B90 4TH, ENGLAND
(011-44) 21-744-7277
*Home Ministries: May-Aug
Schwan, Rev. Dave and Beckie
101 Burman Road, Shirley, Solihull
West Midlands, B90 2BQ, ENGLAND
*Home Ministries: Jun-Aug
Shipley, Dr. Greg and Cheryl
146 Knightsbridge Rd., Olton, Solihull
West Midlands, B92 8RB, ENGLAND
(01 M4) 21-743-5513
FRANCE
Burgess, Mr. Greg
83, cours de la Republique
69100 Villeurbanne, FRANCE
(011-33) 78-85-14-84
25
Cone. Mrs. Ruth Ann
25. rue Garibaldi
69006 Lvon. FRANCE
(011-33) 7244-98-26
De Armey. Rev. Lam and Vicki
4. rue Bon Recontre
71000 Macon. FRANCE
(011-33) 85-29-28-64
Good. Rev. Kent and Becky
34B. blvd. de la Marne
21000 Diion. FRANCE
(011-33) 80-74-09-30
Griffith. Rev. Dave and Susan
13A. rue de Strasbourg
71200 Le Creusot. FRANCE
(011-33) 85-80-10-07
*Home Ministries: Jun-Sep
Hickey. Rev. Tom and Laura
13 Place de la Ferrandiere
69003 Lvon. FRANCE
(01 1-33)' 72-36-35-52
*Home Ministries: Jun-Sep
Hobert. Rev. Dave and Susie
5. rue Georges Clemenceau
71230 Su Vallier. FRANCE
(011-33) 85-58-32-50
Klawiner. Rev. Paul and Louise
3c. rue Ernest Lory
21000 Dijon. FRANCE
(011-33) 80-66-54-63
Morris. Miss Pany
24. me Lalande
69006 Lvon. FRANCE
(011-33) 72-74-23-10
Nora. Rev- Chris and Carolyn
18. roe de Martyrs de la Resistance
".::■: czLz- s~- S-::j franco
(011-33) 85-41-53-02
Sims. Rev. Mark and Joy
2. r_e oe Longwy
-.:•: It Ire-.:: FP---NC5
(011-33) 85-80-24-06
Viers. Rev. John and Soni
54, rae Doctear Offer
69100 Vflkurbanne. FRANCE
P11-33 7MM8-S2
*Home Ministries: Aug-
Weaver. Mr. MarUn and Sue
Chateau de St. Albain
71260 St. Albain. FRANCE
(011-33) 85-33-14-28
Chateau (011-33) 85-33-12-95
GERNUNY
Belton. Rev. James and Sibylle
Am Herrengarten 12
7712 Blumberg
GERMANY
(01 149) 7702-3562
Haak. Miss Edna
Hegelstr. 123
7080 Aalen
GERMANY
(01149) 7361-35282
Jackson. Rev. Daniel and Rachel
Kolomanstr. 41
7070 Schwaebisch Gmuend
GERMANY
(01149) 7171-76817
Manduka. Rev. David and Kathy
Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 167
7070 Schwaebisch Gmuend
GERMANY
(01149) 7171-83068
Pappas. Rev. John and Becky
Liebigsrx. 7 I
7080 ~Aalen-Unterkochen
GERMANY
(01149) 7361-87896
*Home Ministries: May-Aug
Ramsey. Rev. Dan and Denise
Egerlaenderstr. 3
7250 Leonberg
GERMANY
(01149) 715245609
Stover. Mr. Roger
Oberbettringerstr. 104
7070 Schwaebisch Gmuend
GERMANY
<01149) 7171-68229
JAPAN
Graham. Rev. Ike and Nancy
Grand Mezon Shin Itami 714
Itami Shi
Minami Machi 2-1-20
Hvogo Ken 664
JAPAN
(011-81) 727-72-7725
*Home Ministries: Jul-Nov
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auer, Rev. Ted and Kristen
yon Mansion Hibarigaoka #108
-3-16 Kurihard
.'iiza-sh: Saitama-ken. T352
APAN
Dll-81) 424-23-1480
|*Home Ministries: Jul-Dec
t)'Dell. Rev. Cecil and Debbie
bai-ichi Kooshin Mansion #102
f-6-12. Kurihara
Hiiza-shj Saitama-ken. T352
Up an
PI 1-81) 424-22-7452
'•Home Ministries: Jul-Dec
IEXICO
Iburchill. Rev. Jack and Rosa
758 Caulfield Dr.
an Diego. C A 92154
519) 423-7903
jarrell. Miss Bess
Cola 125-103. Colonia Alamos
>el- Denito Juarez
}.P. 03400
lenco DR.. MEXICO
Hl-52) 5-579-9550
*Home Ministries: Jun-
uerena. Rev. Martin and Kristy
.pdo. Postal #173
nauntla Izcalli
4700 Edo. de Mexico
1EXICO
Hl-52 5-;~--55?l
7eUing. Miss Brenda
iota 125-103. Colonia Alamos
•el. Benito Juarez
'.P. 03400
lexke D.F.. MEXICO
111-52 5-5"a-9550
*Home Ministries: Jun-
HTLIPPINES
eaver. Mr. Daniel and Tori
.O. Box AC 527
Mbbod City, 1109
HHJPPIXES
)ll-65 :-:\--S-34
ulen. Rev. Clav and Kim
-O. Box AC 52"
■uezon City. 1109
HHIPPINES
011-651 2-673-31-51
Juday. Rev. Robert and Brenda
P.O.' Box A.C. 527
Quezon City, 1109
PHILIPPINES
(011-63) 2-673-67-09
Nissley. Miss Bonnie
P.O. Box A.C. 527
Quezon City. 1109
PHILIPPINES
Ruiz. Rev. Ted and Vivien
P.O. Box A.C. 527
Quezon Ciry. 1109
PHILIPPINES
(011-63i 2-699-28-35
PORTUGAL
Hawkins. Rev. Tim and Julie
Av. Dr. Elisk) de Moura. 443
2»B
3000 Coimbra
PORTUGAL
(011-351) 39-405-212
Hull. Miss Margaret
Rua Brigadeiro Correia Cardoso
:-:-:
3000 Coimbra
PORTUGAL
Schwartz. Rev. Ralph and Martha
co Av. Dr. Elisk) de Moura. —5
2°B
3000 Coimbra
PORTUGAL
SPAIN
Poupan. Rev. Waher and Rnrh
Casino 2. pta. 26
Terramelar (Paternal
46989 Valencia
SPAIN
(011-34) 6-138-7672
Saaerthwahe. Rev. Rick and Twinky
Almudaina 21-7, 2
46007 Valencia
SPAIN
(011-34) 6-34 Ml 87
APPOINTEES
Argentina
McCaman. Rev. Gary and Lmda
P.O. Box 588
Winona Lake. IN 46590
(219) 269-4657
27
Central African Republic
Foster, Miss Karen
831 Pine Way
Worthington, OH 43085
(614) 436-5755
Taylor, Rev. Mike and Myra
953 Dougherty Road
Aiken, SC 29803
(803) 649-3967
France
Barlow, Rev. Tom and MaryAnn
P.O. Box 588
Winona Lake, IN 46590
(219) 269^657
Martin, Rev. Dennis and Jeannie
540B E. Main Street, Box 7
New Holland, PA 17557
(717) 355-2117
Germany
Kern, Rev. Steve and Celeste
389 Jennings Avenue
Mansfield, OH 44907
(419) 524^553
Japan
Justiniano, Rev. Ralph and Joan
986 W. Monoquet Road
Warsaw, IN 46580
(219) 267-3256
Portugal
Burk, Mr. Kenneth and Kimberly
3452 Elm Avenue #108
Long Beach, CA 90807
(213) 424-4950
RETIRED
Altig, Dr. Keith and Vivian
13755 E. Walnut
Whittier, CA 90602
(213) 693-8182
Balzer, Mr. Albert and Eulah
408 Aloha Circle, Villa P
Long Beach, CA 90805
(213) 423-4748
Cochran, Miss Rosella
P.O. Box 588
Winona Lake, IN 46590
(219) 269-4657
Cripe, Miss Mary
1520 Teresa St.
Modesto, CA 95350
(209) 527-7709
Dowdy, Rev. Paul and Dortha
5864 Teal Lane
El Paso, TX 79924
(915) 751-5889
Garber, Rev. Martin and Beverley
101 Twelfth St.
Winona Lake, IN 46590
(219) 269-7124
Goodman, Rev. Marvin and Dorothy
600 Chestnut Ave.
Winona Lake, IN 46590
(219) 269-5068
Haag, Rev. Walter and Alys
207 Van Rowe Ave.
Duncanville, TX 75116-3319
(214) 298-6149
Hoyt, Rev. Solon and Kathryn
Rt. 8, P.O. Box 292V2
Warsaw, IN 46580
(219) 269-7215
Jones, Miss Gail
R.D. 4, P.O. Box 59
Johnstown, PA 15905
(814) 479-7428
Kent, Miss Ruth
P.O. Box 588
Winona Lake, IN 46590
(219) 269^657
Maconaghy, Rev. Hill and Dorothy
4061 58th Ave. N., Lot #206
St. Petersburg, FL 33714
(813) 525-4576
Mason, Dr. Harold and Margaret
2075 Chapman Lake Dr. ,
Warsaw, IN 46580
(219) 269-7187
Miller, Rev. Donald and Lois
24600 Mountain Ave., Sp. 40
Hemet, CA 92344
(714) 927-7298
Mishler, Miss Marie
62 Coach Ln. I
Akron, OH 44312
(216) 794-8728
Sickel, Mrs. Loree
1462 Golden Rain Rd. Apt. 49B
Seal Beach, Ca 90740
Snyder, Rev. Roy and Ruth
901 Robson Rd. ■
Winona Lake, IN 46590 (219) 267-32
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Snyder, Miss Ruth
P.O. Box 588
Winona Lake, IN 46590
(219) 269-4657
Thurston, Miss Marian
Crown Point Apt. #4 North
1710 Harding St.
Tama, IA 52339
(515) 484-2338
Tresise, Rev. Foster and Marguerite
95-303 Waioni St.
Mililani, HI 96789
(808) 623-2298
William Rev. Robert and Lenora
150 W. Warren St., Box 41
Peru, IN 46970
(317) 472-4016
Zielasko, Rev. John and Jean
114 15th St.
Winona Lake, IN 46590
(219) 267-4808
STATEMENT OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION
December 31, 1990
Assets:
General Fund —
Investments $ 156, 162
Receivables 612,752
Real Estate 347,105
Equipment (less depreciation) . 86,464
Other 181,442
Total Assets 1,383,925
Restricted Fund-
Cash 113,189
Receivables 218,665
Investments 10,450
Inventory 2,623
Total Restricted Fund 344,927
Annuity Funds-
Cash 47,004
Investments 488,288
Other 2,834
Total Annuity Funds 538,126
Endowment Fund —
Cash 48,553
Investments 103,900
Other 390
Total Endowment Fund 152,843
Total All Funds 2,419,821
Liabilities:
General Fund —
Payable to Restricted Fund . . . 218,005
Other Liabilities 250,675
Fund Balance 915,245
Total 1,383,925
Restricted Fund-
Endowment Payable 0
Fund Balance 344,927
Total Restricted Fund 344,927
Annuity Fund —
Annuity Payments Payable . . . 2,220
Annuities in Force 306,298
Fund Balance 229,608
Total Annuity Funds 538,126
Endowment Fund-
Fund Balance 152,843
TOTAL ALL FUNDS $2,419,821
The financial records for GBFM for the year 1990 have been audited
3y Dahms and Yarian. Certified Public Accountants. Warsaw,
ndiana. The complete audited report is available for inspection at
^BFM, 1401 Kings Highway, Winona Lake. Indiana 46590.
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Year Ending December 31, 1990
Income:
Operation Lifeline $ 373,456
Missionary Support 3,126,763
Interest and Miscellaneous . . . 33,372
TOTAL INCOME $3,533,591
Expenses:
Administrative 140,635
Office Salaries 223,386
Promotional 347,104
Missionary Salaries 1,722,482
Missionary Travel 95,831
Field Expenditures 981,183
Other 59,153
TOTAL EXPENSES $3,506,774
THE GRACE BRETHREN HOME MISSIONS
COUNCIL, INCORPORATED
1401 Kings Highway, Winona Lake, Indiana 46590
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 587
FAX 219-269-4066
Officers and Staff
Pres.— Dr. Luke E. Kauffman, 613 Hilltop
Road, Myerstown, PA 17067
V. Pres.— Dr. James L. Custer, 2515 Car-
riage Lane, Powell, OH 43065
Secy, and Exec. Dir.— Mr. Larry N.
Chamberlain, 108 Apple Court,
Winona Lake, IN 46590
Treas.— Mr. Homer Waller, P.O. Box 612,
Sunnyside, WA 98944
Director of Administration— Rev. Jesse B.
Deloe, 102 Third Street, Winona Lake,
IN 46590
Directors of Church -Planting
and Development
East and South— Rev. William H. Snell,
1210 W. 100 South, Warsaw, IN 46580
Associate Director-South— Rev. Kurt A.
Miller, 154 Lake Shore Drive, N., Palm
Harbor, FL 34684
West— Rev. David E. Marksbury, P.O.
Box 17148, Long Beach, CA 90807
Accountant— Miss Brenda Kent, 1401 Park
Avenue, Winona Lake, IN 46590
Communications Coordinator— Mr. James
Folsom, 3104 E. Wooster Rd., Lot 13,
Pierceton, IN 46562
Videographer and Media Specialist (part
time)— Paul Vance
Secretary to Executive Director-
Mrs. Judi Rose
Executive Secretary— Mrs. Marilyn
Orlando
Assistant to Accountant— Mrs. Linda
Leonard
Accounting Assistant (part time)—
Mrs. Joyce Clinger
Coordinator of Donor Services-
Mrs. Cashel Taylor
Secretary— Mrs. Jeanette Scofield
Receptionists (part time)— Mrs. Lola
Mattfeld and Miss Tami Miller
Board of Directors
(Term Ending 1992)
Mr. Morgan Burgess, 163 N. Franklin Street,
Delaware, OH 43015
Rev. Robert D. Fetterhoff, 912 Douglas Dr.
Wooster, OH 44691
Rev. John R. Mcintosh, 2735 N. Beth Place
Simi Valley CA 93065
Mr. Jerry Michael, Route 4, 105 Meadoi
Dr., Martinsburg, WV 25401
Mr. Clair Floyd, 11251 Lipscomb St!
Anchorage, AK 99516
(Term Ending 1993)
Rev. Timothy Boal, Rt. 3, Box lie.
Everett, PA 15537
Mr. Jack Broyles, 1607 Whitehall Rd
Anderson, SC 29621
Dr. James L. Custer, 2515 Carriage Lani
Powell, OH 43065
Dr. John W. Mayes, Route 9, Box 5591
Longview, TX 75601
Mr. Homer Waller, P.O. Box 612, Sunn;.
side, WA 98944
(Term Ending 1994)
Mr. Robert Bryant, 2920 Bosham Lan[(
Midlothian, VA 23113
Rev. Robert Combs, 647 Parkway Blvd.
Norton, OH 44203
Mr. Mark Curtis, 3646 California Ave
Long Beach, CA 90807
Dr. Luke Kauffman, 613 Hilltop Re
Myerstown, PA 17067
Home Mission Directory
Atlanta, GA, (East)— Dekalb Communi;
Grace Brethren Church. Pastor, Erne
Usher.
Blain, PA— Sherman's Valley Grace Brethi I
Church. Pastor, Dennis Huratiak.
Bradenton, FL— Grace Brethren Chure
Pastor, Robert Byers.
Charleston, WV— Cross Lanes Gra:
Brethren Church. Pastor, Emory Your,.
Columbus, OH, N.E.— Rocky Ridge Grcs
Brethren Church. Pastor, Will Marlii,
Cypress, CA— New Life Grace Brethi I
Church. Pastor, David Marksbury.
Dryhill, KY— Victory Mountain Gni
Brethren Chapel. Pastor, Samuel Bae
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Tr
iscanaba, MI— Bay De Noc Grace Brethren
Church. Pastor, Gary Hable.
Jort Lauderdale, FL (Haitian)— Eglise
Evangelique Des Freres De La Grace.
Pastor, Wilfred Jean.
5reencastle, PA — Conococheague Grace
Brethren Church. Pastor, Alan Clingan.
lurst (Dallas-Fort Worth), TX— Grace
Fellowship Church. Pastor, Lyle
Sweeney,
ndianapolis, N.E. (Fishers), IN— Northeast
Grace Brethren Church. Pastors, Allen
Edgington and Ronald Smals.
London, OH— Grace Brethren Church.
Pastor, Howard Immel.
rfaple Valley (Seattle), WA— Grace Bible
Fellowship Grace Brethren Church.
Pastor, Robert Gentzel.
•IcAllen, TX— McAllen Grace Brethren
Church. Pastor, Robert Soto,
ilenifee Valley, CA— New Hope Community
Church. Pastor, Chris Suitt.
dontgomeryville, PA— New Life Grace
Brethren Church. Pastor, David Allem.
lurry sville, PA— Grace Brethren Church.
Pastor, Stephan Edmonds.
Jorth Port, FL— Grace Brethren Church.
Pastor, Edmund DeZago.
'hiladelphia, PA— Liberty Grace Brethren
Church. Pastor, Steve Makofka.
"'hiladelphia, PA— Crossroads Grace Brethren
Church. Pastor, James Brown,
lichmond (Short Pump), V A.— Fellowship
Grace Brethren Church. Pastor, David
Kowalke.
lio Rancho, NM— La Mesa Grace Church.
Pastor, Don Bowlin.
aratoga Springs, NY— Grace Brethren
Church of Saratoga Springs. Pastor, Dale
Jenks.
tate College, PA— Happy Valley Community
Grace Brethren Church. Pastor, Larry
Edwards.
tojVilloughby, OH— Lake County Grace
Brethren Church. Pastor, Joe Cosentino.
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GRACE BRETHREN
CHAPLAINS MINISTRY
- P.O. Box 587, Winona Lake, IN 46590 -
(Telephone : 2 1 9/267-5 161)
^indorsing Agent— Rev. C. Lee Jenkins, P.O.
'" ox 587, Winona Lake, IN 46590.
'haplains: Capt. Charles Card, Army; Capt.
ten Collins, Army; Lt. Cdr. John L. Diaz,
avy; Lt. Col. James T. Elwell, Air Force;
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jra,
Lt. John Galle, Navy; Lt. Dayne Nix, Navy;
Lt. Col. John B. Patrick, Army; Col. John
Schumacher, Army; Capt. Phil Spence,
Army. (For current address contact
endorsing agent).
GRACE BRETHREN
NAVAJO MINISTRIES, INC.
i
— Counselor, NM 87018 —
(Telephone: 505/568-4454)
Officers and Staff
Pres.— Dr. Luke E. Kauffman, 613 Hilltop
Road, Myerstown, PA 17067
V. Pres.— Dr. James L. Custer, 2515
Carriage Lane, Powell, OH 43065
Secretary and Exec. Dir.— Mr. Larry N.
Chamberlain, 108 Apple Court, Winona
Lake, IN 46590
Treas.— Mr. Homer Waller, P.O. Box 612,
Sunnyside, WA 98944
Steve and Chris Galegor, superintendent,
promotion and bookkeeper
Wayne and Terrie Aites, girls dorm parents
Karen Broach, high school teacher, coach
Dino Butler, high school teacher, coach
Sheilah Champion, 3rd and 4th grade teacher
Bob and Betty Clifton, building and grounds
maintenance, kitchen supervisor (VIA)
Linda Davidson, 5th and 6th grade teacher
Ray and Helen Dennis, boys dorm parents
(VIA)
Angie Garber, visitation missionary (VIA)
Helen Garrett, 1st and 2nd grade teacher
Bob and Norma Lathrop, vehicle main-
tenance, secretary
Elaine Marpel, principal, high school teacher
Betty Masimer, visitation missionary (VIA)
Andy Moyer, high school teacher, coach
Jennifer Ritchey (TIME)
Roy and Ladina Sam, 7th and 8th grade
teacher
Churches sponsored
by the Navajo Mission:
Cedar Hill Navajo Grace Brethren Church
(Tully and Mary Butler)
Day Mesa Navajo Grace Brethren Church
(Johnson and Nancy Chiquito)
Red Lake (AZ) Community Grace Brethren
Church (John and Nora Trujillo)
Navajo Committee
Mr. Jack Broyles, Mr. Larry
Chamberlain, Rev. Jesse Deloe, Mr.
Clair Floyd, Dr. Luke Kauffman, Rev.
John Mayes, Mr. Jerry Michael.
Board of Directors
Rev. Timothy Boal, Mr. Jack Broyles,
Mr. Robert Bryant, Mr. Morgan
Burgess, Rev. Robert Combs, Mr. Mark
Curtis, Dr. James Custer, Rev. Robert
Fetterhoff, Mr. Clair Floyd, Dr. Luke
Kauffman, Dr. John Mayes, Rev. John
Mcintosh, Mr. Jerry Michael, Mr.
Homer Waller.
Following are the combined Financial
Statements of The Grace Brethren Home
Missions Council, Inc. and Grace Brethren
Navajo Ministries, Inc.
STATEMENT OF REVENUES
OPERATING EXPENSES & EQUITY
Year Ending December 31, 1990
Revenues:
Offerings $1,226,372
Estates and annuities 29,326
Rent 48,500
Interest 40,460
Other _ '>912
1 ,346,570
Operating Expenses:
Direct assistance 1,240,235
Administration 384,134
Promotion 176,123
Payments to annuitants 76,286
Excess (deficit) of revenues
over operating expenses . . . (530,208)
Other Income (Expense):
Assets received on dissolutions 550,478
Net income (expense) relating
to prior period 7,575
Gain on sale of fixed assets .. 4,703
Interest (45-373)
517,383
Excess (deficit) of revenues
over expenses (12,825)
Equity, beginning of year 1 ,062,24
Adjustment for equity in gift
value of annuities
Equity as restated j ,062,2
Equity, end of year $1,049,41
The above financial statements have been audit*. \
by the firm of Ashman. Targgart, & Manion, PC.
Certified Public Accountants, Fort Wayne. Indiana'
A copy of their full report is available upon request
STATEMENT OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION
December 31, 1990
ASSETS:
Current Assets
Cash
Offerings and other receipts
in transit
Total cash and cash equivalents
Contract receivable
Current portion of notes
receivable
Other Current assets
Accounts receivable
$ 74,:
260,
334,:
252,:
5,
27;
37,
Total Current Assets
658,
36.
Property and equipment:
Land
Buildings 369,
Mission real estate 475,
Autos and trucks 194,
Photographic equipment 41,
Other equipment 261,
1,383.
Less accumulated depr (483,
$ 900
Investments & other assets:
Notes receivable
Contributed property
Annuities invested
Leasehold interest, net
2
479
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$ 500'
TOTAL ASSETS $2,058;
KBILITIES AND EQUITY:
rrent Liabilities:
ies payable $ 481,305
pent portion of
[long-term debt 11,181
counts payable 34,285
trued annuity installments . . 14,949
fferred rental income —
tyroll withholdings 876
leal current liabilities $ 542,596
Long-term debt, net of
current portion 187,513
Annuities and trusts 278,979
TOTAL LIABILITIES $1,009,088
Equity in unused annuity assets 200,814
EQUITY 848,604
Total Equity 1,049,418
TOTAL LIABILITIES
AND EQUITY $2,058,506
GRACE BRETHREN INVESTMENT
FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
P.O. Box 587, Winona Lake, IN 46590
[The Grace Brethren Investment Foundation STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL
[s the same officiary as The Grace Brethren CONDITION
pme Missions Council, Inc., Winona Lake, Mav 31 1991
[liana.
Officers and Staff ASSETS:
Ies.— Dr. Luke E. Kauffman, 613 Hilltop Casn and Cash Equivalent . . $3,671,452
I Road, Myerstown, PA 17067 Investments 2.237,474
I Pres.— Dr. James L. Custer, 2515 Car- Accrued Interest Receivable . 1 12, 154
I riage Lane, Powell, OH 43065 Loans Receivable 15,678,846
:y. and Exec. Dir.— Mr. Larry N. Vehicles and Equipment (Net) 47,719
Chamberlain, 108 Apple Court, Winona °ther Assets 11,070
Lake, IN 46590 Total Assets $21,758,715
:as.— Mr. Homer Waller, P.O. Box 612, =
Sunnyside, WA 98944 LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE:
-. of GBIF— Mr. James W. Johnson, 2704 Savings Accounts $19,330,248
William Dr., Winona Lake, IN 46590 Accrued Interest Payable . . . 217,768
:y.— Mrs. Florence Figert Other Liabilities 105,809
jkeeper-Mrs. Wanita Ogden Total Liabilities 19,653,825
ler/Data Processing-Mrs. Carla Noll Fund Balance 2, 104,890
:ountant— Miss Brenda Kent
_ _ _. Total Liabilities and Fund
Board of Directors Balance $21,758,715
Rev. Timothy Boal —
Mr. Jack Broyles STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Mr. Robert Bryant For Year Ended May 31, 1991
Mr. Morgan Burgess OPERATING INCOME:
Rev. Robert Combs . . . ^ ,„, -,„
\a »« 1 r* _ Interest on Loans $1,376,618
Mr. Mark Curtis T . ' _ ' „
„ . „ , Interest on Investments 527,993
Dr. James Custer !
Rev. Robert Fetterhoff Total Operating Income 1,904,611
Mr. Clair Floyd OPERATING EXPENSES:
Dr. Luke Kauffman Interest on Savings Accounts $1,319,087
Dr. John Mayes Salaries and Services 140,212
Rev. John Mcintosh Contributions 188,760
Mr. Jerry Michael Data Processing 6,402
Mr. Homer Waller Other Administrative Expenses 163,619
pies of the audited statements, also containing Total Operating Expenses. . . 1,818,080
Auditor s opinion . are available at our offices Qh income and ( ExDenses ) 3403
1401 Kings Highway, Box 587, Winona Lake. UmeF Income ana (expenses) 3,4U3
46590. NET INCOME $ 89,934
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GRACE BRETHREN FINANCIAL PLANNING SERVICE
P.O. Box 587, Winona Lake, IN 46590
Phone: 219/267-5161
(A ministry sponsored by
The Grace Brethren Home Missions Council, Inc.)
Director — Mr. Russel Dunlap, P.O. Box 587, Winona Lake, IN 46590
West Coast Representative — Rev. Donald Miller, 24600 Mountain Ave., Sp. 40,
Hemet, CA 92344
Field Representative - Mr. Ronald Domer, 8115 Green Valley Rd., Mohave Valley, AZ 864*
Executive Committee:
Larry N. Chamberlain, chairman
Brenda Kent, recording secretary
Jesse Deloe, James Johnson
GRACE SCHOOLS
200 Seminary Drive, Winona Lake, IN 46590
General Administration
*John J. Davis, President
*Ronald E. Manahan, Provost
* David R. Plaster, Vice President for
Academic Affairs
William Darr, Director of Library Services
Roy Lowrie, Director of the Division of
Christian School Education
Jim Shipley, Registrar
Gary Meadors, Director of Doctoral Studies
Kathryn Scanland, Director of Institutional
Research
Enrollment Services
Carl Beridon, Dean of Enrollment
Ron Henry, Director of Admissions
Mark Penfold, Seminary Admissions Director
Tom Abbitt, Director of College Enrollment
Services
Steve Wishart, Campus Visitation Director
Steve Petty, Director of Financial Aid
Student Services
Bruce Barlow, College Dean of Students
Miriam Pacheco, Coordinator of Women's
Ministries
Philip Dick, Director of Athletics
Steve Winey, Director of SAAC & Assistant
Registrar
Darwin Parman, Housing Director
Joanne Taylor (Mrs.), School Nurse
Business and Financial Matters
*Ronald E. Clinger, Vice President
Business Affairs
for
Reed DePace, Director of Supporting Services
Paul DeRenzo, Director of Food Service
Audrey Tobias (Miss), Director of Data'
Processing
Steven Fleagle, Controller
Advancement Department
*Read T. Morrison, Vice President foi
Institutional Advancement
Chris Becker, Annual Fund Director
Donald Byers, Director of Constituenl,
Relations
Don Ogden, Director of Alumni Affairs
Joel Curry, Director of Public Relations
E. William Male, Planned Giving Officer
♦Members of the President's Administrative
Council
Officers of the Corporation
President — Dr. John J. Davis
Secretary/Treasurer —
Mr. Ronald E. Clinger
Board of Trustees
(Term Ending 1992)
Rev. John Burke, 1434 Lyon, Waterloo, U
50702
Mr. Ralph H. Grady, 1168 Ridgemont Rd.
Waterloo, IA 50701
+ Mr. John Haller, 5447 Wine Tavern;
Dublin, OH 43017
Mr. Mark J. Holbrook, 4445 San Antonii1
Rd., Yorba Linda, CA 92686
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r. Ronald J. Kinley, 841 Center St.,
Ashland, OH 44805
r. Fred C. Mills, 200 1 -H N. Williamsburg,
Decatur, GA 30033
Mr. William Snoddy (Secretary), 197 Twp.
Road 530, West Salem, OH 44287
r. H. Dwight Stair, 510 Oak St.,
Wadsworth, OH 44281
(Term Ending 1993)
r. Larry Downs, 4 Stone Camp Trail,
Winona Lake, IN 46590
:v. Lester W. Kennedy, 25 Dudley Ferry
Road, Radford, VA 24141
•. Nickolas Kurtaneck, 6153 Pershing Way,
Buena Park, CA 90260
Dr. John P. Morgan (Vice Chairman), 6213
Myers Road, West Salem, OH 44287
;v. Les Nutter, 509 Cherry Street,
Wrightsville, PA 17368
rs. Miriam Pacheco, 413 Kings Highway,
I Winona Lake, IN 46590
H (Col) John Schumacher, 19A Garrison
! Lane, Carlisle Barracks, PA 17013
Rev. Charles G. Thornton (Chairman),
56 N. Crawford, Millersburg, OH 44654
(Term ending 1994)
Ir. John Armstrong, 544 West Pleasant
I Home Road, Wooster, OH 44691
fev. Thomas Avey, 100 Homestead Dr.,
I Lititz, PA 17543
;v. Richard Battis, 10 Waynesburg Rd.,
Washington, PA 15301
fev. Raymond Davis, 833 Spruce St.,
I Hagerstown, MD 21740
I'Rev. Ronald A. Guiles, 895 S. Wymore
#907-A, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714
tr. Donald Hedrick, 15033 Lodosa Drive,
Y Whittier, CA 90605
Ir. Thomas Homey, 2811 Prospect N.E.,
i Box 59, Middlebranch, OH 44652
Br. Gordon Stover, 9210 Branch Rd.,
i Harrah, WA 98933
Ir. Michael Workman, 2763 Millborne Rd.,
Wooster, OH 44691
Trustee Emeritus
fv. Paul E. Dick, 1912 E. Walnut Street,
Warsaw, IN 46580
jMembers and officers of the Executive
. Committee
1991-1992
Faculty Members and
Administrative Officers
C= College, S= Seminary
CS=Both College and Seminary
Avallone, Anthony J. (C) Assistant Professor
of Business
Benyousky, Frank (C), Assistant Professor
of Communications -,
Beridon, Carl (CS), Dean of Enrollment &
Marketing Management
Bickel, Kenneth (S), Assistant Professor for
Pastoral Ministries
Bowling, James (Dr.) (C), Associate Pro-
fessor of Education and Psychology
Bowman, Paul (C), Instructor in Modern
Foreign Languages
Caneday, Ardel (S), Professor of New
Testament
Clinger, Ronald E. (CS), Vice President for
Business Affairs
Clutter, Ronald T. (Dr.) (S), Professor of
Theology & Church History
Curry, Shara B. (Mrs.) (C), Assistant Pro-
fessor of Education
Darr, William E. (CS), Director of Libraries
Davis, Arthur W. (C), Associate Professor
of Art
Davis, John J. (Dr.) (CS), President, Pro-
fessor of Old Testament and Hebrew
Decker, Allyn (C), Assistant Professor of
Communications
De Young, Donald B. (Dr.) (C), Professor of
Physics
Dick, E. Philip (C), Director of Athletics;
Associate Professor of Health and Physical
Education
Dilling, Richard A. (Dr.) (C), Professor of
Mathematics and Science Education
Faber, Ardis (Miss) (C), Assistant Professor
of Music
Fairman, Richard (Dr.) (S), Professor of
Theology & Church History
Felts, Verna M. (Mrs.) (C), Associate Pro-
fessor of Music (Piano)
Forbes, W. Merwin (Dr.) (C), Professor of
Biblical Studies
Foreman, Janet (Mrs.) (C), Associate Pro-
fessor of Business
Fowler, Donald L. (Dr.) (CS), Professor of
Old Testament and Hebrew
French, David (C), Art Instructor
Gaerte, Dennis (C), Associate Professor of
Teacher Education
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Gano, Peter (Dr.) (C), Adjunct Professor of
Fine Arts
Gordon, William P. (C), Associate Professor
of Economics and Business
Gorrell, David, (C), Assistant Professor of
Mathematics
Grill, E. Michael (Dr.), (C) Professor of
Psychology
Henry, Ron (CS), Director of Admissions,
Associate Dean of Enrollment, and
Associate Professor of History
Hildebrandt, Theodore (Dr.) (C), Professor of
Biblical Studies
Jeffreys, Richard E. (Dr.) (C), Professor of
Biological Science
Johnson, Darrell L. (Dr.) (C), Professor of
Education
Kessler, James C. (C), Associate Professor of
Health and Physical Education
Kordus, Raymond N. (C), Assistant Athletic
Director, Adjunct Instructor in Health and
Physical Education
Lee, Marcia (Dr.) (C), Associate Professor of
Biological Science
Lincoln, Gerald (CS), Associate Director of
Library
Lovelady, Edgar J. (Dr.) (C), Professor of
English
Lowrie, Roy (Dr.) (S), Director of the
Division of Christian School Education,
Professor of Christian School Education
Manahan, Ronald E. (Dr.) (C), Provost, Pro-
fessor of Biblical Studies
Meadors, Gary T. (Dr.) (S), Professor of
New Testament
Morrison, Read T., Vice President for Institu-
tional Advancement
Peugh, Roger (CS), College Chaplain,
Director— Graduate School of Missions,
Associate Professor of Missions
Plaster, David R. (S), Vice President for
Academic Affairs, Associate Professor
of Theology
Sauders, Paulette (Dr.) (C), Professor of
English
Shipley, Jim A. (CS), Registrar & Associate
Professor
Slaughter, George F. (Dr.) (C), Professor of
Psychology
Snider, R. Wayne (C), Professor of History
Taylor, Kenneth N. (C), Professor of
Sociology
Zimmerman, Timothy M. (C), Chair for
Music Department and Artist in Residence
Emeritus Faculty
Beaver, S. Wayne (Dr.), Professor Emeritus;
Boyer, James L. (Dr.), Professor Emeritus
Coverstone, Jean (Mrs.), Professor Emeritus
Felts, W. Roland, Professor Emeritus
Hamilton, Mabel (Mrs.), Librarian Emeritus
Hoyt, Herman A. (Dr.), President Emeritus
Humberd, Jesse (Dr.), Professor Emeritus
Kent, Homer A., Jr., Professor Emeritus
Kreigbaum, Arnold R., Dean of Student;
Emeritus
Uphouse, Miriam M. (Mrs.), Associate Deal
of Students Emeritus
Alumni Associations
Donald Ogden, Director
College Alumni Executive Committee
Christy Barlow
Gary Herbruck
Charles Hunter
Donna Miller
Miriam Pacheco
Gary Woolman
Seminary Alumni Executive Committee
Robert Arenobine
Ed Lewis
Dave Plaster
Condensed Financial Report
Statement of Revenues,
Expenditures, and Transfers
For the Year Ended May 31, 1991
REVENUES:
Educational & General:
Tuition & fees $4,522,6
Gifts 1,126,01
Endowment income 1 8,5<
Other 104,9:
Total educational and
general $5,772,1
Auxiliary Enterprises:
Housing $ 844,4
Food service 675,4
Other 343,3
Total auxiliary
enterprises $1,863,2
Other sources $ 94,4
TOTAL REVENUES .... $7,729,8
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EXPENDITURES:
Education & general:
j Instructional $2,032,565
' Academic support 429,082
1 Student services 767,419
Institutional support 1,712,575
I Operation of plant 620,695
j Student aid 668,991
I Transfers 100,994
Total educational and
general $6,332,321
Auxiliary enterprises:
Housing $ 764,595
Food service 578,275
Other 417,656
Total auxiliary
enterprises $1,760,526
Other Transfers $ (300,000)
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $7,792,847
SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) ... $ (63,000)
THE BRETHREN MISSIONARY
HERALD COMPANY, INCORPORATED
P.O. Box 544, Winona Lake, IN 46590
Board of Trustees
(Term ending 1992)
James Bustraan
Ralph Colburn
Gerald Kelley
Paul Woodruff
(Term ending 1993)
E. William Male
Russell Ogden
Maynard Tittle
(Term ending in 1994)
George Allenbaugh
Larry Gegner
Gerald Polman
H. Don Rough
Officers of the Board
Pres. — James Bustraan
V. Pres. — Maynard Tittle
Secy. — Gerald Polman
Asst. Secy. — H. Don Rough
Treas. — Ralph Colbum
Member-at-Large — E. William Male
Herald Magazine Editorial Committee
E. William Male, Gerald Polman
Maynard Tittle
Staff
Publisher & General Manager —
Charles Turner
Asst. to Gen. Mgr., Finances and Retail
Sales — Jo Disbro
Finance Office — Mike Baker
Sunday School Sales —
Mailing Lists — Delia Nagel
Herald Subscriptions —
Mailing Department — John Leonard
Maintenance — Larry Unruh
Herald Bookstore, Winona Lake —
Amy Burley, Ralph Burns
Lanita French, Tom Miller
Herald Bookstore, Indianapolis —
Coordinator of Personnel —
Sharon Edgington
Herald Magazine
Publisher — Charles Turner
Managing Editor — Emiline Secaur
Daily Devotions
Composition and Copy Acquisitions —
Omega Sandy
Coordinator of Published Materials —
Emiline Secaur
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
January 1, 1990 to December 31, 1990
ASSETS:
Current Assets
Cash and Certs, of Deposit . . . $154,345.81
Accounts Receivable 95,806.43
Refundable Payroll Tax -0-
Inventory-Merchandise 703,122.89
Deposit -0-
Contract Receivables -0-
Prepaid Expenses 20,670.67
Total Current Assets $973,945.80
Investments $651,322.30
Non-Current Assets
Land $ 5,000.00
Buildings 327,443.93
Furniture and Fixtures 205,147.58
Print Shop Equipment 260,773.34
Vehicles 30,087.95
Total $828,452.80
Less — accumulated depr 618,933.64
Net Property — Equipment .. . 209,519.16
Other Assets
Contract Receivables -0-
Less Current Portion -0-
Total Other Assets ■&
TOTAL ASSETS $1,834,787.26
LIABILITIES AND NET WORTH:
Current liabilities
Accounts payable $ 3,606.06
Employee Payroll Deductions . 230.00
Notes Payable 52,700.00
Income Tax Payable -0-
Accrued Interest 476.59
Sales Tax Payable 1 ,472.76
Deposits . 15,953.50
Payroll Tax . 1,459.47
Total Current Liabilities $ 75,898.38
Long-Term Liabilities
Notes Payable
Less Current
-0
-0-1
Total Long Term Liabilities . -0-
Other Liabilities
Gift Annuities $10,000.00
Total Liabilities $ 85,898.38
Fund Balance 1,748,888.88
Total Liabilities and
Fund Balance
$1,834,787.26
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CONDENSED OPERATING STATEMENT
Income
Merchandise Sales $1,194,467.29
Cooperating Boards
Rentals
Interest and miscellaneous
Sale Fixed Assets &
Securities
Bequest
Finance Charges and
Special Offerings ......
60,663.80
2,655.00
44,035.91
40,165.80,
-Of
2,504.50
Total Business Income $1,344,492.93
Cost
Purchases $ 644,463.92
Salaries 293,275.20
Operating expenses 366,832.37
Free Literature 7,166.68
Rental Expenses 4,055.15
Administrative Expense 14,662.10
Total Business Costs $1,330,455.42
Total Business Gain
Publication Offering . . .
Expenses
Offering Net Gain .
Total Net Income .
14,037.51
31,793.93
16,955.16
$14,838.77
$28,876.28
THE BRETHREN WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
WMC Officiary 1991-92
President— Mrs. Betty Ogden, 8400 Good
Luck Road, Lanham, Maryland 20706.
(Tel. 301-552-9660)
1st Vice Pres.- Mrs. Geneva Inman, 2244
Fernwood Dr., Colorado Springs, CO
80910. (Tel. 719-597-2620)
2nd Vice Pres.- Mrs. Janet Minnix, 3314
Kenwick Trail S.W., Roanoke, VA
24018. (Tel. 703-774^078)
Secretary- Mrs. Nancy Eshleman, 3395
Bossier Road, Elizabethtown, PA 17022.
(Tel. 717-367-7771)
Asst. Sec- Mrs. Lucy Snow, P.O. Box 6,
Portis, KS 67474. (Tel. 913-346-2805)
Financial Sec.-Treas.- Miss Joyce Ashman,
602 Chestnut Ave., Winona Lake, IN
46590. (Tel. 219-267-7588)
Asst. Fin. Sec.-Treas.- Mrs. Martha Tusing,
3966 E. 300 N, Warsaw, IN 46580. (Tel,
219-267^1245)
Literature Sec- Mrs. Lillian Teeter, 2706
Sharon St., Winona Lake, EN 46590. (Tel.
219-267-5513)
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Prayer Chairman- Mrs. Nancy Peugh, 401
Wood St., Winona Lake, IN 46590. (Tel.
219-269-1957)
Editor- Mrs. Viki Rife, 2186 W. 350 S.,
Warsaw, IN 46580. (Tel. 219-267^252)
District Presidents 1991-92
Allegheny— Mrs. Kathleen Opel, 23 Patricia
Lane, Uniontown, PA 15401. Tel.
412-437-0422
Florida, East Central— Report not received
Florida, Suncoast— Mrs. Ann Davis, 1870
Florida Ave., Palm Harbor, FL 34683.
Tel. 813-787-5254
Hawaii— Mrs. Bettylou Mitchell, 95-065
Puanane Loop, Mililani, HI 96789. Tel.
808-623-0418
Indiana— Miss Isobel Fraser, 2217-1C Point
West Dr., Fort Wayne, IN 46580i. Tel.
219^82-1360
owa-Midlands— Mrs. Glendolyn McClure,
4309 Sherman St. N.E., Cedar Rapids,
IA 52402. Tel. 319-393-4468
Michigan— Mrs. Alice McCrum, P.O. Box
67, New Troy, MI 49119-0067. Tel.
616^26^710
Vlid-Atlantic— Mrs. Alice Hartman, 329
Cherry Tree Circle, Hagerstown, MD
21740. Tel. 301-797-7346
Mountain-Plains— Mrs. Geneva Inman,
2244 Fernwood Drive, Colorado Springs,
CO 80910. Tel. 719-597-2620
North Central Ohio— Mrs. Ruth Berry, 2296
Kentwood Dr., Mansfield, OH 44903.
Tel. 419-589-2394
Northeastern Ohio— Mrs. Joan Gable,
11849 Keener Dr., Orrville, OH 44667.
Tel. 216-682-1922
Northern Atlantic— Mrs. Sue Meyers, 72
Hertzog Dr., Leola, PA 17540. Tel.
717-656-7459
Northwest— Mrs. Phyllis Christie, E. 309
14th Ave., Apt. #107-B, Spokane, WA
99202. Tel. 509-838^337
l;Southern California-Arizona— Mrs. Helen
Miller, 13138 Michelle Circle, Whittier,
CA 90605. Tel. 213-941-5937
•South Florida-Caribbean— Mrs. Agnes
Metzger, 1513 NW 6th Avenue, Ft.
Lauderdale, FL 33311.
Southern Ohio— Mrs. Arlene Glass, 259 N.
Second St., Tipp City, OH 45371. Tel.
513-667-8006
Southern— Mrs. Sandy Jacobs, 113 Jacobs
Rd., Anderson, SC 29625. Tel.
803-287^1174
Southwest— Mrs. Chris Galegor, Grace
Brethren Navajo Mission, Counselor, NM
87018. Tel. 505-568-4454
Virginia— Mrs. Molly Simmons, 5677 Yellow
Mountain Rd., Roanoke, VA 24014. Tel.
703-774-9680
West Penn— Mrs. Claretta Leidy, R. J, Box
385, New Enterprise, PA 16664. Tel.
814-224-2805
1991-1992
WMC YEARLY GOALS
1 . Read and study the Bible regularly.
2. Be a faithful prayer warrior.*
3. Active in Evangelism.*
4. Encourage increased interest in SMM or
aid in the establishment of SMM in your
local church.
5 . Give regularly to WMC — time, talent,
and money as the Lord leads and
prospers.*
6. Support regular family devotions.*
Use of Daily Devotions is suggested.
♦Refer to WMC Handbook.
LOCAL GOALS
1 . Observe a special time of prayer on the
15th day of each month.*
2. Emphasize prayer for local youth and
those who made decisions for full-time
Christian service.
3. Support district rallies and projects.
4. Contribute to Major Offerings:
Please send all money to the National
Financial Secretary-Treasurer using the
proper offering slip from the treasurer's
sheet in the Program Packet. Make checks
payable to - Grace Brethren National
WMC.
A. September, October, November:
HOME MISSIONS - Goal $8,000
Project: Start up kits.
Send before December 10th.
THANK OFFERING -
We suggest a minimum of $1.50 a
year per member.
Send before December 10th.
Project: SMM debt reduction $5164.
B. December, January, February:
GRACE SCHOOLS - Goal $8,000
Project: Organ
Send before March 10th.
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CE NATIONAL OFFERING
Sponsorship of Director of Girls"
Ministries (Note: SMM is the heart of
WMC.)
Send before March 10th.
We suggest a minimum of S3. 00 a
year per member. S 10,329.
C. March, April. May:
FOREIGN MISSIONS - Goal
S8.000
Project: Bible Institutes. Brazil - new
roof. Chad - well, airstrip. Philippines
- library books.
Send before June 10th.
MISSIONARIES OF THE YEAR
Offerings may be given in the month
of your birthday or at a special
emphasis throughout the year toward
the support of WMC Missionaries of
the Year honoring their service.
We suggest a minimum of SI. 50 per
member.
Send before June 10th.
Missionaries of the Year for
1991-1922 are:
• Wilma Bailey - Argentina
• Rachel Jackson - Germany
• Cheryl Kauffman - C.A.R.
• Cheryl Shipley - England
• Soni Viers - France
D. June, July. August:
WMC OPERATING EXPENSES -
Goal S8.000.
Send before September 10th.
5 . Encourage the reading of the following
books which may be purchased from the
Brethren Missionary Herald Company.
Box 433. Winona Lake. IN 46590.
• Soaring on Broken Wings by
Kathy Bartalsky
• Evidence Not Seen by Darlene Rose
• No Place to Cry by Doris VanStone
6. Use Brethren talent when available and
support Brethren works. Support
SMM.*
7. Aid in expenses, if possible, of local
president or representative to attend each
district meeting and national WMC
Conference.
8 . Elect officers in April or May to assume
their duties in September. The local
Annual Reports compiled by the retiring
local president must be in the hands of the
district president by May 3 1 . Seating of
the delegates at National Conference is
permissible only if annual report is
returned. Reports will not be accepted at
National Conference.
9. Keep membership cards current.* The
membership chairman is responsible for
giving her card to any member transferr-
ing to another council and see that a new
member receives and signs a membership
card when she joins the local council.
(These cards are available from the
National Literature Secretary.)
10. Refer often to the WMC Handbook.
This can be obtained from the National '
Literature Secretary. Box 711, Winona '
Lake, IN 46590. (See order blank
enclosed in program packet.) We '
recommend one per council be purchased.
DISTRICT OBJECTIVES
1 . Honor those reading the entire Bible or
listening to tapes of the entire Bible within
a year.
2 . Recognize the SMM at a District WMC
program.
3. Use Brethren talent when available and
support Brethren works.
4. Send District newspaper to National
President. National Editor, and District
Editors.
5 . Sponsor at least one project, said project
to be cleared through the National First
Vice President to avoid duplication. The
project may be kept within the district,
but the National First Vice President
should be advised for completion of her
report. Send before March 10.
6. Send all district offerings for national
Brethren works to the National Financial
S ec retary -Treasurer .
7. Contribute an annual freewill offering, to
be used as the committee in charge sees
the need, toward furnishing and repair of
the Brethren Foreign Missionary
Residence in Winona Lake, Indiana. Send
to the National Financial Secretary-
Treasurer.
8. Pay the District President's expenses to
National Conference.
9. Give financial assistance, so that the
District SMM leader may attend SMM
Workshop.
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10. Contribute annually to the National
Operating Expenses. Send to the National
Financial Secretary-Treasurer by
September 10.
FINANCIAL REPORT 1990-91
Balance on Hand— July 1, 1990 59,933.54
RECEIPTS:
Operation Account S20.068.69
Home Missions 8,058.50
Grace Schools 7,214.13
Foreign Missions 7,706.02
Thank Offering 4,618.76
Missionary of the Year 7,315.27
Missionary Residence 3,134.92
Home Missions Specials 3,076.13
Foreign Missions Specials . . . 11,755.69
SMM— CE National 5,361 .76
CE National Specials 67.00
Grace Schools Specials 588.41
Prepaid Income and Expense 3,209.00
Candidate School 408.94
TOTAL RECEIPTS .... S82.583.22
DISBURSEMENTS:
Operation Account S22.586.99
Home Missions 8,058.50
Grace Schools 7,214.13
Foreign Missions 7,706.02
Thank Offering 4,618.76
Missionary of the Year 7,000.00
Missionary Residence 3,521.37
Home Missions Specials .... 3.076.13
Foreign Missions Specials . . . 1 1,755.69
SMM— CE National 5,361.76
CE National Specials 67.00
Grace Schools Specials 588.41
Prepaid Income and Expense 2,638.66
Candidate School 930.71
TOTAL
DISBURSEMENTS. ... S85. 124.13
Balance on Hand— June 30, 1990S 7,392.63
RECAPITULATION OF CASH ACCOUNT
Balance on Hand — June 30. 1990S 7.392.63
Operation Account 5(2.314.40)
Missionary of the Year Account 5,686.47
Missionary Residence Account 1.000.00
Prepaid Income & Expense
Account 3.020.56
TOTAL S 7.392.63
Total Investment & Interest in
the GBIF not included in the
above: s 8.099.72
SMM
Motto — ' 'Serving My Master ' '
Purpose: To train girls to live Godly
. lives in an ungodly world and to reach
.„ their world for Christ.
Sponsored by: CE National, Inc.
P.O. Box 365
Winona Lake. IN 46590
District Coordinators
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- Allegheny: Carol Evans, Rd. #1. Box 33,
Meyersdale. PA 15552. Tel.
814-634-8645
East Central FL: Marianne Romanowska. 508
W. Grandview Wav. Casselberrv. FL
32707. Tel. 407-831-4795
, Indiana: Viki Rife, Rt. 2. Box 2991. Warsaw.
IN 46580. Tel. 219-267^252
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Iowa-Midlands: Rose Earnest. 2657 Cedar
Terrace. Waterloo. IA 50702. Tel.
319-296-2261
Michigan: Marjorie Bjork. 7929 Clarksville.
Clarksville. MI 48815. Tel. 616-693-2568
Mid-Atlantic: Shelby Oliver. P.O. Box 421.
State Line. PA 17263. Tel. 717-597-2223
Mountain Plains: Penny Koby. 950 N.
Ridgewood. Wichita.' KS 67208. Tel.
316-683-3235
North Atlantic: Margy Allebach. Rd. #3. Box
370. Palmyra, PA 17078. Tel.
717-838-3899
Northcentral Ohio: Vicki Page. 42 Glen
Beck Lane. Mansfield. OH 44906. Tel.
419-524-1214
North East Ohio: Mary Beth Jensen. 1043 W.
Hopocan Ave.. Barberton. OH 44203.
Tel. 216-825-8344
Northwest: TO BE ANNOUNCED
Southern California-Arizona: Helen Miller,
13138 Michelle, Whittier, CA 90605
Tel. 213-941-5937
Southern Ohio: Sylvia Koeller, 355 Leisure
Dr., Brookville, OH 45309. Tel.
513-833-4232
Southern: Jill Moody, 1192 Barkley Rd.,
Telford, TN 37690. Tel. 615-257-3588
Virginia: TO BE ANNOUNCED
West Penn: Sue Dinsmore, 206 E. Julian St.,
Martinsburg, PA 16662. Tel.
814-793-2710
1991-92
SMM OFFERING GOALS
(Make checks payable to:
CE National, Inc.)
Foreign Missions: (Due November 10, 1991)
Goal: $1000
Meeting room at Chateau St. Albain,
France - $500
Work Project - Lyon, France - $500
Operation SMM (Due January 10, 1992)
Goal: $1500
Home Interest (Due March 10, 1992)
Goal: $600
Greencastle, PA - Slide projector screen
- $100
Columbus (Northeast), OH - Stackable
chairs - $160
Seattle, WA - Tape Duplicator - $300
London, OH - Chorus books - $40
CE National (Due May 10, 1992)
Goal: $1500
Computer Upgrade - $500
Tape Duplicator - $1000
THE NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP
OF GRACE BRETHREN MINISTERS
Pres. — John Mcintosh
V. Pres. — Wayne Hannah
Recording Secretary — Bud Olszewski
Asst. Recording Secretary — Lee Dice
Executive Secretary — Ralph Colburn
MONDAY, July 29, 1991
The meeting opened at 11:35 with a song
"My Savior's Love," led by Steve Peters.
An introductory "Epistle" and introduction
slips were distributed, the latter for the
presentation of new men. All missionaries
present were asked to stand and recognition
and appreciation were given.
Vice President John Mcintosh presented our
President, Bernie Simmons, who spoke on the
theme, "Hope for the Professional."
He reminded us that Desert Shield and
Desert Storm gave us a new appreciation for
the professionals in the military realm; but a
professional in the news business, Bob
Simons, allowed his enthusiasm to interfere
with his profession and got him and his team
captured by the enemy. He made news instead
of just reporting it.
In the past, the pastor was not accepted a
a paid professional in Brethren circles. Dv
McClain and others, however, helped brin,1
true professional status to the Brethren clergy
When we are called of God as pastors'
shepherds, we are professionals, even if b;1
some circumstance our positions are pulle'
away from us. As professionals, we face fou^
problems, four temptations.
1. Exhaustion. Do you ever get to th
place where you hope that the phone won
ring; for you just can't face another problem1
What's the cure for this? We're reminded th;i
we are not hirelings, but shepherds (John 10
We must flee to our Great Shepherd and fin'
renewal of our strength in His unlimite'
power (1 Peter 5, Psalm 23, Isa. 40:39).
2. Ambition. We often get the notion th.
success is totally dependent upon us and 9
become so married to our work that family'
and self suffer. We do not serve Him we'
when we fail to serve our wives and childn1
in their needs, and when we do not renew oi
own strength in communion with Him. W
need to remind ourselves of the expectation
for the elder in 1 Timothy 3.
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3. Pride. "My model of pastoring is best.
I like the way I do it. I'm the head honcho
here." These are dangerous conclusions! The
gifts of the Spirit involve more than those of
a mouthpiece! We do differ in gifts, abilities,
and style; but we can only be and do the best
with what God has given us, and through His
partnership.
4. Comparison. It's so easy to compare
ourselves and our ministries with those of
another, those superior to us or inferior to us.
God made us the way we are; and all He
expects is that we do and be our best for Him,
not someone else's best. We need to keep our
eyes on Him, and our focus on pleasing Him,
not on measuring up to others or even the
expectations of others.
After Bernie's message, we divided into
groups of two or three for prayer time, focus-
ing on our homes, our ministries, and our
Fellowship.
The business meeting opened with the
presentation of the membership report,
subject to corrections, and the financial report:
both available in printed copies. Corrections
to the membership report are to be made in
writing and given to the executive secretary ,
Ralph Colburn.
A motion prevailed to adopt the member-
ship report, subject to corrections, and the
ijfinancial report.
Steve Peters reported on "Focus '92," a
project of the Strategy Committee and the
fellowship Council, presenting a strategy of
,tevangelism for our Fellowship. At least six
districts have already scheduled rallies to
promote these goals. The prayer breakfast
^Wednesday morning is also linked with this.
When new business was introduced, the
subject of a pictorial handbook of all Brethren
(ministers was raised. Bernie passed the baton
pf this responsibility to President-elect John
^Mcintosh.
From the introduction slips, a number of
new men were presented, including: Jim
jBrown, Philadelphia; Gary Kochheiser, Cedar
Rapids; Tim Marlier, Moorpark (CA); Ted
i Booker, candidate for Philippines; Gary
McCaman, candidate for Argentina;
Sduardo Coria, Argentina; James Laird,
^vlartinsburg (PA); Ken Carozza, Hartford
CT); and Dennis Gibson, Lexington (KY).
The meeting was closed with prayer.
TUESDAY, July 30, 1991
The meeting opened at 11:30 with a song
led by Steve Peters.
President Simmons presented several
leaders for brief announcements and
presentations:
Ed Trenner presented Harvest Data Link,
a source of international computer materials.
Don Byers presented the Doctor of
Ministries program at Grace Seminary, along
with other new courses simply for
continuing pastoral education.
Chery Otermat presented the SMM
program as a ministry to enrich our churches
in reaching and teaching girls.
Jesse Deloe presented a Home and Foreign
Missions survey concerning their media
materials.
John Mcintosh then led a panel regarding
"My Struggles: God's Solutions." Ed
Cashman related a time in his ministry when
he was discipling three promising young men,
and all three totally flaked out, disappointing
him and causing him to question his call to
ministry. The Lord reminded him that he had
his eyes on people, and not on the Lord.
Then Steve Makofka, an inner city minister
in Philadelphia, related how he took respon-
sibility for the actions of people, and
sometimes saw himself as the source of their
help, rather than God. Realizing his error, he
entered into an accountability relationship with
other Philadelphia pastors, to draw on the
Lord's strength and help, and to keep himself
on track with God's desire for him and his
ministry.
Then Tom Peters shared about a time in
his ministry in the Central African Republic
when he was thrust into a supervisory capacity
over 105 churches and pastors in an area
where many wrong practices and ideas had
crept in and the pastors didn't really want to
deal with them. The problem seemed over-
whelming and extremely frustrating. What
does the missionary-servant do then: Pray!
Pray for revival, for heart changes, and to be
found faithful.
Again we divided into pairs, all over the
auditorium, and shared struggles, solutions,
and prayed for each other.
The business session opened with a motion
that the minutes and membership list
corrections as printed in the "Epistle" be
approved (with some transfers of membership
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pending completion of proper paperwork).
The motion prevailed.
The ballot was presented by the nominating
committee, and additional nominations were
sought. William Tweeddale was added to the
ballot as a candidate for vice president. A
motion prevailed that nominations cease. The
election resulted in the following: President-
John Mcintosh; Vice President-Wayne
Hannah; Recording Secretary-Bud
Olszewski; Assistant Recording Secretary-
Lee Dice.
Memorials were presented by Ralph
Colburn. This year they were written and
printed, with a picture of the man being
remembered. They were presented in the
order in which they were ushered into the
Lord's presence during the conference year,
with one man speaking briefly along with the
printed memorial.
Ray Miller spoke in behalf of Robert
Morton. Robert's widow, Mary, was
presented, introduced and honored.
Ralph Colburn spoke in behalf of K.E.
Richardson.
Charles Ashman spoke in behalf of Tom
Hammers, who was also his brother-in-law.
Russell Betz spoke in behalf of Glen
Welborn.
Ralph Colburn spoke in behalf of Dick
Messner.
Charles Turner spoke in behalf of Wesley
Haller.
Arnold Kriegbaum then led in prayer,
thanking God for the memory of these faithful
men. We were then dismissed.
THURSDAY, August 1, 1991
The meeting convened at 11:35 with Steve
Peters leading us in some songs. President
Simmons welcomed all to this joint meeting
of lay ministers and professionals, and
introduced three of our chaplains who had
served in Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
Charles Card and James Elwell spoke
briefly, and Phil Spence led in prayer.
Ralph Colbum presented the "Pastor of the
Year" award to Tom Inman, who had
served two churches faithfully and well, for
forty years, and all his ministry was in the
district which produced him: currently the
Mountain-Plains District.
A motion prevailed to approve the minutes
of Tuesday's meeting, and the corrections to
the membership list, as printed in the
"Epistle."
Charles Ashman presented a brief report on
Grace Village and its current financial
problems, and potential long-term solutions.
The new ministerium officers were
introduced, and Ed Jackson prayed for them.
Then he introduced the speaker of the day,
Chaplain John Schumacher. John is cur-
rently teaching in the War College, and starts
a new class of 230 officers right after con-
ference. John introduced Orville Lorenz, who
was also in uniform— a highly-honored retired
chaplain. John then spoke to us on |
"Leadership."
In a questionnaire that young officers J
filled out concerning Colonels and Generals,
and what they liked and disliked about them;
among the likes were: they listen, they are
honest, friendly, good mentors, consistent.
Among the dislikes were: they blame others,
are image conscious, unapproachable, don't
support others.
What kind of a leader are you? Secular
leadership is often influenced by power,
hunger and ego. This is far from the biblical
picture (1 Tim. 3, Eph. 5:21) and nothing like
the pattern of leadership demonstrated by the
Lord Jesus, or by Paul.
For the Christian leader, the needs of thosf
you lead must be your greatest concern
Tenderness, love, forgiveness, are ex.
tremely important. Your followers are not ;
possession, but a trust, a gift from God. W
need to relate to others as our Lord relatei
to us. The ethical climate is set at the top c
the organization.
May our desire be that when we meet on
Savior face to face, we can say, "Lord, I hav
done my best because I have done it for you.
The meeting was concluded with an expre:
sion of appreciation for the message, follov
ed by a prayer of dismissal.
FINANCIAL REPORT
Balance, Fanners and
Merchants Bank, 7/16/90 . . $ 3,707.'
Receipts:
National dues $31,295.'
District dues 25-
Alamo Rebates 75-
31,395.
TOTAL $35,103.
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Jisbursements:
B IF Deposits $11,000.00
j Chase Manh 15,000.00
Annual Space 405.95
1 GBFM Refund 300.00
Scholarship 500.00
I Dist. dues refund 25.00
Nat'l Ministerium 739.07
I Telephone & postage 151.85
| Epistle costs 1,123.62
; Exec. Secy. Salary 2,100.00
$31,345.49
lalance, F & M Bank, 7/18/91 3.758.26
ialance, G.B.I.F., 7/16/90 . . $53,953.60
' Interest earned 3,958.03
• Deposited from F & M 1 1,000.00
No withdrawals.
OTAL $68,961.63
Balance, Chase Manhattan
Bank, 7/16/90 25,495.92
Interest earned 1,237.79
Deposited from F & M 15,000.00
TOTAL $41,733.71
Disbursements:
Death gratuities payments . . 23,500.00
Pastor of Year 500
TOTAL 24,000.00
Balance, Chase Manahttan,
7/18/91 17,733.71
TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS,
7/18/91 90,453.60
Net gain over last year ($83,156.90)
$7,296.70
Respectfully and gratefully submitted,
Ralph J. Colburn, Executive Secretary
CE NATIONAL
P.O. Box 365, Winona Lake, IN 46590 (Tel. 219-267-6622)
Purpose Statement
E National exists to be an equipper of the
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BC by serving local churches in their
owth and development of leadership
suiting in ministry inside and outside the
pdy of Christ.
Executive Board
es. — Bernie Simmons ("94)
Grace Brethren Church
6775 Worthington-Galena Rd.
Worthington, OH 43085
Pres. — Steve Peters ('93)
Grace Brethren Church
7260 S. State Rt. 48
Union, OH 45322
«y. — Bud Olszewski ('92)
Grace Brethren Church
44 S. First St.
Rittman, OH 44270
I Large — Richard Todd ('94)
Community Grace Brethren Church
. 1 1000 E. Washington Blvd.
, Whittier, CA 90606
^nny Brown ('92)
; Brethren Jr.-Sr. High School
'5172 Orange Ave.
• Cypress, CA 90630
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Ron Cohen ('93)
491 Fieldcrest Drive
Willow Street, PA 17854
Greg Howell ('94)
Community Grace Brethren Church
1180 S. Roosevelt St.
Goldendale, WA 98620
Mitch Picard ('92)
Myerstown Grace Brethren Church
430 E. Lincoln Ave.
P.O. Box 407
Myerstown, PA 17067
Mike Brubaker ('93)
First Brethren Church
Oxford and Knorr St.
Philadelphia, PA 19111
Bob Peercy ('94)
5611 Rockledge Dr.
Buena Park, CA 90621
CE National Staff
Exec. Dir. — Ed Lewis
Dir. of Finance & Assoc. Dir. of BNYC —
EJ Underwood
Dir. of Girls' Ministries & Assoc. Dir. of
Short Term Ministries — Chery Otermat
Office Mgr. & Staff Accountant —
Jesse Deboest
Administrative Assistants —
Melissa Butler. Jennifer Gregory
Man Beth Ka>:::
Resource Network Coordinator —
Becky Hupp
Receptionist — Linda Divine
Materials Coordinator — Peggy Owens
Graphic Artist — Kevin Sterner
Volunteers — Walter and Pearl Olszewski
GRACE BRETHREN MEN INTERNATIONAL
Please direct all correspondence
Grace Breirer. Mer. ;----;-
.Yoke Fellow Ministries mi
Grace Brethren Be> s
66"5 Wonhinaton-Galena Road
Wonhington. OH 43085
Tel. 614-888-~"33
Executive Director
Edward Jackson
Pastoral Advisor
James L. Custer. Grace Brethren Church
re" 5 Ts :rv-r.g::r.-r-i '.szj. n:^
■a :rr.-gt:-. OH -3085
Board of Directors
Members-at-Large
Gres Stamm <'92 ). 5CT S. Juniper. Toppemsh.
WA ->-- > Te. :::Sr:-:'"
Pete Caldw-eH PSJ, R. 1- Windsor. PA
1-366. Tel. "1--246-1046
Herb Hours 1 93 1. "996 Guilford Rd. . Seville.
OH 442-3. Tel. 216-336-4814
Marlm Rose <93.. 384 E. CR 300 H-,
Warsaw. IN 46580. Tel. 219-26'7-7320
Morgan Bureess (94). 163 N. Franklin St..
Delaware"! OH 43015. Tel. 614-369-2-55
Rcer Hancock 94 - -012 Neil Cir. N .
"Mansfield. OH 44905. TeL 419-589-5714
District Representatives
to the Board of Directors
Allegheny—
Robert Grew. R. 1. Meysrsdak. PA 15552.
Tel. 814-634-8945
Artie—
Clair Flovd. 11251 Lipscomb St.. Anchorage,
AK 99516. Tel. 907-346-3580
East Central Florida—
W. Ted Bland. 1876 Spruce Creek Blvd..
E.. Daytona Beach. FL 32124. Tel.
904--56--850
Florida Suncoast—
John Herrick. 5W Portside Dr.. North Port.
FL 3428-. Tel. 813-426-4549
Indiana-
Tom McKinley. Indian Heights Grao
Brethren Church. 725 E. Center Rd.
Kokome. IN 46902. Tel. 3 17-453-204}
Iowa-Midlands —
Jimmv Millhollin. 32" S.E. Porter. De
Moines. L\ 50315. Tel. 515-285-1186
Michigan —
Cecil Stice. P.O. Box 355. Sawyer. M
49125. Tel. 616-425-4003
Mid-Atlantic—
Jem Michaels. R. 4. 104 Meadows Dr
Martinsburs. WV 25401. Te:
304 -229-2477 or 304-267-2911. Ex
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Mountain Plains —
Michael Paulus. 1755 Camel Dr.. Colorac
Springs. CO 80910. Tel. 719-574-079
Northcentral Ohio —
Bob Cam. 209 W. Yates. Findlay. OH 4584
Tel. 419-422-8744
Northeastern Ohio—
Etaier Gable. 11849 Keener Rd.. OrrviD
OH 4466-. Tel. 216-682-1922
Northern Atlantic—
Randv Mevers. 11 Hertzog Dr.. Leola. I
17540. Td. 717-656--459
Northwest—
Lvle Tavlor. R. 3. Box 3184. Wapato. ^
' 98951. Tel. 509-848-2268
Southern —
Ron Batroff. 2820 Hidden Forest (
Marietta. GA 30006. Tel. 404^26-l<I
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Southern California-Arizona—
Clark Miller. 13138 Michelle <
Whither. CA 90605.
South Florida—
James Bustraan. Grace Brethren Chin
1800 NW. 9th Ave.. Fort Lauderdale.l^
33311. Tel. 305-763-6766
Southern Ohio—
Rav Sturgfll. H.C.R. 79. Box 219. Clayt e
KY 41317. Tel. 606-666-7767
Western Pennsylvania —
Rodney Lingenfelter. 104 Nason Dr.,
Roaring Springs, PA 16673.
Grace Brethren Boys
Director
Roger Hancock (Tel. 419-589-5714)
Field Representative
Harold Stayer (Tel. 219-967^313)
District Representatives
Allegheny —
Oick Battis, 10 Waynesburg Rd.,
Washington, PA 15301.
Indiana —
-larold Stayer, 304 E. Main St., Flora, IN
46929.
Jowa-Midlands—
jilbert Hawkins, Pleasant Grove Grace
Brethren Church, R. 1, Box 33. North
English, IA 52316.
Michigan —
Cecil Stice. P.O. Box 355, Sawyer, MI
49125.
Northern Atlantic-
Pete Caldwell, R. 1. Windsor, PA 17366.
Northwest —
Lyle Taylor, R. 3, Box 3184, Wapato, WA
9895 1 .
Greg Stam, 507 S. Juniper St.. Toppenish.
WA 98948
Ohio-
Roger Hancock, 1012 Neil Cir. N.,
Mansfield, OH 44905.
Southern California-Arizona—
Clark Miller, 13138 Michelle Cir., Whittier.
CA 90605.
Virginia —
Fred Devan. 5922 Brethren Rd.. Roanoke.
VA 24014.
NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP
BRETHREN RETIREMENT HOMES, INC.
GRACE VILLAGE HEALTH CARE FACILITY, INC.
ROBIN HOOD LEISURE HOMES
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P.O. Box 337
Winona Lake, IN 46590
Telephone: 219/372-6200
C.E.O.
Scott Puckett
Retirement Center Administrator
Carol Schuler
Health Care Administrator
Michael Andrew
Board of Directors
Chm. — Wendell Kent ('91)
V. Chm. — Donald Ogden ('92)
Secy. — Elaine Brenneman C92)
Treas. — Donald Quine C92)
Charles Ashman ('93)
Robert Ashman ('91 )
Paul Dick ("92)
Raymond Thompson ("93)
Nancy Zellner ("91)
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BRETHREN EVANGELISTIC MINISTRIES
Executive Director
>n E. Thompson, 3580 Robin Hood Circle.
Roanoke, VA 24019 (Tel. 703/992-6595)
Assistant to Director
>ny DeRosa ('94), 7026 Glengarry,
Whittier, CA 90606
Send all gifts to:
'.O. Box 333, Winona Lake, IN 46590
Officers
Pres. — Charles Davis C93)
3807 N.E. 19th St. Circle. Ocala. FL 32670
V. Pres. — Donald Kendall ('92)
224 Jackson Ave., Hagerstown, MD 21740
Secy. — Fred Sorrick ("93)
4569 N. Hedgerow Dr..
Allentown, PA 18103
Treas. — Warren Zellner ("93)
103 E. 12th St.. Winona Lake. IN 46590
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Board of Directors
J Keith Altig ('92), 13755 E. Walnut, Lyle Sweeney ('94), 6437 Meadowlark Lane
Whittier, CA 90602 East, Watauga, TX 76148
Earl R Dohner ('94), 584 Westbrook Rd., George Traub ('93), 8325 Willow Ridge Rd.,
Brookville, OH 45309 Roanoke, VA 24019
Phillip Guerena ('94), 9853 Cedar St. #7, Dan White ('92), 3645 Susquehanna Trail
Bellflower, CA 90706 North, York, PA 17404
Bill Kellerman ('92), 2978 Hidden Forest Ct.,
Marietta, GA 30066
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4 — Florida Suncoast
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5 — Indiana
6 — Iowa-Midlands
7 — Michigan
8 — Mid-Atlantic
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District Conference Organization;
ALLEGHENY
Allegheny Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches
Next conference: Camp Albryoca,
Mayl5-16, 1992
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mod— Al Valentine
V. Mod.— Larry Gegner
Past Mod.— Emory Young
Secy.— Norma Jean McCracken, R. 1, Box 196,
Wind Ridge, PA 15380
Asst. Secy.— Ruth Johnson
Treas— Robert Riffle, R. 2, Box 106, Washington,
PA 15301
Stat.— Larry Weigle, R. 3, Box 35-A, Stoystown,
PA 15563
Members-at-Large— Paul Mohler
Richard Placeway
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
Richard Battis, David Lund, Joyce Weigle
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
True Hunt, Dan Opel, Shirley Burnworth
AUDITORS
Dale Moon, Peggy McCoy, Wilson Romesburg
CREDENTIALS
David Lund, Randy Haulk, Debby Grove
RULES AND ORGANIZATION
Larry Weigle, Ronzil Jarvis, John Lancaster
MINISTERIUM
Raymond McCoy, Larry Weigle, Emory Young,
David Lund
MINISTERIAL EXAMINING BOARD
Chm.— Shimer Darr
V. Chm.— John Lancaster
Secy.— Richard Placeway
Asst. Sec. /Treas.— True Hunt
DISTRICT MISSION BOARD
Chm.— Larry Weigle
V. Chm.— Ronzil Jarvis
Secy. /Treas. —Joe Nass
Asst. Secy. /Treas. —Shimer Darr
GRACE BRETHREN MEN
Pres.— Robert Grew
V. Pres.— Robert Riffle
Secy.— Ted Evans, R.D. 1, Meyersdale, PA 15552
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Pres.— Kathy Opel
1st V.Pres.— Elda Phillippi
2nd V.Pres.— Ruth Johnson
Secy.— Mary Kay Nicholson, 419 Beachley St.,
Meyersdale, PA 15552
Treas.— Anna Bertha Yoder, R. 1, Meyersdale,
PA 15552
Prayer Chm.— Becky Jarvis
SMM Leader— Carol Evans
Dist. Editor— Joyce Weigle
SMM
Secy— Rachel Yoder, R. 1, Meyersdale, PA 15552
Treas.— Mary Ann Evans, R. 1, Box 33,
Meyersdale, PA 15552
Leader— Carol Evans
Amigas— Jessica Ryan
Little Sisters' Rep.— Nicky Barkus
CAMP CORPORATION
Pres.— Larry Weigle
V.Pres.— Perry Yoder
Secy.— Harold Lowry
Asst. Secy— Robert Grew
Treas.— Al Valentine
Asst. Treas.— Paul Yoder
Name of Camp— Albryoca
Location: Between Salisbury and Pocahontis, R. 3,
Box 92, Meyersdale, PA 15552. Phone:
814/634-0023
CAMP AND YOUTH
Chm.— Randy Haulk
V. Chm.— Richard Battis
Secy.— Joe Nass, 45 W. St. Charles St., Grafton,
WV 26345
Business Mgr.— Ronzil Jarvis
Asst. Business Mgr.— Larry Weigle
Member-at-Large— Raymond McCoy
Camp Coordinator— John Lancaster
COOPERATING CHURCHES
Accident, MD— First Grace Brethren
Aleppo, PA— Aleppo Brethren
Boswell, PA— Laurel Mountain Grace Brethren
Coolville, OH— Coolville Grace Brethren
Cross Lanes, WV— Cross Lanes Grace Brethren
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Cumberland, MD— Cumberland Grace Brethren
Grafton, WV— Grafton First Grace Brethren
Jenners, PA— Jenners Grace Brethren
Listie, PA— Listie Grace Brethren
Meyersdale, PA— Meyersdale Grace Brethren
Meyersdale, PA— Summit Mills Grace Brethren
Parkersburg, WV— Parkersburg Grace Brethren
Stoystown, PA— Reading Grace Brethren
Uniontown, PA— Uniontown Grace Brethren
Washington, PA— Washington Grace Brethren
Westernport, MD— Mill Run Grace Brethren
Windber, PA— Shade Grace Brethren
Vienna, WV— Community Grace Brethren
ARCTIC
Arctic Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches
Next conference: To be announced
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mod.— John Gillis
V. Mod.-
Secy.— Brian Chronister, P.O. Box 111505,
Anchorage, AK 99511 (Tel. 907/344-7780)
Stat.— John Snyder, 512 Ash Ave, Kenai,
AK 99611
Chm.
MINISTERIUM
-John Gillis
MINISTERIAL EXAMINING BOARD
Chm.— Larry Smithwick
V. Chm. -John Gillis
DISTRICT MISSION BOARD
Chm.— Larry Smithwick
V. Chm. John Gillis
COOPERATING CHURCHES
Anchorage, AK— Anchorage Grace Brethren
Anchorage, AK— Grace Community
Anchorage, AK— Greatland Grace Brethren Church
Eagle River, AK— Eagle River Grace Brethren
Homer, AK— Kachemak Bay Grace Brethren
Kenai, AK— Kenai Grace Brethren
North Pole, AK— North Pole Grace Brethren
Soldotna, AK— Peninsula Grace Brethren
CHESAPEAKE
Chesapeake Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chm.— Russ Ogden
Secy.— Jeff Thornley
Treas.— Mike Johnson
Youth Director— Dave Knight
COOPERATING CHURCHES
Alexandria, VA— Grace Brethren
Calvert, MD— Calvert County Grace Brethren
Frederick, MD— Frederick Grace Brethren
Lanham, MD— Lanham Grace Brethren
Temple Hills, MD— Temple Hills Grace
Brethren
Waldorf, MD— Waldorf Grace Brethren
Richmond, VA— Fellowship Grace Brethren
Richmond, VA— Richmond Grace Brethren
Virginia Beach, VA— Grace Chapel
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
East Central Florida District of
Grace Brethren Churches
Next conference:
May 2, 1992
Orlando, Florida,
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mod.— Ron Guiles
V. Mod.— Mike Ocealis
Secy.— Mrs. Sally Boger, 971 Foxfire Tr., Oviedo,
FL 32765. (Tel. 407/365-9059)
Treas.— Mrs. Gerda Rench, 20 Carriage Hill
Circle, Casselberry, FL 32707
Stat.— Mrs. Janet Howell
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
Charles Davis, David Herzig, Dick Maxson
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
William Smith, Ted Boger (Maitland), Glenn
Ernsberger (Melbourne)
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CREDENTIALS
Earl Futch
MODERATOR'S ADDRESS COMMITTEE
Mike Ocealis (Chm.). Ted Bland (Ormond Beach),
Mike Champion (Orlando)
MINISTERIUM
Chm.— Earl Futch
V. Chm.— Mike Ocealis
Secy.— Charles Davis
MINISTERIAL EXAMINING BOARD
Chm.— Charles Davis
DISTRICT MISSION BOARD
Chm.— William Smith
V. Chm.— Ronald Guiles
Secy. -Treas.— Ronald Guiles
GRACE BRETHREN MEN
Pres.— Ted Bland
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Pres.— Nancy Heldt
1st V. Pres.— Irene Guiles
2nd V. Pres.— Chris Millet
Secy.— Shirley Moore
Treas. — Chris Everett
Prayer Chm.— Mary Alice Waltz
CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES COMMITTEE
Chuck Davis
Sub-committees :
Children— Jim Heldt, Chris Millet
Youth — Mike Ocealis, Mark Berkland, Bet
Berkland, Carol Poorman
Sr. Citizens— Waldo Rodriguez, Helen
Rodriguez
COOPERATING CHURCHES
Deltona, FL— Calvary Grace Brethren
Maitland, FL — Grace Brethren Church of Maitlaid
Melbourne, FL— Community Grace Brethren
Suntree
Ocala, FL— Ocala Grace Brethren
Orlando, FL— Grace Brethren Church of Orlam:
Ormond Beach, FL— Grace Brethren Church
Ormond Beach
FLORIDA SUNCOAST
Florida Suncoast District of
Grace Brethren Churches
Next conference: Bradenton Grace
February 29, 1992
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mod.— Kurt Miller
V. Mod— Bill Stevens
Secy— Mrs. Mary Reed, 11033 Basquin Ct.,
Port Richey, FL 34668. (Tel. 813/862-3892)
Treas.— John JJko, 6541 72nd Ave. N. #1,
Pinellas Park, FL 34665
Stat.— Mrs. Evelyn Shane, 6639 Hammock
Rd., Port Richey, FL 34668
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Jay Cline, Mrs. Ann Davis
CREDENTIALS
Mrs. Betty Hall, Mrs. Lois Schrock, Mrs.
Peggy Richards
MODERATOR'S ADDRESS
Lester Pifer (Chm.), Frank Spicer, Bill Stevens
MINISTERIUM
Chm— Kurt Miller
V. Chm.— Jim Taylor
Secy. -Treas. —Lester Pifer
Asst. Secy. -Treas. —Jim Poyner
MINISTERIAL EXAMINING BOARD
Chm.— Kurt Miller
Additional members: Ed DeZago, Ralph H ,
Lester Pifer, Jim Poyner, Lynn Schro,
Bill Stevens, Jim Taylor, Randy Weekley
DISTRICT MISSION BOARD
Chm.— Randy Weekley
V. Chm.— John JJko
Secy.— Bill Stevens
Treas.— Jim Poyner
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Pres.— Mrs. Ann Davis
1st V. Pres.— Mrs. Lois McDevitt
2nd V. Pres.— Mrs. Carolyn Spangler
Secy.— Mrs. Linda Carroll, 2014 Diane A
Palm Harbor, FL 34683
Treas. -Mrs. Phyllis Wyre, 7414
Arthur Dr., Port Richey, FL 34668
Prayer Chm.— Mrs. Lois Schrock
District Editor— Mrs. Betty Hall
Asst. Editor— Mrs. Sally Dko
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Chm.
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DISTRICT YOUTH
-Randy Weekley
Nonprofit Org
ecy.— Sue Crist
teas .— John Dko
COOPERATING CHURCHES
radenton, FL— Bradenton Grace Brethren
rooksvilk, FL— Brooksville Grace Brethren
Lakeland, FL— Lakeland Grace Brethren
North Port, FL— North Port Grace Brethren
Palm Harbor. FL— Palm Harbor Grace Brethren
Pinellas, Park, FL— St Petersburg Grace Brethren
Port Ricney. FL— Gulfview Grace Brethren
HAWAII
Hawaii District Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches
Next conference: Place — to be deter
mined; Date— June 13-14, 1992
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
[od. — Nathan 7akf»hi
Mod— Dave Mitchell
xy.— Letitia Coffinan, 91-779 Ft- Weaver Rd.,
Ewa Beach. HI 96706. (Tel. 808-689-5035)
■Jreas — Stephen Procter. 92-374 Akaula St. Ewa
Beach. HI 96707
at— Letitia Coffman, 91-779 Ft. Weaver Rd..
Ewa Beach, HI 96706
iembers-at-Large— Kip Cofiman. John Alejado.
Gabriel Marquez. Foster Tresise. Roy
Inouye. Glenn Yamanouchi
MINISTERIUM
n. — Nathan 7alrahi
MINISTERIAL EXAMINING BOARD
Chm.— David .Mitchell
V. Chm. — Naflm Zakahi
Secy— Kip Coffman
Additional Member— Fosjer Tresise
GRACE BRETHREN MEN
Pres — David Mitchell
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
President— Mrs Berry Lou Mitchell
Praver Chm— Mrs. Letitia Coffinan
COOPERATING CHURCHES
Aiea. HI — Waimalu Grace Brethren
Ewa Beach. HI— Rainbow Grace Brethren Church
of Ewa Beach
Makakflo. HI— Makakik) Grace Brethren
Mililam. HI— Waipio Grace Brethren
INDIANA
Indiana District Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches
Next conference: Eagle Creek Grace
Brethren Church, Indianapolis;
May 1-2, 1992
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Iod.-Ken Miller
Mod.— Al Edgington
xy— Roger Krynock. 1701 E. Ireland Rd.
South Bend. 46614. Oel. 219'291-3550>
sst Secy.— Bob Griffith
-Gerald KeUey. 318 Maple Ct_. Kokomo.
IN 46902
.—Ralph Bums P.O. Box 284. Winona Lake.
IN 46590
iembers-at-Large— Bob Ashman. Carl Miller
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
ob Arenobine. Ken Bickel. Jeff Hoffard
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
To be selected
-. -:;..-;-..-
Al Disbro
CREDENTIALS
AUDITOR
RULES AND ORGANIZATION
To be selected
MINISTERIUM
Chm.— Davy Troxel
V. Chm.— Roger Krynock
Secy .Treas.— Gerald KeOey
Asst. Secy. Treas.— Dave Jodry
District Shepherd — Charles Ashman
MINISTERIAL EXAMINING BOARD
Chm. — Charies Ashman
V. Chm. — Al r:Ajl™,ff"m
Secy .—Tony Webb
Additional Members— All ordained men of the
District Ministerium
DISTRICT MISSION BOARD
Chm.— Keith Shearer
V. Chm.— Ron Smals
Secy.— Floyd Welling
Treas.— George Lord
Additional Members— Dick Cron, Carl Miller,
Dave Quick
GRACE BRETHREN MEN
Pres.— Tom McKinley
V.Pres.— Steve Jackson
Secy. -Treas.— George Lord, 601 Marston Ct., Fort
Wayne, IN 46825
Pastoral Adviser— Ron Bowland
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Pres.— Isobel Fraser
1st V. Pres— Martha Tusing
2nd V. Pres— Ruth Kent
Secy.— Beverly Kent, 305 Sixth St., Winona Lake,
IN 46590
Treas.— Donna Welborn, 619 Austin Dr. , Warsaw,
IN 46580
Prayer Chm.— Mary Stayer
SMM Patroness— Viki Rife
Asst. Patroness— Karen Loher
Editor— Linda Cline
YOUTH
Pres.— Dan O'Deens
Secy./Treas.— Bob Arenobine, 7619 Regina Dr
Fort Wayne, IN 46815
COOPERATING CHURCHES
Berne, IN— Bethel Brethren
Columbia City, IN— Grace Brethren
Elkhart, IN— Grace Brethren
Fishers, IN— Northeast Grace Brethren
Flora, IN— Grace Brethren
Ft. Wayne, IN— First Brethren
Ft. Wayne, IN— Grace Brethren
Goshen, IN— Grace Brethren
Hartford City, IN— Grace Brethren
Indianapolis, IN— Eagle Creek Grace Brethren
Kokomo, IN— Indian Heights Grace Brethren
Kokomo, IN— North Kokomo Grace Brethren
Leesburg, IN— Leesburg Grace Brethren
Mishawaka— Mishawaka Grace Brethren
New Albany, IN— New Albany Grace Brethren
Osceola, IN— Grace Brethren
Peru, IN— Peru Brethren
Sidney, IN— Sidney Grace Brethren
South Bend, IN— Ireland Road Grace Brethren
Warsaw, IN— Community Grace Brethren
Winona Lake, IN— Winona Lake Grace Brethren
IOWA— MIDLANDS
Iowa-Midlands Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches
Next conference: Grace Brethren
Church of Waterloo, IA; June 12-13,
1992
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mod.— Rob Barlow
V. Mod.— Gary Kochheiser
Secy.— Vivian Weimer, 3134 Violet Drive,
Waterloo, IA 50701. (Tel. 319/296-3493)
Treas.— Bob Foote, 2314 Emerald Drive,
Davenport, IA 52804
Stat.— Wayne Welborn
MINISTERIUM
Chm. — John Mayes
V. Chm.— Ron Weimer
Secy./Treas— Rob Barlow
MINISTERIAL EXAMINING BOARD
All ordained men of the district
DISTRICT MISSION BOARD
Chm.— John Burke
V. Chm.— Bob Foote
Secy./Treas.— Jack Lesh
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Pres.— Glendolyn McClure
1st V. Pres.— Cathy Burns
Secy.— Kay Betz, 604 N. Main St., Leon, IA 50144
Treas.— Zelda Rittgers, Box 208, Dallas Center,
IA 50063
Prayer Chm.— Margaret Andrews
SMM Patroness— Rose Emest
District Editor— Nancy McClain
YOUTH
Director— Rob Barlow
Secy./Treas.— Steve Burns, R. 1, Box 242A,
Dallas Center, IA 50063
COOPERATING CHURCHES
Austin, TX— Calvary Bible Fellowship
Cedar Rapids, IA— Grace Brethren
Dallas Center, IA— Grace Brethren
Davenport, IA— Grace Brethren
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Des Moines, IA— First Grace Brethren
Fort Worth, TX— Grace Fellowship
Garwin, IA— Carlton Brethren
Leon, IA— Leon Brethren
Longview, TX— Grace Brethren
McAllen, TX— Grace Brethren
Morrill, KS— Morrill Brethren
North English, IA— Pleasant Grove Grace Brethren
Udell, IA-Udell Brethren
Waterloo, IA— Grace Brethren
MICHIGAN
Michigan District Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches
Next conference: Lake Odessa Grace
Brethren Church, Lake Odessa, Ml;
April 10-11, 1992
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mod.— Russell Sarver
V. Mod.— Michael Funderburg
Secy.— Mrs. Linda Erb, 3749 Brown Rd., Lake
Odessa, MI 48849. (Tel. 616/374-7423)
Treas.— Leo Peters, 14070 E. Fulton, Lowell, MI
49331
Stat. -John Wedding, 2916 Colchester, Lansing
MI 48906
Members-at-Large— Gary Hable, Arnold Erb
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
Gary Austin, Darrel Hawbaker, John Wedding
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Michael Funderburg, Robert Mensinger, Arnold
Erb
CREDENTIALS
Michael Funderburg
AUDITORS
John Wedding, Leo Peters
RESOLUTIONS
Arnold Erb, Barbara Fagan
MINISTERIUM
Chm — Russell Sarver
V. Chm— Michael Funderburg
Secy. /Treas. —Michael Rockafellow
MINISTERIAL EXAMINING BOARD
Chm.— Michael Ostrander
V. Chm.— Gary Hable
Secy— Arthur McCrum
DISTRICT MISSION BOARD
Chm— Arthur McCrum
V. Chm— Gary Austin
Secy.— Michael Funderburg
rreas.— Arnold Erb
GRACE BRETHREN MEN
Pres.— Cecil Stice
V. Pres.— John Wedding
Secy.— Robert Mensinger, R. 2, Box 192, Three
Oaks, MI 49128
Treas— Leo Peters, 14070 E. Fulton, Lowell, MI
49331
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Pres.— Alice McCrum
1st V. Pres.-Violet Shipley
2nd V. Pres.— Bonnie Rockafellow
Secy.— Delores Wedding, 2916 Colchester,
Lansing, MI 48906
Asst. Secy.— Alberta Sarver
Treas. -[Catherine Geiger, 9327 Keim Rd.,
Clarksville, MI 48815
Prayer Chm.— Jean Austin
Asst. Prayer Chm.— Judy Ostrander
District Editor— Roselynne Peters
GENERAL CAMP DIRECTOR
Director— Arthur McCrum
Secy. /Treas.— Gary Austin
Jr. Camp Director— Gary Hable
Sr. Camp Director— Art McCrum
YOUTH
Chairman— Michael Rockafellow
Secy./Treas.-Gary Austin, 9390 Thompson Rd. ,
Lake Odessa, MI 48849
CONSTITUTION REVISION COMMITTEE
Michael Funderburg, Gary Austin, Leo Peters
John Wedding
COOPERATING CHURCHES
Alto, MI— Calvary Grace Brethren
Escanaba, MI— Bay De Noc Grace Brethren
Hastings, MI— Hastings Grace Brethren
Lake Odessa, MI— Lake Odessa Grace Brethren
Lansing, MI— Lansing Grace Brethren
New Troy, MI— New Troy Grace Brethren
Ozark, MI— Ozark Grace Brethren
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MID-ATLANTIC
Mid-Atlantic Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches
Next conference: Grace Brethren
Church, Waynesboro, PA; April 25,
1992
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mod.— Dan Pritchett
V Mod.— Carl Baker
Secy.-Christine Blackwell, 14701 Mt. Calvert
Rd., Upper Marlboro, MD 20772. (Tel.
301/627-4091)
Treas.— Ken Heefner, Mt. Vemon Terr., Apt. #8,
Waynesboro, PA 17268
Stat.— John Fitz, 16 S. Grant St., Waynesboro, PA
17268
COUNSEL AND RECOMMENDATION AND
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Bob Wagner, George Myers, Roger Myers, Ron
Shank, Al Stroop
CREDENTIALS
Dave Manges
DISTRICT MISSION BOARD
Chm.— Carl Baker
Secy— Dan Pritchett
Treas.— Dave Manges
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Pres.— Alice Hartman
1st V. Pres.— Verlyn Mahaffey
2nd V. Pres.— Eloise Smith
Secy-Connie House, 4 W. Wilson Bl.
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Asst. Secy— Linda Michaels
Treas.— Pat Stroop, Rt. 4 Box 136, Martinsbj,
WV 25401
Prayer Chm.— Lou Ann Myers
SMM Co-Leaders— Shelby Oliver and Cindy G)
District Editor— Barbara Poe
SMM
Shelby Oliver and Cindy Goetz
CAMP
Director— Carl Baker
Name of Camp— Camp Albryoca
Name of Campground— Camp Albryoca
Location of Campground— Meyersdale, PA
AUDITORS
Fred Decker, Paul Hartman, Dave Muritz
RULES AND ORGANIZATION
Norman Mayer, Kim Robertson, Bob Bitner, Russ
Ogden
MINISTERIUM
Chm.— Roger Myers
V. Chm.— Dave Manges
Secy. /Treas. —Dan Pritchett
Asst. Secy. /Treas. —Kim Robertson
MINISTERIAL EXAMINING BOARD
Chm.— Roger Myers
V. Chm.— Dave Manges
Secy— Dan Pritchett
Treas.— Kim Robertson
YOUTH
Chm.— Ron Shank
COOPERATING CHURCHES
Chambersburg, PA— Chambersburg Grace Bn rd
Greencastle, PA— Conoco League Grace Bre tj
Hagerstown, MD— Calvary Grace Brethren
Hagerstown, MD— Grace Brethren
Hagerstown, MD— Maranatha Grace BrethtJ
Hagerstown, MD— Valley Grace Brethren ,
Lanham, MD— Lanham Grace Brethren
Martinsburg, WV— Rosemont Grace Brethi
Temple Hills, MD— Grace Brethren Chur
Greater Washington
Alexandria, VA— Grace Brethren
Calvert, MD— Grace Brethren
Frederick. MD— Grace Brethren Chui
Waldorf, MD— Grace Brethren
Waynesboro, PA— Grace Brethren
Winchester, VA— Blue Ridge Grace Breth i
Winchester, VA— Grace Brethren
MOUNTAIN— PLAINS
Mountain-Plains District Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches
Next conference: Arvada, CO; June
12-14, 1992
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mod.— Chris Ball
V. Mod.— Mike Page
Secy.-Paul Stigall, 6436 Lee St., Arvacjfl
80004. (Tel. 303/431-9652)
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Nonprofit Org
r
■eas.— Mack McDonald, 2375 Jet Wing Dr.,
Colorado Springs, CO 80916
«.— Aldo Hoyt, 725 S. Eliot, Denver, CO
80215
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
ick McDonald, Paul Pletcher, Paul Stigall
CREDENTIALS
ick McDonald
MINISTERIUM
m. — John Snow
:y. /Treas.— Aldo Hoyt
MINISTERIAL EXAMINING BOARD
m.— Thomas Inman
i y.— Aldo Hoyt
iitional Members— All ordained pastors in the
district
DISTRICT MISSION BOARD
n. — Thomas Inman
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Pres. — Geneva Inman
1st V. Pres.— Marsha Ball
2nd V. Pres.— RaneUe Stigall
Secy.— Lucy Snow, P.O. Box 6, Portis, KS 67474
Treas.— Naomi Huffman, 4825 Astrozon, #99,
Colorado Springs, CO 80916
Prayer Chm.— Vera Schleicher
SMM Patroness— Penny Koby
District Editor— Alice Hoyt
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YOUTH
Clark and Sharon Wolters, Kim and Jerry Hooper
COOPERATING CHURCHES
Arvada, CO— Arvada Grace Fellowship
Beaver City, NE— Grace Brethren
Colorado Springs, CO— Grace Brethren
Denver, CO— Denver Grace Brethren
Portis, KS— Grace Brethren
Wichita, KS— Grace Brethren
NOR-CAL
Nor-Cal Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches
text conference: Place— Undeter-
mined; Spring 1992
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
[.—Robert MacMillan
1 s.— Loren Zook
-Glen W. Shirk, 734 W. Main, Ripon, CA
>5366
MINISTERIUM
—Glen Shirk
/Treas.— Joel Richards
MINISTERIAL EXAMINING BOARD
Chm.— Paul Hoffman
YOUTH
Pres.— Phil Sparling
COOPERATING CHURCHES
Auburn, CA— Auburn Grace Brethren
Chico, CA— Chico Grace Brethren
Fair Oaks, CA— Ambassadors Grace Brethren
(formerly Orangevale)
Modesto, CA— LaLoma Grace Brethren
Ripon, CA— Ripon Grace Brethren
Sacramento, CA— River City Grace Community
San Jose, CA— South Bay Community
Tracy, CA— Tracy Grace Brethren
NORTHCENTRAL OHIO
Northcentral Ohio Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches
lext conference: Eastside Grace
Brethren Church, Columbus, OH;
March 28, 1992
Secy.— Russ Simpson, 1055 Winchester Rd.,
Galion, OH 44833. (Tel. 419/468-6848)
Treas.— Dean Risser, 375 Hills-Miller Rd.,
Delaware, OH 43015
Stat.— Sarah Fudge, c/o 6675 Worthington-Galena
Rd., Worthington, OH 43085
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
■Ken Brown
4od.— Robert Russell
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Dave Kennedy, Doug Forsythe, Will Marling
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CREDENTIALS
Todd Scales. D«n ADam, Jeff Canon
AUDITORS
Bfll Burby. Tim Kanzeg. Dan Young
RULES AND ORGANIZATION
R:cia.-c DeArrKy . Gene * nzkj . Jack Serczinger
RESOLUTIONS
Ed Jackson. Howard Stouffer. Craig Snyder
MINISTERIUM
~ — — .";.-.- 3"^
V. Chm.— Don Buckinghain
Sec* ■- Treas.— Dave Kennedy
MINISTERIAL EXAMINING BOARD
Chm-— J. Hudson Thayer
DISTRICT MISSION BOARD
V. Cbm.— Ken Brown
5r. —?._•> >.">:"
Tress-— Mike Undennan
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GRACE BRETHREN MEN
Pies.— Robert Cahm
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Pres.— Rnm Berry
1st V. Pres.— Ella Lee Risser
Sec% -.— June ImmeL 510 N. Main St.. London. OH
Treas.— Ellen King
SMM
Pres.— Vickie Page
YOUTH
Cko.- Dave Bogue
COOPERATING CHURCHES
Ashland. OH— Grace Brethren
Ashland. OH— Sourhview Grace Brethren
BeUvuTe. OH— Ankenytown Grace Brethren
Bowling Green. OH— Grace Brethren
Cohrmbus (WestervuleL OH— Grace Bred-
Church of Cohrmbus
Columbus. OH— East Side Grace Brethren
Columbus. OH— Hilltop Grace Brethren
Columbus. OH— Southwest Grace Brethren |
Columbus. OH— Trinity Grace Brethren
Danville. OH— Grace Brethren
Delaware. OH— Grace Brethren
Dublin. OH— Northwest Chapel Grace Brethj
Findlay. OH— Findlay Grace Brethren
Fremont. OH— Grace Brethren Chapel
Fremont. OH— Grace Brethren
Gabon. OH— Grace Brethren
Lancaster. OH— Lancaster Grace Brethren
Lexington. OH— Grace Brethren
Lina. OH— Grace Brethren Church of Lima
London. OH— London Grace Brethren
Mansfield. OH— Cornerstone Grace Brethra
Mansfield. OH— Grace Brethren
Mansfield. OH— Woodville Grace Brethren
Marion. OH— Grace Brethren
Mifflin. OH— Mifflin Grace Brethren
Ml Vernon. OH— Grace Brethren Church in
Vernon
New Albany. OH— Rocky Mountain Ridge C
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Norrhwood. OH— Trinity Grace Brethren
Ontario. OH— Marantha Grace Brethren
Pataskala. OH— Grace Brethren Churd
I irt-mp County
Sidnev. OH— Grace Brethren Church of Sic]
7:.e-c: Zr.—y.i.-zi '•':_.;;■ Z-i:i =:i —
Toledo. OH— Toledo Grace Brethren
NORTHEASTERN OHIO
Northeastern Ohio District Fellowship of Stat.— Dwight Stair. 510 Oak I
Grace Brethren Churches Wadswonh. OH 44281
Next conference: Macedonia. OH:
April 4. 1992
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mod.— Ron Boeta
V Mod.— Galen Wiley
Secv. -Treas. —Donna Stair. 510 Oak Street.
Wadsworth. OH 44281. (Tel.
216-336-6544)
Asst. Secy .-Treas.— Gloria Armstrong
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Robert Combs. Douglas Jensen
CREDENTIALS
Galen Wiley (Chm. ). Charles Thomto J
Cosenrino. Robert Combs
AUDITORS
Douglas Courter (Chm.). Joe Cose I
William Snoddv
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RULES AND ORGANIZATION
niel Najimian (Chm.). Robert Moeller
SOCIAL CONCERNS COMMITTEE
)oug Jensen (Chm.), Chuck Thornton.
Sandy Hartzler. Donna Smelser
MINISTERIUM
hm.— Joe Cosentino
. Chm. — Galen Wiley
ecy. — Doug Courier
reas— Doug Jensen
MINISTERIAL EXAMINING BOARD
xec. Secy — Galen Wiley
sst. Exec. Secy.— Bud Olszewski
DISTRICT MISSION BOARD
hm.— Bob Fetterhoff
. Chm.— Terry Taylor
ecy. -Treas.— Mike Prentovich, 303 N.
Seneca St.. Rittman, OH 44270
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
res.— Joan Gable
Sit V. Pres.— Harlene Steiner
lid V. Pres.— Donna Stair
fccy— Doris Beichler, 10662 Irvine Rd..
Creston. OH 44217
Veas— Ruth Dunlap. 1626 23rd. St. N.W.,
Canton. OH 44709
■ayer Chm.— Billie Jo Najimian
kst. SMM Leader— Carole Knop
istrict Editor— Gloria Armstrong
SMM
»der— Mary Beth Jensen
jst. Leader— Carole Knop
CAMP
Director— Bob Combs
Name of Camp — Camp Buckeye
Name of Campground— Camp McPhearson
Location — Loudonville. OH
Phone Number— 614/599-7110
YOUTH
Dennis Erb (Chm.). Doug Jensen
Secy. -Treas— Doug Courter, 625 Weber
N.E., North Canton. OH 44720
Other Members— Thomas Sir Louis. Mary
Beth Jensen. Carole Knop
REPRESENTATIVE TO NATIONAL
GRACE BRETHREN BOYS
Elmer Gable
COOPERATING CHURCHES
Akron. OH— Ellet Grace Brethren
Canton. OH— Grace Brethren
Cuyahoga Falls. OH— Grace Brethren
Elyria. OH— Spring Valley Community Grace
Brethren
Homerville. OH— Grace Brethren
Macedonia. OH— Western Reserve Grace
Brethren
Medina. OH— Grace Brethren
Middlebranch. OH— Grace Brethren
Millersburg. OH— Grace Brethren Church of
Millersburg
Minerva, OH— Grace Brethren
Norton. OH— Grace Brethren
Orrville. OH— Grace Brethren
Rittman. OH— Grace Brethren
Sterling. OH— Grace Brethren
Willoughby. OH— Lake County Grace
Brethren
Wooster. OH— Grace Brethren
NORTHERN ATLANTIC
Northern Atlantic District Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches
Next conference: Messiah College.
Grantham, PA; May 29-31, 1992
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
bd.— Michael Brubaker
Mod— Robert Kern
:cy.-Treas.— Gerald Allebach, R. 3. Box 370.
Palmyra. PA 17078
*st. Secy. -Treas. —Dennis Huraoak
Business Mgr — Mark Saunders. 234 W. Main St. .
Ephrata. PA 17522
Asst. Business Mgr— Paul Miller
Stat.— Dale Jenks. 455'-: Maple Ave.. Saratoga
Springs. NT 12866
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
Timothy George. Steve Makotka. Randall Meyers
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Daniel Eshleman (Chm. I. Vernon Harris. Bob Lutz
CREDENTIALS
Robert Kern, Mike Wallace
AUDITORS
Les Nutter (Chm.), Eric Barter
RULES AND ORGANIZATION
Steve Blake, Ken Cosgrove
MINISTERIUM
Chm.— Tony Avey
V. Chm.— Les Nutter
Secy. -Paul Mutchler, 1015 Pine Hill Rd., Lititz,
PA 17543
Treas.— Dan White
MINISTERIAL EXAMINING BOARD
Chm.— Ken Cosgrove
V. Chm.— Mark Saunders
DISTRICT INSURANCE
Jim Bowers, Mike Lutz, Luke Martin, Les Nutter
DISTRICT MISSION BOARD
Chm.— Dan Eshleman
V. Chm.— Vernon Harris
Secy.— Ken Cosgrove
Treas.— Warren Tamkin
GRACE BRETHREN MEN
Pres.— Richard Snavely
1st V. Pres.— Sam Leisey
2nd V. Pres.— Leon Martin
Secy— Arthur Richard, 229 Summitville Rd.
Holland, PA 17557
Treas.— Ray Derstine
Pastoral Advisor— Daniel Eshleman
New
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Pres.— Sue Myers
1st V. Pres.— Mary Ellen Leckrone
2nd V. Pres.— Susan Haldeman
Secy. -Lois Kaylor, 532 N. Eighth St., Lebanon,
PA 17042
Treas. -Arlene Ober, 4755 Bossier Rd.,
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
Prayer Chm.— Ginny Knepper
SMM District Coordinator— Margy Allebach
District Editor— Lisa Yordy
SMM
District Coordinator— Margy Allebach, R. 3, Box
370, Palmyra, PA 17078
CAMP
Director— Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lutz
Name of Camp— Camp Conquest
Name of Campground— Grace Brethren Retreat
Center
Location of Campground-R. 2, Forrest Road,
Denver, PA 17517
Phone Number— 215/267-2006
GRACE BRETHREN
RETREAT CENTER BOARD
Chm.— Carroll Bingaman
V. Chm.— Lloyd Haldeman
Exec. Secy.— Harvey Stoneback
Treas.— Jerry Goodpastor
Secy.— Robert Riddle, 210 S. Oak St., Richlar
PA 17087
Grounds Supt.— Robert Lutz
Other Members— Dave Humberd, Lon Myers |
YOUTH
Pres.— Les Nutter
V. Pres.— Tim Placeway
Secy— Mike Wallace, 20 Laurel St., Pine Gro
PA 17963
Treas.— Abner Zimmerman
Other Members— Eric Allebach, Jack Brown, M>
Brubaker, David Cardy, Debbie Cardy, r|
Clark, Mike Doutrich, Steve Doutrich, Da J
First, Cindy First, John Graton, Beth Hyl
Dave Johnson, Annette Knepper, Dale Knep I
(Sr.), Dave Knepper, Brian Korn, Tarn Ko I
Darrel Martin, Les Nutter, Tim Placeway, 9
Rank, Bob Salsgiver, Mark Saunders, J(l
Smith, Mike Wallace, William Willard, Ab]
Zimmerman, Joanne Zimmerman
GRACE BRETHREN BOYS
Chm.— Gary Tucker
V. Chm— Dan Eaby
Secy— Lee Knepper, 800 Kendale, Rd., Red Li
PA 17356
Treas.— Carl Kaylor
Pastoral Advisor— Daniel White
HISTORICAL COMMITTEE
Don Hinks (Chm.), Jeremiah Kauffman, Jais
Knepper, Warren Tamkin, Roger Wambi ,
Jerry Young
CHURCH GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Chm.— Timothy George
V. Chm.— Steve Blake
Secy.— John Smith
Treas— Harold E. Hollinger, 748 Amosite ]'„
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
Other Members— Steve Blake, Dan Eshleri,
Robert Lutz, Mitch Picard, Doug Tressl
COOPERATING CHURCHES
Bethlehem, PA— Lehigh Valley Grace Brethi
Blain, PA— Sherman's Valley Grace Brethr'
Brunswick, ME— Down East Grace Brethrei
Dillsburg, PA— Hope Grace Brethren
Elizabethtown, PA— Elizabethtown Grace Bretfl
Ephrata, PA— Ephrata Area Grace Brethren r
Harrisburg, PA— Melrose Gardens Grace Brel a
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I rtford, CT— Greater Hartford Grace Brethren
jjtboro, PA— Suburban Grace Brethren
Ipe, NJ— Hope Grace Brethren
feburg, VT— Irasburg Grace Brethren
I rid Pond, VT— Island Pond Grace Brethren
; icaster, PA— Greater Lancaster Grace Brethren
.icaster, PA— Southern Lancaster Grace Brethren
ttz, PA— Lititz Grace Brethren
pheim, PA— Manheim Grace Brethren
tntgomeryville, PA— New Life Community
Grace Brethren
Herstown, PA— Myerstown Grace Brethren
iv Holland, PA— New Holland Grace Brethren
Newark, DE— Newark Grace Brethren
Palmyra, PA— Palmyra Grace Brethren
Philadelphia, PA— First Brethren
Philadelphia, PA— Liberty Grace Brethren
Philadelphia, PA— Third Brethren
Pine Grove, PA— Pine Grove Grace Brethren
Royersford, PA— Tri-County Grace Brethren
Saratoga Springs, NY— Saratoga Springs Grace
Brethren
Telford, PA— Penn Valley Grace Brethren
Wrightsville, PA— Susquehanna Grace Brethren
York, PA— York Grace Brethren
NORTHWEST
Northwest Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches
Next conference: Kent, WA; Feb.
' 20-22, 1992
MINISTERIAL EXAMINING BOARD
Chm.— Greg Howell
Additional Members— Dwight Cover, Bob Gentzel,
George Christie, Greg Stamm, Ray Feather,
Duane Jones, Paul Brook
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Wd. — Duane Jones
i.Mod.— Bob Gentzel
fly.-Greg Howell, 129 N.W. Second St.,
Goldendale, WA 98620. (Tel. 509/773-3996)
U. Secy.— Sally Stamm
Fas.— Bob Smithwick, 55 W. Washington, Sp.
93, Yakima, WA 98903
i— Ora Gifford, 708 Hillcrest, Grandview, WA
98930
Mibers-at-Large— Leroy Bussert, Earl Dekker
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
light Cover, Greg Howell, Greg Stamm
CREDENTIALS
lier Bussert, George Christie
AUDITORS
)i Cowles, Dan Labbee
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RULES AND ORGANIZATION
■ y. Rants, Dale Hostetler, Greg Howell
RESOLUTIONS
*k Rants, Dwight Cover, Greg Stamm
MODERATOR'S ADDRESS
IjY Rants, Bob Gentzel, George Christie
MINISTERIUM
*fc.— Greg Howell
s :hm.— Greg Stamm
i^. /Treas. —Paul Brook
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Chuck Winter
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Don Cowles, Don Williams, Merrill Darr, Chuck
Winter, Lyle Taylor, Ray Feather, Mel
Curfman, Valerie Cowles
DISTRICT MISSION BOARD
Chm— Duane Jones
Secy. /Treas.— Paul Brook
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Pres.— Phyllis Christie
1st V. Pres.— Martha Mcintosh
2nd V. Pres.— Dorothy Hostetler
Secy— Zelda McClure, 2205 S. 18th St., Sp.71,
Yakima, WA 98903
Treas.— Valerie Cowles, 360 Pecan Rd., Grand-
view, WA 98930
Prayer Chm.— Alma Ahrendt, Nelda Dekker
District Editor— Carol Johnson
CAMP
Manager— Del and Casey Culver
Name of Camp — Clear Lake Grace Brethren Camp
Location of Campground— HC62 , Box 221-G,
Naches, WA 98937
COOPERATING CHURCHES
Albany, OR— Grace Brethren
Beaverton, OR— Grace Brethren
Goldendale, WA— Community Grace Brethren
Grandview, WA— Grace Brethren
Harrah, WA— Grace Brethren
Kent, WA— Grace Brethren Church of Kent
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Maple Valley, WA— Grace Bible Fellowship
Prosser, WA— Community Grace Brethren
Spokane, WA-Spokane Valley Grace Brethren
Sunnyside, WA — Grace Brethren
Toppenish, WA— Grace Brethren
Troutdale, OR— Grace Brethren
Yakima, WA— Grace Brethren
SOUTH FLORIDA — CARIBBEAN
South Florida Caribbean District of
Grace Brethren Churches
Next conference:
May 18, 1992
Lake Placid, FL
DISTRICT COUNCIL
Mod.— William Tweeddale
Secy —Rich Schnieders. 18529 Phlox Dr., Ft.
Myers, FL 33912. (Tel. 813/267-7568)
Treas.— James Bustraan, 2158 NE 65th St., Ft.
Lauderdale, FL 33308
Stat.— Ed Dearborn, 1509 S.E. 7th St.,
Okeechobee. FL 34972
Members-at-large— Lynn Hoyt, Wilfred Jean, Art
Johnson, Chris Jose, Steve Ott, Tony
Schnieders, Dan Thompson, Dan Ward, Larry
Zimmerman, Vera Latlam
MINISTERIUM
Chm.— William Tweeddale
Secy. /Treas.— Rich Schnieders
MINISTERIAL EXAMINING BOARD
Chm.—
Additional Members— All ordained men of the
district
DISTRICT MISSION BOARD
Chm.— Lynn Hoyt
V. Chm./Secy.— Art Johnson
Treas.— Marvin Good
Additional Members— One member from
district church
GRACE BRETHREN MEN
Pres.— James Bustraan
V. Pres.— Jim Fitch
Secy.— Clayton Williams
Treas.— Chris Jose
CAMP
Director— Dan Ward
Name of Camp— Camp Grace
Location— Bassinger, FL
YOUTH
Pres.—
Secy. /Treas. —Rich Schnieders, 18529 Phlox E
Fort Myers, FL 33912
COOPERATING CHURCHES
Bassinger, FL— Bassinger Christian Brethren j
Fort Lauderdale, FL— Eglise Evangelique Gn|
Brethren
Fort Lauderdale, FL— Fort Lauderdale Gr.j
Brethren
Fort Myers, FL— Grace Brethren Church of F 1
Myers
Naples, FL— Community Grace Brethren
Okeechobee, FL— Okeechobee Grace Brethre
Pompano Beach, FL— Grace Brethren Churcl:
Pompano Beach
San Juan, PR— Iglesia Hermanos Por Gracia
SOUTHERN
Southern District Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches
Next conference: Aiken, SC; May 1-2,
1992
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mod.— Don Faugl
V. Mod.— Steve Taylor
Secy.— Marguerite Howard, 446 Springfield Dr.,
Woodstock, GA 30188. (Tel. 404/591-9218)
Treas.— Bob Carroll, 4492 Dunmovin Dr.,
Kennesaw, GA 30144
Stat.— Tony Merritt
MINISTERIUM
Chm— Steve Jarrell
V. Chm.— Ernest Usher
Secy. /Treas. —Don Soule
MINISTERIAL EXAMINING BOARD
Chm.— Steve Taylor
DISTRICT MISSION BOARD
Chm.— Bill Kellerman
GRACE BRETHREN MEN
Pres.— Ron Batroff
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YOUTH COMMITTEE
es.— Steve Jarrell
■embers— Mike Moody, Tom Kiefer, Don Soule.
, Oren Salas. Ernest Usher
COOPERATING CHURCHES
ken, SC— Aiken Grace Brethren
Anderson. SC— Anderson Grace Brethren
Adanta. GA— Dekalb Grace Brethren
Atlanta, GA— Marietta Grace Brethren
Johnson City, TN— Johnson City Grace Brethren
Telford. TN— Telford Grace Brethren
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — ARIZONA
Southern California-Arizona District
:ellowship of Grace Brethren Churches
Next conference: Grace Brethren
Church of Long Beach, CA;
Tentative date: April 26, 1992
COUNCIL OF DIRECTORS
Executive Committee
od.— Ed Trenner (92). 2201 E. Fairhaven,
Orange, CA 92669
. Mod-Roy Halberg (92). 2600 White Ave..
LaVerne, CA 91750
cy.— Terry Daniels (93), 920 Fremont Ave.,
South Pasadena, CA 91030
•eas— Dallas Martin (92). 5464 E. Canton St.,
Long Beach. C A 90815
t— Norm Schrock (93), 1750 W. Lambert Rd..
#120. LaHabra, CA 90631
embers at Large— Ed Cashman (92), Neil Cole
I (92). Dave Marksbury (93). Roger Mayes (92).
. John Mcintosh (92). Ward Miller (92)
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
.im.-Ward Miller (92)
kil Teran (92). Roger Mayes (92)
MINISTERIUM
res.— Roy Halberg (92)
Pres— Dave Marksbury (92)
tcy./Treas.— Ralph Colburn (92)
MINISTERIAL EXAMINING BOARD
am.— Ed Cashman (94)
cy.— Tom Hughes (92)
Jditional Members— Ralph Colburn (94), Harold
Dunning (94), Roy Halberg (93), Robert
Kliewer (93), Dave Marksbury (92). Ward
' Miller (92), Bob Thompson (93)
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
"es.-Helen Miller. 13138 Michelle Circle.
Whirtier, CA 90605
t V.Pres— Marjorie Cobum
id V.Pres— Helen Rempel
ec. Secy— Roxanne Kuns
Drrsponding Secy.— Sandy Crawford, 3361
Cortese Drive. Los Alamitos. CA 90720
■eas.— Jayne Reuter. 35O0 W. Manchester. #439.
1 Inglewood. CA 90305
Editor— Marion McBride
Luncheon Chm.— Fanchon Willard
Retreat Chm.— Jayne Reuter
DISTRICT CHURCH PLANTING BOARD
Chm— Neil Cole (94)
Phil Heifer (93). Dave Marksbury (93). Ed
Trenner (92)
COOPERATING CHURCHES
Alta Loma, CA— Grace Brethren Alta Loma
Beaumont. CA— Cherry Valley Brethren
Bellflower, CA— Bellflower Brethren
Cypress, CA — Grace Brethren
Cypress. CA— New Life Grace Brethren
LaMirada. CA— Creek Park Community
LaVerne. CA — Grace Brethren
Lakewood. CA— Iglesia Cristiana de la Comunidad
Long Beach. CA — Community Grace Brethren
Long Beach. CA— Grace Brethren
Long Beach. CA— Grace Cambodian
Long Beach, CA— Iglesia Evangelica de los
Hermanos
Long Beach, CA— Koinonia Grace Brethren
Long Beach. CA— Los Altos Brethren
Los Alamitos, CA — Grace
Los Angeles. CA— Community Brethren
Menifee Valley. CA— New Hope Community
Norwalk. CA— Grace Brethren
Orange. CA— Grace Church
Paramount. CA— Iglesia de los Hermanos
Phoenix, AZ— Grace Brethren
Redlands. C A— Orange Grove Community
Rialto, CA— Grace Community
Riverside. CA— Grace Brethren
San Bernardino, CA— Grace Brethren
San Diego. CA— Grace Brethren
Santa Ana. CA— Maranatha Brethren
Santa Maria. CA— Grace Brethren
Santa Paula. CA— Grace Brethren
Seal Beach. CA— Grace Community
Simi Valley, CA— Grace Brethren
South Pasadena. CA— Grace Brethren
Temple City. CA— Grace Brethren
Tucson. AZ— Silverbell Grace Brethren
Westminster. CA— Grace Brethren
Whirtier. CA— Community Grace Brethren
Whittier. CA— Grace Brethren
Yucca Valley, C A— Grace Community
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Southern Ohio District Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches
Next conference: Place and date to be
announced
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mod.— Greg Ryerson
V. Mod.— Brian White
Secy.— Mrs. Linda Penn, 5001 Fishburg Rd.,
Huber Heights, OH 45424
Asst. Secy.— Mrs. Carolyn Crowell
Treas.— Roy Trissel, 2624 Stonequarry Rd.,
Dayton, OH 45414
Stat.— G. Forrest Jackson, 2624 Stonequarry Rd.,
Dayton, OH 45414
Members-at-Large— Clair Brickel, Henry Mallon
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
Scott Distler (Chm.), Tad Hobert, Henry Michaels
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Deferred to the Executive Committee
CREDENTIALS
Brian White (Chm.)
Ned Denlinger, Dave Brickel, John Ruel
AUDITORS
Tim Nixon (Chm.), Tom Shroyer
RULES AND ORGANIZATION
Charles Lawson (Chm.), Sam Grice, Ralph Penn
RESOLUTIONS
Dan Grabill (Chm.), Debbie Lovelace
MODERATOR'S ADDRESS
Paul Michaels, Roy Glass, ITJ
MINISTERIUM
Chm— Dan Grabill
Secy. /Treas.— Tad Hobert
MINISTERIAL EXAMINING BOARD
Chm.— Charles Lawson, and all district pastors
DISTRICT INSURANCE
Brotherhood Mutual
DISTRICT RETIREMENT HOME
Grace Brethren Village
DISTRICT MISSION BOARD
Chm.— Greg Ryerson
V. Chm.— Ned Denlinger
Secy.— Forrest Jackson
Treas.— Roy Trissel
Additional Members— Paul Scheechfield, and i
district pastors
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Pres.— Arlene Glass
1st V. Pres.— Sally Neely
2nd V. Pres. (Program)— Lynell Ginteer
Secy.— Janice Landis
Treas.— Faith Shock
Prayer Chm.— Elnora Schopp
SMM Patroness— Sylvia Koeller
District Editor— Carol Glass
YOUTH
Pres.— Scott Distler
Secy— Ed Stutz
Treas.— Roy Glass, JJI
YOUTH COMMITTEE
Bill Brown, Carl Timble, Tim Nixon,
Curtis
Tyroni
COOPERATING CHURCHES
Brookville, OH— Brookville Grace Brethren
Camden, OH— Camden Grace Brethren
Centerville, OH— Centerville Grace Brethren
Cincinnati, OH— Grace Brethren Church of Great
Cincinnati
Clayhole, KY— Clayhole Grace Brethren
Clayton, OH— Clayton Grace Brethren
Covington, OH— Friendship Grace Brethren
Dayton, OH— Basore Road Grace Brethren i
Dayton, OH— Calvary Grace Brethren
Dayton, OH— First Grace Brethren
Dayton, OH— North Riverdale Grace Brethren'
Dryhill, KY— Victory Mountain Grace Brethre<
Englewood, OH— Englewood Grace Brethren '
Huber Heights, OH— Grace Community
Kettering, OH— Calvary Brethren
Lexington, KY— Grace Brethren
Sinking Spring, OH— Grace Brethren
Trotwood, OH— Grace Brethren
Troy, OH— Grace Brethren
Union, OH— Community Grace Brethren
Vandalia, OH— Vandalia Grace Brethren
West Alexandria, OH— Grace Brethren Communi:
SOUTHWEST
Southwest District Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches
Next conference: Grace Brethrei
Navajo Ministries, Counselor, NM
May 9, 1991
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
jlod.— Bob Salazar
!. Mod— Steve Galegor
xy.— Beth Winter, 3901 Montgomery N.E.,
' #1307, Albuquerque, NM 87109. (Tel.
505/884-2853)
reas.— Roger Moore, 7608 Basin Creek Ct., NW,
Albuquerque, NM 87120
tat.— Betty Masimer, Grace Brethren Navajo
Ministries, Counselor, NM 87018
RULES AND ORGANIZATION
irry Wedertz
MINISTERIUM
bun.— Tully Butler
;cy.— Bob Salazar
reas.— Steve Galegor
MINISTERIAL EXAMINING BOARD
hm.— Bob Salazar
dditional Members— Tully Butler, John Trijillo,
and all ordained elders in the district
DISTRICT MISSION BOARD
Chm.— Steve Galegor
Secy.— Celina Salazar
Treas.— Roger Moore
Additional Members— Bob Lathrop, Bob Salazar,
Don Bowlin
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Pres.— Chris Galegor
1st V. Pres.— Lauren Mares
2nd V. Pres.— Norma Lathrop
Secy— Beth Winter, 3901 Montgomery NE, #1307,
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Treas.— Dottie Moore, 7608 Basin Creek Ct. NW,
Albuquerque, NM 87120
Prayer Chm.— Celina Salazar
COOPERATING CHURCHES
Counselor, NM— Cedar Hill Grace Brethren
Counselor, NM— Day Mesa Grace Brethren
Counselor, NM — Grace Brethren Navajo Ministries
Rio Rancho, NM— LaMesa Grace Brethren
Toas, NM— First Brethren Church of Toas
Tonalea, AZ— Red Lake Grace Brethren
VIRGINIA
Virginia Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches
Next conference: Fairlawn Grace
Brethren Church, Radford, VA; April
3-4, 1992
PARLIAMENTARY
Wayne Hannah, Nathan Leigh, Carl Ratcliffe
RESOLUTIONS AND
MODERATOR'S ADDRESS
Lester Kennedy, Nathan Leigh, Carl Ratcliffe
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
lod.— George Traub
lod. Elect— Lester Kennedy
3cy.— Danny Wright (92), 1511 Maiden Lane,
i SW, Roanoke, VA 24015
•reas.-Eldon Grubb (93), 3504 Bandy Rd.,
Roanoke, VA 24014
at— Jerry Cox, 5693 Valley View Dr., Dublin,
VA 24084
et. Mod. -Doug Witt
[embers-at-Large— Wayne Hannah (92), Nathan
Leigh (93), Carl Ratcliffe (94)
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
oug Witt, Lester Kennedy, Jerry Cox
FINANCE
Idon Grubb, Nathan Leigh
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CREDENTIALS
anny Wright, Carl Ratcliffe
MINISTERIUM
Chm.— Danny Wright
V. Chm.— George Traub
Secy.— Don Eshelman
Treas. — Nathan Leigh
MINISTERIAL EXAMINING BOARD
Chm— Fred Devan
V. Chm.— Lester Kennedy
Secy.— Doug Witt
Members-at-Large— Don Eshelman, Nathan Leigh
Additional Members— All ordained elders
actively serving pastorates in the district
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
C.L. Young (Chm.) (92), Bill Hite (92), BUI Crotts
(93), Lester Kennedy (93), Don Field (94), Tom
Guilliams (94), James Smals (94)
DISTRICT MISSION BOARD
Chm.— Nathan Leigh
V. Chm. -Secy .—Lester Kennedy
Treas.— Wayne Hannah
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Pres.— Molly Simons
1st V. Pres. (Project Chm.)— Denise Grubb
2nd V. Pres. (Project Chm.)— Carolyn Trail
Secy.— Patty Willhite, 3058 Pebble Dr., Roanoke,
VA 24014
Asst. Secy.— Charlotte Cox
Treas.— Estelle Coffey, 2946 Garden City Blvd.,
Roanoke, VA 24014
Asst. Treas.— Sadie Weddle
Prayer Chm.— Margie Witt
District Editor— Martha Franklin
CAMP
Chm.— C.L. Young
Manager— Mr. & Mrs. Webb
Name of Camp— Camp Tuk-A-Way
Name of Campground— Boiling Conference
Grounds
Location of Campground— 2262 Craigs Creek Rd.,
Catawba, VA 24070
Phone Number-703/552-9571
Pres.
YOUTH
-Jess Truax (94)
Secy.— Patty Willhite (94), 3058 Pebble D
Roanoke, VA 24014
Treas.— Don Eshleman (93)
Additional Members— Edith Staton (92), Dar;
Wright (92), Gary King (93)
COOPERATING CHURCHES
Boones Mill, VA— Boones Mill Grace Brethn.
Buena Vista, VA— First Brethren
Covington, VA— Grace Brethren
Lynchburg, VA— Grace Brethren
Radford, VA— Fairlawn Grace Brethren
Richmond, VA— Fellowship Grace Brethren '
Richmond, V A— Grace Brethren
Riner, VA— Grace Brethren
Roanoke, VA— Clearbrook Grace Brethren
Roanoke, VA— Garden City Grace Brethren
Roanoke, VA— Ghent Grace Brethren
Roanoke, VA— Patterson Memorial Grace Brethi
Roanoke, VA— Washington Heights Grace Breth i
Salem, VA— Wildwood Grace Brethren
Troutville, VA— Grace Bible Brethren
Virginia Beach, VA— Grace Chapel
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
Western Pennsylvania District Fellowship of
Grace Brethren Churches
Next conference: Camp Mantowagan,
Saxton, PA; April 25, 1992
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mod. —John Gregory
Secy— Alan Myers, 79 Bronx St., Johnstown, PA
15905. (Tel. 814/255-2837)
Asst. Secy.— Delores VanOrman
Treas.— Rod Lingenfelter, 104 Nason Dr.,
Roaring Spring, PA 16673
Stat.— Rose Snyder, 211 Second St., Conemaugh,
PA 15909
Members-at-Large— Rick Strappello, Barry Rowe
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Tim Waggoner (Chm.), John Townsend, Steve
Edmonds, Jim Laird, Craig Manges
CREDENTIALS
Tom Goossens (Chm.), Lee Seese, Willard Gates
AUDITORS
Richard Beach (Chm.), Richard Antoine,
George Swartz
RULES AND ORGANIZATION
Don Rough (Chm.), Ron Camevali, Larry Edwards
MINISTERIUM
Chm.— Jim Snavely
V. Chm.— Tim Waggoner
Secy.— Larry Edwards
Asst. Secy.— Ron Camevali
Treas.— Norris Mason
MINISTERIAL EXAMINING BOARD
Exec. Secy.— Tim Boal
Asst. Exec. Secy.— Don Rough
Additional Members — All ordained elders ol le
district
DISTRICT MISSION BOARD
Chm.— Tim Boal
V. Chm.— Jim Snavely
Secy. /Treas. —Jim Laird
Publicity Director— Doug Sabin
GRACE BRETHREN MEN
Pres.— Rod Lingenfelter
V. Pres.— Richard Beach
Secy.— Charles Miller, 1165 Route 3.
Duncansville, PA 16635
Treas.— Harold Brumbaugh, P.O. Box 52, :st
Freedom, PA 16637
Boys' Advisor— Bill Rummel
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL
Pres.— Mrs. Jim (Claretta) Leidy
1st V. Pres.— Mrs. James (Dotty) Closson
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:nd V. Pres— Mrs. Duane (Dorothy) Rose
tecy.— Mrs. Kenneth (Kathy) Bowers, 722 Thomas
St., Roaring Spring, PA 16673
■reas.-Mrs. Richard (Joanne) Beach. 309 E. Bell
Ave., Altoona. PA 16602
'rayer Chm.— Mrs. Alice Pollard
j.MM Leader— Mrs. Frank (Sue) Dinsmore
isst. Leaders— Mrs. Rod (Mary) Lingenfelter and
Mrs. Glenn (Gail) Bridenbaugh
district Editor— Mrs. Curt (Cheryl) Yarwood
SMM
.eader— Mrs. Frank (Susan) Dinsmore
Ivsst. Leader— Mrs. Rod (Mary) Lingenfelter
fsst. Leader— Mrs. Glenn (Gail) Bridenbaugh
CAMP
bir. — Rick Strappello
■Jame of Camp — Camp Mantowagan
Location— Box 95, Saxton, PA 16678
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res.— Rick Daam
I. Pres— John Townsend
|ecy.— Mrs. Mary Lingenfelter. 104 Nason Dr.,
Roaring Spring, PA 16673
Treas.— Rick Sdffler
COOPERATING CHURCHES
Altoona, PA— First Grace Brethren
Altoona, PA— Juniata Grace Brethren
Armagh, PA— Valley Grace Brethren
Avis, PA— Tiadaghton Valley Grace Brethren
Conemaugh, PA— Conemaugh Grace Brethren
Duncansville, PA— Leamersville Grace Brethren
Everett. PA— Community Grace Brethren
Everett, PA— Everett Grace Brethren
Export. PA— Murrysville Grace Brethren
Hollidaysburg, PA— Vicksburg Grace Brethren
Hopewell, PA— Hopewell Grace Brethren
Johnstown, PA — Geistown Grace Brethren
Johnstown, PA — Johnstown Grace Brethren
Johnstown, PA— Pike Grace Brethren
Johnstown. PA— Riverside Grace Brethren
Johnstown, PA— Singer Hill Grace Brethren
Kittanning, PA— Grace Brethren Church of West
Kittanning
Kittanning, PA— North Buffalo Grace Brethren
Martinsburg. PA— Martinsburg Grace Brethren
Milroy, PA— Milroy Grace Brethren
State College, PA— Happy Valley Community
Grace Brethren
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Listing 323 churches in 30 states
Listed by States; giving city, pastor's name, church name, membership as if
January 1 , 1991 , address, and telephone number; and name, address and telephone nurr >r
of recording secretary or clerk.
ALASKA.
ANCHORAGE (Larry Smithwick)
Anchorage Grace Brethren Church (268)
Huffman and Pintail, 12407 Pintail St.,
99516
(Tel. 907/345-3741)
Mrs. Fran Dunham, 11221 Forest Dr.,
99516
ANCHORAGE (Brian L. Chronister)
Grace Community Church (148)
10900 O'Malley Center Dr. (Mailing
Address: P.O. Box 111505, 99511)
(Tel. 907/344-7780)
Cindy Leonard, 8431 Stacey Cir., 99507
(Tel. 907/522-3969)
ANCHORAGE (E. John Gillis)
Greatland Grace Brethren Church (37)
Meeting temporarily at 1709 S. Bragaw
(Mailing address: 17645 Toakoana,
Eagle River, 99577)
(Tel. 907/694-5331)
Mary Herndon, 16240 Baugh Cir., 99516
(Tel. 907/345-0462)
EAGLE RIVER (Mark Roberts)
Grace Brethren Church (83)
P.O. Box 770430, 99577 (Mile 1.8 - S.
Birchwood Loop)
(Tel. 907/688-1010)
Mrs. Jill Lester, 18618 S. Lowrie Loop
(Tel. 907/694-8198)
HOMER (Frank Gardner)
Kachemak Bay Grace Brethren Church (36)
P.O. Box 2749, 99603
(Tel. 907/235-8213)
Liz Hejl, P.O. Box 2089, 99603
(Tel. 907/235-6788)
KENAI (Chris Hay)
Kenai Grace Brethren Church (78)
406 McCullom Dr., 99611
(Tel. 907/283^379)
Mrs. Rhea Stables, church address
NORTH POLE (Davis Harbour)
North Pole Grace Brethren Church (20)
(Mailing address: P.O. Box 56982, 99705)
(Tel. 907/488-1789)
Cindy Harbour, church address and
telephone
SOLDOTNA (Daniel E. Thornton)
Peninsula Grace Brethren Church (143)
34640 Kalifornsky Beach Rd., 99669
(Tel. 907/262-6442)
Debi Stone, Box 2752, Kenai, 99611
(Tel. 907/776-5316)
ARIZONA
PHOENIX (Kevin Zuber)
Grace Brethren Church (88)
2940 W. Bethany Home Rd. (just west of
Interstate 17), 85017
(Tel. 602/242-1885)
Mrs. Sandra Hurt, 4220 W. Keim Dr.,
85019
(Tel. 602/841-4676)
TONALEA (John Trujillo)
Red Lake Community Grace Brethren
Church
Box 108, 86044
TUCSON (Kenneth A. Curtis)
Silverbell Grace Brethren Church (20)
1477 N. Silverbell Rd., 85745
(Tel. 602/792-1114)
Michelle Curtis, 1901 Campana de Plata
(Tel. 602/792-1114)
CALIFORNIA.
ALTA LOMA (Neil Cole)
Grace Brethren Church of Alta Loma (90
5719 Beryl St., 91701
(Tel. 714/980-0727)
AUBURN (Paul G. Hoffman)
Auburn Grace Brethren Church (136)
P.O. Box 6446, 95604-6446
(Tel. 916/823-8330)
Mrs. Diane Benedict, 10650 Atwood Rd.
(Tel. 916/885-8788)
BEAUMONT (Robert Kliewer)
Cherry Valley Grace Brethren Church (7,
10257 Beaumont, (Mailing address: P.O'
Box 655, 92223)
(Tel. 714/845-1821)
Mrs. Robert Wines, 1 1076 Sandra Dr. ,
Cherry Valley, 92223
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BELLFLOWER (Edwin E. Cashman)
Bellflower Brethren Church (315)
9405 E. Flower St., 90706
(Tel. 213/925-6561)
Connie Becker, 2724 Yearling, Lakewood
(Tel. 213/531-2459)
CHICO (Louie Ricci)
Grace Brethren Church of Chico (46)
1505 Arbutus Ave., 95926
(Tel. 916/342-8642)
Dorothy Yeater, 819 Nancy Ln.
(Tel. 916/342-6749)
SYPRESS (Charles Covington)
Grace Brethren Church of Cypress (35)
9512 Juanita, 90630
(Tel. 714/826-6750)
Mrs. Gloria Zuelch, 3063 Ladoga, Long
Beach, 90808
(Tel. 213/420-9357)
JYPRESS (David Marksbury)
New Life Grace Brethren Church
P.O. Box 222, Cypress, 90630
(Tel. 213/492-9751)
Jim Terpening, 13060 Rutgers Ave.,
Downey, 90242
(Tel. 213/803-9595)
:AIR OAKS (Russell L. Williams)
Ambassadors Grace Brethren Church
8201 Greenback Ln., (Mailing address:
6213 Green Eyes Way, Orangevale,
95662^1114) (Tel. 916/988-5874)
LAKEWOOD (Juan L. Arregin)
Iglesia Cristiana de la Comunidad (52)
11859 E. 209th St., 90715
(Tel. 213/865-9522)
GRACE CAMBODIAN CHURCH
(Vek Huong Taing)
3590 Elm St., Long Beach, CA 90807
(Tel. 213/423-6312)
IGLESIA EV ANGELICA de los
HERMANOS (Alfonso Ramirez)
16342 Bradbury Huntington Beach, CA
92647
(Tel. 714/840-8777)
KOINONIA GRACE BRETHREN
CHURCH (Greg Perry)
291 Nieto Ave., (Belmont Hgts. section)
Long Beach, CA 90803
(Tel. 213/439-7174)
LONG BEACH (John K. Nagle)
Los Altos Grace Brethren Church (164)
6565 Stearns St., 90815
(Tel. 213/596-3358)
Barbara Benson, 150 E. 36th St., 90807
(Tel. 213/424-0366)
LOS ALAMITOS (Mick Ukleja)
Grace Church (862)
3021 Blume Dr., 90720
Jean Summers, 3619 Arbor Rd., Lakewood,
90712
LOS ANGELES (Frank J. Cobum)
Community Brethren Church (41)
5839 Whittier Blvd., 90022
(Tel. 310/860-9247)
Mrs. Doris Hollister, 18722 Christina Ave.
Cerritos, 90701
'.A MIRADA (Jim Behrens)
Creek Park Community Church (161)
12200 Oxford Dr., 90638
(Tel. 213/947-5672)
Brenda Bashor (Tel. 213/947-0064)
.A VERNE (Roy Halberg)
I Grace Brethren Church (176)
2600 White Ave., 91750
(Tel. 714/593-1204)
Denise Locker
.ONG BEACH (Thomas Hughes)
Community Grace Brethren Church (111)
5885 Downey Ave., 90805
(Tel. 213/634-1056)
Sandy Brannon, 5106 Obispo Ave.,
Lakewood, 90712
(Tel. 213/633-8381)
'.ONG BEACH (Louis Huesmann)
Grace Brethren Church (1,440)
3590 Elm Ave, 90807
(Tel. 213/595-6881)
Lissa Cannon, church address
MENIFEE VALLEY (Chris Suitt)
New Hope Community Church
P.O. Box 2066, Sun City, 92586
(Tel. 714/656-2729)
MODESTO (Joel Richards)
La Loma Grace Brethren Church (140)
1315 La Loma Ave., 95354
(Tel. 209/523-3738)
Judy Williams, 1244 Grinnell St., 95350
(Tel. 209/524-1613)
NORWALK (Robert Divine)
Grace Brethren Church (170)
11005 Foster Rd., 90650
(Tel. 213/863-7322)
Mrs. A. Adams, 14503 Crossdale Ave.
(Tel. 310/868-6628)
ORANGE (Ed Trenner)
Grace Church of Orange (91)
2201 E. Fairhaven Ave., 92669
(Tel. 714/633-8867)
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Iglesia De Los Hermanos
Vivos en Cristo
15733 Orange Ave., 90723
(Tel. 213/634-5587)
Martha Valdelamar, 2007 Ward, Compton,
90221
(Tel. 213/603-9391)
REDLANDS (Mitchell D. Cariaga)
Orange Grove Community Church
2064 Orange Tree Ln., 92374
(Tel. 714/798-8883)
RIALTO (Roy L. Polman)
Grace Community Church (64)
690 W. Etiwanda Ave., 92376
(Tel. 714/875-0730)
Marty Pechin, 600 Church PL, #5,
Redlands, 92374
(Tel. 714/335-7303)
RIPON (Glen W. Shirk)
Ripon Grace Brethren Church (206)
734 West Main St., 95366
(Tel. 209/599-3042)
Dorothy Schaffer, P.O. Box 506
(Tel. 209/599-6344)
RIVERSIDE (Brian Smith)
Grace Brethren Church (100)
P.O. Box 8532, 92515
(Tel. 714/359-8195)
Roger Feenstra, 3243 Winnebago St., 92503
(Tel. 714/688-9821)
SACRAMENTO (Thomas Lynn)
River City Grace Community Church (60)
4261 Whitney Ave. (corner of Whitney and
Eastern Aves.) 95821
(Tel. 916/972-1106)
SAN BERNARDINO (Ward Miller)
Grace Brethren Church (52)
2010 Pacific St., 92404
(Tel. 714/889-8695)
Lonna Carel, church address
SAN DIEGO (Philip Teran)
Grace Brethren Church (97)
3455 Atlas St., 92111
(Tel. 619/277-5364)
Colleen Teran, church address
SAN JOSE (Jacques Crapuchettes,
Interim Pastor)
South Bay Community Church (27)
4610 Camden Ave., 95124
(Tel. 408/269-0768)
Aran Gaikwad, 1883 Cody, WY, No. 4
95124
SANTA ANA (Francisco Javier Peraza)
Maranatha Grace Brethren Church
(Spanish-speaking) (39)
Meeting at 1704 W. First St., 92703
(Tel. 714/541-9312)
Alva Gonzales, 3817 S. Sycamore St.
SANTA MARIA
Grace Brethren Church (47)
223 E. Fesler, 93454
(Tel. 805/922-4991)
Randy Coleman, 4533 Eileen Ln.
(Tel. 805/927^761)
SANTA PAULA
Grace Brethren Church (42)
107 S. 8th St., Santa Paula 93060
(Tel. 805/525-5080)
SEAL BEACH (Donald P. Shoemaker)
Grace Community Church of Seal Beach
(258)
138 Eighth St., 90740
(Tel. 310/596-1605)
Linda Strong, church address and telephone
SIMI VALLEY (John Mcintosh)
Grace Brethren Church of Simi Valley
(464)
2762 Avenida Simi, 93065
(Tel. 805/527-0195)
Mrs. Diane Clark, 3390 Wichita Falls
Ave., 93063 (Tel. 805/522-1279)
SOUTH PASADENA (Terry Daniels)
Grace Brethren Church of South
Pasadena (65)
920 Fremont Ave., 91030
(Tel. 818/799-6081)
Betty Mitchell, P.O. Box 944, 91031
(Tel. 818/799-6461)
TEMPLE CITY (Stephen Helm)
Temple City Grace Brethren Church (26)
5537 Temple City Blvd., 91780
(Tel. 818/286-6342)
Colleen Helm, church address
TRACY (Robert MacMillan)
Grace Brethren Church (44)
1480 Parker Ave., 95376
(Tel. 209/835-0732)
WESTMINSTER (Norman Schrock)
Westminster Grace Brethren Church
(192)
14614 Magnolia Ave., 92683
(Tel. 714/893-5500)
Carolyn Hastings, 3283 Arizona Ln.,
Costa Mesa, 92626
WHITTIER (Richard Todd)
Community Grace Brethren Church of
Whittier (342)
1 1000 E. Washington Blvd. (2 blocks eas •
605 Freeway), 90606
(Tel. 213/692-0588)
Mrs. Virginia Menke, 11026 Abbotsford
Rd. (Tel. 213/695-7525)
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VHITTIER (Stephen Kuns)
Grace Brethren Church (81)
6704 Milton Ave. (Mailing address: P.O.
Box 174, 90608) (Tel. 310/698-0914)
Aracely Villalouos, 6326 Whittier Ave.,
90601 (Tel. 310/695-8824)
rUCCA VALLEY (Roger Mayes)
Grace Community Church (26)
6300 Ruth Dr., 92284
(Tel. 619/228-1785)
Mrs. Brady Rooney, P.O. Box 92,
92286-0092
(Tel. 619/364^121)
POLORADO
RVADA (Chris Ball)
Arvada Grace Fellowship (117)
6980 Pierce St. , 80003
(Tel. 303/424-3116; pastor's home:
(303/467-2811)
FLORIDA
OLORADO SPRINGS (F. Thomas Inman)
Grace Brethren Church (73)
2975 Jet Wing, 80916
(Tel. 719/390-8096)
Sally McDonald, 2375 Jet Wing Dr. ,
(Tel. 719/597-8177)
JENVER (Aldo Hoyt)
Denver Grace Brethren Church (24)
700 S. Federal Blvd. 80219
(Tel. 303/934-7876)
Mrs. Alice Hoyt, 725 S. Eliot St.,
(Tel. 303/934-7876)
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ONNECTICUT _
ARTFORD (Kenneth Carozza)
. Colonial Chapel Grace Brethren Church (12)
Meeting in the John Wallace Middle School,
71 Halleran, Newington
((Mailing address: P.O. Box 310459,
Newington, 06131)
(Tel. 203/667-1245)
Michael Sanville, 16 Pheasant Hill Rd.,
Salem, 06415
DELAWARE
\H
EWARK (J. Timothy Coyle)
Grace Brethren Church (39)
Meeting at the Newark Day Nursery, 921
Barksdale Rd. (All mail to pastor's
address)
(Tel. 302/834-1722)
Ron Bove, 6 Westfield Dr., 1971 1
(Tel. 302/737-0932)
BASINGER (Larry Zimmerman)
Christian Brethren Church (40)
700 A (Mailing address: 12585 N.W. 144th
Trail, Okeechobee, 34972) (Location: '/2
mile N. of Hwy. 98)
(Tel. 813/467-1863)
BRADENTON (Robert Byers)
Grace Brethren Church
5535 33rd St. E., 34203
(Tel. 813/758-1556)
Mrs. Elaine Bearinger, 1200 Aurora Blvd.,
#150B, 34202
BROOKSVILLE (Bill Stevens)
Grace Brethren Church (46)
6259 Faber Dr., Rolling Acres, 34602
(Tel. 904/796-7172)
Mrs. Romayne Wentz, 27313 Frampton
Ave. (Tel. 904/799-0472)
DELTONA (Kenneth Koontz)
Calvary Grace Brethren Church (39)
3165 Howland Blvd., 32725
(Tel. 904/789-1289)
Mrs. Charles Dudley (Tel. 904/775-6825)
FORT LAUDERDALE (Wilfred Jean)
Eglise Evangelique Des Freres De La Grace
(Tel. 305/763-6766)
c/o 1800 N. W. Ninth Ave., 33311
FORT LAUDERDALE (Randy Smith)
Grace Brethren Church (147)
1800 N. W. Ninth Ave., 33311
(Tel. 305/763-6766)
Mrs. Diane Potts, 3821 N.W. Fourth Ave.
Pompano Beach 33064
(Tel. 305/782^408)
FORT MYERS (Steven Shipley)
Grace Brethren Church (50)
2141 Crystal Dr. (in the Villas, one block
off Rt. 41, five miles south of city),
33907
(Tel. 813/936-3251)
Mrs. Marci Webb, 6317 Hoffstra Ct.
LAKELAND (James Taylor)
Grace Brethren Church (38)
6410 Lunn Rd., 33811,
(Tel. 813/647-5770)
Tim Howe, 4804 Creek Meadow Tr., 33809
(Tel. 813/859-4745)
MAITLAND (Ron Guiles)
Grace Brethren Church (72)
1185 N. Wymore Rd., 32751
(Tel. 407/628-8816)
Sally Boger, church address
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MELBOURNE (Jeff Dunkle)
Community Grace Brethren Church —
Suntree (41)
1001 Pinehurst Ave. N. (Suntree) 32940
(Exit 73 on U.S. 95 to Wickham, left on
Pinehurst Ave.)
(Tel. 407/254-8993)
Glenn Emsberger, 705 Endicott Rd.,
(Tel. 407/259-6608)
NAPLES (Dan Thompson)
Community Grace Church (36)
740 Clarendon Ct., 33942 (Meeting in the
Naples Family YMCA, Pine Ridge Rd.)
(Tel. 813/598-9222)
NORTH PORT (Edmund DeZago)
Grace Brethren Church (16)
Meeting in the North Port Mall, Room 109,
13000 Tamiami Tr. (Mailing address:
1281 Nimbus Dr., 34287)
(Pastor's Tel. 813/426-7198)
OCALA (Charles Davis)
Ocala Grace Brethren Church (49)
6474 N.E. 7th St., 32671
(Tel. 904/236-2211)
Darryl Kerr, Sr„ 4360 S.E. 58th PI.
(Tel. 904-732-3392)
OKEECHOBEE (William Tweeddale)
Grace Brethren Church Inc. (150)
701 S. Parrott Ave. 34974
(Tel. 813/763-3218)
Mrs. Brenda Former, 401 S.W. 12th St.,
34974 (Tel. 813/763-3082)
ORLANDO (Earl Futch)
Grace Brethren Church of Orlando (87)
5425 S. Apopka-Vineland Rd., 32819
(Tel. 407/876-3178)
David Herzig (Tel. 407/740-5012)
ORMOND BEACH (Michael Ocealis)
Grace Brethren Church of Ormond Beach
(39)
1060 W. Granada Blvd., 32174
(Tel. 904/673-0145)
Earl Howell, 52 Brookwood Dr.
(Tel. 904/677-3767)
PORT RICHEY (Jim Poyner)
Gulfview Grace Brethren Church (110)
6639 Hammock Rd., 34668 (Hammock is
mile south of State Rd. 52, off Highw;
19) (Tel. 813/862-7777)
Mrs. Evelyn Shane, church address
SEBRING
Sebring Grace Brethren Church (72)
3626 Thunderbird Rd., 33872
(Tel. 813/385-3111)
Elsie Miller, 1010 Wightman Ave.
(Tel. 813/385-5774)
ST. PETERSBURG (Randy Weekley)
Grace Brethren Church of St. Petersburg
(82) II
6300 62nd Ave., N., Pinellas Park, 34665
(Tel. 813/546-2850)
Marian Foulks, 6547 66th Ave. N., Ptnell
Park, 34665 (Tel. 813/544-2972)
GEORGIA
ATLANTA (Ernest Usher)
Dekalb Community Grace Brethren Churc
(21)
P.O. Box 370837, Decatur, 30037
ATLANTA (Dean Fetterhoff)
Grace Brethren Church of Greater Atlanta
(166) |
3079 Hidden Forest Ct., Marietta, 30066
(Tel. 404/422-3844)
Mrs. Linda Jarrell, 450 Springfield Dr.,
Woodstock, 30188
(Tel. 404/924-4841)
HAWAII
AIEA (Nathan Zakahi)
Waimalu Grace Brethren Church (124)
98-323 Pono St., 96701
(Tel. 808/488-6006)
Harriett Young, 98-139 Olepe Loop,
(Tel. 808/488-3180)
PALM HARBOR (Kurt Miller)
Palm Harbor Grace Brethren Church (207)
2255 Nebraska Ave., 34683
(Tel. 813/789-2124)
POMPANO BEACH (Art Johnson)
Grace Brethren Church of Pompano Beach
(33)
3501 N.E. Third Ave., 33064
(Tel. 305/941-3176)
Penny Johnson, 760 SE 2nd Ave., D-215,
Deerfield Beach, 33441
(Tel. 305/421-2305)
EWA BEACH (C. L. "Kip" Coffman)
Rainbow Grace Brethren Church (37)
91-779 Fort Weaver Rd., 96706
(Tel. 808/689-5035)
Mrs. Arleen Alejado, 91-824 Oama St.
(Tel. 808/689-6398)
MAKAKILO (Garth Lindelef)
Makakilo Grace Brethren Church (19)
P O Box 2097, Ewa Beach. 96706-0097
(Tel. 808/672-4540)
Stephen Proctor, 92-374 Akaula, 96707
(Tel. 808/672-3608)
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IILILANI (A. David Mitchell)
Waipio Grace Brethren Church (90)
95-035 Waimakua Dr., 96789
(Tel. 808/623-5313)
Miss Ellen Nagao, 95-108 Waimakua Dr.
(Tel. 808/623-2116)
NDIANA
I ERNE (Robert Griffith)
Bethel Brethren Church (174)
718 E. Main St., 46711 (Mailing address:
P.O. Box 46) (Tel. 219/589-3381)
Mrs. Larry Leistner, 1265 Haupstrasse St.
(Tel. 219/589-2237)
:LAY CITY (Robert G. Clouse)
First Brethren Church (37)
Tenth and Cook Sts., (Mailing address:
P.O. Box 85, 47841)
Miss Lavaughn Backfisch, R. 1
(Tel. 812/939-2620)
OLUMBIA CITY (Robert Ashman)
Columbia City Grace Brethren Church (36)
2390 E. 100 S.(Two miles east of Columbia
City on Route U.S. 30), 46725
Marion Bolinger, R. 1 (Tel. 219/723^259)
.KHART (Ron Welsh)
Grace Brethren Church (108)
24775 CR20 E., 46517
(Tel. 219/875-5271)
Dollie Staner, 2810 E. Ridgewood Dr.,
46517 (Tel. 219/522-3796)
-ORA (David Rosner)
Grace Brethren Church (55)
103 S. Willow St., 46929
(Tel. 219/967-3020)
Rosanna Fife, R. 1, Bringhurst, 46913
(Tel. 219/967-3201)
3RT WAYNE (Larry Richeson)
First Grace Brethren Church (199)
8631 U.S. Hwy 27 S., 46816
(Tel. 219/447-6369)
Ruth Hammer, 8001 Harrisburg Ln., 46835
DRT WAYNE (Robert Arenobine)
Grace Brethren Church (75)
4619 Stellhorn Rd., 46815
(Tel. 219/485-3021)
Mrs. Kathleen Hohl, 7222 Valley Dr., Leo,
46765 (Tel. 219/627-3105)
DSHEN (W. Carl Miller)
Grace Brethren Church (128)
1801 W. Clinton St., 46526
(Tel. 219/533-7546)
Mrs. Dorothy Brumbaugh, 22864 St.
119 (Tel. 219/533-3715)
Rd.
INDIANAPOLIS (Paul E. Woodruff)
Eagle Creek Grace Brethren Church (156)
7001 W. 46th St., 46254
(Tel. 317/293-3372)
Jan Wilson, 4965 W. 12th St., 46224
(Tel. 317/241^484)
INDIANAPOLIS (Al Edgington and Ron Smals)
Northeast Grace Brethren Church (27)
P.O. Box 269, Fishers, 46038
(Tel. 317/578-0535)
KOKOMO (Richard Horner)
Indian Heights Grace Brethren Church (57)
725 E. Center Rd., (300 South) 46902
(Tel. 317/453-0933)
Mrs. Tom (Pat) McKinley, 2900 Mill St.
(Tel. 317/453-2048)
KOKOMO (Dick Cron)
North Kokomo Grace Brethren Church (90)
37 W. 550N, 46901
(Tel. 317/457-8886)
Tish Carter (Tel. 317/457-4884)
LEESBURG (Jeffrey Hoffard)
Leesburg Grace Brethren Church (79)
Church and Pearl Sts., (Mailing address:
Box 370, 46538)
(Tel. 219/453-3401)
MISHAWAKA (Scott L. Weaver)
Mishawaka Grace Brethren Church (82)
15250 Day Rd. (Mailing address: P.O. Box
5143, 46546)
(Tel. 2197256-5940)
Mrs. Barbara Kelley, 30822 Oakcrest Dr.,
Granger, 46530 (Tel. 219/674-5069)
NEW ALBANY (Davy L. Troxel)
New Albany Grace Brethren Church (26)
3725 St. Joseph Rd., 47150
(Tel. 812/948-PRAY)
Mrs. Brenda Humphreys, 3638 St. Joseph
Rd.
(Tel. 812/948-0107)
OSCEOLA (Keith A. Shearer)
Grace Brethren Church (208)
58343 Apple Rd., 46561
(Tel. 219/674-5918)
Donna Davis, 55949 Guilford PI.
Mishawaka, 46545
(Tel. 219/674-0469)
PERU (Ron Bowland)
Peru Grace Brethren Church (173)
436 S. Broadway (Mailing address: P.O.
Box 552, 46970)
(Tel. 317/473-3881)
Kay Gapski, 470 S. Broadway
(Tel. 317/473-3887)
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Sidney Grace Brethren Church (44)
P O. Box 1, 46566
(Tel. 219/839-0400)
Mrs. Linda Penrod, Rt. 1, Box 234,
Pierceton, IN 46562-9710
(Tel. 219-594-5393)
SOUTH BEND (Roger Krynock)
Ireland Road Grace Brethren Church (137)
1701 E. Ireland Rd., 46614
(Tel. 219/291-3550)
Mrs. Doug Milewski, 1325 Lincoln Way
East, Mishawaka, 46544
(Tel. 219/255^140)
WARSAW (Scott Miles)
Community Grace Brethren Church (332)
909 S. Buffalo St., 46580
(Tel. 219/269-2443)
Bonnie Bowman, 301 Esplanade, Winona
Lake, 46590 (Tel. 219/267-7304)
WINONA LAKE (John Teevan)
Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church (752)
1200 Kings Highway, 46590
(Tel. 219/267-6623)
Alice Koontz, R. 8, Box 231, Warsaw,
46580 (Tel. 219/267-6013)
IOWA
GARWIN (Scott Massey)
Carlton Brethren Church (73)
1096 270th St. (6'/i miles southwest of
Garwin), 50632
(Tel. 515/499-2358)
Mrs. Carl Kouba, R. 1, Toledo, 52342
(Tel. 515/499-2052)
LEON (Russell Betz)
Leon Brethren Church (75)
Corner of North Church and N.W. 7th Sts.
(All Mail to: 604 N. Main St., 50144)
(Tel. 515/446-7576)
Mrs. Ray Andrew, R. 1
(Tel. 515/446-6563)
NORTH ENGLISH (Gilbert Hawkins)
Pleasant Grove Grace Brethren Church (27)
R. 1, Box 33, 52316 (2 Miles east of
Millersburg, 6 miles northwest of North
English)
(Tel. 319/664-3568)
Gretchen White, 323 E. Oak St.
(Tel. 319/664-3108)
UDELL
Udell Grace Brethren Church (5)
(All mail to: Lawrence Powell, R. 1, 52593)
(Tel. 515/452-6620)
WATERLOO (John P. Burke)
Grace Brethren Church (576)
1760 Williston Ave., 50702
(Tel. 319/235-9586)
Mrs Ward Speicher, 953 Lynda Rd., 50701
(Tel. 319/232-6380)
CEDAR RAPIDS (Gary Kochheiser)
Grace Brethren Church (51)
2905 D Ave., N.E., 52402
(Tel. 319/363^983)
Sue Schellenburg, Apt. 2, 3080 8th St.,
Marion, 52302 (Tel. 319/373-1798)
DALLAS CENTER (Stephen Burns)
Grace Brethren Church (76)
305 Hatton St., (Mailing address: P.O. Box
477, 50063)
(Tel. 515/992-3235)
Mrs. Glenn B. Perkins, 400 Kellogg
(Tel. 515/992-3325)
KANSAS
DAVENPORT (Bob Foote)
Grace Brethren Church (74)
3919 N. Elsie Ave., 52806
(Tel. 319/391-5356)
Mrs. Cay Brown, 824 S. Cody Rd.,LeClaire
52733 (Tel. 319/289^1234)
DES MOINES
First Grace Brethren Church (41)
921 Lyon St. (Mailing address: 1425 York
St., 50316)
(Tel. 515/262-5290)
Dean Travis, 1425 York St., 50316
(Tel. 515/265-1077)
MORRILL (Richard Kinson)
Morrill Grace Brethren Church (21)
(Mail to: P.O. Box 65, 66515)
(Tel. 913/459-2487)
Doris Martney, R. 3, Falls City, NE 68355
(Tel. 402/245-3698)
PORTIS (R. John Snow)
Grace Brethren Church of Portis (85)
Box 6, 67474 (on Highway 281)
(Tel. 913/346-2085)
Darrel Wolters (Tel. 913/346-2097)
WICHITA (Larry Hoffman)
Grace Brethren Church of Wichita
2058 S. Water, 67213
(Tel. 316/683-3235; Pastor's Tel.
316/788-7498)
KENTUCKY
CLAYHOLE (Ray Sturgill) ,
Clayhole Grace Brethren Church (55)
4335 Hwy. 476, 41317 (four miles east of !
Lost Creek)
(Tel. 606/666-7767) ,
Mrs. Dixie Lee Noble, 2205 Hwy. 476, Lc
Creek, 41346 (Tel. 606/666-2094)
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DRYHILL (Samuel Baer)
Victory Mountain Grace Brethren Chapel
(57)
H.C. 62, Box 640, Dryhill, 41749 (9 miles
north of Hyden on Route 257)
(Tel. 606/672-2520)
Lois Jean Valentine, Confluence, 41730
(Tel. 606/672-2455)
■LEXINGTON (Paul Michaels)
Grace Bible Church of Lexington (8)
(Mailing address: 3575 Caulder Rd., 40517)
(Tel. 606/273-2868)
Mrs. Veronica Walker, 140 Edgemoor Rd.,
40503 (Tel. 606/278-1009)
MAINE
BRUNSWICK (Darrel Taylor)
Down East Grace Brethren Church (20)
Near U.S. 1 and Maine St. (Mailing
address: P.O. Box 916, 04011)
(Tel. 207/729-8283)
Michael D. Hebert, church address
MARYLAND
ACCIDENT (Paul Mohler, Interim)
Grace Brethren Church (38)
Bumble Bee Rd. (1 mile south of Accident)
21520
Mrs. Shirley Burns, Marsh Hill Rd.,
McHenry, 21541
(Tel. 301/387-6805)
CUMBERLAND (Raymond McCoy)
Cumberland Grace Brethren Church (86)
R. 2, Box 497, 21502 (From Rt. 48 take
Willow Brook Rd. to end, turn right on
Williams Rd.)
(Tel. 301/777-8362)
Mrs Nancy Miller, 518 Lousiana Ave.
HAGERSTOWN (J. Norman Mayer)
Calvary Grace Brethren Church (92)
115 Bryan PL, 21740
(Tel. 301/733-6375)
Mrs. Yvonne Trumpower. R.3, Box 291,
Williamsport, 21795
(Tel. 301/582-2379)
1AGERSTOWN (Raymond H. Davis)
Grace Brethren Church (511)
First and Spruce Sts. (Mailing address: 837
Spruce St.), 21740
(Tel. 301/739-1726)
Mrs. Linda Buchanan, 247 Sunrise Dr.
Tel. 301/797-6917)
IAGERSTOWN (Jay Fretz)
, Maranatha Brethren Church (205)
1717 Jefferson Blvd., 21742
(Tel. 301/733-1717)
Mrs. Robin Himes, 57 Scott Hill Dr.
(Tel. 301/791-1152)
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HAGERSTOWN (Daniel J. Pritchett)
Valley Grace Brethren Church (130)
17310 Gay St. (Halfway Area), 21740
(Tel. 301/582-0155)
Pam Pritchett, 17436 Virginia Ave.
(Tel. 301/582-3248)
LANHAM (W. Russell Ogden)
Grace Brethren Church (207)
8400 Good Luck Rd., 20706-2802
(Tel. 301/552-1414)
Lloyd Sampson, 9501 Van Buren St.,
Seabrook, 20706
(Tel 301/577-6836)
TEMPLE HILLS
Grace Brethren Church of Greater
Washington (One church in five locations)
BRANCH CHURCHES:
TEMPLE HILLS (James G. Dixon)
Temple Hills Grace Brethren Church
(844)
5000 St. Barnabas Rd., 20748-4698
(Tel. 301/894-2722)
Mrs. Doris Homan, 3712 Gull Rd.
(Tel. 301/894-6709)
ALEXANDRIA (VA) (Robert Trefrey)
Grace Brethren Church (59)
1301 Commonwealth Ave., 22301
(Tel. 703/548-1808)
Mrs. lone Hile, 16 W. Del Ray Ave.
(Tel. 703/836-7893)
CALVERT CO. (Robert W. Wagner)
Grace Brethren Church
9870 Old Solomon Island Rd., Owings,
20736 (Mailing address: P.O. Box 458)
(Tel. 301/855-2955)
Mrs. Janet Smith, 4007 Lakeview Turn,
Dunkirk, 20754 (Tel.
301/855-6926)
FREDERICK ("R." Dallas Greene)
Grace Brethren Church of Frederick
(109)
5102 Old National Pike, 21702
(Tel. 301/473^337)
Mrs. Verlyn Mahaffey, 1808 Rustic Hill
Ct. (Tel. 301/694-7063)
WALDORF (Jeff M. Thornley)
Grace Brethren Church
Hwy. 5 (5 miles S.E. from Waldorf),
Box 283-1, 20601
(Tel. 301/645-0407)
Barry Goodson, 2685 Yowaiski Mill Rd.,
Mechanicsville, 20659
(Tel. 301/884-3317)
WESTERNPORT (John Lancaster)
Mill Run Grace Brethren Church (30)
R. 1, Box 75, 21562 (4 miles north of
Westernport, west off Route 36)
Kay Clark, HCR Box 175A Michael Rd..
Barton, 21521 (Tel. 301/463-6649)
MICHIGAN
NEW JERSEY
ALTO (Michael Funderburg)
Calvary Grace Brethren Church (118)
13626 84th St., S.E., (corner of 84th St. and
Pratt Lake Rd.), 49302
(Tel. 616/868-7440)
Pete Van Stee, 14385 68th St.
(Tel. 616/868-6345)
ESCANABA (Gary Hable)
Bay De Noc Grace Brethren Church (10)
4391 "K" Rd., Bark River, 49807
(Tel. 906/789-9066)
HASTINGS (Eldon Grubb)
Hastings Grace Brethren Church (10)
600 Powell Rd. 49058 (Mailing address:
2222 E. State Rd., 49058)
Darrel Hawbaker, 705 E. State Rd.,
(Tel. 616/945-9219)
LAKE ODESSA (Gary Austin)
Grace Brethren Church (67)
Vedder Rd. (Mailing address: 9390 W.
Thompson Rd., 48849)
(Tel. church: 616/374-7796; parsonage:
616/693-3002)
Mrs. Orley Hulliberger, Tasker Rd.,
R. 3 (Tel. 616/374-7818)
LANSING (Mickael Rockafellow)
Grace Brethren Church (41)
3904 W. Willow St., 48917
(Tel. 517/323-2424)
Mrs Barb Shannon, 217 E. South St.,
Morrice, 48857 (Tel. 517/625-7586)
NEW TROY (Arthur McCrum)
New Troy Grace Brethren Church (45)
Corner of Weechik and California Rds. ,
(Mailing address: Box 67, 49119)
(Tel. 616/426-3121)
Mrs. Robert Gahris, 1006 Wadena Rd., St.
Joseph, 49085 (Tel. 616/429-0337)
OZARK
Grace Brethren Church (48)
R. 1, Box 212, Moran, 49760 (5'/i miles
east and 1 mile south of Trout Lake on
HAQ) (Tel. 906/569-3212)
Violet Shipley, P.O. Box 125, Trout Lake,
49793
NEBRASKA
BEAVER CITY (Michael Page)
Grace Brethren Church (35) Corner of 12th
and "0" Sts. (Mailing address: P.O.
Box 180, 68926)
(Tel. 308/268-5821)
Evelyn Keezer (Tel. 308/268^950)
HOPE
Grace Brethren Church of Hope (58)
One-half mile south of Hope on Rt^519
(Mailing address: P.O. Box 490, 07844)
(Tel. 201/459-4876)
Stanley M. Dick, P.O. Box 167
NEW MEXICO
COUNSELOR (Tully Butler)
Cedar Hill Navajo Grace Brethren Church
<20>
c/o Brethren Navajo Mission, Counselor,
87018
(Tel. 505/568^454)
RIO RANCHO (Don Bowlin)
La Mesa Grace Church
PO. Box 15863, 87174
(Tel. 505/897-7443)
TAOS (Robert Salazar)
First Brethren Church of Taos (180)
Corner of Pandos and Witt Rds. (1 mile eas
on Raton Rd.) (Mailing address: P.O.
Drawer 1068, 87571)
(Tel. 505/758-3388)
Lindv Valerio, P.O. Box 672, Ranchos de
Taos, 87557 (Tel. 505/758-3238)
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NEW YORK
SARATOGA SPRINGS (Dale Jenks)
Grace Brethren Church of Saratoga Springs
Meeting in the Tupperware Bldg., Rt. 50,
mile North of Ballaston Spa) (Mailing
address: 2 Lindsay Hill Rd.,
Gansevoort, 12831)
(Tel. 518/695-3776)
Len Kellogg, P.O. Box 547, Stillwater,
12170 (Tel. 518/664-8894)
OHIO
AKRON (A. Harold Arlington)
Ellet Grace Brethren Church (181)
530 Stetler Ave., 44312
(Tel. 216/733-2520)
Charlotte Marky, 807 Danner Rd.,
Talmadge, 44278
(Tel. 216/633-5517)
AKRON (Jim Hosteller)
Fairlawn Grace Brethren Church (153)
754 Ghent Rd., 44333
(Tel. 216/666-8341)
Nancy Adams, 4679 Ranchwood Rd.,
(Tel. 216/666-9637)
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ANKENYTOWN (Don Faraer)
Ankenytown Grace Brethren Church (143)
20601 Old Mansfield Rd., Bellville, 44813
(4% miles N.E. of Fredericktown on
State Route 95)
(Tel. 614/694-6936)
Mrs. Darlene Smith, 8491 Yankee St.,
Fredericktown, 43019
ASHLAND (Daniel Allan)
Grace Brethren Church (613)
1144 W. Main, 44805
(Tel. 419/289-8334)
Mrs. Leona Miller, 952 St. Rt. 511 North,
R. 3 (Tel 419/289-7657)
ASHLAND
Southview Grace Brethren Church (129)
810 Katherine Ave., 44805
(Tel. 419/289-1763)
Susan Howman, 1629 SR 603, R. 1
(Tel. 419/289-0749)
BOWLING GREEN (Oscar Stroede)
Grace Brethren Church (50)
121 S. Enterprise St., 43402
(Tel. 419/352-6635)
Terry Lawrence, 229 E. Merry
(Tel. 419/353-7482)
3ROOKVILLE (Henry C. Mallon)
Brookville Grace Brethren Church (291)
12152 Westbrook Rd. (Mailing address:
P.O. Box 113, 45309)
(Tel. 513/833-5562)
Eileen Faulkner, church address
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:AMDEN (Elgin L. Green)
Grace Brethren Church (24)
96 W. Central Ave., 45311
(Tel. 513/452-1290)
Mrs. Frank (Penny) Brewster, 2170 Painter
PI., Miamisburg, 45342
(Tel. 513/847-8480)
:ANTON (Terrance Taylor)
Grace Brethren Church (246)
6283 Market Ave. N., 44721
(Tel. 216/499-3818)
Mrs. Jan Elliott, 1001 Oneida Trail,
Hartville, 44632 (Tel. 216/877-3785)
ENTERVILLE (Greg Ryerson)
Centerville Grace Brethren Church (97)
410 E. Social Row Rd., 45458
(Tel. 513/885-2029)
Bill Starrett, 1678 Sioux Dr., Xenia, 45385
(Tel. 513/372-5446)
INCINNATI (Michael Clapham)
Grace Brethren Church
P.O. Box 388, Loveland, 45140
(Tel. 513/683-6246)
Jeff Seebohm, 3550 Verbena Dr.
Sharonville, 45241
(Tel. 513/733-8385)
CLAYTON (Darryl Ditmer)
Clayton Grace Brethren Church (63)
Box 9, 45315 (Salem and Kimmel Rd.)
(Tel. 513/836-1689)
COLUMBUS (Kenneth Brown)
East Side Grace Brethren Church (330)
7510 E. Broad St., Blacklick 43004 (3 miles
east of 1-270)
(Tel. 614/861-5810)
Millie Hedges, 2100 Birchwood Dr., 43068
(Tel. 614/866-3337)
COLUMBUS (James L. Custer)
Grace Brethren Church of Columbus (2.674)
8225 Worthington-Galena Rd., Westerville,
43081 (Mailing address: 6675
Worthington-Galena Rd., Worthington,
43085)
(Tel. 614/888-7733)
Darwin Jones, 1069 Jobar Ct., Westerville,
43081
COLUMBUS (Terry Postle)
Hilltop Grace Brethren Church (5)
West Side of Columbus (Mailing address:
P.O. Box 23573, 43223)
(Tel. 614/274-6865)
COLUMBUS (Tony Webb)
Southwest Grace Brethren Church (80)
3150 Demorest Rd. (SDA church next to
Beulah Park, west of Grove City)
(Mailing address: Mrs. Bonnie Smith.
3804 Devton Dr., 43228)
(Tel. 614/871-5167)
COLUMBUS (Howard Stouffer)
Trinity Grace Brethren Church (169)
1712 Courtright Rd., 43227
(Tel. 614/236-0616)
Jenny McAllister, 3029 Deepwood Dr.
(Tel. 614/864^616)
COOLVILLE (George Horner)
Grace Brethren Church (30)
Seminary and Rock Sts. (off Routes 50 and 7
between Athens and Belpre) (Mailing
address: Box 235. 45723)
(Tel. 614/667-3710)
Shirley Bowman, R. 1 , Box 27A
COVINGTON (Don Staley)
Friendship Grace Brethren Church (63)
5850 St. Rt. 41 West, 45318
(Tel. 513/473-2128)
Virginia Peters, 4666 St. Rt. 41 West
(Tel. 513/473-2667)
CUYAHOGA FALLS (Walter Malick)
Grace Brethren Church (26)
1736 E. Bailey Rd., 44221
(Tel. 216/923-8203)
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DANVILLE (Albert E. Hockley)
Grace Brethren Church (17)
302 E. Ross St. (Mailing address: P.O. Box
509 43014)
(Tel. 614/599-6467 or 614/599-6350)
DAYTON (Brian L. White)
Basore Road Grace Brethren Church (176)
5900 Basore Rd., 45415
(Tel. 513/837-3747)
Sylvia Koeller, 335 Leisure Dr., Brookville,
45309
DAYTON (Robert Poirier)
Calvary Grace Brethren Church of Dayton
2000 Catalpa, (Mailing address: 3912
Bradwood Dr., 45405)
(Tel. 513/277-5900)
Ann Felkley, 1010 Taywood Rd., No. 402,
Englewood, 45322 (Tel. 513/822-2223)
DAYTON (G. Forrest Jackson)
First Grace Brethren Church (303)
2624 Stonequarry Rd., 45414
(Tel. 513/890-6786)
Mrs. Roy Trissel, church address
DAYTON (Howard W. Mayes)
Grace Community Church of Huber Heights
(197)
5001 Fishburg Rd., 45424
(Tel. 513/233-4324)
Linda K. Penn, 7456 Elru Dr., 45415
(Tel. 513/832-3778)
DAYTON (Tad K. Hobert)
North Riverdale Grace Brethren Church
(105)
4101 N. Main St., 45405
(Tel. 513/274-2187)
Mrs Sally Blades, 203 W. Main St.,
Medway, 45341 (Tel. 513/849-6249)
DELAWARE (Jeffrey A. Gill)
Grace Brethren Church (156)
375 Hills-Miller Rd., 43015
(Tel. 614/363-3613)
Mrs. Jennie Ecker, 9090 Ashley Rd.,
Ashley, 43003
DUBLIN (Terry Hofecker)
Northwest Chapel Grace Brethren Church
6700 Rings Rd., (Mailing address: P.O.
Box 1234, 43017)
(Tel. 614/761-0363)
Susan Fearon, church address and telephone
ELYRIA (Jeff Brown)
Spring Valley Grace Brethren Church (40)
1305 Nash Ave., 44035
(Tel. 216/366-0755)
Nancy Brenneman, 115 Oak St.
(Tel. 216/322-8340)
ENGLEWOOD (James F. Hunt, Jr.)
Englewood Grace Brethren Church (77)
307 W. Wenger Rd., 45322
(Tel. 513/836-1467)
FINDLAY (Gary Crandall)
Findlay Grace Brethren Church (102)
209 Lexington Ave., 45840
(Tel. 419/422-8148)
Tom Cornwall, 945 Bernard Ave.
FREMONT (Craig Snyder)
Grace Brethren Chapel (75)
1611 North St., 43420
(Tel. 419/332-8190)
Melissa Esker, 1355 Buckland Ave.,
(Tel. 419/332^1937)
FREMONT (Gene Klingler)
Grace Brethren Church (347)
900 Smith Rd., 43420
(Tel. 419/332-2623)
Judy Loudenslager, 15 Crockett Dr., Clyde,
43410
(Tel. 419/547-7290)
GALION (Russ Simpson)
Grace Brethren Church (74)
1055 Winchester Rd., 44833
(Tel. 419/468-6848)
Carole Holtrey, 6484 CR 76, R. 1, Mt.
Gilead, 43338 (Tel. 419/947-6802)
HOMERVILLE (James Sollenberger)
Grace Brethren Church (168)
8156 Firestone Rd., 44235
(Tel. 216/625-3304)
Nancy Lilly, 10259 Spencer Rd, West
Salem, 44287
KETTERING (Daniel Grabill)
Calvary Grace Brethren Church (74)
2850 E. Dorothy Ln., 45420
(Tel. 513/293-5822)
Mrs. Lori Wolf, 2911 Kenmore, Dayton,
45420 (Tel. 513/253-2944)
LEXINGTON (Dave Atkins)
Grace Brethren Church (176)
215 W. Main St., (Mailing sddress: P.O.
Box 3009, 44904)
(Tel. 419/884-2687)
Mrs. Edna Wirick, R. 9
(Tel. 419/884-2140)
LIMA (Brad Lambright)
Grace Brethren Church of Lima (32)
1812 University Blvd., 45805
(Tel. 419/225-5636)
Mary Hurley (Tel. 419/228-2459)
LONDON (K. Howard Immel)
Grace Brethren Church (64)
715 St. R. 42W (Mailing address: P.O.
446, 43140)
(Tel. 614/852^761)
Marzanna Krupp, P.O. Box 266
(Tel. 614/852-5272)
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MACEDONiA/Cleveland (Ronald Boehm)
Western Reserve Grace Brethren Church (70)
1066 E. Aurora Rd. (Mailing address: Box
53, 44056)
(Tel. 216/467-7436)
MANSFIELD (Gene Witzky)
Cornerstone Grace Brethren Church (43)
500 Logan Rd., (Meeting at the Mansfield
Christian School) (Mailing address: 381
Fox Rd., Lexington, 44904)
(Tel. 419/884-0692)
Donald Terry, 130 LaSalle St., 44906
(Tel. 419/529-8531)
'.MANSFIELD (J. Hudson Thayer)
Grace Brethren Church (243)
531 Marion Ave., 44903 (corner of Marion
and Forest)
(Tel. 419/522-3941)
Mrs. Joyce Hupp, 1711 Emerson Dr., 44904
MINERVA (Galen W. Wiley)
Minerva Grace Brethren Church (90)
22797 Ellsworth Ave., 44657
(Tel. 216/868-6700)
Mrs. Marilyn Christen, 16395 Marvindale
Dr., S.E., 44657
(Tel. 216/868-6726)
MOUNT VERNON (John E. Bryant)
Grace Brethren Church in Mt. Vemon (22)
12426 Old Mansfield Rd., Mount Vernon,
43050 (Tel. 614/392^1253)
Martha Jacobs, 6361 Crouch Rd.
(Tel. 614/397-3074)
NEW ALBANY (Will Marling)
Rocky Ridge Grace Brethren Church
348 Granville St., Gahanna (Mailing
address: P.O. Box 218, 43054)
(Tel. 614/471-5918)
MANSFIELD (Robert Russell)
Woodville Grace Brethren Church (148)
580 Woodville Rd., 44907
(Tel. 419/524-8552)
Mrs. Stanley Petras, 210 Malone Rd.
Tel. 419/522-8821)
NORTON (Robert P. Combs)
Grace Brethren Church of Norton (232)
3970 Cleveland - Massillon Rd., 44203
(Tel. 216/825-6291)
Winifred McCune, 1111 Kenmore Blvd.,
Akron, 44314 (Tel. 216/745-2937)
MARION (Dave Kennedy)
i Grace Brethren Church (50)
2813 Gooding Rd., 43302
(Tel. 614/382-6270)
Bob Gliem, 257 Superior St.
(Tel. 614/382-6549)
/IEDINA (Daniel Najimian)
Grace Brethren Church (54)
P.O. Box K, 44258
(Tel. 216/723-0040)
■ Gwynetta High, 7121 Stone Rd.
(Tel. 216/723^290)
44256
1IDDLEBRANCH
Grace Brethren Church (166)
2911 William St., N.E. (Mailing address:
P.O. Box 43, 44652)
(Tel. 216/499-6691)
, Mrs. Mona Collins, 3363 Kinsley Dr.. N.E.
Hartville, 44632
(Tel. 216/877-2037)
IIFFLIN (Mike Ostrander)
Mifflin Grace Brethren Church (109)
1149 CR 30A, 44805
(Tel. 419/368-3580)
Rich Foote, 763 CR 30A, R. 6, Ashland,
44805 (Tel. 419/368-8442)
,
IILLERSBURG (Charles G. Thornton)
Grace Brethren Church (44)
Meeting in a church about 4 miles east on
S.R. 39 (Mailing address: P.O. Box
202, 44654) (Tel. 216/674-1228)
Mrs. Dorothy Peppier, 9301 CR 292
(Tel. 216/674-0290)
ORRVILLE (Keith Merriman)
Orrville Grace Brethren Church (222)
2200 Paradise Rd., 44667
(Tel. 216/683-3526)
Mrs. Kathy Sowards, 5634 N. Crown Hill
Rd. (Tel. 216/684-2163)
PATASKALA (Stephen Miller)
Grace Brethren Church of Licking
County (103)
3517 Headley's Mill Rd., 43062
(Tel. 614/927-6543)
Peggy Giffm, 309 Poplar St.
(Tel. 614/927^318)
RITTMAN (Bud Olszewski)
Grace Brethren Church (209)
44 S. First St., 44270
(Tel. 216/925-3626)
Joan Anderson, 153 Douglas Dr.
(Tel. 216/927-2496)
SINKING SPRING
Grace Brethren Church (27)
Box 55, 45172 (One block west from State
Rt. 41 and Rte. 124)
(Tel. 513/588^675)
Nina Couser, Sinking Spring
STERLING (Robert Moeller)
Grace Brethren Church (56)
14960 Seville Rd., 44276
(Tel. 216/769-3078)
Laura Young, 9116 Geyer Chapel Rd.,
Creston, 44217
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Maumee Valley Grace Brethren Church (61)
8715 Garden Rd., Maumee, 43537
(Tel. 419/867-9339)
Sherrill Chalfant, 410 Chesterfield Ln.
(Tel. 419/893-3187)
TOLEDO (W. Ray Miller)
Toledo Grace Brethren Church (12)
3002 Dorr St., 43615
(Tel. 419/536-3284)
Betty J. Miller, 4860 Catalina Dr., 43615
(Tel. 419/537-0175)
TOLEDO (John Fahrbach)
Trinity Grace Brethren Church
4035 Williston Rd., Northwood, 43619
(Tel. 419/698-2201)
Michele Mariano (Tel. 419/697-0759)
TROTWOOD (Charles E. Lawson)
Grace Brethren Church (119)
12 Strader Dr., 45426 (across from
Trotwood-Madison High School)
(Tel. 513/854-2521)
Mrs. Ruth Garber, 1590 Raymond Dr., Tipp
City, 45371 (Tel. 513/667-1975)
TROY (Roy Glass III)
Grace Brethren Church (52)
527 N. Market St., 45373
(Tel. 513/335-1852)
Kathy Booker, 990 Lee Ave.
(Tel. 513/339-3263)
UNION (Stephen Peters)
Community Grace Brethren Church (404)
7260 S. State Rt. 48, 45322
(Tel. 513/698^048)
Richeline Prim, 950 S. Johnson Rd., Ludlow
Falls, 45339
(Tel. 513/676-8733)
VANDALIA (Everett Caes, Interim)
Vandalia Grace Brethren Church (57)
810 Larry Ave., 45377
(Tel. 513/898-8222)
Roger Crist, 219 Dellsing Dr.
(Tel. 513/890-1496)
WEST ALEXANDRIA (Percy Miller)
Grace Brethren Community Church (42)
3110 U.S. 35E (All mail to pastor: 213
Marilee Dr., New Lebanon, OH 45345)
(Tel. 513/687-2987)
Mrs. Sandra Swafford, 5793 Halderman Rd.
(Tel. 513/839-5291)
WILLOUGHBY (Joe Cosentino)
Lake County Grace Brethren Church (10)
P.O. Box 148, 44094
(Tel. 216/975-9844)
WOOSTER (Robert D. Fetterhoff)
Grace Brethren Church (787)
1912 Burbank Rd., 44691
(Tel. 216/264-9459)
Mrs. Glenn Moore, church address
(Tel. 216/345-7470)
OREGON
ALBANY (Delane Miller)
Grace Brethren Church (25)
801 S.E. Ermine, 97321
(Tel. 503/926-1836)
JoAnn Aldrich, 464 SE 30th Ave.
(Tel. 503/926-6690)
BEAVERTON (A. Duane Jones)
Grace Brethren Church (70)
980 N.W. 180th St., 97006 (corner of 180t
and Walker Rd.)
(Tel. 503/645-7471)
Barbara Gilgan, 450 N.E. Edison, Hillsbor
97123 (Tel. 503/640-4187)
TROUTDALE (Jim Holder)
Grace Brethren Church (30)
27938 S.E. Stark St. 97060
(Tel. 503/666-6146)
Mrs. Linda Graham, 4340 24th Ave.
Gresham, 97080
(Tel. 503/663-0736)
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Aleppo Brethren Church (53)
P.O. Box 66, 15310
(Tel. 412/685-5190) or 412/685-5360)
Bonnie Riffle, R. 1, New Freeport, 15352 P1
(Tel. 412/685-5249)
ALTOONA
First Grace Brethren Church (88)
2934 Maple Ave., 16601
(Tel. 814/942-7642)
Joanne Beach (Asst. Secy.), 309 E. Bell
Ave., 16602 (Tel. 814/942-9584)
ALTOONA (Timothy Waggoner)
Grace Brethren Church (100)
Broadway and 15th Ave. (Juniata), 16601
(Tel. 814/942-8861)
Mrs. Ruth Swartz, 204 25th Ave.
(Tel. 814/943^»606)
ARMAGH (Norris B. Mason)
Valley Grace Brethren Church (94)
Junction of Routes 56 and 22 (Mailing
address: Box 178, 15920)
(Tel. 814/446-6685)
Sherry Fritz, R. 1, Box 85, Homer City,
15748 (Tel. 814/446-6680)
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AVIS (James Snavely)
Tiadaghton Valley Grace Brethren Church
(89)
P.O. Box 299, 17721
(Tel. 717/753-3275)
Mrs. Kathie Mitchell, P.O. Box 345,
(Tel. 717/753-3239)
I BETHLEHEM (Larry Humberd)
Lehigh Valley Grace Brethren Church (75)
580 Bridle Path Rd., 18017
(Tel. 215/868-0004)
Mrs. Joan Ross, 630 N. Sherman St.,
Allentown, 18013
BLAIN (Dennis Huratiak)
Sherman's Valley Grace Brethren Church
(26)
South Main St., (Mailing address: P.O. Box
147, 17006)
(Tel. 717/536-3676)
Tammy Sue Strube, 18 Pine Tree Ln.,
Shermansdale, 17090
(Tel. 717/582-7031)
30SWELL (Mike Lookenott)
Laurel Mtn. Grace Brethren Church (52)
R. 2, Box 121-A, 15531 (One mile north of
Jennerstown on Rt. 985)
(Tel. 814/629-5545)
Dale Moon, R. 1 (Tel. 814/629-7268)
HAMBERSBURG (David Manges)
j Grace Brethren Church (64)
315 S. Edwards Ave., 17201
(Tel. 717/264-3767)
Mrs. Barbara Poe, church address
ONEMAUGH (Thomas E. Goosens)
Conemaugh Grace Brethren Church (54)
Corner of Second and Oak Sts. (All mail to
115 Oak St., 15909)
(Parsonage Tel. 814/539-5333)
Mrs. William Gillespie, 278 Ross Ln.
15909-1989 (Tel. 814/322^558)
ILLSBURG (Warren E. Tamkin)
Hope Grace Brethren Church (108)
P.O. Box 275, 17019 (One mile east on Old
York Rd.) (Tel. 717/432-5332)
Michael Doutrich, P.O. Box 82, 315 Main
St., Wellsville, 17365
UNCANSVILLE (John E. Gregory)
Leamersville Grace Brethren Church
(152)
14 Donnertown Ln., 16635 (Four miles
south of Duncansville on old U.S. Rt
220) (Tel. 814/695-3739)
Mrs. Kathie Smith, R. 1, Box 336, East
Freedom, 16637
(Tel. 814/695-5966)
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ELIZABETHTOWN (Daniel Eshleman)
Grace Brethren Church (228)
305 Anchor Rd., 17022
(Tel. 717/367-1281)
Mrs. Carol Barger, 440 Hillside Ave.
(Tel. 717/367-3755)
EPHRATA (Mark E. Saunders and Robert
D. Kem)
Ephrata Area Grace Brethren Church (130)
62 Hahnstown Rd. (All mail to: P.O. Box
144, 17522-0144)
(Tel. 717/738-1109)
Mrs. Glenn Burkholder, R. 2, Box 729
(Tel. 717/859-2240)
EVERETT (Timothy Boal)
Community Grace Brethren Church (132)
P.O. Box 63, Everett, 15537
(Tel. 814/652-5405)
Jeff Troutman, R. 3, Box 476
EVERETT (John Townsend)
Everett Grace Brethren Church (129)
14 W. Main, 15537
(Tel. 814/652-2811)
Charlie Wright, 121 Locust Dr.,
(Tel. 814/652-2840)
GREENCASTLE (Alan Clingan)
Conococheague Grace Brethren (12)
Meeting at the Old Train Station, Baltimore
and Jefferson Sts., (Mailing address:
P.O. Box 604, 17225)
(Tel. 717/597-1035)
HARRISBURG (Carroll Bingaman)
Melrose Gardens Grace Brethren Church
(116)
2205 Swatara St., 17104
(Tel. 717/238-1186)
Shirley Winter, 998 Pieffers Ln., 17109
(Tel. 717/564-6536)
HATBORO (Gary Gnagey)
Suburban Grace Brethren Church (63)
749 W. County Line Rd. 19040
(Tel. 215/675-5818)
Wm. Robertson (Tel. 215/672-1166)
HOLLIDAYSBURG (Larry Sowers)
Vicksburg Grace Brethren Church (115)
R. 1, Box 555, 16648 (Four miles south of
Hollidaysburg. off Rt. 36 at Brooks Mill)
(Tel. 814/695^240)
Mrs. Paul Magill, R. 1, Box 533
(Tel. 814/695-2191)
HOPEWELL (Melvin Van Orman)
Grace Brethren Church of Hopewell (61)
Rt. 26 (two miles south of Hopewell)
(Mailing address: 350 Route 36 South,
Duncansville, 16635)
(Tel. 814/695-3855)
Mrs. Dolores Van Orman, 350 Route 36
South, Duncansville, 16635
JENNERS (Max DeArmey)
Jenners Grace Brethren Church (100)
15546 (Rt. 601 south of Rt. 30)
(Tel. 814/629-9105)
Mrs. Delores Flanigan, Box 88
(Tel. 814/629-9471)
JOHNSTOWN (Craig Manges)
Geistown Grace Brethren Church (115)
730 Sunberry St., 15904
(Tel. 814/266-9170)
James Vogel, 203 Basin Dr., Wmdber,
15963 (Tel. 814/467-9191)
JOHNSTOWN (Alan Myers)
Johnstown Grace Brethren Church (149)
535 Napoleon St., 15901
(Tel. 814/539-7815)
Frances Gomulka, 1140 Ridge Ave., 15901
(Tel. 814/536-2444)
JOHNSTOWN (Stephen Blake)
Pike Grace Brethren Church (262)
R. 6, Box 185, 15909 (old Rt. 22 at
Mundy's Corner)
(Tel. 814/749-8721)
Nancy Wozniak, R. 1, Box 233, Mineral
Point, 15942 (Tel. 814/322-4983)
JOHNSTOWN (H. Don Rough)
Riverside Grace Brethren Church (235)
R 4, Box 61A, 15905
(Tel. 814/479-2525)
Mrs. Linda Gallus, R. 3, Box 222, Fair St.,
15904 (Tel. 814/266-6761)
JOHNSTOWN (Ron Carnevali)
Singer Hill Grace Brethren Church (206)
R 8 Box 121, 15909 (on Rt. 271, 2 miles
south of Rt. 22 and Mundy's Corner)
(Tel. 814/322-4376)
Opal Stouffer, 202 Ash St., Parkhill, 15945
(Tel. 814/539-3281)
KITTANNING (Richard H. Cornwell)
Grace Brethren Church of West Kittanning
(256)
215 Arthur St., 16201
(Tel. 412/543-4019)
Sharon Hooks, R. 5, 424-A
(Tel. 412/543^030)
KITTANNING (Robert L. Burns)
North Buffalo Grace Brethren Church (128)
R. 4, Box 39, 16201
(Tel. 412/763-7871)
Cindy Burns, R. 4
(Tel. 412/545-2702)
LANCASTER
Grace Brethren Church of Greater
Lancaster (104)
911 Rohrerstown Rd., 17601
(Tel. 717/397-9991)
Mrs. Ruth Ebersole, 617 Janet Ave.
(Tel. 717/397-6400)
LANCASTER (John F. Smith)
Southern Lancaster Grace Brethren Church
(149)
300 Willow Valley Square, 17602
(Tel. 717/464-2782)
Nancy Nelson, 729 Sherry Ln., 17601
(Tel. 717/392-7595)
LISTIE (Ronzil Jarvis)
Listie Grace Brethren Church (115)
P.O. Box 111, 15549 (3 miles north of
Somerset on Rt. 281, 1 mile east off Rt.
281) (Tel. 814/443-2365)
Mrs. Sallie Graham, R. 1, Friedens, 15541
LITITZ (Jerry R. Young)
Grace Brethren Church of Lititz (553)
501 W. Lincoln Ave., 17543
(Tel. 717/626-2155)
Joan Dombach, 230 Reifsnyder Rd.
(Tel. 717/626-6537)
MANHEIM (Rick Clark)
Manheim Grace Brethren Church (92)
333 E. High St., 17545
(Tel. 717/665-2334)
Cynthia Clark, 548 Rife Run Rd.
(Tel. 717/664-2986)
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Martinsburg Grace Brethren Church (423)
Mulberry and State Sts., 16662
(Tel. 814/793-2513)
Mrs. Gail Bridenbaugh, R. 1, Box 718,
(Tel. 814/793-3911)
MEYERSDALE (Larry K. Gegner)
Meyersdale Grace Brethren Church (266)
112 Beachley St., 15552 (on U.S. 219)
(Tel. 814/634-5980)
Mrs. Joanne Berkley, 240 High St.
(Tel. 814/634-5083)
MEYERSDALE (Albert Valentine)
Summit Mills Grace Brethren Church (112 j.
RR 1 15552 (West of Meyersdale, 3
miles) (Tel
Mary Sgaggaro
814/634-8200)
MILROY (Doug Sabin)
Milroy Grace Brethren Church (80)
Taylor Dr., Taylor Park, Reedsville,
(Mailing address: 99 Taylor Dr.,
Reedsville, 17084)
(Tel. 717/667-6031)
Mrs. Vivian Hosterman, 136 Center St.,
17603 (Tel. 717/667-2652)
MONTGOMERYVILLE (David AUem)
New Life Community Grace Brethren
Church '
c/o 409 E. Broad St., Souderton, PA 18 »
(Tel. 215/721-1930)
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MURRYSVILLE (Stephan Edmonds)
Grace Brethren Church (12)
Meeting at 1010 Corporate Dr., Export,
(Mailing address: Murry Corporate
Park-Suite E, 1010 Corporate Dr.
Export, 15632
(Tel. 412/733-5133)
Lee Knavel, 6 Timber Trail, Greensburg
15601 (Tel. 412/836-0986)
MYERSTOWN (Luke E. Kauffman)
Myerstown Grace Brethren Church (1,057)
• 430 E. Lincoln Ave., (Mailing address:
P.O. Box 409, 17067)
(Tel. 717/866-5704, Fax 717/866-5707)
Sherrie Stohler, 18 S. Fairlane Ave.
(Tel. 717/866-4010)
IEW HOLLAND (Roy Roberts)
Grace Brethren Church (213)
|' 415 S. Kinzer Ave., 17557
(Tel. 717/354-9229)
. Mrs. Dotty Smith, 225 W. Spruce St.
(Tel. 717/354-8205)
' ALMYRA (Gerald Allebach)
i Grace Brethren Church (65)
799 Airport Rd., 17078
(Tel. 717/838-5447)
Mrs. Margaret Allebach, R. 3, Box 370
(Tel. 717/838-3899)
HILADELPHIA (Michael Brubaker)
First Grace Brethren Church (136)
648 Knorr St. (at Oxford Ave.), 1911M706
(Tel. 215/745-2799)
Mrs. April Johnson, 1059 Tyson Ave
(Tel. 215/742-9076)
1ILADELPHIA (Steve Makofka)
Liberty Grace Brethren (15)
2314 E. York St., 19125
(Tel. 215/426-2242)
Debbie Orr, 1928 E. York St.
(Tel. 215/425-9274)
MLADELPHIA
Third Brethren Church (39)
Ella and Tioga Sts. (All mail to 204 E
Tioga St. 19134)
(Tel. 215/423-8047)
Helen Bothwell, 617 W. Elkins Ave., 19120
(Tel. 215/424-2215)
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Tri-County Grace Brethren Church (32)
(Mailing address: P.O. Box 328,
■' 19468-0328) (Tel. 215/326-5684)
Monica Tyson, 1117 W. Bridge St., Spring
City, 19475 (Tel. 215/948-8927)
m > WERSET (Bob Parker)
3race Brethren Church of Somerset
PAIR. 3, Felgar Rd., 15501
(Tel. 814/445-8645)
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STATE COLLEGE (Larry Edwards)
Happy Valley Community Grace Brethren
Church (8)
P.O. Box 498, 16804
(Tel. 814/234-8631)
STOYSTOWN (Larry R. Weigle)
Reading Grace Brethren Church (50)
R. 3, 15563 (Rt. 281, 9 miles north of
Somerset)
(Tel. 814/893-5422 - Pastor's Number)
Mrs. Virginia Barron, R. 2
TELFORD
Penn Valley Grace Brethren Church (295)
320 N. Third St., 18969
(Tel. 215/723-5890)
Christine Murphy, 254 Arbour Ct., North
Wales, 19454 (Tel. 215/361-2718)
TREMONT (Michael Wallace)
Echo Valley Grace Brethren Church (86)
17 Birch St., 17981
(Tel. 717/695-2136)
UNIONTOWN (True L. Hunt)
Grace Brethren Church (195)
Grace Ln., 15401 (off Derrick Ave.)
(Tel. 412/437-3401)
Mrs. Gilbert Ferree, 713 Morgantown Rd
(Tel. 412/437-6121)
WASHINGTON (Richard H. Battis, Sr.)
Grace Brethren Church (91)
4 Waynesburg Rd., 15301
(Tel. 412/225-8203)
Mrs. Sue Miles (Tel. 412/222-8474)
WAYNESBORO (Roger K. Myers)
Grace Brethren Church (208)
250 Philadelphia Ave., 17268 (4th St. and
Philadelphia Ave.)
(Tel. 717/762-5826)
Mrs. Joyce Fitz, 16 S. Grant
(Tel. 717/762-6907)
WRIGHTSVILLE (Leslie D. Nutter)
Susquehanna Grace Brethren Church (94)
R. 2, Box 99, 17368
(Tel. 717/252-1233)
YORK (Daniel White)
Grace Brethren Church (118)
661 N. Newberry St., 17404
(Tel. 717/843-7284)
Jacquelyn Aby, 1005 N. George St.
(Tel. 717/854^005)
SOUTH CAROLINA
AIKEN (Steve W. Taylor)
Grace Brethren Church (199)
142 Talatha Church Rd., 29803
(Tel. 803/649-3967)
Ann Faugl, 1928 Huntsman Dr.
(Tel. 803/642-9881)
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ANDERSON (Donald J. Soule)
Grace Brethren Church (54)
1603 Whitehall Rd., 29625
(Anderson 178, exit off 1-85)
(Tel. 803/224-7330)
Mrs. Don Soule, Rt. 11, Box 274
(Tel. 803/225-6844)
TENNESSEE_
VIRGINIA
JOHNSON CITY
Grace Brethren Church (24)
803 Sunset Dr., 37604
(Tel. 615/282-5513)
TELFORD (Mike Wingfield)
Grace Brethren Church (137)
3337 Highway 11-E, 37690 (6 miles west of
Jonesborough)
(Tel. 615/257-2880)
Mrs Evelyn Henry, R. 6, Jonesborough,
37659 (Tel. 615/753-3855)
TEXAS
FORT WORTH (Lyle Sweeney)
Grace Fellowship Church
Meeting at 1244 Karla Dr., Hurst (Mailing
address: 1209 Princess Ln., Hurst,
76053) (Tel. 817/282-6593)
LONGVIEW (John W. Mayes)
Grace Brethren Church (73)
800 Doyle St., 75601
(Tel 903/753^912 or 903/753-8133)
Joyce Roden, 135 Lincoln Way, 75603
(Tel. 903/643-3759)
McALLEN (Robert Soto)
McAllen Grace Brethren Church (10)
4206 N. 23rd St., 78504
(Tel. 512/686-5757)
Mrs. Bernice Intermill (acting secy.), R.l,
Box 51, Lot 925, Alamo, 78516
(Tel. 512/783-7016)
VERMONT
IRASBURG (Scott M. Libby)
Grace Brethren Church (49)
Rt. 14, S. of Coventry near Jet. R. 5 and
(Mailing address: P.O. Box 41,
Coventry, 05825
(Tel. 802/754-2363)
Monica Libby, church address
ISLAND POND (Robert Kulp)
Grace Brethren Church (67)
Rt 105 (west of town) (Mailing address:
P.O. Box 432, 05846)
(Tel. 802/723-6143)
Claude Marcoux (Tel. 802/723-5942)
ALEXANDRIA
(Note: See listing Temple Hills, MD)
BOONES MILL (Ralph Miller)
Grace Brethren Church (32)
State Rte. 739 (Mailing address: 5353
Starkey Rd. SW, Roanoke, 24014)
(Tel. 703/774-9293)
Mrs. Vivian Young (Tel. 703/334-5679)
BUENA VISTA (Paul Fink)
First Brethren Church (315)
100 E. 29th St., 24416
(Tel. 703/261-6425)
COVINGTON (Dan Gillette)
Grace Brethren Church (110)
2507 S. Carpenter Dr., 24426
(Tel. 703/962-9541)
Gary Malcom, 214 E. Trout St.
(Tel. 703/962^360)
FORT VALLEY (Hugo Ronk)
Trinity Brethren Church (15)
Mrs. Ruth Corman, 112 North River Dr.,
Woodstock, 22664
(Tel. 703/459-5115)
LYNCHBURG (Bradley Kelley)
Grace Brethren Church (15)
Meeting at 100 Timberoak Ct., B-l
(Mailing address: P.O. Box 1 1272,
24506) (Tel. 804/528-3944)
Dorene Rohrer, 101 Sailview Dr., Forest,
24551 (Tel. 804/525-5458)
RADFORD (Lester W. Kennedy)
Fairlawn Grace Brethren Church (83)
R. 4, Box 275, 24141
(Tel. 703/639-1245)
Arleta Boyd, 30 Brandon Rd.
(Tel. 703/639-0975)
RICHMOND (David Kowalke)
Fellowship Grace Brethren Church (25)
P O. Box 29753, 23242-0753
(Tel. 804/360-1433)
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RICHMOND (Wayne L. Hannah)
Grace Brethren Church (131)
Robious and Cranbeck Rds., 23235
14 (Tel. 804/272-9000)
Robert Bryant, 2920 Bosham Ln. ,
Midlothian, 23113
RINER (Carl D. Ratcliffe)
Riner Grace Brethren Church (71)
5780 Riner Rd. (Mailing address: P.O. |
87, 24149)
(Tel. 703/382-7571)
Linda Snavely, 3794 Five Points Rd
(Tel. 703/382-8394)
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ROANOKE (Fred Devan)
Clearbrook Grace Brethren Church (111)
5922 Brethren Rd. (4 miles south of Rt.
419), 24014 (Tel. 703/774-1265)
Mrs. Ginny Meacham, 6454 Crowell Gap
Rd. (Tel. 703/909-3516)
ROANOKE (G. Douglas Witt)
Garden City Grace Brethren Church (88)
3504 Bandy Rd., 24014
(Tel. 703/427-0103)
Paula Adams, 2346 Denniston Ave. ,
Apt. 163, 24015 (Tel. 703/342-7538)
i 10ANOKE (Nathan Leigh)
Ghent Grace Brethren Church (181)
1511 Maiden Ln., S.W., 24015 (Wasena
Ave. and Maiden Ln., S.W.)
(Tel. 703/345-2788)
! Mrs. Sharon Walker, 812 Peck St NW
24017 (Tel. 703/986-0736)
OANOKE (Don Eshelman)
] Patterson Memorial Grace Brethren Church
(191)
| 5512 Hollins Rd. (Mailing address: P O
Box 7649, 24019)
(Tel. 703/362-0336)
I Mrs Tanya Webster, 4714 Pennsylvania
Ave., N.E.
OANOKE (George Traub)
Washington Heights Grace Brethren Church
(95)
3833 Michigan Ave., N.W., 24017
(Tel. 703/366-7040)
s|| Jackie Pace, 2919 Neil Dr., N W 24019
(Tel. 703/562-0115)
U.EM (Ralph Morgan)
Wildwood Grace Brethren Church (79)
. 2222 Wildwood Rd., 24153 (Take exit 40
off 1-81, turn left at stop sign)
(Tel. 703/387-3723)
Mrs. Loretta Kennedy, 1734 Pexton Ave
(Tel. 703/986-0110)
- IOUTVILLE (Charles L. Young)
Grace Bible Brethren Church (31)
1744 Stoney Battery Rd. (Mailing address:
P.O. Box 367, 24175)
Mrs. Betty Dobbins, R. 4, Box 467
(Tel. 703/992-3780)
\IGINIA BEACH (Michael Johnson)
Grace Chapel (89)
1725 Salem Rd., 23456
I (Tel. 804/471-5148)
Shirley Johnson, 3569 Marvell Rd., 23462
(Tel. 804/463-1005)
WJCHESTER (Kim G. Robertson)
Blue Ridge Grace Brethren Church (141)
: *• 4, Box 501-T (V4 mile west of Ward's
Plaza on Cedar Creek Grade), 22601
(Tel. 703/667-9399)
t£ )on i Gregory, R. 1, Box 157-A, Clearbrook
22624 (Tel. 703/667-5035)
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WINCHESTER (Richard Bell)
Grace Brethren Church (167)
645 BerryvUle Ave., 22601
(Tel. 703/662-6360)
Nancy Bell, 1425 Williams Dr.
(Tel. 703/662-6189)
WASHINGTON
GOLDENOALE (Gregory M. Howell)
Community Grace Brethren Church (34)
1180 S. Roosevelt St., 98620
(Tel. 509/773-3388)
Mrs. Miriam Short, 2769 Hwy 142
(Tel. 509/773^146)
GRANDVIEW (Dwight Cover)
Grace Brethren Church (132)
1111 W. Third St., 98930
(Tel. 509/882-3439)
Rita Harper, 303 Avenue "D"
(Tel. 509/882-1479)
HARRAH (Charles H. Winter)
Harrah Grace Brethren Church (52)
3701 N. Harrah Rd. (Mailing address: P O
Box 69, 98933)
(Tel. 509/848-2609)
Mrs. Carol Johnson, 9290 Branch Rd
(Tel. 509/848-2661)
KENT (Jack Rants)
Grace Brethren Church of Kent (171)
11135 S.E. 232nd, 98031
(Tel. 206/854-4248)
Larraine Nystrand, 23224 100th, S E
(Tel. 206/852-7475)
MABTON
Grace Brethren Church (66)
Fifth and B. Sts. (Mailing address: Box
216, 98935)
(Tel. 509/894-4477)
Mrs. Dianne Artz, P.O. Box 365
(Tel. 509/894^»266)
MAPLE VALLEY (Bob Gentzel)
Grace Bible Fellowship Grace Brethren
Church (18)
Meeting at the Lake Wilderness Elem. Sch
24216 Witte Rd. S.E. (Mailing address:
P.O. Box 916, 98038)
(Tel. 206/432-1818)
Judy Miller, 25505 217th Ave S E
(Tel. 206/432-3677)
PROSSER (Charlie Mitchell)
Community Grace Brethren Church (50)
1032 Sheridan Ave., 99350
(Tel. 509/786-1675)
Mrs. Alta Ball, R. 2, Box 2283-B
(Tel. 509/973-2781)
SPOKANE (George Christie) ....
Spokane Valley Grace Brethren Church (30)
E 12407 16th Ave., 99216
(Tel. 509/924-9575)
Mary Roush, E. 2707 DeSmet, 99202
(Tel. 509/534-7359)
SUNNYSIDE (Ray Feather and Jack Peters, Jr.)
Grace Brethren Church (205)
Seventh and Franklin (Mailing address:
P.O. Box 87, 98944)
(Tel. 509/837-6096)
Cindy Allen, 3671 Sheller Rd.
(Tel. 509/837-6152)
TOPPENISH (Greg Stamm)
Grace Brethren Church (57)
507 S. Juniper St., 98948
(Tel. 509/865-4007)
Sandy Peterson (Tel. 509/865-4483)
YAKIMA (J. Paul Brook)
Grace Brethren Church (44)
904 S. 26th Ave., 98902
(Tel. 509/453-3720)
Mrs Earl Dekker, 3505 Emma Lane, 90803
(Tel. 509/248-0558)
WEST VIRGINIA _
CROSS LANES (E. "Zeke" Young)
Cross Lanes Grace Brethren Church (20)
5386 Big Tyler Rd. (Mailing address:
P.O. Box 7571, 25356), meeting at the
Tyler Mtn. V.F.D. Community Bldg.
(Tel. 304/776-1355)
Phillip Scott, 2 Graystone Est., Pinch, 25071
GRAFTON (Joseph E. Nass)
First Grace Brethren Church (109)
45 W. Saint Charles St., 26354
(Tel. 304/265-0043 or 265-0048)
Bunnie Thorn, R. 1, Box 91, Lot 14
(Tel. 301/265-2131)
MARTINSBURG (Carl A. Baker)
Rosemont Grace Brethren Church (148)
117 S. Illinois Ave., 25401
(Tel. 304/267-6330)
Mrs. Mary Blair, 577 to Rock Cliff Dr.
(Tel. 304/267-8062)
PARKERSBURG (Richard Placeway)
Grace Brethren Church (93)
1610 Blizzard Dr., Rt. 14 S., 26101
(Tel. 304/422-5390)
Wayne Meadows, church address
VIENNA I
Community Grace Brethren Church (15) r
(Mailing address: P.O. Box 5284, 26105
Jennie Geibig, 25 Meadowcrest, Parkersbi >
26101
(Tel. 304/422-7687)
WYOMING
CHEYENNE
First Brethren Church (12)
Meeting in homes (10 a.m.) Information: II
307/632-0613 (Mailing address: P.O.!
Box 5838, 82003)
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Directory of Grace Brethren Ministers
List of ministers approved by District Conferences of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches giv.ng
me. address, telephone number, and church membership. Men listed are ordained, unless an "L" follows
me, indicating licensed. Name in parentheses following minister is wife's first name
Mames marked with an asterisk (*) are names submitted by the National Fellowship of Grace Brethren
misters, indicating membership. Membership requirements are contingent on payment of annual dues
pie list is for information purposes only and does not constitute official status. Its accuracy is dependent
hn information supplied to the Brethren Missionary Herald Co.
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BSHIRE*, J. DONALD (Colleen)
R. 1, Box 84, Boones Mill, VA 24065
(Tel. 703/334-5798)
Retired
EBY*, JOHN M. (Joan)
3404 Kennedy Ln., Lot No. 233,
Waterloo, IA 50701
(Tel. 319/296-3331)
Denver, CO, church
HERN*, JERRY (Dottie)
1751 W. Citracado Pkwy. No. 235,
Escondido, CA 92029
Evangelism and Pulpit Supply
Simi Valley church
.LAN", DANIEL (Holly)
206 Sharon Ave., Ashland, OH 44805
(Tel. 419/289-8878)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
LEBACH*, GERALD (Margaret)
R. 3, Box 370, Palmyra, PA 17078
(Tel. 717/838-3899)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
TEM\ DAVID (L)
409 E. Broad St., Souderton, PA
18964-1215
Pastor, New Life Community Grace Brethren
Church, Montgomeryville
'TIG*, J. KEITH, D. MIN. (Vivian)
13755 E. Walnut, Whittier, CA
90602
(Tel. 213/693-8182)
Retired Missionary, Brazil
Pastor Emeritus, Grace Brethren Church of
Whittier
'IUNDSON*, LOUIS (Madeline)
11535 Banff St., Eagle River, AK 99577
(Tel. 907/696^t654)
Assoc. Pastor, Greatland Grace Brethren
Church, Anchorage
ANDERSON*, R. DARRELL (L) (Irene)
7901 Mabry Mill Ct., Worthington, OH
43085
(Tel. 614/846-9677)
Columbus, Worthington church
ANGLE*, ROY (L)
100 Langley Rd., Olton, Solihull, B92 7HD
England
(Tel. (011-44) 21.708.1539)
Missionary, England
Waynesboro, PA. church
ARENOBINE*, ROBERT D. (Joy)
7619 Regina Dr., Fort Wayne, IN 46815
(Tel. 219/493-2841)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
ARGUETA*, RODRIGO (Julie)
Adams 1721, Summit Hills, PR 00920
(Tel. 809/792^466)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
Membership: Iglesia de Los Hermanos
Vivos en Cristo, Paramount, CA
ARRINGTON*, A. HAROLD (Dorothy)
2615 Ellet Ave., Apt. 5, Akron, OH
(Mailing address: 530 Stetler Ave.,
44312)
(Tel. 216/794-2752)
Pastor, Ellet Grace Brethren Church
ASHMAN*, CHARLES H. (Frances)
1531 S. Cherry Creek Ln., Warsaw, IN
46580
(Tel. 219/267-5566)
Fellowship Coordinator - FGBC
(Tel. 219/269-1269)
Winona Lake church
ASHMAN*, ROBERT A. (Bernice)
602 Chestnut, Winona Lake, IN 46590
(Tel. 219/267-7588)
Pastor, Columbia City, IN, Grace Brethren
Church
ATKINS*, DAVID (L) (Joyce)
1909 Sandy Ct., Mansfield, OH 44904
(Tel. 419/756-2993)
Pastor, Lexington Grace Brethren Church
AUSTIN*, GARY (Jean)
9390 W. Thompson Rd., Lake Odessa, Ml
48849
(Tel. 616/693-3002)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
AUSTIN*, GORDON L. (Charlotte)
200 Sixth St., Winona Lake, IN 46590
(Tel. 219/269-2507;
office, 219/267-5161)
Technical Coordinator, Grace Brethren
Foreign Missions
Winona Lake church
AVEY*. TOM (Sandra)
1419 Jerry Ln., Manheim, PA 17545-9351
(Tel. 717/664-2218)
Church Administrator, Grace Brethren
Church, Lititz
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BAER*, SAMUEL L. (Betty Ann)
H C 62, Box 640, Dryhill, KY 41749
(Tel. 606/672-2520)
Pastor, Victory Mountain Grace
Brethren Chapel
BAILEY*, STEVE (L) (Wilma)
Guamini 6498, 1875 Wilde, Buenos Aires,
Argentina, S.A.
(Tel. (011-54) 1.254.1438)
Missionary, Argentina
Warsaw, IN, church
BAKER*, CARL A. (Donna)
836 New York Ave., Martinsburg, WV
25401 (Tel. 304/263-2272)
Pastor, Rosemont Grace Brethren
Church
BARLOW, BRUCE (L) (Christi)
104 5th St., Winona Lake, IN 46590
(Tel. 219/267-7286)
Assoc. Pastor, Winona Lake Grace Brethren
Church
BARLOW, ROB (L)
2407 W. 7th St., Waterloo, IA 50702
Waterloo church
BARNHILL*, CHARLES W. (Lauretta)
63 Wallace Dr., Box 374, Lucas, OH 44843
(Tel. 419/892-3978)
Bradenton, FL, church
BARTLETT*, ROGER F.
825 N. Miami Ave., Sidney, OH 45365
(Tel. 513/498-7572)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
BATTIS*, RICHARD H., Sr. (Carolyn)
10 Waynesburg Rd., Washington, PA 15301
(Tel. 412/228-7412)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
BAUM*, F. ARCHER (Eileen)
7105 Arillo St., San Diego, CA 92111
(Tel. 619/277^992)
Retired
San Diego church
BAUMAN*, PAUL R., D.D. (Aldine)
809 Gordon St., Longview, TX 75603
(Tel. 903/758-8875)
Conference Speaker
Longview church
BEARINGER*, E. H. (L) (Elaine)
1200 Aurora Blvd., No. 150-B, Bradenton,
FL 34202
(Tel. 813/747-2324)
Pulpit Supply
Bellflower, CA, church
BEAVER*, S. WAYNE, D.D. (Dorothy)
P O Box 1531, McCall, ID 83638,
(Tel. 208/634-7403)
Professor Emeritus, Grace Schools
Winona Lake, IN, church
BECKER*, CHRISTIAN J. (L) (Marion)
p O Box 323, Winona Lake, IN 46590
(Tel. 219/269^457)
Pastor, Paul's Chapel Church, Winamac
Annual Fund Director, Grace Schools
Warsaw church
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BEESON*, JOSEPH (L) (Becky)
1 109 S. Main St., West Milton, OH 4538
Union church
BELCHER, DAVID (Denise)
23831 Via de Gema Linda,
92562
(Tel. 714/677-2656)
La Verne church
Murrieta, CA
BELL*, JAY (Jan)
c/o P O. Box 588, Winona Lake, IN 465
(Tel. 219/269-4657)
Church Relations Coordinator
Grace Brethren Foreign Missions
Winona Lake church
BELL*, RICHARD E. (Nancy)
1425 Williams Dr., Winchester, VA 22t
(Tel. 703/662-6189)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
BELOHLAVEK*, ROBERT (Lois)
239 Rosslyn Ave., Columbus, OH 4321"!
(Tel. 614/848-8456)
Columbus, Grace church
BELTON*, JAMES O. Jr. (Sibylle)
Am Herrengarten 12,
7712 Blumberg, Germany
(Tel. (011-49) 7702-3562)
Missionary to Germany
Winona Lake, IN, church
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BENZIE*, MARK J. (L) (Trudy)
P.O. Box 873, Grand Rapids, MN 55744
(Tel. 218/326-4070)
Woodville, OH, church
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ERKEMER*, CHARLES F. (L) (Margaret)
10331 Woodstead Ave., Whittier, CA
90603
(Tel. 213/947-1479)
Retired
La Mirada church
I3ETZ*, RUSSELL W. (Kay)
604 N. Main St., Leon, IA 50144
(Tel. 515/446-7397)
Pastor, Leon Brethren Church
|llCKEL*, KENNETH (Doris)
312 6th St., Winona Lake, IN 46590
(Tel. 219/267-7253)
Asst. Prof, of Pastoral Ministries, Grace
Theological Seminary
Leesburg church
INGAMAN*, CARROLL J. (Betty)
2231 Swatara St., Harrisburg, PA 17104
(Tel. 717/236^909)
Pastor, Melrose Gardens Grace Brethren
Church
ITNER*, ROBERT O. (L) (Nona)
752 Summit Ave., Hagerstown, MD
21740
(Tel. 301/733-5084)
Hagerstown, Calvary church
-AKE*, STEPHEN (Ruth)
R. 6, Box 185, Johnstown, PA 15909
(Tel. 814/749-8620)
Pastor, Pike Grace Brethren Church
>AL*, TIMOTHY (Tammy)
R. 3, Box 116, Everett, PA 15537
(Tel. 814/652-6228)
Pastor, Community Grace Brethren Church
EEHM*, RONALD E. (Chery)
1410 Meadowlawn Dr., Macedonia OH
44056
- • (Tel. 216/467-6123)
Pastor, Western Reserve Grace Brethren
Church, Macedonia
9 3KER*, TED
iuburban Tr. Town, Lynchburg, VA 24501
(Tel. 804/821-7825)
<lissionary Appointee, Philippines
.ynchburg church
BOWLIN*. DONALD (Glenna)
9712 Golf Course Rd. N.W., Albuquerque
NM 87114
(Tel. 505/897-7443)
Pastor, La Mesa Grace Brethren Church
BOWMAN*, EDWARD D.
Grace Village, P.O. Box 337, Winona
Lake, IN 46590
(Tel. 219/372-6237)
Retired
Warsaw church
BOYER*. JAMES L. Th.D. (Velma)
308 Sunset Dr., Winona Lake, IN 46590
(Tel. 219/267-6769)
(Winter address: 800 E. 6th St., Enelewood
FL 34223)
(Tel. 813/474-3303)
Professor Emeritus, Grace Schools
North Port, FL, church
BRICKEL*, CLAIR E. (Martha)
14319 Brookville-Pyrmont Rd., Brookville
OH 45309
(Tel. 513/833-3630)
Pulpit Supply
Brookville church
BROOK*, JOHN PAUL (L) (Sue)
910 S. 27th Ave., Yakima, WA 98902
(Tel. 509/453-6695)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
BROWN*, DENNIS R. (L) (Chris)
19013 Jeffrey Ave., Cerritos, CA 90701
(Tel. 213/402-6528)
Cypress, New Life Church
BROWN*, JEFFREY H. (L) (Joyce)
1 19 Longford Ave., Elyria, OH 44035
Pastor, Spring Valley Grace Brethren Church
BROWN*, KENNETH J. (Margie)
1415 Crest St., Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
(Tel. 614/860-9183)
Pastor, East Side Grace Brethren Church
BROWN*, RICHARD (Joan)
8222 Somerdale Ln., La Palma, CA 90623
(Tel. 714/828-7726)
Principal, Brethren Elementary School
Long Beach, Grace church
BRUBAKER*, CLAIR D. (Ruth)
201 Killian Rd., Akron, OH 44319
(Tel. 216/644-6137)
Norton church
HVLAND*, RON (Ruth)
- 2, Peru, IN 46970
(Tel. 317/472-2368)
astor, Peru Brethren Church
BRUBAKER*, MICHAEL P. (Margery)
822 Knorr St., Philadelphia, PA 1911M826
(Tel. 215/745-6021)
Pastor, First Grace Brethren Church
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BRYANT*, JOHN E. (Janie)
5 Northgate Dr., Mt. Vernon, OH 43050
(Tel. 614/393-3537)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church of
Mt. Vernon
BUCKINGHAM*, DON (L) (Gay)
5699 Saucony, Hilliard, OH 43026
(Tel. 614/771-6138)
Assoc. Pastor, Northwest Chapel Grace
Brethren Church
BURK*, BILL A. (Imogene)
Cx 101, 68.447 Vila dos Cabanos, PA
Brazil, S.A.
(Tel He can be reached by calling
(011-55)91-754-1636)
Missionary to Brazil
Los Angeles, CA, church
BURK*, Kenneth (L) (Kim)
c/o Bellflower Brethren Church
9405 E. Flower St., Bellflower, CA 90706
(Tel. 213/925-6561)
Bellflower church
BURKE*, JOHN P. (Shirley)
1434 Lyon, Waterloo, IA 50702
(Tel. 319/233-9056)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
BURNS*, JOHN J. (Inez)
Grace Village, Box 337,
46590
(Tel. 219/372-6287)
Winona Lake church
Winona Lake, IN
BUTTON*, BRUCE L. (Leonore)
3333 N. Flowing Wells Rd., No. 121
Tucson, AZ 85705
(Tel. 602/293-6744)
Representative, International Ministries to
Israel
New Albany, IN, church
BYERS*, GLENN C. (Dolores)
2691 E Robby Dr., Warsaw, IN 46580
(Tel. 219/269-1255)
Sidney church
BYERS J. DONALD, D. Mln. (Cynthia)
207 Sandpoint Dr., Warsaw, IN 46580
(Tel. 219/269-5078)
Director of Constituent Relations, Grace
Schools, Winona Lake church
BYERS*, WILLIAM A. (Betty)
3039 Hidden Forest Ct., Marietta,
30066
(Tel. 404/422-6087)
Atlanta church
GA
BURNS*, RALPH S. (Ruth)
P O Box 284, Winona Lake, IN 46590
(Tel. 219/269-3223)
Pulpit Supply
Herald Bookstore
Winona Lake church
BURNS*, ROBERT L. (Evelyn)
R 4 Box 39, Kittanning, PA 16201
(Tel. 412/763-7871)
Pastor, North Buffalo Brethren Church
BURNS*, STEPHEN (Cathy)
100 Rhinehart St., Dallas Center, IA 50063
(Tel. 515/992-3798)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
BURRIS*, LEE
Box 991, Cabazon, CA 92230
(Tel. 714/849-2994)
Pastor, Cabazon Cummunity church
Chaplain, LTC, U.S. Army, Retired
Los Angeles church
BUTLER*, TULLY
c/o Grace Brethren Navajo Ministries,
Counselor, NM 87018
Pastor, Cedar Hill Navajo Grace Brethren
Church
CAES*. EVERETT N. (Dorothy)
414 Elm Grove Dr., Dayton, OH 4541.
Interim Pastor, Vandalia Grace Brethr.
Church
Trotwood church
CARD*, D.CHARLES
P O Box 71246, Fort Bragg, NC 2831
(Tel. Home: 919/864-5735
Work: 919/432-7730)
Chaplain, U.S. Army
Waipio, HI, church
CAREY", ARTHUR
436 Poppy St., Long Beach, CA 9080.
Long Beach (Grace) church
CARIAGA*, MITCHELL D. (L) (Susan) . >
7588 Sweetwater Ln., Highland, CA .m
(Tel. 714/864-7178)
Pastor, Orange Grove Community Chi »,
Redlands .
CARNEVALI*, RONALD (L)(Georganr.
R 8, Box 121, Johnstown, PA 15909
(Tel. 814/322-1625) J
Pastor, Singer Hill Grace Brethren Cix*
CAROZZA*, KENNETH L. (L) (Gay) J
58 Indian Hill Rd., Newington, CT 0 11
(Tel. 203/667^326)
Pastor, Colonial Chapel Grace Brethr
Church
CARROLL*, JEFFRY A. (L) (Pamela)!
70 Ridge Side Dr., Powell, OH 430(
(Tel. 614/841-9737) 1,
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church of Pc:ll
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CARTER*, DONALD F. (Dorothy)
2818 Yearling St., Lake wood, CA 90712
(Tel. 213/531-9623)
Retired Chaplain, U.S. Army
Long Beach, Grace church
CASHMAN*, EDWIN E.
12346 Charlwood, Cerritos, CA 90701
(Tel. 213/860^576)
Pastor, Bellflower Brethren Church,
Bellflower
CHRISTIE*, GEORGE R. (Phyllis)
E. 309 14th, Apt. 107-B, Spokane, WA
99202
(Tel. 509/838^337)
Pastor, Spokane Valley Grace Brethren
Church
CHRONISTER*, BRIAN
4805 Manytell, Anchorage, AK 99516
Pastor, Grace Community Church
JHURCHILL*, JACK B. (Rosa)
2758 Caulfield Dr., San Diego, CA 92154
(Tel. 619/423-7903)
Missionary, Mexico
Los Alamitos church
4'LAPHAM*, MICHAEL C. (Elizabeth)
10927 Bloomfield Ct., Loveland, OH 45140
(Tel. 513/677-3664)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church, Cincinnati
LARK*, RICK (Cynthia)
548 Rife Run Rd., Manheim, PA 17545
(Tel. 717/664-2986)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
LINGAN*, ALAN N. (Frances)
179 E. Walter Ave., Greencastle, PA 17225
(Tel. 717/597-1035)
«| Pastor, Conococheague Grace Brethren
Church
.OUSE*. ROBERT G. (Bonnidell)
^ 2122 S. 21st., Terre Haute, IN 47802
(Tel. 812/235-5433)
Pastor, First Brethren Church, Clay City
>BURN*, FRANK J. (Marjorie)
13025 Bluefield Ave., La Mirada, CA 90638
(Tel. 310/943-0553)
Pastor, Community Brethren Church,
Los Angeles
BURN*, RICHARD (Sheryl)
,6052 Haviland Ave., Whittier, CA 90601
(Tel. 301/696-6648)
,Community Brethren Church, Los Angeles
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CHRAN*. WILLIAM A. (Sharon)
J ,1225 Timper Pt. N., Prescott, AZ 86303
A (Tel. 602/776-1376)
eteran's Affairs Chaplain
0 Temple Hills, MD, church
COFFMAN*, CLIFFORD (Letitia)
91-779 Fort Weaver Rd., Ewa Beach, HI
96706
(Tel. 808/689-5035)
Pastor, Rainbow Grace Brethren Church
COHEN*, RONALD N. (L) (Bobbi)
491 Fieldcrest Dr., Willow Street, PA 17584
(Tel. 717/464-4817)
Southern Lancaster Grace Brethren Church
COHEN, STEVE (L) (Sheri)
10300 E. Arrow Route, No. 1902, Rancho
Cucamonga, CA 91730
Pastor of Christian Education
Bellflower church
COLBURN*, RALPH J. (Julia)
3490 La Jara St., Long Beach, CA 90805
(Tel. 213/630-2122)
Associate Pastor, Pastoral Care, Grace
Church, Los Alamitos
COLE*, NEIL (Dana)
7408 Butterfield, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
91730
(Tel. 714/941-6998)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church of Alta Loma
COLLINS*, BENJAMIN F. Ill (Philinda)
27 Olongapo Ln., Eatontown, NJ 07724
(Tel. 908/542^024)
U.S. Army Chaplain
Simi, CA, church
COMBS', ROBERT P. (Julianne)
647 Parkway Blvd., Norton, OH 44203
(Tel. 216/825-8966)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
COOK*, WILLIAM "Bill" (L)
c/o Grace Church, 3021 Blume Dr., Los
Alamitos, CA 90720
Los Alamitos church
COOPER*, MASON (Alma)
204 N. Delaware Ave., Martinsburg, W. VA
25401
(Tel. 304/267-2039)
Pastor / Evangelist
Roanoke, VA, Ghent church
CORNWELL*, RICHARD H. (Rosalie)
215 Arthur St., Kittanning, PA 16201
(Tel. 412/543^019)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
COSENTINO*. JOE (L) (Melinda)
251 Parkway Dr., East Lake, 44095
(Tel. 216/942-2404)
Pastor, Lake County Grace Brethren Church,
Willoughby
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COSGROVE*, KENNETH I. (Gail)
1706 Walnut Ridge, Sanatoga, PA 19464
(Tel. 215/326-5684) ,.„.,,
Pastor, Tri-County Grace Brethren Church,
Royerford
COURTER*, DOUGLAS A. (Barbara)
625 Weber, N.E., North Canton, OH 44720
(Tel. 216/497-5998)
Youth and Music Pastor, Grace Brethren
Church
COVER*, DWIGHT (Sherrill)
623 E. Second St., Grandview, WA
98930
(Tel. 509/882-5083)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
COVER*, ROBERT (Joene)
258 Fairlawn St., Smithville, OH 44677
(Tel. 216/669-3734)
Wooster church
COVINGTON*, CHARLES (L) (Eva)
9551 Guilford Ave., Whittier, CA 90605
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church of Cypress
COYLE*, J. TIMOTHY (Mary)
700 Clifton Dr., Hickory Woods, Bear, Dfc
19701
(Tel. 302/834-1722)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church, Newark
CRABBS*, WILLIAM (Adele)
710 Plymouth St., Bucyrus, OH 44820
(Tel. 419/562-2447)
Galion, OH, church
CRAIGEN*, TREVOR (Colleen)
Hauptstr. 55, 7842
Kandern 1, Germany
Peru, FN, church
CRANDALL*, GARY (Sherrie)
Box 218, Arlington, OH 45814
(Tel. 419/365-7128)
Pastor, Findlay Grace Brethren Church
CRIPE*, CARL E. Ph.D. (L) (Marjorie)
3400 Royalton Ave., Modesto, CA 95350
(Tel. 209/526-5001)
Faculty, Modesto Junior College
Modesto church
CRON*. RICHARD (JoAnn)
531 Raleigh, Galveston, IN 46932
(Tel. 219/699-7110)
Pastor, North Kokomo Grace Brethren
Church
CULVER, ROBERT D. Th.D. (Celeste)
R. 1, Box 166, Houston, MN 55943
Professor of Theology, Author, Pastor
Harrah, WA, church
CURTIS, KENNETH A. (Gretchen)
1901 Calle Campana de Plata, Tucson, AZ
85745
(Tel. 602/792-1114)
Pastor, Silverbell Grace Brethren Church
CUSTER*, JAMES L., M. Dlv., M. Th.,
D.D. (Triceine)
2515 Carriage Ln., Powell, OH 43065
(Tel. 614/881-5779)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
of Columbus
DANIELS*, TERRY
c/o Grace Brethren Church of South
Pasadena
920 Fremont Ave., South Pasadena, CA
91030
(Tel. 818/799-6461)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church of South
Pasadena
DARR'.SHIMER (Helen)
R 3 Box 92, Meyersdale, Pa 15552
(Tel. 814/634-0023)
Caretaker and Overseer, Allegheny
Brethren District Youth Camp (Albry
Asst. Pastor, Summit Mills Grace Brethr
Church, Meyersdale
DAUGHERTY*, DAVE (L) (Karen)
B.P. 240 Bangui, Central African Reput
Africa
Missionary
Columbus, OH, Grace church
DAVIS*, CHARLES R., D. Mln. (Millie)
3807 N.E. 19th Street Circle, Ocala, FI
32670
(Tel. 904/629-5056)
Pastor, Ocala Grace Brethren Church
DAVIS*, JOHN J., Th.D., D.D. (Caroly
P O Box 635, Winona Lake, IN 46591
(Tel. 219/267-6033)
President, Grace Schools
Winona Lake church
DAVIS*, RAYMOND H. (Hebe)
833 Spruce St., Hagerstown, MD 21/1
(Tel. 301/790-2927)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
DAVIS*, WILLIAM (Karen)
2090 Broad St., East Petersburg, PA (
17520
(Tel. 717/560-0440)
Lancaster, Grace church
DeARMEY*, LARRY (Vicki)
4 rue Bon Recontre, 71000 Macon, F«
' (Tel. (01-33) 85-29-28-64)
Missionary, France
Winona Lake, IN, church
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ksARMEY*, RICHARD P. (Lois)
( 1963 Noble Run Way, Columbus, OH 43229
(Tel. 614/891-9063)
I Minister of Counseling
I Grace Brethren Church
^:LL*, ROBERT L. (Marjorie)
17305 Clover Leaf Rd., Hagerstown MD
21740-7612
(Tel. 301/582-3246)
i . Minister of Adults and Visitation
I ; Grace Brethren Church
t'LOE*, JESSE B. (Gladys)
l!102 Third St., Winona Lake, IN 46590
I (Tel. 219/269-7925)
Director of Administration, Grace Brethren
Home Missions
Winona Lake church
JMLINGER*. NED (L) (Kathy)
,110 E. North St., Mason, OH 45040
(Tel. 513/398-4176)
Administrator, Cincinnati Grace Brethren
Church
|AN*, FRED W., Jr., (Margaret)
.'922 Brethren Rd., Roanoke, VA 24014
(Tel. 703/774-5697)
[Pastor, Clearbrook Grace Brethren Church
MZAGO*, EDMUND K. (Mari)
281 Nimbus Dr., North Port FL
j 34287-5208
' (Tel. 813/426-7198)
astor, Grace Brethren Church of North Port
II*. JOHN L. LCDR (Brenda)
07 Queen St., Portsmouth, VA 23704
haplain, U.S. Navy
rlando, FL, church
I*, LEE H. (Reva)
>09 Neal Dr., Wooster, OH 44691
, (Tel. 216/345-7826)
Jisoc. Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
IC *, PAUL E. (Esther)
12 E. Walnut St., Warsaw, IN 46580
(Tel. 219/269-6360)
■tired
inona Lake church
GSON*, GROVER J. CDR, USN, RET
(Jie)
'M Barnett St., Oxnard, CA 93033
! (Tel. Home: 805/488-6396)
linsfield. OH, Grace church
UMG*, JOHN R. (Patricia)
2)7 Edmar St., Louisville, OH 44641
(Tel. 216/875-9468)
Fjpit Supply, Chaplain, Deer Meadow
Campground, Cook Forest, PA
(Tel. 814/927-8549)
C iton church
DISTLER*. SCOTT K. (Laura)
28 W. Cross St., Potsdam, OH 45361
(Tel. 513/947-1434)
Youth Pastor, Community Grace Brethren
Church, Union
DIVINE*, ROBERT, D. Min. (Loretta)
11040 Foster Rd., Norwalk, CA 90650
(Tel. 310/868-2970)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
DIXON*, JAMES G., Jr.,
5920 John Adams Dr., Camp Springs, MD
20748 (All Mail to church address)
(Tel. 301/899-7945)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church of Greater
Washington, Temple Hills
D°,U,T.f\lPH*' MICHAEL (L) (Karen)
315 Main St., (Mailing Address: P O Box
82, 17365), Wellsville, PA
Asst. Pastor, Hope Grace Brethren Church
D°"™CH*' STEPHEN D. (Donna)
419 Twin Elm Rd., Strasburg PA 17579
(Tel. 717/687-6792)
Youth Pastor and Director of C.E., Southern
Lancaster Grace Brethren Church
DOWDY*, J. PAUL, Sr., (Dortha)
5864 Teal Ln., El Paso, TX 79924
(Tel. 915/751-5889)
Retired Missionary, Argentina
Warsaw, IN, church
DUNKLE*, JEFFREY L. (Ruth)
906 Delta Way, Melbourne, FL 32940
(Tel. 407/255-9009)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
D.Litt.
DUNNING*, HAROLD L.
(Marguerite)
4363 Paramount Blvd., Lakewood CA
90712
(Tel. 213/421-5727)
Assoc. Pastor, Grace Brethren Church, Lone
Beach 6
DURKEE*, SHERWOOD V. (Joyce)
R. 2, Box 225, Butler, TN 37640
(Tel. 615/768-2284)
Winona Lake, IN, church
EADY*, KEVIN (L) (Jill)
222 Gill Ave., Galion, OH 44833
(Tel. 419/468-1708)
Assoc. Pastor/Youth & Music, Grace
Brethren Church
95
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Indianapolis
EDWARDS', LARRY iDarleoei
-Ul F First Ave.. Lemont. PA (>iaiun|
" addnS: P.O. Box 1026. 16831-1026)
iTel 814 254-86311
Pastor. Happy Valley Community Grace
Brethren Church
ELWELL*. JAMES T. (Cynthia)
E 108 Sheffield Lane. Yorktown. VA 23693
Chaplain. U.S.A.F.
Columbus. OH. Grace church
ENDERLE, TIM (L)
- n Grace Brethren Church
; - V^Xgton Galena R£ Westerville.
OH iMailine address: 66/3
WorrhStorTGalena Rd.. Uorthington.
OH 43085)
(Tel. 614 888-77331
Columbus. OH. Grace church
ESHELMAN*, DONALD E. g*^>
PO Box 7649. Roanoke. V A -4019
P^or Patterson Memonal Grace Brethren
Church
ESHLEMAN*, DANIEL S. (Nancy)
3395 Bossier Rd. . Elizabethtown. PA 17022
Pas^^EhSto^nGrace Brethren Church
FARNER, TIMOTHY (Sandra)
6« Chase Rd.. Columbus. OH 43214
" (Tel. 614 431-9355)
College of Elders. Coordinator with CLf.
Mission Mentors
Columbus. OH. Grace church
FEATHER*, RAY I. (Sharon)
804 Tavlor. Sunnyside. VA (Mailing
addW- PO Box 87. 98944)
Pastor. Grace Brethren Church
FELABOM', Jr., LOREN M (Janine)
417 W Water. Berne. IN 46/11
(Tel. 219 589-89641
Assoc. Pastor. Bethel Brethren Church
FETTERHOFF*, DEAN (Billiel
406 Truth Ave.. Marietta. GA 30066
(Tel 404 428-8738)
Pastor. Grace Brethren Church. Atlanta
FETTERHOFF*, ROBERT D. lTtoM™f
912 Douglas Dr.. Wooster. OH 44691
(Tel. 216 262-1191)
Pastor. Grace Brethren Church
ciutf • PAUL R Th. D. (Mary Lou)
F R i Box 259'.' Madison Heights. VA li
" (Tel. 804 384-2513)
Prof . Liberty University. School of Ret
Pastor Grace Brethren Church,
Buena Vista
FLORY*. WAYNE S., Ph.D. 0*vm
4257 Nelsonbark Ave.. Lakewood. CA
90712
(Tel. 213/421-7269)
Professor. Biola University
Long Beach. Grace church
FAHRBACH, JOHN (L) (lube)
4095 WMiston Rd.. Northwood. OH 43619
(Tel. 419 693-0652)
Pastor. Trinity Grace Brethren Church
FAIRMAN*, RICK iJudy )
163 Dellview Dr.. Warsaw. IN 46580
(Tel. 219-267-7732) .
Professor. Grace Theological Seminary
Winona Lake church
FARNER*, DON (Joyce)
^0657 Old Mansfeild Rd.. Belleville. OH
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(Tel. 614 694-8175) _ ..
Pastor. Ankemiown Grace Brethren Church
FLOWERS', CHARLES A- (Marine)
p O Box 754. Fulton. TX 78338
,Tp1 51 ""729-4076)
Set No_v -AVU: sWmOTQ
Roa^ke. VA. Clearbrook church
FLUKE*, W. MAX (Mary EUart
990 S 250 E.. V>arsaw. IN 4658U
(Tel. 219/267-3704)
Winona Lake church
FOLDEN*. DON (L) (Willie)
134">3 Bechard Ave.. Norwalk,
(Tel. 213/863-2216)
CA fl
FOOTE*, ROBERT (Peggy)
2314 Emerald Dr.. Davenport. 1A 3«
(Tel. 319/391-7209)
Pastor. Grace Brethren Church
96
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ORSYTHE*, DOUGLAS M. (L) (Debbie)
55 W. Henderson Rd.. Columbus. OH
43214
(Tel. 614/268-0030)
Director of Christian Education
Worthington church
WTIER*, MIKE(L)
612 W. Poplar St.. Johnson City. Tn 37604
Pastor. Grace Brethren Church
EDERICKS', JAMES (Fran)
P.O. Box 4311. Lakewood. CA
Los Alamitos. CA. church
ETZ", JAYM. rBeth)
172 Greenberry Rd.. Hagerstown, MD
21740
(Tel. 301/733-6073)
Pastor, Maranatha Brethren Church
< ESEN", LELAND J. (Janelle)
386 Militarv Blvd.. Onnond Beach. FL
32074
(Tel. 904/673-2486)
Deltona church
_LER', CARLTON J. (Vivian)
HI. 2. Box 257. Unicoi, TN 37642
Chaplain, Veteran's Home
(Tel. 615743-8136)
Johnson City church
HDERBURG'. MICHAEL D. (Nancvi
13626 84th St.. S.E. .Alto. MI 49302
(Tel. 616-868-6151)
Pastor. Calvary Grace Brethren Church
:fCH*, EARL (L) 0-ita)
"218 Prato Ave.. Orlando. FL 32819
(Tel. 407 352-3881)
^astor. Grace Brethren Church of Orlando
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i-EGOR*, STEVE (L)
••'avajo Ministries. Inc.. Counselor. NM
87018
director of Grace Brethren Navajo Ministries
3oshen. IN. church
1XE*, JOHN (Judy »
065 Cheshire Forest Cl . Virginia Beach.
VA 23456
(Tel. 804 471-2623)
Chaplain. U.S. Saw
tethlehem. PA. church
ulBER', MARTIN M. (Beverlevi
01 Twelfth St.. Winona Lake. IN 46590
M (Tel. 219 269-7124)
lissionary. Africa. Retired
lodesto. CA. church
GARDNER, FRANK (Adelaide)
c/o Kachemak Grace Brethren Church
P.O. Box 2749. Homer. AK 99603
(Tel. 907/235-8213)
Pastor. Kachemak Grace Brethren Church
GARTLAND', CLAIR W. (Elizabeth)
457 Lyman Ln.. Conemaugh. PA 15909
(Tel. 814322-1830)
Pulpit Pastor
Conemaugh (Pike) church
GASTON*, DAVE
R. 2, Eureka Rd.. Edinboro. PA 16412
(Tel. 814 734-1563)
Counseling Ministry. Northwestern
Pennsylvania
Norton. OH. church
GEGNER', LARRY K. Mary)
112 Beachley St.. Meversdale. PA 15552
(on U.S. 219)
(Tel. 814 634-8690)
Pastor. Meversdale Grace Brethren Church
GENTZEL*, ROBERT (Jamie)
30603 188th Ave. S.E.. Kent. V, A 98042
(Tel. 206 631-7777)
Pastor. Grace Bible Fellowship Grace
Brethren Church
GEORGE', TIMOTHY Nancvi
324 Ebenezer Rd.. Lebanon. PA 17042
(Tel. 717 273-9536)
Church Growth Consultant
Myerstown church
GIBSON, J. BRAD (L) iGmgeri
c o P.O. Box 1234. Dublm. OH 43017
(Tel. 614761-0363)
Elder. Northwest Chapel Grace Brethren
Church
GILBERT*. RALPH W. Nani
113 Woodwav Ln.. Loneview. TX 75605
(Tel. 903 759-4448)
Professor. LeToumeau College
Tour director
Longview church
GILES*. JERRY .Pat)
6918 Goldcrest Ave.. Long Beach. C\
(Tel. 213 430-1659)
Adult Ministries
Long Beach. Grace church
GILL", JEFFREY A. (Kamerine)
361 Trov Rd.. Delaware. OH 43015
(Tel. 614 363-1438)
Pastor. Grace Brethren Church
GILLETTE', DAN (Lois)
115 E. Phillip St.. Covington. VA 24426
(Tel. 703 962-9541)
Pastor. Grace Brethren Church
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n\ LIS' E. JOHN (Ruth) „
G,L1L7^5 Toakoana Way, Eagle River, AK
99577
JSiSESSZ Brethren Church,
Anchorage
GINGRICH', RAYMOND ygW
Grace Village, Box 337 Apt. *o
Winona Lake, IN 46590
Educator
Winona Lake church
GINGRICH*, ULYSSES L.
70 Chipawa Ave., Dover, PA 1 HU
(Tel. 717/292-4792)
Retired
York church
Grace Brethren Church, Dublin
GLASS', ROY E., Ill (Carol)
708 S. Clay St., Troy, OH 453/3
(Tel. 513/339^584)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
GLENWINKEL*, DAVID (L) (Linda)
12760 Luther Rd., Auburn, CA 95603
(Tel. 916/823-8330)
Assoc Pastor, Church Administration,
Auburn Grace Brethren Church
GNAGEY", GARY P.
p O Box 484, Horsham. PA 19044
(Tel. 215/674-5920)
Pastor, Suburban Grace Brethren Church,
Hatboro
GOOD', KENT (Becky)
34B Blvd., de la Marne, 21000 Dijon,
France
(Tel. (011-33)80.74.09.30)
Missionary, France
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, church
GOODMAN*, DAVID (Nancy)
886 Elm St., Winnetka, IL 60093
Los Alamitos, CA, church
GOODMAN*, MARVIN L. (Dorothy)
600 Chestnut Ave., Winona Lake, IN 46590
(Tel. 219/269-5068)
Retired Missionary, Africa
Winona Lake church
GOOSSENS*, THOMAS E. (Martha)
115 Oak St., Conemaugh, PA 15909
(Tel. 814/539-5333)
Pastor, Conemaugh Grace Brethren Church
"SKiSSK. Kn, OH 45419
(Tel. 513/298-6734)
Pastor, Calvary Grace Brethren Church,
Kettering
GRAHAM', IKE (Nancy)
Grand Mezon Shin Itami 714, Itami Shi
Minami Machi 2-1-20, Hyogo-Ken 664,
Japan (Tel. (011-81) 727.72.7725)
Missionary, Japan
Homerville, OH, church
GRANT', RICHARD E. (Mildred) I
R 8 Box 268L, Warsaw, IN 46580
' (Tel. 219/372-6301)
Grace Village. Supt. of Maintenance
Winona Lake church . ,
GREEN*, DANIEL B. (L) (Nancy)
Av Joao XXIII, No. 520, 38.400
Uberlandia, M.G. Brazil, S^A.
Missionary, (Tel. (011-55)34-236-6426)
Columbus, OH, Grace church
GREENE*, "R." DALLAS (Debbie)
7098 Limestone Ln., Middletown, MD
21769
(Tel. 301/371-7390)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church of Greater
Washington at Frederick
GREGORY*, JOHN E. (Betty) p. 1fiffJ
14 Donnertown Ln., Duncansville, PA 16635
(Tel. 814/695-3739)
Pastor, Leamersville Grace Brethren Church
GRIFFITH*, DAVID (Sue)
13A rue de Strasbourg, 71200-Le Creusot
France (Tel. (01 1-33) 85.80.10.07)
Missionary. France
Telford, PA. church
GRIFFITH*, ROBERT (Joyce)
840 Chalet Dr., Apt. 102, Berne, IN 46711
(Tel. 219/589-8108)
Pastor, Bethel Brethren Church
GRUBB', ELDON E. (L) (Denise)
c/o Hastings Grace Brethren Church
600 Powell Rd, 49058
Pastor, Hastings Grace Brethren Church
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GUERENA*, MARTIN (L) (Cristy)
Apdo. Postal No. 173, Cuautitla ilzcalh, ,
54700 Edo. de Mexico, MEX1CU
(Tel. (011-52) 5-877-5531)
Missionary to Mexico
Dublin, OH, church
GUERENA*, PHILLIP (Amy)
9853 Cedar St., Apt. 7, Bellflower, CA
90706
(Tel. 213/920-7956)
Pastor, Iglesia de los Hermanos Vivos en
Cristo, Paramount
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Nonprofit Org
GUILES*, DAVID A. (Sue)
Ortega 6260, 1875 Wilde, Buenos Aires,
Argentina, S. A.
(Tel. (011-54) 1.207.9673)
Missionary to Argentina
Warsaw, IN, church
3UILES*, RONALD A. (Irene)
895 S. Wymore Rd., No. 907A, Altamonte
Springs, FL 32714
(Tel. 407/869-4831)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
.4
AAG*, WALTER (Alys)
207 Van Rowe, Duncansville, TX
75116-3319
(Tel. 214/298-6149)
Retired Missionary, Mexico
Fort Worth church
ABLE*, GARY (Marie)
4391 K Rd., Bark River, MI 49807
(Tel. 906/789-9066)
. Pastor, Bay De Noc Grace Brethren Church
M.BERG*, ROY (Andrea)
2435 Magnolia, La Verne, CA 91750
Senior Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
IVLL*, JON (Linda)
• Asst. Pastor of an independent church in
Wooster, OH
I Long Beach, Los Altos church
•ALL*, RALPH C. (Elizabeth)
6611 Heritage Ln., Bradenton, FL 34209
(Tel. 813/792-4256)
Architect & Professional Engineer
(Office: 813/792-6051)
Bradenton church
r NFT*, (Rocky) WENDELL (L) (Bonnie)
18 East Ave., Hagerstown, MD 21740
Pulpit Supply, Evangelistic Ministry, Revival
Meetings
Hagerstown, Grace church
HNNAH*. WAYNE (Gina)
2108 Unicorn Ln., Richmond, VA 23235
(Tel. 804/272-4413)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
-IRBOUR*, DAVIS (Cindy)
2797 Horseshoe Wy., North Pole, AK
(Mailing address: P.O. Box 56982
99705)
(Tel. 907/488-1789)
°astor, North Pole Grace Brethren Church
99
HARRELL*, RICHARD (Kathy)
c/o Community Grace Brethren Church
1100 E. Washington Blvd., Whittier CA
90606
(Tel. 213/699-0790)
Missionary, Chad
Whittier, CA, Community church
HARRIS* , VERNON J. (Glyndowyn)
104 Dianne Cir., Willow Street PA 17584
(Tel. 717/464-9235)
Assoc. Pastor, New Holland Grace Brethren
Church
HARTMAN*, JOHN (Fern)
P.O. Box 135. Osceola, IN 46561-0135
Mishawaka church
HATCH*, BURTON G. (Marie)
8205 Martin Wy., E., No. 127, Olympia
WA 98506
Retired Chaplain (Col.), U.S. Army
Pulpit Supply
Long Beach, CA, Grace church
HAUSER*, RAY
Christian Service Center
34-2 Wakamatsu Cho. Yokosuka
Japan 238
Los Altos, CA, church
HAWKINS*, GILBERT (Rosella)
R. 1 (Mailing address: P.O. Box 33, 52316)
North English, IA
(Tel. 319/664-3568)
Pastor Grace Brethren Church
HAWKINS*, TIM (L) (Julie)
Av. DR. Elisio de Moura, 443 2° B,
3000 Coimbra, Portugal
(Tel. (011-351) 39^»05-212)
Rittman, OH, church
HAY', CHRIS (Dawn)
P.O. Box 444, Kenai, AK 99611
(Tel. 907/283-5789)
Pastor, Kenai Grace Brethren Church
HEIM*, JEFFREY D. "Chip"
6777 Laird Ave., Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
Assoc. Pastor. East Side Grace Brethren
Church, Columbus
HEIN*, HERMAN H., Jr. (Luella)
2400 Miller Dr., Niles, MI 49120
(Tel. 616/684-8542)
Evangelism and Supply Pastor
New Troy church
HEINSMAN*, WILLIAM G. (L) (Melba)
P.O. Box 13-395, Taipei, Taiwan 100
R.O.C.
Director of TEAM Radio-China
Goshen, IN, church
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MICKEY* THOMAS W. (Laura)
13 Place de la Ferrand.ere, 69003 Lyon,
France
(Tel. (011-33)72.36.35.52)
Missionary, France
Ormond Beach, FL, church
HINKS*, DONALD R. (Joan)
12 Wade Ave., Gettysburg, PA 17323
(Tel. 717/334-1282)
Dillsburg church
HOBERT*, DAVID (Susan)
5, rue Georges Clemenceau, 71230
St-Vallier, France
(Tel. (011-33)85.58.32.50)
Missionary
Winona Lake, IN, church
HOBERT*, TAD K. (Vivienne)
4230 Crownwood Ave., Dayton, OH 45413
(Tel. 513/898-1689)
Pastor, North Riverdale Grace Brethren
Church
HOCKING*, DONALD G., Ph.D. (Betty)
B.P. 6924 Yaounde, Republic of Cameroon,
Africa
Missionary, Gospel Fellowship Assoc.
Long Beach, CA, Grace church
HOCKING*, JIM (Faye)
B.P. 240, Bangui, Central African Republic
Missionary, Africa
Winona Lake, IN, church
HOCKING*, THOMAS G. (Tamra)
5745 Oliva Ave., Lakewood, CA 90712
Assoc. Pastor, Bellflower Brethren Church
HOCKLEY*, ALBERT (Zoe Ann)
19840 Danville-Jelloway Rd., Danville, OH
43014
(Tel. 614/599-6350)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church of Danville
HODGDON*, EARLE C. (Dorothy)
Caixa Postal 861, 66.000 Belem, Para,
Brazil, South America
(Tel. (011-55)91-231-4716)
Missionary, Brazil
Wooster, OH, church
HOFECKER*, TERRY D.Min. (Debbie)
6827 Rings Rd., Amlin, OH (Mailing
address: P.O. Box 68, 43002)
(Tel. 614/771-9748)
Pastor, Northwest Chapel Grace Brethren
Church, Dublin
HOFFARD*, R. JEFFREY (L) (Judy)
103 E. Prairie St., Leesburg, IN 46538
(Tel. 219/453-3960)
Pastor, Leesburg Grace Brethren Church
HOFFMAN*, PAUL (Lyn)
4125 Riverwood Dr., Auburn, CA 95603
(Tel. 916/888-8094)
Pastor, Auburn Grace Brethren Church
HOLDER*, JIM (L)(Elta)
313 SE Sweetbriar Ln., Troutdale, OR
97060
Tel. 503/661-7632)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
HOLMES*, ROBERT F. (Alice)
9644 N Elyria Rd., West Salem, OH 44287
(Tel. 419/846-3817)
Retired
Homerville church
HORNER*, GEORGE (L) (Judy)
P O Box 243, Tuppers Plains, OH 45783
(Tel. 614/667-6243)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church, Coolville
HORNER*, J. RICHARD (Bettie)
2900 Baton Rouge, Kokomo, IN 46902
(Tel. church-3 17/453-9033)
Pastor, Indian Heights Grace Brethren
Church
HOSTETLER*, DALE C. (L) (Dorothy)
504 Englewood Place, Yakima, WA 98909
(Tel. 509/965-6498)
Yakima church
HOWARD*, A. L. (Dorothy)
1731 Brookfield, La Habra, CA 90631
(Tel. 213/691-9387)
Retired
LaMirada church
HOWARD*, WILLIAM E. (Mary)
304 Porter Dr., Englewood, OH 45322
(Tel. 513/836-6247)
Retired, Pulpit Supply
Brookville church
HOWELL*, GREGORY M. (Colleen)
129 N.W. Second St., Goldendale, WA
98620
(Tel. 509/773-3996)
Pastor, Community Grace Brethren Church
HOWELL*, STEPHEN (L) (Sherie)
7053 Prout Rd., Friendship, MD 20758
(Tel. 301/257-3056)
Assoc. Pastor, Grace Brethren Church,
Calvert County
HOYT*, ALDO (L) (Alice)
725 S. Eliot St., Denver,
(Tel. 303/934-7876)
Pastor, Denver Grace Brethren Church
CO 80219
HOYT*, GARNER E. (Myna)
235 Edgewater Dr., Dayton, TN 37321
(Tel. 615/775-6981)
Educator and Missionary
Canton, OH, church
100
HOYT*, LOWELL (Rebecca)
Box 1, Dayton, TN 37321
(Tel. 615/775-1948)
Everett, PA, Grace church
HOYT*, LYNN (Mary)
522 N.E. 26 Dr., Wilton Manors, FL 33334
(Tel. 305/568-2140)
Pulpit Supply /B.I. Teacher
Ft. Lauderdale church
HOYT*, SOLON (Kathryn)
R. 8, Box 292 Vi, Warsaw, IN 46580
(Tel. 219/269-7215)
Sidney church
HUESMANN II*, LOUIS (L) (Laurie)
3510 Walnut Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807
(Tel. 213/988-0453)
Sr. Pastor, Grace Brethren Church of Long
Beach
HUESMANN*, PERRY (L)
15327 Woodruff PI., No. 113, Bellflower,
CA 90706
(Tel. 213/920-0775)
Bellflower church
HUGHES', THOMAS D. (Joyce)
9310 V* Ramona, Bellflower, CA 90706
(Tel. 213/920-3349)
Pastor, Community Grace Brethren Church,
Long Beach
IMMEL*, K. HOWARD (June)
510 N. Main St., London, OH 43140
(Tel. 614/852-1311)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
INBODEN*, BUZZ (Deb)
182 Longshore Rd., Sunbury, OH 43074
(Tel. 614/965-5392)
Columbus (Grace) church
INGWALDSON*. LEW (L) (Pearl)
General Delivery, Kirtland, NM 87417-9769
San Jose, CA, church
INMAN*, F. THOMAS (Geneva)
2244 Fernwood Dr., Colorado Springs, CO
80910
(Tel. 719/597-2620)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
JACKSON*, DANIEL (Rachel)
Kolomanstr. 41, 7070 Schwaebisch Gmuend,
Germany
(Tel. (011-49) 7171.76817)
Missionary, Germany
Osceola, IN, church
HULETT*, CLAYTON (Kim)
P.O. Box AC-527, Quezon City, 1109,
Philippines
(Tel. (011-63) 2-673-31-51)
Missionary, Philippines
Long Beach, CA, Grace church
HUMBERD*, LARRY (Joyce)
580 Bridle Path Rd., Bethlehem, PA 18017
(Tel. Church-2 15/868-0004)
Pastor, Lehigh Valley Grace Brethren
Church
JACKSON*, EDWARD A. (Polly)
3612 Dublin-Granville Rd., Westerville, OH
43081
(Tel. 614/523-3388)
Executive Director, Grace Brethren Men
International, Church Planting Consultant
Columbus (Grace) church
JACKSON', G. FORREST (Arlene)
172 Burgess Ave., Dayton, OH 45415
(Tel. 513/275-4211)
Pastor, First Grace Brethren Church
HUNT*, JAMES F. Jr., (Mary)
185 Hilltop Dr., Dayton, OH 45415
(Tel. 513/836-0411)
Pastor, Englewood Grace Brethren Church
HUNT*, TRUE L. (Lucille)
Grace Ln., Uniontown, PA 15401
(Tel. 412/437^488)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
HURATIAK*, DENNIS (L) (Trudy)
P.O. Box 132, Ickesburg, PA 17037
(Tel. 717/438-3068)
Pastor, Sherman's Valley Grace Brethren
Church
JACKSON', JIM (L) (Sheryl)
2216 NW 108th St., Vancouver, WA 98685
Pastor, Vancouver Grace Fellowship
JACOBSON*, JON RICHARD (L) (Margaret)
7543 S. Ogden Wy., Littleton, CO 80122
(Tel. 303/795-8850)
Campus Crusade For Christ, City Venture,
Colorado Uplift
Los Alamitos, CA, church
JARRELL*, STEPHEN (Linda)
450 Springfield Dr., Woodstock, GA 30188
Tel. 404/924^*841)
Assoc. Pastor, Grace Brethren Church,
Atlanta
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JARVIS*, RONZIL L. (Becky)
P O Box 69. Listie. PA 15549
(Tel. 814/445-5602)
Pastor. Listie Grace Brethren Church
JEAN', WILFRED (L)
c/o Grace Brethren Church
1800 N.W. Ninth St.. Fort Lauderdale. FL
33311
(Tel. 305/763-6766)
Pastor. Haitian congregation
JENKINS", CHARLES LEE (Janis)
Box 273, Winona Lake, IN 46590
(Tel. 219/267-6078)
Home Missions/Military Chaplains'
Endorsing Agent
Winona Lake church
NY 12831
JENKS*, DALE (Dorothy)
2 Lindsay Hill Rd.. Gansevoort,
(Tel. 518/695-3776)
Pastor. Grace Brethren Church of Saratoga
Springs
JENSEN*, DOUGLAS (Jacquie)
371 N. Thomas Rd., Tallmadge. OH 44278
(Tel. 216/945-7086)
Assoc. Pastor, Grace Brethren Church of
Norton
JENSEN', RICHARD (L)
3737 Citronella St., Simi Valley, CA 93063
(Tel. 805/583-1707)
Superintendent, Grace Brethren Schools
Simi Valley church
JODRY*, DAVID (Susan)
1472 Maple Dr., Peru, IN 46970
(Tel. 317/473^717)
Assoc. Pastor, Peru Grace Brethren Church
JOHNSON*, ARTHUR G. (L) (Penny)
1224 S. Military Trail #2321, Deerfield
Beach, FL 33441
(Tel. 305/421-2305)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church of Pompano
Beach
JOHNSON*, GEORGE A. (Evelyn)
Caixa Postal 861, 66.000 Belem, Para,
Brazil, S.A.
(Tel. (011-55) 91-226-6641)
Missionary, Brazil
Wooster, OH, church
JOHNSON*, HOWARD (L) (Sue)
207 Park Ave., Long Beach, CA 90803
(Tel. 213/438-2621)
Assoc. Pastor, Grace Community Church of
Seal Beach
JOHNSON*, NORMAN (Cleo)
810 Sandusky, Ashland, OH 44805
(Tel. 419/289-3712)
Asst. Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
JOHNSON*, RAYMOND (Marilyn)
505 W. Kessler-Cowlesville Rd.. Troy, OH
45373
(Tel. 513/335-3516)
Pulpit Supply
Dayton, Basore Road church
JONES*, A. DUANE (Katherine)
18430 S.W. Broad Oak Blvd., Aloha, OR
97007
(Tel. 503/642-2276)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church. Beaverton
JONES*, ALAN (Ellen)
12471 Red Arrow Hwy., Sawyer, MI 49125
(Tel. 616/426-8262)
New Troy church
JONES', EMLYN H., Th.M., D.D. (Kay)
27 Shetland Dr., Hummelstown, PA 17036
(Tel. 717/566-3999)
Chaplain (Lt. Col.), U.S. Army (Retired)
Temple Hills. MD. church
JONES', HAROLD G. (Fern)
204 W. Broad St., Souderton, PA 18964
(Tel. 215/723-8759)
Minister of Visitation
Telford church
JUDAY*, ROBERT H. (Brenda)
P.O. Box A.C. 527, Quezon City, 1109,
Philippines
(Tel. (011-63) 2-673-67-09)
Missionary, Philippines
Lynchburg, VA, church
JULIEN*, THOMAS (Doris)
545 S. Circle Dr. E., Warsaw, IN 46580
(Tel. 219/269-3874)
Executive Director, Grace Brethren Foreign
Missions
Winona Lake church
JURKE', RON
R. 5, Kittanning, PA 16201
(Tel. 412/543-2208)
Evanvisualist
Kittanning (First) church
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JOHNSON*, MICHAEL (Shirley) KAUFFMAN*, LUKE E., D.MIN. (Sandy)
3569 Marvel Rd., Virginia Beach, VA 23462 613 Hilltop Rd., Myerstown, PA 17067
(Tel. 804/463-1005) (Tel. 717/866-6325)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church Pastor, Myerstown Grace Brethren Church
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KELLEY*, BRADLEY A. (L) (Sharon)
R. 2, Box 503C. Rustburg, VA 24588
(Tel. 804/332-3944
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church of Lynchburg
KELLEY*, GERALD L. (Janet)
318 Maple Court, Kokomo, IN 46902
(Tel. 317/4534579)
Pastor of Seniors Ministry
Peru Grace Brethren Church
KENNEDY*, DAVID W. (Nancy)
1325 Sunset Rd., Marion, OH 43302
(Tel. 614/389-1095)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church of Marion
KENNEDY*, JAMES M. (Virginia)
P.O. Box 30281, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
33420
Makakilo, HI, church
KENNEDY*, LESTER W. (Lois)
25 Dudley Ferry, Radford, VA 24141
(Tel. 703/639-6885)
Pastor, Fairlawn Grace Brethren Church
KENT*, HOMER A., Th.D. (Beverly)
305 Sixth St., Winona Lake, IN 46590
(Tel. 219/267-5706)
Professor Emeritus, Grace Schools
Winona Lake church
KENT*, WENDELL E. (Pat)
90 E.M.S. B-33 Ln., Warsaw, IN 46580
(Tel. 219/594-2565)
Winona Lake church
KIRNBAUER*, TED (L) (Kristen)
Canyon Mansion Hibarigaoka #108, 3-3-16
Kurihara, Niiza shi, Saitama Ken, T352,
Japan
(Tel. (011-81)424-23-1480)
Missionary, Japan
Long Beach, CA, Grace church
KLAWITTER*, PAUL (Louise)
3c, rue Ernest Lory, 21000 Dijon, France
(Tel. (011-33) 80.66.54.63)
Missionary, France
Telford, PA, church
KLIEWER*, ROBERT C. (Lillian)
40911 Oregon Tr., Cherry Valley, CA
92223
(Tel. 714/845-2551)
Pastor, Cherry Valley Grace Brethren
Church
KLINGLER*, GENE A. (L) (Lynnie)
2819 Buchanan Rd., Fremont, OH 43420
(Tel. 419/334-2112)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
KOCHHEISER*, GARY (L)(Carol)
2406 18th St., S.W., Cedar Rapids, IA
52404
(Tel. 319/365-5551)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
KONVES*, RUSSELL E. (Lois)
2650 W. Union Hills, 374, Phoenix, AZ
85023
(Tel. 602/582-3609)
Tucson church
KERN*, ROBERT D. (Dorothy)
13 Cardinal Dr., Stevens, PA 17578
(Tel. 215/267-2073)
Co-Pastor, Ephrata Area Grace Brethren
Church
KERN*, STEVE (Celeste)
Gebershaimer Str. 55, 7250 Leonberg,
Germany
Missionary, Germany
Mansfield, OH, Woodville church
KOONTZ*, KENNETH (Janice)
855 Trumbull, Deltona, FL 32725
(Tel. 904/789-6512)
Pastor, Calvary Grace Brethren Church
KOWALKE*, DAVID (L) (Cindy)
2612 Tracewood Circle, Richmond, VA
23233
(Tel. 804/360-1433)
Pastor, Fellowship Grace Brethren Church
KIDDOO*, WILLIAM (Becky)
28 Rainsbrook Dr., Monkspath, Solihull,
West Midlands England B 90 4th
(Tel. (011-44) 21.744.7277)
Missionary, England
Lanham, MD, church
KIEFER*, TOM (L)
258 Berryridge Rd.
Telford church
Jonesboro, TN 37659
KINGSBURY*, ROBERT D. (L) (Beverly)
4117 Avenida Sevilla, Cypress, CA 90630
(Tel. 714/952-2507)
Executive Pastor, Grace Church of Los
Alamitos
KRIEGBAUM*, ARNOLD R. (Laura)
2320 N.E. 146th Ave., No. 7, Silver
Springs, FL 32688
(Tel. 904/625-1991)
Ocala church
KRYNOCK*, ROGER (Susan)
6240 Exeter Ct., South Bend, IN 46614
(Tel. 219/299-0236)
Pastor, Ireland Road Grace Brethren Church
KULP*, ROBERT (Susan)
P.O. Box 432, Island Pond, VT 05846
(Tel. 802/723-4785)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
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KURTANECK*. NICKOLAS (Micky)
6153 Pershing Wy., Buena Park, CA
90620
(Tel. 714/522-5044)
Norwalk church
LACKEY*, CLARENCE H. (Marian)
2800 Agusta Lane, # 115, Hays, KS 67601
(Tel. 913/625-5582)
Retired
Portis church
LAIRD*, JAMES S. (Wanda)
306 S Mulberry St., Martinsburg, PA 16662
(Tel. 814/793-3685)
Pastor, Martinsburg Grace Brethren Church
LAMBRIGHT*, BRAD L. (L) (Dawn)
969 Richie Ave., Lima, OH 45805
(Tel. 419/229-1847)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
LANCASTER*, JOHN WM. (Regina)
Kyle Hill, P.O. Box 297, Barton, MD 21521
(Tel. 301/463-6654)
Pastor, Mill Run Grace Brethren Church,
Westernport
LANDRUM*, CLYDE K. (Ruby)
1108 Chestnut Ave., Winona Lake, IN
46590
(Tel. 2 19/269-5381)
Warsaw church
LAWSON*, CHARLES E. (Fayth)
317 Whispering Dr., Trotwood, OH 45426
(Tel. 513/854-2066)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
LEECH*, EDMUND M. (Virginia L.)
19310 S. Harvest Ave., Cerritos, CA 90701
(Tel. 213/865-3161)
Pastor Emeritus of Missions, Mercy and
Visitation
Bellflower Brethren Church
LEIGH*, NATHAN (Armida)
1207 Morton Ave., S.E., Roanoke, VA
24013
(Tel. 703/982-6910)
Pastor, Ghent Grace Brethren Church
LIBBY*, SCOTT M. (L) (Monica)
R 2, Box 455, Newport, VT 05855
(Tel. 802/334-8203)
Senior Pastor, Grace Brethren Church,
Irasburg
LINDBERG*, PAULO.
8233 Krim, N.E., Albuquerque, NM 87109
Reserve Chaplain, U.S. Army
Los Alamitos, CA, church
LINDELEF*, GARTH (Bene)
92-783 Makakilo Dr., No. 19, Makakilo, HI
96707-1213
(Tel. 808/672^1540)
Pastor, Makakilo Grace Brethren Church
LINGENFELTER*, GALEN M. (Kathera)
P.O. Box 684, Dolan Springs, AZ 86441
(Summer address: P.O. Box 8, East
Freedom, PA 16637)
Duncansville, PA, church
LINGENFELTER*, HOMER (Mary Elizabeth)
R. 3, Box 190, Everett, PA 15537
(Tel. 814/652-2697)
Retired — Pulpit supply, Bible conf.,
Evangelist
Everett, Grace church
LINGENFELTER*, RODNEY (L)
104 Nason Dr., Roaring Spring, PA 16673
Duncansville church
LOOKENOTT*, MICHAEL P.
R. 2, Box 121-A, Boswell, PA 15531
(Tel. 814/629-5545)
Pastor, Laurel Mountain Grace Bretheren
Church
LORENZ*, ORVILLE A. (Florence)
684 Silver Tree, Claremont, CA 91711
(Tel. 714/621-9762)
Chaplain U.S. Army, Retired
La Verne church
LUNA*, TONY T. (L) (Efren)
P.O. Box 32-B, Talpa Rt., Ranchos de
Taos, NM 87557
(Tel. 505/758-9244)
Taos church
LEWIS*, EDWARD (Ruth)
6117 N.W. 27th St., Margate, FL 33063
(Tel. 305/973-7344)
Assoc. Pastor, Grace Brethren Church, Fort
Lauderdale
LEWIS', EDWARD A.
P.O. Box 365, Winona Lake, IN 46590
(Tel. 219/267-3928)
Executive Director, CE National
Winona Lake church
LUND, DAVID (L) (Millie)
R. 1, Box 109, Wind Ridge, PA 15380
(Tel. 412/685-5360)
Pastor, Aleppo Brethren Church, Aleppo
LYNN*, THOMAS (Debbie)
4266 Hartlepool Way, Sacramento, CA
95842
Pastor, River City Grace Community Church
of Sacramento
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WacMILLAN*, ROBERT (Sharon)
236 W. Beverly Place, Tracy, CA 95376
(Tel. 209/8364848)
Pastor, Tracy Brethren Church
flACONAGHY*, HILL (Dorothy)
4061 58th Ave. N., Lot 206, St. Petersburg,
FL 33714
(Tel. 813/5254576)
Retired Missionary
Philadelphia, PA, First church
AAHAFFEY*, THOMAS (Verlyn)
1808 Rustic Hill Ct., Frederick, MD 21701
Frederick church
AAKOFKA*. STEPHEN (L) (Loretta)
2061 E. Dauphin St.. Philadelphia, PA
19125
(Tel. 215/423-5308)
Pastor, Liberty Grace Brethren Church
'ALAIMARE*, THEODORE (Evelyn)
1550 Rory Ln., Sp. 125, Simi Valley, CA
93063 (Tel. 805/581-4223)
Retired
Simi Valley church
IALE*, E. WILLIAM, Ph.D. (Ella)
1615 S. Cherry Creek Ln., Warsaw IN
46580
(Tel. 219/267-7427)
Planned Giving Officer, Grace Schools
Warsaw church
ALLES*, MARK E. (Phyllis)
4024 W. Rancho Dr., Phoenix, AZ 85019
(Tel. 602/841-5031)
Retired
Phoenix church
ALLON*, HENRY (Joan)
11 Vienna Ct., Brookville, OH 45309
(Tel. 513/833-2554)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
UNDUKA*, DAVID (Kathy)
Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 167, 7070 Schwaebish,
Gmuend, Germany
(Tel. (011-49) 7171.83068)
Missionary, Germany
Columbus, OH, Grace church
ttNGES*, CRAIG (Denise)
P.O. Box 104, New Enterprise, PA 16664
(Tel. 814/766-3353)
Pastor, Geistown Grace Brethren Church,
Johnstown
**NGES*, DAVID (Rosie)
2090 Hillview Dr., Fayetteville, PA 17222
(Tel. 717/352-3241)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church,
Chambersburg
MARKEN*, DONALD M. (Mabel)
440 Marchand St., Millersburg, OH 44654
Millersburg church
MARKLEY*, ROBERT WM., Sr. (Idabelle)
P.O. Box 205, Coolville, OH 45723
(Tel. 614/667-3523)
Coolville church
MARKSBURY*. DAVID E. (Claudia)
2981 Daisy Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806
(Tel. 213/426-8854)
Director of Church Planting and
Development, Grace Brethren Home
Missions Council
Pastor, New Life Grace Brethren Church of
Cypress
MARLING", WILL (L) (Cheryl)
7973 Central College, New Albany, OH
43054
Pastor, Rocky Ridge Grace Brethren Church
MARSHALL*, JAMES B. (Margaret)
571 S.R. 28 W., New Vienna, OH 45159
(Tel. 513/987-2140)
Retired
Dayton, North Riverdale church
MASON*, NORRIS (L) (Sue)
P.O. Box 145, Vintondale, PA 15961-0145
(Tel. 814/749-7031)
Pastor, Valley Grace Brethren Church,
Armagh
MASSEY*, SCOTT (Taffy)
1096 270th St., Garwin, IA 50632-9520
(Tel. 515/499-2358)
Pastor, Carlton Brethren Church
MATTHES*, QUENTIN L. (Norma)
1315 Falene PL, Galloway, OH 43119
(Tel. 614/878-6625)
Columbus, Trinity church
MAYER*, J. NORMAN (Dorothy)
791 Hamilton Blvd., Hagerstown, MD 21742
(Tel. 310/733-3058)
Pastor, Calvary Grace Brethren Church
MAYES*, HOWARD, D.R.E. (Nancy)
4955 Longford, Huber Heights, OH 45424
(Tel. 513/2364423)
Pastor, Grace Community Church of Huber
Heights
MAYES', JOHN W., D.MIn. (Marjorie F.)
R. 9, Box 559B, Longview, TX 75601
(Tel. 903/753-3143)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
MAYES*, ROGER (Ruth Ann)
7363 Palomar Ave., Yucca Valley, CA
92284
(Tel. 619/365-1514)
Pastor, Yucca Valley Grace Community
Church
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MAYHUE*, RICHARD L. Th.D ("B")
23553 Arlen Dr., Santa Clanta, CA
91321
(Tel. 805/253-1418)
V Pres. & Dean of The Master s Seminary
Long Beach, Grace church
McCAMAN*, GARY
C/O P.O. Box 588, Winona Lake, IN [
46590
Missionary Appointee ot Argentina
Warsaw, IN, church
McCLAIN- , DOUGLAS M. (Kathy)
831 Hemlock St., Celina, OH 45822
(Tel. 419/586-5997)
Cross Lanes, WV, church
McCOY*, RAYMOND (Peggy)
R 2 Box 467, Cumberland, MD 21502
' (Tel. 301/724-7223)
Pastor, Cumberland Grace Brethren Church
McCRUM*, ARTHUR E. (Alice)
Box 67, New Troy, MI 49119
(Tel. 616/4264710)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
MCDONALD', H. FENTON (Judy)
P O Box 71, Mabton, WA 98935-0071
(Tel. 509/894-5015)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
Mcintosh*, john r. (Carolyn)
2735 N. Beth PL, Simi Valley, CA 93065
(Tel. 805/584-6488)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
McKILLEN*, J.C. (Bill) (Edna)
511 S. Sherwood Village Dr., Tucson, AZ
85710 (Tel. 602/298-1388)
Jewish Evangelism
Arvada, CO, church
MEEKER*, MARVIN E. (Jeralyn)
2621 Wayside Ct., Warsaw, IN 46580
(Tel. 219/269-1298)
Pulpit Supply
Winona Lake church
MENSINGER*, EDWARD (Linda)
B.P. 240, Bangui, Central African Republic
Missionary, Africa
Arvada, CO, church
MERRIMAN', KEITH A. (Nancy)
1532 Harding Ave., Orrville, OH 44667
(Tel. 216/683-0850)
Pastor, Orrville Grace Brethren Church
MICHAELS*, PAUL (L) (Cynthia)
3575 Caulder Rd., Lexington, KY 40502
(Tel. 606/273-2868)
Pastor, Grace Bible Church
MILES,* SCOTT (L) (Mindy)
1105 State Rd. 15 So., Warsaw, IN 46580
(Tel. 219/269-6297)
Pastor, Community Grace Brethren Church
MILLER*, CLARK (Eunice)
12088 Gearhart Rd., Greencastle,
(Tel. 717/597-7356)
Hagerstown, MD, Valley church
PA 17225
MILLER*, DELANE (L) (Sharon)
c/o Grace Brethren Church, 801 S.E.
Ermine, Albany, OR 97321
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
MILLER*, DONALD F. (Lois)
24600 Mountain Ave., Sp. 40, Hemet, CA
92544
Retired Missionary, Africa
Beaumont church
MILLER*, EDWARD D. (Eileen)
Caixa Postal 368, 66.000 Belem, Para,
Brazil, South America
(Tel. (011-55)91-235-2192)
Missionary, Brazil
Modesto, CA, church
MILLER*, GARY (Marilyn)
6213 Constitution Dr., Dayton, OH 45415
(Tel. 513/276-3581)
Assoc. Pastor, First Grace Brethren Church
MILLER*, J. PAUL (Ellen)
3375 Alpine View Ct., Carson City, NV
89705
(Tel. 702/267-3244)
Retired
Ripon, CA, church
MILLER*, KURT A. (Anecia)
154 Lake Shore Dr. N., Palm Harbor, FL
34684
(Tel. 813/937-0234)
Pastor, Palm Harbor Grace Brethren Churcr
MILLER*, R. PAUL (Esther)
11 Wilhelm Ave., Lebanon, PA 17042
(Tel. 717/273-4573)
Chaplain of Grace Community
Myerstown church
MICHAELS*, DAN (Sue)
3445 E. Eastridge Dr., Warsaw, IN 46580
(Tel. 219/267-6455)
Youth pastor
Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church
MILLER*, RALPH F. (Nancy)
5353 Starkey Rd., S.W., Roanoke, VA
24014
(Tel. 703/774-9293)
Pastor, Boones Mill Grace Brethren Church
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MILLER*, ROBERT E. A. (Althea)
5772 Karen Ave., Cypress, CA 90630
(Tel. 714/995-6140)
Chosen People Ministries
Westminster church
MILLER, STEPHEN (L) (Jan)
3517 Headley's Mill Rd., Pataskala, OH
43062
(Tel. 614/927-9458)
Senior Pastor, Grace Brethren Church of
Licking County
MILLER*, THOMAS (Donna)
R. 8, Box 277, Warsaw, IN 46580
(Tel. 219/267-2533)
Herald Bookstore
Winona Lake church
MILLER*, W. CARL (Betty)
1735 Oatfield Ln., Goshen, IN 46526
(Tel. 219/534-0393)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
MILLER*, W. RAY (L) Betty)
4860 Catalina Dr., Toledo, OH 43615
(Tel. 419/537-0175)
Pastor, Toledo Grace Brethren Church
MILLER*, WARD A. (Lucille)
3130 Valaria Dr., Highland, CA 92346
(Tel. 714/864-5136)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church of San
Bernardino
MITCHELL*, A. DAVID (Bettylou)
94-065 Puanane Lp., Mililani, HI 96789
(Tel. 808/623-0418)
Pastor, Waipio Grace Brethren Church
MITCHELL*, CURTIS C, Th.D. (Patricia)
3109 San Juan Dr., Fullerton, CA 92635
(Tel. 714/525-2964)
Professor Emeritus Biblical Studies,
Biola University
La Mirada church
MORGAN*, RALPH E. (L) (Jennifer)
1852 North Rd., Salem, VA 24153
(Tel. 703/389-8835)
Pastor, Wildwood Grace Brethren Church
MORTON, JAMES W. (L) (Janet)
3078 Williamsburg Dr., State College, PA
16801
(Tel. 814/237-9724)
Asst. Pastor, Happy Valley Community
Grace Brethren Church
MUTCHLER*, J. PAUL (Linda) i
1015 Pine Hill Rd., Lititz, PA 17543
(Tel. 717/627-4488)
Director of Christian Education and
Assoc. Pastor. Grace Brethren Church
MYERS*, ALAN L. (L) (Billee Jo)
79 Bronx St., Johnstown, PA 15905
(Tel. 814/255-2837)
Pastor, Johnstown Grace Brethren Church
MYERS*, M. LEE (Lynette)
1240 Melrose Dr., Mansfield, OH 44905
(Tel. 419/589-5009)
Retired/Available for Evangelistic and
Prophetic Conferences
Winchester, VA, Blueridge church
MYERS*, ROGER K. (L) (Lou Ann)
250 Philadelphia Ave., Waynesboro, PA
17268
(Tel. 717/762-3610)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
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NAGLE*, JOHN (L) (Becky)
8271 Dancy Cir., Huntington Beach, CA
92646
(Tel. 714/848^331)
Pastor, Los Altos Grace Brethren Church
«OELLER*, DANIEL P. (Mary Lou)
B.P. 240, Bangui, Central African Republic,
Africa
Missionary, Africa
Winona Lake, IN, church
WOELLER*, ROBERT C. (Donna)
4584 Fulton Rd., Smithville, OH 44677
(Tel. 216/669-3768)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church, Sterling
flOHLER*, PAUL L.
707 Saint John St., Grafton, WV 26354
(Tel. 304/265-4624)
Pulpit Supply
Accident, MD, church
NAIRN*, STANLEY D. (Betty)
J.V. Gonzales 2218, 1879 Quilmes Oeste,
Buenos Aires, Argentina, S.A.
(Tel. (011-54) 1.250.1215)
Missionary, Argentina
Middlebranch, OH, church
NAJIMIAN*, DANIEL T. (Billie Jo)
352 W. Park Blvd., Medina, OH 44256
(Tel. 216/722-8484)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
NASS*, JOSEPH E. (Mary)
45 W. St. Charles St., Grafton, WV 26354
(Tel. 304/265-0043)
Pastor, First Grace Brethren Church
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NEWLIN*, STUART (L) (Sherry)
310 E. Pliler Precise Rd., Longview, TX
75601
(Tel. 214/663^693)
Principal, Grace Christian School (K-8)
Longview church
N,X8*75DFlJd A^ Chula Vista. CA 91910
(Tel. 619/421-4143)
U.S. Navy Chaplain
Wiamalu, HI, church
NORD*, CHRISTOPHER D. (Carolyn)
18 rue de Martyrs de la Resistance
71100 Chalon Sur Saone, France
(Tel. (011-33)85.41.53.02)
Missionary, France
Bellflower, CA, church
NORWICK*, STANLEY (Elizabeth)
4111 164th S.W. #1, Lynwood, WA 98037
(Tel. 206/745^228)
H.C.M.A. Chaplain (Retired)
Los Alamitos, CA, church
NUTTER*, LESLIE (Frances)
509 Cherry St., Wnghtsville, PA 17368
(Tel. 717/252-3554)
Pastor, Susquehanna Grace Brethren Church
NUZUM*, RICK (L) (Tammy)
7276 Terry Jill Ln., WestervuTe, OH 43081
(Tel. 614/890-8362)
Director of Personnel
Columbus, Grace church
OCEALIS*, MICHAEL A. (Susan)
1252 Vanderbilt Dr., Qrmond Beach, FL
32174 (Tel. 904/676-7674)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church of Ormond
Beach
O'DEENS*, DAN (L) (Gay)
57070 Lake St., Osceola, IN 46561
(Tel. 219/674-0711)
Assoc. Pastor
Grace Brethren Church
O'DELL*, CECIL (Debbie)
Dai-ichi Kooshin Mansion, No. 102,
Kurihara 5-6-12, Niiza-shi, Saitama-Ken
T352, Japan
(Tel. (011-81)424.22.7452)
Missionary, Japan
Long Beach, CA, Grace church
OGDEN*, DONALD E., M.M. (Wanita)
R. 8, Box 245, Warsaw, IN 46580
(Tel. 219/267-7290)
Director of Alumni Relations, Grace Schools
Winona Lake church
OGDEN*, W. RUSSELL (Betty)
8400 Good Luck Rd., Lanham, MD
20706-2802
(Tel. 301/552-9660)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
OLSZEWSKI*, BUD (Ann)
50 Rittman Rd., Rittman, OH 44270
(Tel. 216/925-5356)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
OSTRANDER*, MICHAEL (Judy)
1113 Twp. Rd. 1875, R. 4, Ashland, OH
44805
(Tel. 419/281-4630)
Pastor, Mifflin Grace Brethren Church
PAGE*, MICHAEL C. (Sherry)
P.O. Box 180, Beaver City, NE 68926
(Tel. 308/268-5821)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
PAINTER*, HAROLD (Margaret)
1295 S. Cawston Ave., Sp. 42, Hemet, CA
92545
(Tel. 714/766-1045)
Beaumont church
PAPPAS*, JOHN (Becky)
Liebigstr 7/1, 7080 Aalen-Unterkochen,
Germany
(Tel. (01M9) 7361.87896)
Missionary, Germany
Columbus, OH, Grace church
PATRICK*, JOHN B. Lt. Col. (Georgia)
Post Chapel, c/o Post Chaplain No. 4l07,
Fort Wainwright, AK 99703
(Tel. office 907/353-7373)
Chaplain, U.S. Army
LaMirada, CA, church
PEEK*, GEORGE O., D.D. (Phyllis)
6917 Andrew Way, Cypress, CA 90630
(Tel. 714/894-7070)
Los Alamitos church
PEER*, EARLEE. (Alice)
721 Vancouver Dr., Westerville, OH 43081
(Tel. 614/891-6659)
Hospital and Nursing/Retirement Home
Ministries
Grace Brethren Church of Columbus
PEER*, PETER
R. 1, Box 170G, Martinsburg, WV 25401
(Tel. 304/267-6759)
Missionary — On Furlough
Winona Lake, IN, church
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'ENFOLD*, MARK (Robin)
900 Charles Dr., Winona Lake, IN 46590
(Tel. 219/269-5468)
Director of Admissions, Grace Theological
Seminary
Chaplain, U.S. Army Reserve
Winona Lake church
'ERAZA*. F. JAVIER (Ofelia)
2414 W. 6th St., Santa Ana, CA 92703
(Tel. 714/835-6697)
Pastor, Maranatha Grace Brethren Church
•ERRINE*, SHELDON (Nelda)
7430 Crescent Ave., Apt. No. 101, Buena
Park, CA 90620
(Tel. 714/527-5156)
Chaplain, Kaiser Hospital (Anaheim), Pastor,
Church of Reflections, Knotts Berry
Farm
Beaumont church
ETERS*, JACK K., Jr. (Deborah)
104 Hemlock, Sunnyside, WA 98944
(Tel. 509/839-3346)
Assoc. Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
ETERS*, JACK K., Sr. (Maxine)
127 Cedar Dr., West Milton, OH 45383
(Tel. 513/698-5338)
Minister at Large, Community Grace
Brethren Church, Union
ETERS*, STEPHEN (Susan)
600 S. Main St., West Milton, OH 45383
(Tel. 513/698-3664)
Pastor, Community Grace Brethren Church,
Union
EUGH*, ROGER D. (Nancy)
401 Wood St., Winona Lake, IN 46590
(Tel. 219/269-1957)
Missions Professor and Chaplain, Grace
Schools
Winona Lake church
ICARD*, MITCHELL S. (L) (Deborah)
1523 E. Newport, Lititz, PA 17543
Minister of Children's Ministries, Grace
Brethren Church, Myerstown
IFER*, LESTER E., D.D. (Genevene)
6602 23rd Ave. W., Bradenton, FL 34209
(Tel. 813/794-2008)
Suncoast District Representative
North Port church
ITTMAN, EARL (L)
212 W. Parkwood Dr..
Kettering church
Dayton, OH 45405
LACEWAY*. RICHARD (Nancy)
2201 Highland Rd., Parkersburg, WV 26101
(Tel. 304/422-6143)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
PLACEWAY*, TIM (L) (Joellen)
127 Foxbury, Elizabethtown, PA 17022
(Tel. 717/361-8729)
Assoc. Pastor, Youth and Music
Grace Brethren Church
PLASTER*, DAVID R. Th.D. (Virginia)
R. 8, Box 232, Warsaw, IN 46580
(Tel. 219/269-9625)
V. Pres. for Academic Affairs, Grace
College and Grace Theological Seminary
Warsaw church
POIRIER*, ROBERT (Ellen)
3912 Bradwood Dr., Dayton, OH 45405
(Tel. 513/274-8220)
Pastor, Calvary Grace Brethren Church
POLMAN*, GERALD (Phyllis)
P.O. Box 385, Winona Lake, IN 46590
(Tel. 219/269-6772)
Retired. Pulpit Supply
Winona Lake church
POLMAN*, ROY (Judy)
759 S. Glenwood Ave., Rialto, CA 92376
(Tel. 714/874-3526)
Pastor, Grace Community Church of Rialto
POSTLE, TERRY (L)
1638 W. Mound St., Columbus, OH 43223
(Tel. 614/274-6865)
Pastor, Hilltop Grace Brethren Church
POUPART*, WALT (L) (Ruth)
Caisino 2, pta. 26, Terramelar (Paterna),
46989 Valencia, Spain
(Tel. (011-34) 6.138.7672)
St. Petersburg, FL, church
POWELL, WILLIAM (Rozella)
1 122 Hickory, Sand Springs, OK 74063
Waterloo, IA, church
POYNER*, JAMES L. (Charlotte)
10934 Peppertree Ln., Port Richey, FL
34668
(Tel. 813/862-2821)
Pastor, Gulfview Grace Brethren Church
POYNER*, RANDY, D.Min. (Betty)
P.O. Box 350621, Palm Coast, FL
32135-0621
(Tel. 904/446^959)
Family Therapist and Pastoral Counselor;
Director, Covenant Ministries-Marriage
and Family Seminars, Retreats, Churches
Waterloo, IA, church
PRENTOVICH*, MICHAEL
304 Orchard, Kent, OH 44240
(Tel. 216/673-6465)
Church Planter
Rittman church
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PRITCHETT', DANIEL J. (L) (Pam)
17436 Virginia Ave., Hagerstown, MD
21740
(Tel. 301/582-3248)
Pastor, Valley Grace Brethren Church
Q
QUICK*, DAVID C. (L) (Elaine)
R 5, Box 204, Peru, IN 46970
(Tel. 317/689-9743)
Pastoral Asst., Peru church
RAGER*, DON K. (L) (Hannah)
667 Highland Ave., Johnstown, PA
15902-2729
(Tel. 814/288-4869)
Retired, Pulpit Supply
Conemaugh church
RAMSEY*, DAN (Denise)
Egerlanderstr. 3, 7250 Leonberg, Germany
(Tel. (011 ^9) 7152.45609)
Missionary, Germany
Canton, OH, church
RANTS*, JACK V. (L) (Pamela)
26312 Woodland Way S., Kent, WA 98031
(Tel. 206/852-1665)
Senior Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
RATCLIFFE*, CARL D. (L) (Doris)
P O Box 2634, Christiansburg, VA 24068
(Tel. 703/382^654)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church, Riner
REILLY, AL
2000 Burlingame Dr., Huntsville, AL 35803
(Tel. 205/880-6921)
Pastor of C.E.C. Outreach
Lexington, KY, church
RICHESON*, LARRY (Norma)
7330 Winnebago Dr., Fort Wayne, IN 46815
(Tel. 219/749-5721)
Pastor, First Grace Brethren Church
RISSER", C. DEAN (Ella Lee)
1 10 Pennsylvania Ave., Delaware, OH
43015
(Tel. 614/369-1113)
Assoc. Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
RITCHEY*, GEORGE S. (Laura)
P O Box 76, Shawmut, MT 59078
(Tel. 406/632^110)
Pulpit Supply
Duncansville, PA, church
ROBBINS*, D. RICHARD (L) (Betty Jean)
3954 Sweet Potato Ridge Rd., Englewood,
OH 45322
Union church
ROBERTS', ROY R. D.R.E. Ph.D. (Patti)
215 Cindalyn Dr., New Holland, PA 17557
(Tel. 717/355-0234
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
ROBERTSON*, KIM (Susan)
263 Woodside Dr., Stephens City, VA
22655
(Tel. 703/869-7262)
Pastor, Blue Ridge Grace Brethren Church
ROCKAFELLOW, MICHAEL (Bonnie)
5027 Geraldine Dr., Lansing, MI 48917
(Tel. 517/886-0525)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
ROEDIGER*, STEVE
78 Columbus Ave., Delaware, OH 43015
Pastor of International Student Ministries
Delaware church
REMPEL*, HENRY G. (Helen)
1120 Northwood Rd., Apt. 186-F,
Beach, CA 90740
(Tel. 213/430-6658)
Retired
Long Beach (Grace) church
Seal
ROGERS*, VICTOR S. (Vivien)
P.O. Box 546, Dolan Springs, AZ 86441
Pastor, Mt. Tipton Community Church
Yucca Valley, CA, church
RONK*. HUGO (L) (Sylvia)
R 2, Box 186A, Martinsburg, WV 25401
(Tel. 304/274-1708)
Pastor, Trinity Brethren Church, Fort
Valley, VA
RICHARDS*, JOEL (L) (Jane)
2501 Glasgow Dr., Ceres, CA 95307
(Tel. 209/538^495)
Pastor, La Loma Grace Brethren Church
ROOT*, GERALD H. (Elizabeth)
407 N. Garland Ave., Dayton, OH 45403
(Tel. 513/252-5294)
Huber Heights church
RICHARDS, MIKE (L)
c/o Grace Brethren Church, 701 S. Parrott
Ave., Okeechobee, FL 34974
Okeechobee church
ROSNER*, DAVIE (L) (Gail)
115 W. Columbia St., Flora, IN 46929
(Tel. 219/967^408)
Pastor, Flora Grace Brethren Church
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ROUGH*, H. DON (Dorothy)
R. 3, Box 135, Holsopple, PA 15935
(Tel. 814/288-1163)
Pastor, Riverside Grace Brethren Church
ROWE, BARRY (L) (Jean)
321 27th Ave., Altoona, PA 16601
(Tel. 814/924-0907)
Director: Child Evangelism Fellowship of
Blair County
Altoona, First Grace church
RUIZ*, TED (Vivien)
P.O. Box A.C. 527, Quezon City, 1109,
Philippines
(Tel. (011-63)2-699-28-35)
Missionary, Philippines
LaVerne, CA, church
RUSH*, DAVID (L) (Christie)
P.O. Box 147, Galena, AK 99741-0147
(Tel. 907/656-1629)
Ripon, CA, church
RUSSELL*, ROBERT (Connie)
460 Brenda Dr. , Mansfield, OH 44907
(Tel. 419/524-5315)
Pastor, Woodville Grace Brethren Church
RYERSON, GREG (Jane)
39 Peach Grove Ave., Centerville, OH
45458 (Tel. 513/439^742)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
RYERSON*, MILTON M. (Sue)
1105 Sunday Ln., Winona Lake, IN 46590
(Tel. 219/269-3749)
Pulpit Supply
Winona Lake church
SABIN*, DOUGLAS (Barbara)
R. 2, Box 118, Milroy, PA 17063
(Tel. 717/667-3885)
Pastor, Milroy Grace Brethren Church
SALAZAR", ROBERT G. (Marilyn)
Drawer 1068, Taos, NM 87571
(Tel. 505/758-3388)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church of Taos
5ALSGIVER*, Jr., ROBERT L. (L) (Janice)
305 E. Lexington Rd., Lititz, PA 17543
(Tel. 717/626-1191)
Asst. Pastor/Youth
Grace Brethren Church
JANDY*, D. BRENT, Ph.D. (Cheryl)
103 Sparrow Dr., Lynchburg, VA 24502
(Tel. 804/525-3531)
Professor of New Testament, Liberty
University
Minister of Music and Worship, Ghent
Grace Brethren Church
Roanoke, Ghent church
SARVER*. RUSSELL A. (Alberta)
2222 E. State Rd., Hastings, MI 49058
(Tel. 616/945-9224)
Pulpit Supply; Chaplain, Thornapple Manor
and Tender Care Nursing Homes
Pastor Emeritus
Hastings Grace Brethren Church
SATTERTHWAITE*, RICHARD (L) (Twinky)
Almudaina 21-7, 2, 46007-Valencia, Spain
(Tel. (011-34) 6 34M187)
Indianapolis, Eagle Creek church
SAUNDERS*, MARK E. (Roberta)
234 W. Main St., Ephrata, PA 17522
(Tel. 717/733-6018)
Co-Pastor, Ephrata Area Grace Brethren
Church
SCARBRO*, ROGER (L) (Kathy)
Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039
(Tel. 602/526-0875)
Youth Pastor, Navajo Gospel Mission
Norton, OH, church
SCHAEFER*, JAMES (L) (Elizabeth)
10 East Luray St., Alexandria, VA 22301
(Tel. 703/548-8359)
Chaplain, U.S. Army Reserve
Temple Hills, MD, church
SCHAFFER*, WILLIAM H.
311 Kulila PL, Kenai, AK 99611
(Tel. 907/283-3216)
Minister of Missions
Kenai church
SCHNIEDERS*, RICHARD G. (L) (Linda)
18529 Phlox Dr., Ft. Myers, FL 33912
(Tel. 813/267-7568)
Assoc. Pastor, Grace Brethren Church of
Fort Myers
SCHROCK*, LYNN D. (Lois)
148 Avenue B, 1200 Aurora Blvd.,
Bradenton, FL 34202
(Tel. 813/746-6207)
Bradenton church
SCHROCK*, NORMAN E. (Claudia)
1750 W. Lambert Rd., No. 120, LaHabra
CA 90631
(Tel. 213/690-7591)
Pastor, Westminster Grace Brethren Church
SCHROCK*, VERNON W. (L) (Loreta)
226 Hammond Ter., Waterloo, IA 50702
(Tel. 319/232-5485)
Pulpit Supply
Waterloo church
SCHUMACHER*, JOHN W. (Martha Ann)
19A Garrison Ln., Carlisle Barracks, PA
17013
(Tel. 717/243-7563)
Chaplain, (Col.) U.S. Army
Winona Lake, IN, church
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SCHWAN*, DAVID (L) (Becky)
101 Burman Road, Shirley, Solihull
West Midlands, B90 2BQ, England
Missionary to England
Winona Lake, IN, church
SCHWARTZ*, RALPH R. (Martha)
c/o Tim Hawkins, Av. Dr. Elisio de
Moura,
443 2°B, 3000 Cambra, Portugal
(011-351) 39^05-212
Missionary to Portugal
Santa Maria, Ca, church
SCOLES*, TODD (L) (Linda)
3581 Oaklawn St., Columbus, OH 432/4
(Tel. 614/267-1843)
Pastoral Staff
Grace Brethren Church of Columbus
SELLERS*, RICHARD D. (Virginia)
14281 76th St., Clarksville, MI 48815
(Tel. 616/868-0938)
Retired, Pulpit Supply
Alto church
SHACKLETON*, DONALD (L) (Mary)
828 Stanwood St., Philadelphia, PA 19111
(Tel. 215/745-7004)
Minister, Senior Adults
First Grace Brethren Church
SHANK*, RONALD (L) (Nancy)
P O. Box 65, Maugansville, MD 21767
(Tel. 301/733-7322)
Assoc. /Youth Pastor, Maranatha Brethren
Church, Hagerstown
SHEARER*, KEITH (Laura)
58343 Apple Rd., Osceola. IN 46561
(Tel. 219/674-6098)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
SHEDD*, DAN L. (L) (Doris)
5254 Grasswood Ct., Concord, CA 94521
(Tel. 510/672-8634)
Adminis. of Ygnacio Valley Christian School
LaMirada church
SHERMAN*, JOHN(L)
512 S. 8th St., Goshen, IN 46526
Goshen church
SHIPLEY*, GREG Th.D. (L)
146 Knightsbridge Rd., Olton, Solihull, West
Midlands, B92 8RB, England
(Tel. (011^4) 21-743-5513)
Missionary to England
Philadelphia, PA, First Grace church
SHIPLEY', STEVEN (Hally)
2366 Chandler Ave., Fort Myers, FL 33907
(Tel. 813/278-5847)
Sr. Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
SHIRK*, GLEN W. (Lois)
1007 Manor Dr., Ripon, CA 95366
(Tel. 209/599^685)
Pastor, Ripon Grace Brethren Church
SHOEMAKER*, DONALD PAUL, D. Min.
(Mary)
2251 Knoxville Ave., Long Beach, CA
90815
(Tel. 310/598-5298)
Sr. Pastor, Grace Community Church of Seal
Beach
SIEBERT*, AL (L) (Johanna)
2021 Dawson St., Long Beach, CA 90806
(Tel. 213/494-1037)
Executive Director, Greater Long Beach
Youth for Christ
Bellflower church
SIMMONS*, BERNARD (Sue)
6726 Worthington-Galena Rd., Worthington,
OH 43085
(Tel. 614/433-0272)
Pastoral Staff, Grace Brethren Church of
Columbus
SIMMS*, MARK (L) (Joy)
2 rue de Longwy, 71200 Le Creusot, France
(Tel. (011-33) 85.80.24.06)
Worthington, OH, church
SIMPSON*, RUSSELL E. (Joanne)
740 Boyd Blvd., Galion, OH 44833
(Tel. 419/468-7363)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
SKEEN*, ROBERT (Denise)
B.P. 240 Bangui, Central African Republic,
Africa
Missionary to C.A.R.
Columbus, OH, Grace church
SLUSHER, DAVID S. (L) (Jane)
1615 Timberlane Ln. NE, Grand Rapids, MI
49505
(Tel. 616/364-5528)
Director of Library and Asst. Professor of
Theology, Grand Rapids Baptist College
and Seminary
Winona Lake, IN, church
SMALS*, JAMES R. (Betty)
R. 2, Box 163B, Fairfield, VA 24435
Buena Vista church
SMALS*, RONALD A. (Susan)
9324 Champton Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46256
(Tel. 317/578-1182)
Pastor, Northeast Grace Brethren Church
SMITH", BRIAN (Kathleen)
10641 Zodiac, Riverside, CA 92503
(Tel. 714/687-5427)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
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SMITH, DAN (L) (Michelle)
2997 E. Swift Ave., Fresno, CA93726-3319
Long Beach, Grace church
SMITH*, ERIC D. (Debbie)
P.O. Box 450, Davao City, Mindanao, 8000,
Philippines
Missionary, Overseas Crusades
Long Beach, CA, Grace church
SMITH*, JEFFERY (L) (Brenda)
4496 Algire, Mansfield, OH 44904
(Tel. 419/884-0139)
Church Growth Pastor
Grace Brethren Church
iMITH*, JOHN F. (Sharon)
109 Main St., P.O. Box 72, Refton, PA
17568
(Tel. 717/786-1591)
Pastor, Southern Lancaster Grace Brethren
Church
iMITH, MIKAL (Barbara)
6116 Chicory, Bakersfield, CA 93309-3419
(Tel. 805/834-3342)
Long Beach, Grace church
MITH*, RANDALL D. (Dorothy)
4501 W. Adantic Blvd., A-1516 Coconut
Creek, FL 33063-1763
Ft. Myers, FL, church
MITH*, RICHARD M. (Eloise)
547 Elder St., Chambersburg, PA 17201
(Tel. 717/263-1887)
Pulpit Supply
Chambersburg church
MITH*, WILLIAM W. (Phyllis)
9133 Northbay Blvd., Northbay, Orlando.
FL 32819
(Tel. 407/876^158)
Melbourne church
MITHWICK*, LARRY (Shari)
13540 Baywind, Anchorage, AK 99516
(Tel. 907/345-4082)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
NAVELY*, JAMES (Kitty)
R. 4, Box 180-A, Jersey Shore, PA 17740
(Tel. 717/398-0586)
Pastor, Tiadaghton Valley Grace Brethren
Church
NELL*, WILLIAM H. (Jean)
1210 W. 100 South, Warsaw, IN 46580
(Tel. 219/269-5647)
Director of Church Planting and
Development, Grace Brethren Home
Missions Council
Winona Lake church
SNIDER*, R. WAYNE, Th.M., M.A. (Hyla)
Box 691, Winona Lake, IN 46590
(Tel. 219/267-4684)
Professor of History, Grace Schools
Winona Lake church
SNOW*, R. JOHN (Lucy)
P.O. Box 6, Portis, KS 67474
(Tel. 913/346-2085)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
SNYDER*, BLAINE (Ruth)
200 13th St., Winona Lake, IN 46590
(Tel. 219/267-7559)
Retired
Winona Lake church
SNYDER, CRAIG (Vicki)
1002 N. Fifth St., Fremont, OH 43420
(Tel. 419/332-5018)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Chapel
SNYDER*, ROYB. (Ruth)
901 Robson Rd., Winona Lake, IN 46590
(Tel. 219/267-3234)
Retired Missionary, Africa
Fort Lauderdale, FL, church
SOTO*, ROBERT (L) arts)
1913 Camellia, McAllen, TX 78501
(Tel. 512/686-6696)
Pastor, McAllen Grace Brethren Church
SOULE*, DONALD J. (Cindy)
111 Pine St., Anderson, SC 29621
(Tel. 803/225-6844)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
SOWERS*, LARRY B. (L) (Ruth)
R. 1, Box 555, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
(Tel. 814/695-*240)
Pastor, Vicksburg Grace Brethren Church
SPARLING*, PHILIP J. (L) (Ruth)
199 College Way, Auburn, CA 95603
(Tel. 916/823-9307)
Assoc. Pastor, Outreach, C.E., Discipleship
Auburn church
SPENCE*, PHIL (Minda)
30 MAAS Dr., Fort Bragg, NC 28307
(Tel. 919/497-7220)
Chaplain (Cpt.), U.S. Army
Mishawaka, IN, church
STALEY*, DON (L)
139 N. Wall St., Covington, OH 45318
(Tel. 513/473-2429)
Pastor, Friendship Grace Brethren Church
STALLTER*, THOMAS (L) (Sharon)
B.P. 183 Moundou, Republic of Chad,
Africa (to '92); 2809 S.E. Clinton St.,
Portland, OR 97202 (June '92 to
April '93)
Missionary, Africa
Osceola, IN, church
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STAMM*, GREG (Sally)
507 S. Juniper St., Toppenish, WA 98948
(Tel. 509/865-3877)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
STEVENS*, BILL (Shirley)
6176 Sumter Dr., Brooksville, FL 34602
(Tel. 904/799-3736)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
STOUFFER*, HOWARD (Linda)
7402 E. Broad St., Blacklick, OH 43004
Pastor, Trinity Grace Brethren Church of
Columbus
SUITT*, CHRIS (Jan)
13181 Running Deer Rd., Moreno Valley,
CA 92553
(Tel. 714/656-2729)
Pastor, New Hope Grace Community Church
of the Valley
SUMMERS*, EARL L. (Barb)
850 Alandale Dr., Chambersburg, PA 17201
(Tel. 717/264-7457)
Counselor, Consultant, Speaker
Chambersburg church
S WANNER*, WILLIAM E. (Bill) (L)
8192 Redford Lane, La Palma, CA 90623
Family, Marriage, Child Counseling
Bellflower church
SWEENEY, LYLE L. (Lori)
6437 Meadow Ln. E., Watauga, TX 76148
Pastor, Grace Fellowship Church of Hurst
SYLVESTER*, JIM (L)
c/o 6675 Worthington-Galena Rd.,
Worthington, OH 43085
Columbus, OH, Grace church
TAYLOR*, MIKE(L)
953 Dougherty Rd., Aiken, SC 29803
(Tel. 803/648-7458)
Missionary Appointee to CAR
Aiken, SC, church
TAYLOR*, STEVE W. (Patricia)
132 Summerall Ct., Aiken, SC 29801
(Tel. 803/648-7078)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
TAYLOR*, TERRANCE T., D.Min. (Elaine)
143 Wise Ave. S.E., North Canton, OH
44720
(Tel. 216/497-0924)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
TEEVAN*, JOHN (Jane)
102 Apple Ct., Winona Lake, IN 46590
(Tel. 219/269-2258)
Pastor, Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church
TERAN*, PHILIP M. (Colleen)
3490 Atlas St., San Diego, CA 92111
(Tel. 619/278-3715)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
THAYER*, J. HUDSON (Cheryl)
534 Forest St., Mansfield, OH 44903
(Tel. 419/522-4433)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
THOMAS*, MARION (Yvonne)
Swiss Estates, 608 Lausanne Ave., Bluffton,
OH 45817 (Tel. 419/358-7110)
Pastor, Bluffton Brethren Church, Findlay
THOMPSON*, DAN (Jacquelynne)
740 Clarendon Ct., Naples, FL 33942
(Tel. 813/597-2275)
Pastor, Community Grace Church
TAING*, VEK HUONG (L) (Samoeun)
5715 California Ave., Long Beach, CA
90805
(Tel. 213/423-6312)
Pastor, Grace Cambodian Church
TAMKIN*, WARREN E., Th.M. (Lois)
8 S. Seasons Dr., Dillsburg, PA 17019
(Tel. 717/432^177)
Pastor, Hope Grace Brethren Church
TAYLOR*, DARREL G. (Carolyne)
12 Riverview Dr., Brunswick, ME 04011
(Tel. 207/729-5775)
Pastor, Down East Grace Brethren Church
THOMPSON*, RAYMOND W. (Mary)
405 Administration, Winona Lake, IN 46590 '
(Tel. 219/269-7316)
Winona Lake church
THOMPSON*, ROBERT W. (Betty)
433 Tremont, No. 1, Long Beach, CA
90814
(Tel. 213/439-6974)
Retired
Long Beach, Grace church
THOMPSON*, RON E. (Thelma)
3580 Robin Hood Circle, Roanoke, VA
24019 (Tel. 703/992^445)
Executive Director, Brethren Evangelistic
Ministries
Roanoke, Washington Hgts. church
TAYLOR*, JAMES (Susan)
212 Pinellas St., Lakeland, FL 33803
(Tel. 813/647-2201)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
THORNLEY*, JEFFREY (Cindy)
378-H Leman Ln., Waldorf, MD 20601
Pastor, Waldorf Branch of Grace Brethren
Church of Greater Washington
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"HORNTON*, CHARLES G. (Janice)
56 N. Crawford, Millersburg, OH 44654
(Tel. 216/674-1228)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
HORNTON*, DANIEL E. (Susan)
34640 Kalifornsky Beach Rd., Soldotna, AK
99669
(Tel. 907/262-1008)
Pastor, Peninsula Grace Brethren Church
TITLE', MAYNARD G. (Kathleen M.)
P.O. Box 545, Kreamer, PA 17833
(Tel. 717/374-3679)
Milroy church
ODD*, RICHARD E. (Claudia)
6242 Washington Ave., Whittier, CA 90601
(Tel. 213/945-6891)
Senior Pastor, Community Grace
Brethren Church
OROIAN*, SIMON T. (Louise)
225 Willow Ave., Altoona, PA 16601
(Tel. 814/942-3650)
Pulpit Supply
Duncansville church
OWNSEND*, JOHN C. Jr. (Yvonne)
20 W. Main St., Everett, PA 15537
(Tel. 814/652-9325)
Senior Pastor, Everett Grace Brethren
Church
OWNSEND*, KENNETH G.
P.O. Box 5413, Central Point, OR 97502
(Tel. 503/664-2821)
Chaplain (Cpt.) USAFR, March AFB, CA
Whittier Community church
RAUB*, GEORGE (Charlotte)
8325 Willow Ridge Rd., Roanoke, VA
24019
(Tel. 703/562-1894)
Pastor, Washington Heights Grace Brethren
Church
TRESSLER*, J. WARD (Agnes)
1005 Birdseye Blvd., Fremont, OH 43420
(Tel. 419/334-7106)
Pastoral Ministries
Fremont church
TRIPLEHORN*, BRUCE (L)
Rua Jose Miguel Sacramago 1372, 38.400,
Uberlandia, MG, Brazil, SA
Wooster, OH, church
TROXEL*. DAVY (Ronda)
102 Glenmill Rd., New Albany, IN 47150
(Tel. 812/945-PRAY)
Pastor, New Albany Grace Brethren Church
TRUJILLO*, JOHN L. (Nora)
P.O. Box 74, Tonalea, AZ 86044
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P.O. Box 336, Winona Lake, IN 46590
(Tel. 219/269-2719)
Publisher and General Manager, Brethren
Missionary Herald Co.
Winona Lake church
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1277 S.W. 18th Terr., Okeechobee, FL
34974
(Tel. 813/467-2915)
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u
USHER*, ERNEST (L) (LaVon)
3158 Columbia Woods Dr., Decatur GA
30032
(Tel. 404/286-0503)
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Church
1AVIS*, DAN (L) (Joanne)
1900 Normandy Dr., Wooster, OH 44691
(Tel. 216/262^942)
Assoc. Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
1ENNER*, ED (Carla)
1413 Lael Dr., Orange, CA 92666
(Tel. 714/538-2686 or 714/633-2454)
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*ESISE*, FOSTER (Marguerite)
95-303 Waioni St., Mililani, HI 96789
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Retired
Waipio church
VALENTINE*, AL (Doris)
R. 1, Meyersdale, PA 15552
(Tel. 814/634-8200)
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350 Route 36 South, Duncansville, PA
16635
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VIERS*, JOHN D. (Soni)
54, rue Docteur Oilier, 69100 Villeurbanne,
France
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Missionary, France
Centerville, OH, church
115
VNASDALE*, LESTER, A. (Ruth)
B P 183 Moundou, Republic of Chad,
' Africa (Furlough address: 419 Sloane
Ave Mansfield, OH 44903)
(Tel. 419/524-7736)
Missionary, Chad
Mansfield, OH. Grace church
VOLOVSKI*, MICHAEL J., Th.D. (Amy)
B.P. 240. Bangui, Central African Republic
Missionary, Africa
Duncansville, PA, church
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1507 Southwood Dr., Ashland, OH 44805
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Visitation
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w
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105 W 15th Ave., Juniata, Altoona, PA
16601 (Tel. 814/943-1277)
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WAGNER*, ROBERT (Diana)
9155 Nana Russell Rd. (P.O. Box 458,
20736) Owings, MD
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WALLACE*, MICHAEL D. (Denise)
20 Laurel St., Pine Grove, PA 17963
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9811 Caltor Ln., Fort Washington, MD
20744
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335 Clemens Rd., Harleysville, PA 19438
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Telford church
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3804 Denton Dr., Columbus, OH 43228
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1633 Cherry PL, Escondido, CA 92027
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San Diego church
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5945 63rd Ave. N., Pinellas Park, FL 33565
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R 3, Box 35-A, Stoystown, PA 15563
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3134 Violet Dr., Waterloo, IA 50701
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58644 CR 111, Elkhart, IN 46517
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P O. Box 277, Winona Lake, IN 46590
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6857 Park Vista Rd., Englewood, OH 45322
(Tel. 513/836^1730)
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3645 Susquehanna Trail North, York, PA
17404
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WHITED*, ROBERT D. (Jeannette)
1002 E. Carlson St., Cheyenne, WY 82009
(Tel. 307/637-5469)
Retired
Beaumont, CA, church
WARD*, RUSSELL M. ("D.D.")
4007 Loop Dr., Englewood, OH 45322
(Tel. 513/836-8839)
Pastor Emeritus, Basore Road Grace
Brethren Church, Dayton
WEAVER*, SCOTT, L. (Betty Lou)
1717 Lowell Wood East, Mishawaka, IN
46545
(Tel. 219/256-5940)
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WIKERT, RANDY (L) (Pamela)
33105 Monte Verde Rd., Temecula, CA
92392
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WILEY*, GALEN W., D.MIN. (Elsie)
22713 Ellsworth Ave., Minerva, OH 44657
(Tel. 216/868-3296)
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116
WILEY*, RALPH (Dorotha)
22713 Ellsworth, Minerva, OH 44657
Fort Lauderdale, FL, church
WILHELM*, GEORGE F. (Lou)
200 Leonard St., Apt. 201, Marysville, PA
17053 (Tel. 717/957-4110)
Visitation Pastor Emeritus
Harrisburg church
WOODRUFF*, PAUL E. (Jan)
4319 N. Vinewood, Indianapolis, IN 46254
(Tel. 317/293-1103)
Pastor, Eagle Creek Grace Brethren Church
WRIGHT*, F. DANIEL (L)
1123 9th St., Roanoke, VA 24013
(Tel. 703/342-4101)
Asst. Pastor, Ghent Grace Brethren Church
VILLARD*. WILLIAM (Phyllis)
213 Weaver Dr., Lititz, PA 17543
(Tel. 717/627-2691)
Assoc. Pastor, Grace Brethren Church of
Lititz
VILLIAMS-, BRIAN (L)
| c/o Grace Brethren Church, 375 Hills-Miller
Rd., Delaware, OH 43015
Delaware church
YOUNG*, Charles L. (L) (Macy D.)
5538 Twilight Rd., Roanoke, VA 24019
(Tel. 703/562-2232)
Pastor, Grace Bible Brethren Church,
Troutville
VILLIAMS', ROBERT (Lenora)
150 W. Warren St., Box 41, Peru, IN 46970
(Tel. 317/472^016)
Peru church
YOUNG*, EMORY R. "ZEKE" (L) (Marsha)
5321 Sunrise Ln., Charleston, WV 25313
(Tel. 304/776-3317)
Pastor, Cross Lanes Grace Brethren Church
VILLIAMS*, ROSCOE (Fern E.)
15154 Goodhue St., Whittier, CA 90604
(Tel. 213/944-9953)
Whittier, Comm. church
VILLIAMS*, RUSSELL L. (Margaret)
6213 Green Eyes Way, Orangvale, CA
95662 (Tel. 916/988-5874)
Pastor, Ambassadors Grace Brethren Church
/INGFIELD*, D. MICHAEL (Joyce)
3347 Highway 11-E, Telford, TN 37690
(Tel. 615/257-2880)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church
YOUNG*, JERRY R. (Loreen)
414 S. Cope Hill Dr., Manheim, PA 17545
(Tel. 717/665-2322)
Pastor, Grace Brethren Church, Lititz
YUNKER*, ROBERT
1429 W. Central, Madera, CA 93637
(Tel. 209/673-6525)
Elkhart, IN, church
/INGFIELD*, JAMES H. (Mildred)
R. 1, Box 152, Boones Mill, VA 24065
(Tel. 703/334-2873)
Retired
Roanoke, Garden City church
/INTER*, CHARLES H. (L) (Marilyn)
120 W. Pioneer St., Harrah, WA (Mailing
address: P.O. Box 69, 98933)
(Tel. 509/848-2609)
Pastor, Harrah Grace Brethren Church
/ITT*, G. DOUGLAS (Margie)
3528 Garden City Blvd., Roanoke, VA
24014
(Tel. 703/427-0576)
Pastor, Garden City Grace Brethren Church
fITZKY*, GENE E. (Margaret)
381 Fox Rd., R. 14, Lexington, OH 44904
(Tel. 419/884-0692)
Pastor, Cornerstone Grace Brethren Church
ZAKAHI*, NATHAN (Kelly)
98-323 Pono St., Aiea, HI 96701
(Tel. 808/487-8188)
Pastor, Waimalu Grace Brethren Church
ZIELASKO*, JOHN W., Th.M. (Jeane)
114 15th St., Winona Lake, IN 46590
(Tel. 219/267-1808)
Retired Missionary
Winona Lake church
ZIMMERMAN*, C. S.
6945 W. Coronado Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85035
(Tel. 602/849-5541)
Pulpit Supply, Bible Teacher
Trotwood, OH, church
ZIMMERMAN, LARRY (L)
c/o Christian Brethren Church, 12585 N.W.
144th Trail, 34972
Pastor, Christian Brethren Church
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Mlegheny— Camp Albryoca; May 15-16
\rctic— To be announced
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fawaii— Undetermined; June 13-14
ndiana— Eagle GBC, Indianapolis; May 1-2
owa-Midlands— GBC of Waterloo; June 12-13
Michigan— Lake Odessa GBC; April 10-11
lid-Atlantic— GBC of Waynesboro, PA; April 25
lountain-Plains— Arvada, CO; June 12-14
lor-Cal— To be announced
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orthwest— Kent, WA; February 20-22
outh Florida-Caribbean— Lake Placid, FL; May 18
outhern— Aiken, SC; May 1-2
outhern California-Arizona— GBC, Long Beach, CA; April 26
outhern Ohio— To be announced
outhwest— Grace Brethren Navajo Ministries, NM; May 9
irginia— Fairlawn GBC, Radford, VA; April 3-4
'estern Pennsylvania— Camp Mantowagan, Saxton, PA; April 25
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and a multitude of other prob-
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But because there are so many
negative things in the world does
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that many good things can come
out of what appears to be a very
bleak time.
History records a dark period
in the life of a small nation
which came to question its very
existence. The sky was silent
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ing. There was not a prophet in
the land for over four hundred
years. It appeared that God had
indeed abandoned Israel. Free-
dom had also disappeared as
an invader took over the land.
The Romans moved in and op-
pressed the people and their
government. Religious exercises
reached a very low level.
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level there was complete despair
for this nation. But in the midst
of the darkness God was working
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land. Not only was the change to
take place in a small geographic
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the course of the entire world.
To a virgin came the mes-
sage, "You are to become a
mother and the child you will
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hope from God. When darkness
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forever. Things were tough in Is-
rael and despair loomed heavy.
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for you, just imagine for a
moment a new arrival was to
appear in your household. To
add to the new problems, you,
along with others, are called to
leave your home and go a long
distance to register for a census.
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where the government sends a
form to fill out which can then be
returned by mail. No, this cen-
sus required a trip to your old
home area. Transportation was
not good and the problem was
compounded by a need for a hos-
pital. Instead there was the long
walk and a bumpy ride on a don-
key. When the destination was
reached, there was no hotel or
motel and the time of delivery of
the child was at hand.
Things can get tough, but it
does not seem to reach the level
just described. Out of these diffi-
cult circumstances and in the
midst of all of the confusion, the
cry of a newborn child was heard
in the stable. The cry was so nat-
ural no one but a few could
detect the truth. The Son of God
cried that day. He was in the
form of a man and He had come
to redeem mankind. The light
was beginning to shine and a
star in the heavens made its
glowing appearance. When the
darkness is the greatest and
hope is lowest, it is time to listen
for the voice of God.
The taking of life has become
common today and cities that
never knew the reality of murder
now announce new killings each
morning on the early news.
Abortion is rampant and finan-
cial clouds gather. This Christ-
mas would be a good time to
pause and listen for a voice that
says, "Come unto Me ye who are
weary . . . and I will give you
rest." There is a lot of light, but
look for the right source of light.
Things Are
Tough
These Days!
by Charles W. Turner
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CONTENTS
Volume 53
December 15, 1991
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3 Editorial
Things Are Tough
These Days!
by Charles W. Turner
5 Missions
God Is Still
Working in
People's Hearts
by Gary M. Kinser
6 B.E.M.
Guatemala . . .
A Time for
Miracles
by Patricia Saunier
8 WMC
Commitment —
From Our Hands
to His
9 Christmas
Keep Calvary
in Christmas
by Jesse Deloe
12 Home Missions
Celebrating in
Happy Valley
13 Home Missions
Breaking Ground
in Cincinnati
14 Fellowship News
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MISSIONS
God Is Still Working in
People's Hearts!
by Gary M. Kinser
Our first meeting, in May 1991, on Mexico City's
university campus.
God is still preparing and working in hearts. Just as
the Ethiopian eunuch was ready for Philip to come and
"preach Jesus" to him (Acts 8:26-39) and Lydia's "heart
was opened" by the Lord to respond to the gospel (Acts
16: 14), our Lord is at work today! I was reminded of this
in a remarkable way when I met Roberto Popoca Gonza-
les in Mexico City.
Our First Conversation
I was convinced that God was working in Roberto's
heart from our first conversation. In May of 1991, Jay
Bell, Pastor Lance Stowe, and I went to Mexico City for
three days to scout and plan for a summer short term
mission trip. On the second day we stepped from the
crowded bus onto the largest university campus in the
world, U.N.A.M. (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de
Mexico). The campus is approximately 15 square miles
with 350,000 students. Immediately a young man
walked up to us and said (in broken English), "Where
are you going? I will help you." We told him we were
looking for the library. We began to walk to the library
and after a few minutes of introductions and small talk
he asked us about our jobs. We told him we were pastors
in the United States and then waited to hear his re-
sponse. His statement almost dropped our jaws. He
said, "Oh, really? I have been reading the Bible, but I
don't understand what the central message is." After
some discussion, we thought that because of our limited
Spanish and his limited English it would be best if we
made an appointment to meet the Spanish-speaking
missionaries or pastor. After looking on a map we dis-
covered that he lives only two major streets from the
church— in the largest city in the world! The next day we
flew home without ever meeting with him. I wrote a letter
to continue contact with him and he never received it. I
thought we had lost the opportunity, but God had other
plans.
Our Second Conversation
In August 1991 I arrived in Mexico City again, this
time with a group of 12 college students and translators
for 10 days of ministry and outreach with the Grace
Brethren Church and our GBFM missionaries, Bess
Farrell and Brenda Welling. We had a full calendar of
scheduled activities, but I still wanted to find time to see
Roberto. I tried calling him a couple of times through the
first week but never reached him. Finally I was able to
reach him the last day we were staying in the city. I
wanted to see him, so I invited him to come to our spe-
cial Wednesday night meeting at the church. Dave and
Sylvia Riggs were presenting their ministry to the Zapo-
tec Indians. He said that he was very busy and had to
study for a test the next day, but that he would try to
come because "you don't find good friends around the
block." When the meeting was over Roberto showed up
at the door of the church.
We sat down and began to talk and eat. He shared
many personal concerns with me. He said it has been
difficult for him to sleep for two and a half years because
he was afraid of the demons that have hassled him at
night. He said, "Sometimes I read the Bible and I begin
to cry" and "I just want to know the truth." He said that
he believed in miracles and that he thought it was a mir-
acle that he met me on campus in May and was now
talking to me again. Another Mexican, Raul, who was
sitting with us, told him that it was a miracle that all
this had happened and that God could do a miracle in
his heart right then by bringing him into His family and
giving him salvation. He showed Roberto from the Bible
and in Spanish how he could have a personal relation-
ship with God through Christ. I knew Roberto was un-
derstanding because he would occasionally translate
what Raul was saying into English for me. As he was
concluding, a Mexican woman came up named Clara
Luz (Spanish for "Clear Light"). She told him how she
became a Christian and encouraged him to do the same.
Praise to the Lord! Roberto committed his life to Christ
that night. The heart God had prepared was now devo-
ted to Him.
Our Third Conversation
God is still working in Roberto's heart. I have heard
reports from our GBFM missionaries, Bess and Brenda,
that Roberto is regularly attending church, involved in
discipleship with John Pieters (sometimes even twice a
week), and is part of beginning the new youth ministry
at the church. After talking with Roberto today I was
glad to hear that he is doing well reading the Bible daily,
and is sleeping great. There truly is peace and rest in the
Lord.
Roberto was one of nine people we saw come to the
Lord during our ten-day trip. God encouraged us and
the church greatly during our stay. I could go on and on
"relating one by one the things that God has done" as
Paul did in Jerusalem (Acts 21:17-20), and you would
"glorify God" with us. However, space limits me to the
story of Roberto. But I hope he will be a reminder to you
as he is for me that God is preparing and working in
hearts.
Gary M. Kinser is the director of the College /Young
Singles Ministry (Frontline) at the Grace Brethren Church
in Long Beach, California.
HERALD/ December 15, 1991
5
Guatemala ... A Time for
Miracles
by Patricia Saunier
"And I pray that you being rooted
and established in love may have
power together with all the saints
to grasp how wide and long and
high and deep is the love of Christ
and to know this love that sur-
passes knowledge— that you may
be filled to the measure of all full-
ness of God" (Eph 3:18, 19). Do we
ever really trust God the way He
intended us to, or fully see the
miracles in which He allows us to
participate? Perhaps just like our
physical muscles, our spiritual
muscles must be continually exer-
cised in order to bring us to a
deeper awareness of what it means
to truly depend upon God.
Love, faith, trust — simple words to say, but
much more difficult to live by. Never was this
more vivid to me than last August. In a letter to a
friend, I commented on a supply of medical
donations I had received earlier: "We have medi-
cines we did not ask for, for a trip we don't have
planned, but I can't wait to see what God has
planned." Our Lord's plans began to take shape.
I received a FAX from Tim Carey, missionary with
Wycliffe in Guatemala. He would be in Miami in
September. If medical supplies could reach him
while there, he would carry them into Guatemala
where they would be used to fight cholera, a dis-
ease rapidly spreading throughout Central Amer-
ica. Allowing time for shipping, we had exactly
eight days in which to gather supplies! We were
overwhelmed with the task set before us, and we
certainly underestimated the power of God.
God, however, had already prepared hearts for
the request. Within three days several churches,
two hospitals, nine physicians and two pharma-
ceutical companies had responded to our pleas.
On September 8 doctors and other benefactors
held a time of prayer during which we thanked
God for His blessings and asked that everyone
who came in contact with the medicines, from
UPS handlers to recipients, might hear the Gos-
pel and receive Jesus as their Savior. More than
100 pounds of antibiotics, analgesics and surgi-
cal supplies left Virginia for Miami, along with a
check for $500 to be used as the
Lord led.
In a recent phone conversation
with Tim, he discussed his arrival
in Guatemala. He was stopped by
custom officials as they searched
through the supplies. However, in
answer to ongoing prayer, he was
allowed to bring everything except
one bottle of aspirin into the coun-
try! He relayed the joy of the people
of Xenocoj when they received the
medicines. Tim shared with the
villagers about God's love and how
He through His children was bless-
ing Xenocoj.
Tim excitedly reported on the
church where a First Love Renewal had been
held last February.
• Average attendance is 67, and during August
there were 17 baptisms.
• The church has a youth group which meets
once a week.
• A special concern is the need for a building.
The fellowship is looking into the possibility of
purchasing a building or land that can be
used for church services.
• The ladies group meets weekly and is saving
money to contribute to this cause.
• The Guatemalan Grace Brethren Church,
under the leadership of Pastor Carlos Vali-
daus, is active, vibrant, growing and touching
souls with Christ's love.
• Almost $1,000 worth of medical supplies and
money were gathered in the U.S. and deliv-
ered to Guatemala in less than 14 days!
"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably
more than all we ask or imagine, according to his
power that is at work within us, to him be glory
in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all
generations, forever and ever!" (Eph 3:20).
Patricia Saunier is a registered nurse and infant case-
manager with Allegheny Highlands Community Ser-
vices Board. She is a member of the Washington
Heights Grace Brethren Church, Roanoke, VA.
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Tarah Peters
Dear Grandma & Grandpa,
Thank you so much for the money
you put in my BIF fund. In fact, if
it weren't for you, that account
would never have been started and
it's going to be so helpful now as I
go to Grace College. You knewl
A thank you is hardly enough for
all that you've done for me
throughout my life! But, I'll say it
anyway . . . THANKS for being
there for me and being great
grandparents. I love you both and
appreciate your love and prayers.
Love,
Grandparents Lester and
Genevene Pifer
Tarah
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ARY COUNCIL
IV
lENT - From Our Hands to His
Some of the individuals associated with the birth of Christ showed spe-
cial commitment in their lives. Who were they? The verses below tell to
what they were committed, how they demonstrated their commitment, and
what the results were. After filling in the blanks, use the names of the in-
dividuals to fill in the puzzle.
Commitment Demonstration
Luke 1:6
2.
3.
Matt 1:19
Luke 2:15
Matt 2:2
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Luke 2:25
Luke 1:6
Luke 1:38
Luke 2:37
Col 1:13
Luke 1:62, 63
Matt 1:24
Luke 2:16
Matt 2:9-10
Luke 2:27
Luke 1:25
Luke 1:43
Luke 2:37
Col 1:19-20
Results
Luke 1:64
Luke 3:23
Luke 2:16,
20
Matt 2:11
Luke 2:30
Luke 1:57
Luke 1:45
Luke 2:38
Col 1:22
^ T
answers found on page 14
HERALD/ December 15, 1991
CHRISTMAS
Keep Calvary In Christmas
A Christmas Reading
by Jesse B. Deloe
Resting one night outside the little town of
Bethlehem of Judea, I was trying to get comfort-
able on the hard ground and shut out the sound
of my grazing donkey chewing the grass of the
field. I was one of those unfortunate ones for
whom there was no room in the town. The king
had decreed that a census be taken, and all of us
had to report to our home towns and enroll.
Bethlehem was an unimportant little town like
many that dot the map all over the world. It was
a place where boys grow up but leave to make
their mark in the world somewhere else. Now, all
the boys of many years back were coming home
to register. I suppose if one had enough money or
influence, he could find lodging somewhere, but I
was just a poor lad, so I wrapped myself in a
blanket and stretched out on a sloping hillside
outside of town to get some rest.
The road had been crowded all day and after
my long journey, I was tired and weary; but sleep
wouldn't come. My parents were no longer living;
I had no family, and I remembered no friends
from my childhood days in Bethlehem. I suppose
it was loneliness as much as anything else that
kept me awake until it happened. Even as I think
back on it now, I cannot believe my memory, just
as I could not believe my ears and eyes those
many years ago. For as I was tossing on my hard
bed and wishing for sleep, all of a sudden, I
heard a distant sound — a sound of singing.
Thinking perhaps I was sleeping, I raised my
hand to rub my eyes, and behold, they were
open; I was not sleeping. The music was too dis-
tant for me to hear clearly, but I could not be
mistaken. It was beautiful, even angelic. I looked
about me, but I could see nothing unusual in the
darkness. My little donkey had become quiet,
though, and his ears stood erect as he seemed to
strain to hear, too.
Looking off into the distance over the hilltops,
I thought I saw a glowing light in the sky. There
were no stars nor any moon that night, but there
did appear to be a ... a .. . glow; and it was from
there that the music seemed to be coming.
As I strained my eyes in the darkness, I
thought I saw movement on the ground just
beneath the heavenly glow. Yes, I was sure of it,
there seemed to be a small group of men moving
about in no certain direction. And . . . and . . .
yes, there were sheep milling about the men.
They were shepherds, and they were excited
about something unusual.
They began to move off the hillside together. I
grabbed my few belongings, threw them over the
donkey's back and off we went to see what was
happening. The beauty of the music seemed still
to linger in the air, and what had sounded like
claps of thunder had scattered the sheep and the
herdsmen. I moved as fast as I could to catch up
to them.
Not wanting to interfere, I trailed the shep-
herds at a safe distance until I finally caught
sight of them again on the road to town. They
were chatting together excitedly as they hurried
along, not aware, apparently — or not caring —
that it was the middle of the night when they
should be tending their sheep quietly on the hill-
side.
I noticed a very young fellow among the shep-
herds— a boy about my age, following along and
struggling to catch up with the others. The far-
ther back he trailed from the rest, the closer I
came to him, until he finally noticed me. Not
wanting to frighten him, I spoke softly and
offered him a ride on the donkey. He gladly
accepted. As we hurried to catch up with the oth-
ers, I asked where they were going and what was
the excitement.
His explanation of the events I had witnessed
at a distance was astounding — unbelievable —
and frankly, I did not put much stock in what he
was saying. For this is what he told me:
He had been sleeping with most of the others
while a guard was on alert. He had been awak-
ened by what he at first thought was thunder,
too, but then he recognized a voice — and it
wasn't any of the shepherds that he knew so
well, either. Wide awake, then, he began to
understand what the voice was saying:
"Don't be afraid, I have come to bring you joy-
ous good news which is to be shared with all
people. In David's city, Bethlehem, this very day,
is born the Savior God has promised and for
whom His people have been watching. You will
find him in baby wrappings, lying aresting in an
oxen's manger."
HERALD/ December 15, 1991
9
if this were not startling enough, the little
-lated aU of a sudden, a whole host of sing-
,e^an praising God: "I guess they were
angels.' he said, "and their music was tremen-
dous; Fll never forget the sound or the words:
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth
peace good will toward men."
-Well " I said to the lad. "where are you going
now? Certainly, nobody will believe that story,
willthev?" A11T1
He replied. "I don't know about that. All I know
is that the men decided to seek the sign that the
angel spoke about. Were looking now for that
manger where the babv is to be laid."
Meanwhile, we had come into the outskirts of
the town, and the shepherds, as if guided by an
unseen hand, entered a stable behind one of the
old inns. As I followed them, I was started to
see— among the oxen and donkeys with a few
sleeping hens and doves— a mother holding a
tinv babv.
My shepherd friends fell immediately to their
knees and praised God for sending a Savior. I did
not understand their reaction, but I did observe
their reverence and awe in seeing the realization
of the angel's promise and— so the lad told me —
the fulfillment of centuries of prophecies regard-
ing a "son to be given" upon whose "shoulders"
God's government would rest. I'll never forget
that night, believe me!
I was just about to enter the city of Jerusalem
on business one morning when I was confronted
with a mob. Yes, a mob of people spewing out of
the city gate and rushing toward me. I barely
jumped off to the side of the road in time to avoid
being trampled. It was obvious that this crowd
was angry; nothing was going to stand in their
way. so I gladly got out of their path. My busi-
ness in the provincial city could wait; I wanted to
know what was going on.
Not all the crowd seemed angry, though. Not
all uttered jeers and catcalls; some — a number
of women, a few men — were weeping. They ap-
peared distraught and distressed. The face of
one man, now approaching middle-age, seemed
familiar to me. It was an anxious face, strained
in agony and stained with tears. As he passed
by. our eyes met, and something about each of
us brought recognition to the other.
Why, he was the shepherd lad I had seen on
the road to Bethlehem many years before. Again I
asked him what was happening, where the crowd
was going. He pointed to the forlorn figure of a
man struggling beneath the load of a harsh,
crude, wooden cross.
"That man" he said, "is the babe we saw in the
manger that night."
I could not believe my ears. How could I recon-
cile the angel's message at His birth with the
sight now before my eyes? This was no king; this
was no deliverer or savior of men.
In the confusion, the noise, the turmoil of the
mob, it was difficult to get the whole story, but I
gathered that the Jewish leaders were not recep-
tive to the claims of this Jesus; they accused Him
of blasphemy, and somehow they persuaded the
political leaders of the day to execute him for the
charges they falsely brought against Him.
My shepherd friend had been a close follower
of Jesus for three years. He had almost forgotten
about the manger scene until he heard Jesus
preach by the Sea of Galilee one day, and he was
immediately taken with the authority of His
preaching, "the logic of His persuasion, the cor-
rectness of His use of the Old Testament Scrip-
tures. In short, the shepherd boy had become a
believer; he was one of the "way," a follower of
Jesus as the Christ of Israel.
Gladly and expectantly, he had followed Him,
witnessed His miraculous deeds, and served with
Him without pause. But now, his dreams and
hopes for the Messiah were being dashed against
the stones of intolerance, unbelief, and hatred.
He still expressed faith in this condemned man,
but he could not understand why it was that He
was being led to Calvary.
I had to leave my newly re-found friend, for
my business in the city was urgent. Turning to
leave him and make my way against the crowd
back into the city, I noted for the first time
where the road was leading and where the mob
was heading.
The road wound its way outside the city to a
hillside. Seeing it in the bright light of the day, I
noted the shadowed marks on the side of a hill
away from the sun. Yes, it was the place some-
times referred to as the place of the skull. It did
have such markings, and it was chilling just to
see it.
Even more chilling in the view that day was
the faint outline at the top of the hill of two
crosses. I could barely make out the figures of
men already hanging there. It was evident that
the bedraggled, worn man — now relieved of his
burden by another, but still jeered and mocked
by the mob, even spat upon by some — this man
was being led to a similar fate. Within a half hour
or an hour, there were to be three crosses on that
hilltop. My shepherd friend's master would have
met his end.
I was in that "no-man's-land" between deep,
concentrated reverie and fully conscious aware-
10
HERALD/ December 15, 1991
CHRISTMAS
ness, when a stranger appeared at my side and
spoke sofdy to me, drawing me back down into
my though tfulness.
"Do you remember the babe in the manger?"
he asked. "Do you remember the man in the
death march? Do you remember me?"
I looked hard at the speaker. It couldn't be.
but it was. There stood my shepherd lad, my
friend of Bethlehem and Jerusalem. How could
that be? This was centuries later — nearly 2,000
years. Yet there he was, not much different than
I remembered from long ago. There was some-
thing different about this meeting, though. I had
twice stumbled upon him on his journeys long
ago; now he finds me on my journey; now he's
the one asking for an explanation.
Tell me what's going on here. Where's every-
one going? What's all the noise and confusion?"
"Why, it's Christmas," I replied. "We're honor-
ing the birth of Christ, as we do each year at this
time."
"But where is any remembrance of Christ?" he
asked. "Is it His spirit that I see in the jostling,
rushing crowds? Is He in the decorated trees in
the windows? Is He what is wrapped up in all the
finery of gift packages? Is it Christ who is being
honored in your town, or is it you, your familv.
and your friends?
"What are you looking for in this remem-
brance— giving a pleasing gift? Getting something
for yourself that you want? Outdoing someone
else in decorating or exchanging gifts? I'm sorrv.
but I don't seem to see the babe in the manger in
these things."
I started to protest, but he went on, "And what
is worse, even in the few store windows where I
see a manger scene or in those isolated places
where I read a 'Keep Christ in Christmas' sign,
there seems to a great deal missing. Who is the
Christ they want to keep in Christmas?
"You must remember, my friend, that we met
not only at Bethlehem but at Jerusalem, too.
Maybe you didn't hear the most wonderful part
of the story when we last met, for you ran off so
quickly and didn't hear the good news."
"Good news," I thought. Yes. there was Good
News after all. He didn't need to tell me about the
Sunday after that crucifixion scene. I know about
Jesus Christ's rising from the dead. I know that
He defeated death, sin. and the devil, by His vic-
torious resurrection. No, I hadn't forgotten that
part of the story.
My shepherd friend spoke once again, "You
must remember, old friend, that there is 'none
other name under heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved.' That red-nosed rein-
deer you hear about in the song, or that red-
clothed, white -bearded, jolly man you see in all
the stores — those aren't names that deliver from
sin and death. They, in reality, may be just sub-
stitutes for us. We will never be able to keep
Christ in Christmas if He is just another
Rudolph, or Santa Clause, or yule log, or deco-
rated tree. We must remember why the babe
came; we must 'Keep Calvary in Christmas!""
An unexpected voice startled me once again.
"Excuse me, will you let me out, please?"
I had fallen into such deep reverie as I rode the
bus home that I had forgotten where I was. I let
my fellow passenger get past me to leave the bus.
and I collected my thoughts. I looked through the
bus windows and everywhere my eyes alighted. I
saw signs of Christmas.
"But of whose Christmas?" I asked myself. The
shepherd friend of my daydreaming opened my
eyes to what is taking place right here — in our
town — and now — in our time. I began to search
in the store windows, in the newspaper on my
lap. in the magazine on the seat beside me.
Rarely was there any remembrance of the Christ
of Christmas in any of them. Nowhere was there
any reference to the reason for His coming. The
occasional, flippant mention of "peace on earth,
good will to men" bore no suggestion as to how
this peace and good will were purchased — at the
price of the blood of Jesus Christ.
As I pulled the cord for my stop. I determined
that this year it was going to be different in my
family, in my life. This year I want not only to
bring Christ back into Christmas, but to bring
Calvary back too. Walking the few blocks to my
home. I heard the words of a song that began to
tumble through my mind: "Ring the bells! Ring
the bells! Let the whole world know."
"Yes," I thought, "let the whole know Christ
was born in Bethlehem many years ago."
Oh, how wonderful the words, for they bring
Calvary and Christmas together. The tune con-
tinued: "Born to die that man might live, came to
earth new life to give."
Yes. ring the bells! Christ died to give men life.
Ring the bells! Christ lives today as He did so
long ago.
Thank you. shepherd friend; thank you for
bringing to mind the real story of Christ, Christ-
mas, and Calvary. I pray that this year my life
will show my gratitude for Christmas and for
Calvary. Oh. ring the bells! What joy is ours who
know the man of the manger and the cross!
HERALD/ December 15, 1991
11
Celebrating in Happy Valley
Pastor Larry Edwards
Sunday, October 6,
1991, at three o'clock in
the afternoon, Pastor
Larry Edwards welcomed
two hundred guests in
the large conference room
at Toftrees Resort in
State College. They had
come from all over the
West Penn District to cel-
ebrate the first anniver-
sary of the Happy Valley
Grace Brethren Church in that western Pennsyl-
vania city.
District support was evidenced not only by the
good attendance that beautiful Fall afternoon,
but also by the prayer support and the financial
help that the young church receives. Pastors Tim
Boal, Doug Sabin, Jim Snavely, and Jim Morton
all participated in the joyous occasion at Toftrees.
Pastor Snavely of the Tiadaghton Valley Grace
Brethren Church started a Bible class in the
State College home of Chuck Rider in October,
1989. The District has encouraged the ministry
from its inception. In the Spring of 1990 Larry
Edwards was challenged to consider this city for
the planting of a new church. His ten years at the
Bethel Brethren Church in Berne, Indiana, had
been fruitful and fulfilling years.
After two visits to the area and much soul-
searching prayer the Edwards family decided to
move East to State College, home of Penn State
University. Worship services began in the church
planter's home on October 7, 1990. Realizing that
a private home has great limitations for use as a
church, meetings were moved to Toftrees, a Mar-
riott Resort, on January 13, 1991.
In May this year
the Lord moved
Jim and Jan Mor-
ton from Colum-
bus, Ohio, to assist
in this exciting en-
deavor of faith. Jim
is a licensed minis-
ter and was in a
middle manage-
ment position be-
By William H. Snell
fore joining hands with Pastor Edwards. The
Worthington Grace Brethren Church in Colum-
bus committed themselves to support the Mor-
ton family until they could find employment at
their new home.
State College is a unique community of baby
boomers. The average resident is thirty- two
years old, Caucasian, a white-collar worker, and
has at least four years of college education. De-
mographic stud-
ies show that there
is a significant in-
crease in families
now making State
College their per-
manent home.
When more than
94,000 fans pack
into the university
stadium for a Nit-
tany Lions football
game, the college
town becomes the
fifth largest city in Pennsylvania. Statistical
analysis indicates that by the turn of the century.
State College will be one of the largest cities in the
state even without the influx of fans for a Satur-
day football game.
Presently, the core group of the church
includes seven families. Brethren across the
country are encouraged to join the pastors and
people of the Happy Valley Grace Brethren
Church in asking God to build a strong church in
that spiritually needy valley.
William H. SneU. is Director of Church
Planting and Development for Grace Breth-
ren Home Missions. He
is responsible for new
church starts in the
East and South. He
came to this position
from the pastorate in
Martinsburg, Pennsylva-
nia, about the same
time that the ministry in
nearby State College be-
gan services in Pastor
Edwards' home.
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HERALD/ December 15, 1991
HOME MISSIONS
Pastor Mike's son Craig drives
his "stake" In the future church
site.
Un September 8, the congre-
gation of the Grace Brethren
Church of Greater Cincinnati
held a ground-breaking cere-
mony on a beautiful six-acre
site within two minutes of the
1-275 beltway.
It was an exciting day as
church-planters Mike and Liz
Clapham recounted the many
blessings of
God in their
ministry. Sev-
eral members
gave thanks
for what the
church has
meant to
their families.
Grace Breth-
ren Home Mis-
sions helped
Mike and Liz
begin the work,
along with help from the
Columbus, Ohio, Grace Breth-
ren Church and the North Cen-
tral and Southern Ohio District
Mission Boards. The young
congregation began meeting in
the Clapham living room in
1980. Quickly outgrowing the
Breaking
Ground
in Cincinnati
Prayer and dlsclpleshlp have
been key factors In the growth
of the church.
by Larry N. Chamberlain
home, services were
moved to a bank confer-
ence room and, later, to
the public school close to
their property site where
they have been meeting
ever since.
Mike led his congrega-
tion to self-support status
in 1986, right on sched-
ule. They have since fully
paid for their property
and have raised more
than $200,000 for the
construction of a first-
phase worship facility. They
hope to build debt-free, and
they're well on
their way!
Mike's story
is repeated all
across Amer-
ica. (Not all
Home Mission
churches build
debt-free, how-
ever.) Last year
seven churches
went self-sup-
porting, and
this year an-
other six will take that step of
faith and will continue to grow.
A vibrant, healthy church is
reaching people for Christ today
in Cincinnati, Ohio, because of
the faithful prayer and financial
support from Grace Brethren
people and churches. On behalf
Cincinnati skyline.
of Mike and his fellow church
planters across America, Home
Missions says "Thanks" for that
support.
Larry Chamberlain is Executive
Director of Grace Brethren Home
Missions.
In this final month of the year,
we are asking God to provide
the church-planting funds
that are so desperately needed
to close our books in a healthy
condition. On behalf of thirty-
four churches and pastors,
may I ask you to consider a
generous year -end gift for
Home Missions? Thanks for
allowing God to use you to pro-
vide the needed resources for
MISSION AMERICA. LNC
HERALD/ December 15, 1991
13
UPDATE
Lew Ingwaldson has resigned
from the pastorate at the San Jose,
CA, church, effective October 13,
1991. His temporary address is:
General Delivery, Kirtland, NM
87417.
Steve Koontz, Fort Lauderdale,
FL, has joined the staff at the Grace
Brethren Church, Murrysville, PA.
He will be directing the youth minis-
try there.
Steve Blake, former pastor of the
Third Brethren Church in Philadel-
phia, PA, has accepted the pastor-
ate of the Pike Grace Brethren
Church in Johnstown, PA.
Gary Gnagey has resigned from
the pastorate of the Suburban
Grace Brethren Church of Hatboro,
PA, effective October 27, 1991.
Future plans are indefinite.
Larry Smithwick resigned from the
pastorate of the Anchorage Grace
Brethren Church, Anchorage, AK.
His resignation took effect on
November 10, 1991. His new
address is: 55 W. Washington, No.
93, Yakima, WA 98903.
Pastor James S. Laird, Sr., senior
pastor of the Martinsburg GBC of
Martinsburg, PA, announces the
addition of Associate Pastor J.
Brant Leidy. Pastor Leidy began his
duties July 1.
Daton and Velma Cundiff are cel-
ebrating their 50th wedding anni-
versary year. If you would like to
send your greetings, their address
is: 3813 Longmeadow Ave. NW,
Roanoke, VA 24017.
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Deaths:
Baker, Ida, June 13, 1991 . She was a
faithful member of the Grace Brethren
Church, Martinsburg, PA, since 1938.
James Laird, pastor.
Brooks, Samuel, July 1, 1991. He
graduated from this earth to his heavenly
home after a lengthy illness. H. Don
Rough, pastor.
George, Dale, September 21 , 1 991 . He was
a faithful attender of the Riverside Grace
Brethren Church and contributed many
long hours and knowledgeable
information in the building of their present
facilities. H. Don Rough, pastor.
Mowry, Shirley, October 8, 1991. She was
involved with the music of the Grace
Brethren Church, Martinsburg, PA.
James Laird, pastor.
Weddings:
Beam. Melissa Wagner and Shawn Beam
were married on July 19, 1991, at the
Riverside Grace Brethren Church,
Johnstown, PA. H. Don Rough, pastor.
Deal. Loretta Hetz and Donald Deal were
united in marriage on October 19, 1991,
at the Grace Brethren Church of
Meyersdale, PA. Larry Gegner, pastor.
Gallo. Elizabeth Stitely and Todd Gallo were
married on June 8, 1 991 , at the Riverside
Grace Brethren Church, Johnstown, PA.
H. Don Rough, pastor.
Haglund. Pat Nicholson and Erie Haglund
were married in a unique outdoor
wedding on the bride's grandfather's
farm, Meyersdale, PA, on August 10,
1 991 . Pastor Larry Gegner performed the
ceremony.
Kauffman. Beverly Stanley and Michael
Kauffman were married on September
28, 1991 , at the Riverside Grace
Brethren Church, Johnstown, PA.
Pastors H. Don Rough and Luke
Kauffman (Michael's pastor) officiated at
the ceremony.
Keith. Ginger Sipes and LeMar Keith were
married on August 24, 1 991 , in the Grace
Brethren Church of Martinsburg, PA.
James Laird, pastor.
Seth. Lori Decker and Shawn Seth were
married on March 9, 1991 , at the
Riverside Grace Brethren Church,
Johnstown, PA. H. Don Rough, pastor.
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