One prayer request we have kept before our prayer network has been the calling of team members to join us here. We dreamed that not only would God send us partners in ministry and in life, but that they would have skills and gifts that would complement what we bring. Ephesians 3:20 always reminds me [...]
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This was the second national conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches we have been to, and we never cease to enjoy any opportunity to get together with the leaders and other members of Grace Brethren Churches across North America (and a few international missionaries as well!) Not having experienced national-level meetings in any [...]
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Licensure is the “bar exam” for the pastoral profession. Some denominations have more rigorous methods, some have less. The Grace Brethren are on the more side. Last month I wrote an 8 hour exam with around 80 questions, all short answer. They were all based upon theological concepts with one five question set of historical [...]
The Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches holds annual regional focus retreats where pastors and elders can get together and encourage each other and build relationship. The Northwest Focus Retreat is just the Northwest District, so most everybody knows each other… except us. This was the first retreat where we as Community of Hope’s leadership board [...]
We are heading to Florida for the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches‘ biannual iGo convention. We leave on Thursday night. The convention is in Tampa, Florida, so I am watching the Hurricane Forecasting website very carefully to see if we might get hit with a zinger while we’re down there. We’ll actually be down there [...]
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