Conservative Grace Brethren Churches International
Welcome
The Conservative Grace Brethren Churches, International is a fellowship of autonomous churches who cooperate together to fulfill the Great Commission of our Lord, Jesus Christ, as recorded in Matthew 28:19-20 of the Bible. These churches base their cooperation on commonly held biblical beliefs as stated in the CGBCI statement of faith. Our desire is to practice these beliefs in harmony with the historic Grace Brethren position forged from the Anabaptist tradition.
The history of the Brethren movement began in 1708 with Alexander Mack in Schwarzenau, Germany. He and other like-minded believers desired to please God through obedience to God's word wholly, even at the cost of personal suffering. Our desire is the same. Because of this, our preaching is expository and our worship is not given to theological fads.
Our motto is the Bible, the whole Bible and nothing but the Bible.
May God be praised forever and ever!
Welcome
The Conservative Grace Brethren Churches, International is a fellowship of autonomous churches who cooperate together to fulfill the Great Commission of our Lord, Jesus Christ, as recorded in Matthew 28:19-20 of the Bible. These churches base their cooperation on commonly held biblical beliefs as stated in the CGBCI statement of faith. Our desire is to practice these beliefs in harmony with the historic Grace Brethren position forged from the Anabaptist tradition.
The history of the Brethren movement began in 1708 with Alexander Mack in Schwarzenau, Germany. He and other like-minded believers desired to please God through obedience to God's word wholly, even at the cost of personal suffering. Our desire is the same. Because of this, our preaching is expository and our worship is not given to theological fads.
Our motto is the Bible, the whole Bible and nothing but the Bible.
May God be praised forever and ever!
President’s Corner
Well Brethren, another month has zipped by and it won't be long before we gather at the Drawbridge Inn and
celebrate "Twenty Years of Overcoming" as a fellowship. It is my prayer that we will continue to overcome
until that meeting in the air (I Thess. 4:16-18). Much of the time we place ourselves in a position where we fall.
I am reminded of a short blurb on the TV show Hee Haw. There Doc Campbell is confronted by a patient who
says he broke his arm in two places. The doc replies, "Well then, stay out of them places!" I thought to myself,
he may have something there. We cannot regularly put ourselves in the face of temptation and not be affected.
When faced with the problem of temptation, we need to take the good doctor’s advice and "stay out of them
places." It is important we do not put ourselves in a place where we believe that we are impervious to
temptation and can flirt with it and come out unaffected, and as a result we are overcome by the temptation. If
we are to finish well, as individuals, and as a fellowship, we must not expose ourselves to things that could lead
to or become sin. Oh! That we may be "Overcomers" until the end, that we may finish well! "And now, little
children, abide in Him; that, when He shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him atHis coming" (I John 2:28). Until then, Yours for Souls, Pastor Chip
Well Brethren, another month has zipped by and it won't be long before we gather at the Drawbridge Inn and
celebrate "Twenty Years of Overcoming" as a fellowship. It is my prayer that we will continue to overcome
until that meeting in the air (I Thess. 4:16-18). Much of the time we place ourselves in a position where we fall.
I am reminded of a short blurb on the TV show Hee Haw. There Doc Campbell is confronted by a patient who
says he broke his arm in two places. The doc replies, "Well then, stay out of them places!" I thought to myself,
he may have something there. We cannot regularly put ourselves in the face of temptation and not be affected.
When faced with the problem of temptation, we need to take the good doctor’s advice and "stay out of them
places." It is important we do not put ourselves in a place where we believe that we are impervious to
temptation and can flirt with it and come out unaffected, and as a result we are overcome by the temptation. If
we are to finish well, as individuals, and as a fellowship, we must not expose ourselves to things that could lead
to or become sin. Oh! That we may be "Overcomers" until the end, that we may finish well! "And now, little
children, abide in Him; that, when He shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him atHis coming" (I John 2:28). Until then, Yours for Souls, Pastor Chip
