Posts from July, 2003
- 30 Jul
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No commentsAmong Ministers….
In May, David Leraaen became part-time associate pastor of HomeFront UB in Grandville, Mich.
Rick Fischl will assume the role of Superintendent of Pastoral Development for Mid-Atlantic Conference as of July 1. He is replacing John Shubert.
John Lang has been named the Appointed Leader of Rock River Church Extension District, effective immediately. He is taking over [...] - 30 Jul
by Global Ministries
No commentsFrom Marshalee Brown in Ethiopia
Marshalee Brown reports that she has been granted a work permit, and is headed back to Ethiopia, where she is a missionary with SIM International. She originally went to Ethiopia in January, but had to leave for England a few weeks ago because the government delayed granting a new work permit.
- 30 Jul
by Global Ministries
No commentsUpdate from Paul Coy
Paul Coy, former missionary in Macau, sent this report from the Philippines, where he has been attending theological seminar. “After my first year of seminary, I went back to American April-June for my summer break. I did an internship at my home church in Huntington, Ind. It was wonderful being back home and serving at [...]
- 30 Jul
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No commentsGrowing Too Fast for the Lutherans
The Santa Clarita Hispanic congregation (Canyon Country, Calif.) has been one of the fast-growing churches in the denomination for the past several years, now running around 400 people (and they have also helped started several other churches). They have been meeting at a Lutheran church. However, they were recently notified that they will no longer [...]
- 30 Jul
by News
No commentsAmong Ministers….
Dennis Rowe is senior pastor of Living Word UB in Columbus, Ohio, effective August 3. He had been pastoring a UB church in Florida.
Jeff Dice is fulltime Discipleship Pastor of Brown Corners UB (Clare, Mich.) effective July 1.
Gary Gates is the new senior pastor of South Scipio UB, Harlan, Ind. - 30 Jul
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No commentsCelebrating the Wright Family
The United Brethren Historical Society sponsored a Celebration of the Wright Family Heritage on Friday, July 18, 2003, in the vicinity of Dayton, Ohio. UB people from at least five states began to gather at the Holiday Inn in Springfield, Ohio, on Thursday evening and joined together for an informal conversation about the Wright family.
On [...] - 3 Jul
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No commentsMartin Magnus Undergoes Surgery
Brian Magnus sent this update on his father, Martin Magnus, who underwent major surgery in May to remove a brain tumor. On June 25, they learned that test results on the tumor show that it was benign. “His head is healing up nicely and he doesn’t need to return to see the doctor for a [...]
- 3 Jul
by Global Ministries
No commentsJana Hoobler Update
Jana Hoobler, Director of the Macau mission work, sent these items on June 29.
“It’s neat to look back and see how our English Bible studies have developed over the past year. We’ll be ending them in the next couple of weeks for the summer and then will start them back up in September. Praise [...]
- 3 Jul
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No commentsVirginia Work Team in Honduras
On May 24, Mt. Olivet UB (Mt. Solon, Va.) sponsored a work team to Honduras consisting of one UB and three Russian Baptists. Kevin Lam, the UB, was joined by Konstantin Sarandi, Pavel Sarandi, and Denis Verkhovtsev. Kevin writes:
“We built a house for the Timoteo Gomez family at the Monte Hebron project in El Pino. [...]
