If it takes forty days to form a habit, then here is a habit worth investing in for 40 days. These personal growth journals give practical Bible truths on self growth that helps you read, observe, apply, respond, reflect and pray. Can be used as a group exercise or an individual devotional. Includes excellent suggestions for sharing your faith with unsaved friends.

1.99 each

Marriage

40 Days in Acts

40 Days in Romans

Biblical Beliefs are fill-in-the-blank workbooks that investigate what the Bible teaches about core doctrines of the Christian faith. Available in both student and adult versions, they can be used individually or by a group.

Biblical Beliefs--Christian Faith covers: God, the Bible, Trinity, Salvation, the Holy Spirit and who Jesus Christ is.
Biblical Beliefs--Christian Practice covers: Dealing with doubts, developing a personal relationship with God, discerning false beliefs, and the assurance of salvation.

Buy both Christian Faith and Practice and save $1.

Choose Version Student Adult

Ten Big Ideas

When you want to use a product to its fullest potential, you follow the manufacturer's guidelines carefully.  In the same way, to get the most out of your life, you will look to your Maker for guidelines.

Ten Big Ideas offers ten guidelines from our Maker's manual, the Bible.  These are big items that will help you live the full life that God intended for you.

These important concepts will help you find answers for your life.  They will help you deal with questions such as:

"I don't even like myself.  How can God like me?"
What part does the Holy Spirit really play in the Christian life?"
"What is my responsibility to those in authority?"
"How can I resist temptation?"
"How can I help someone else come to Christ?"

Ten Big Ideas is ideal for one-on-one discipleship or for small group study.

Student book: $11.99
Leader's Guide: $5.99

Welcome to Our Church

Twenty, full-color pages explain the church's mission, unity, heritage, beliefs, ordinances, scope of ministry, training available, outreach, and a listing of global organizations involved in the church's ministry. 

An excellent introduction to your local church and to the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches.

.99 each

Pamphlets

Various pamphlets available to help people in your church better understand Grace Brethren doctrinal concepts.

What is Communion?
What is Eternal Life?
Who are Grace Brethren People?
What is GBC?
What is Baptism?
What is the Church's Role in Social Action?

.22 each

For quantity discounts contact Peggy at resources@cenational.org or 574.267.6622.

Baptism Issues

Could It Be Three?

Could It Be Three takes a look at the Theological, Grammatical, and Historical, issues surrounding Triune Immersion. The purpose of this booklet is to simply present discussion on the validity of the practice of Triune Immersion, and seriously question some of the more familiar and well-known practices.

By Timothy Hodge
39 Pages

$1.99 each

Dividing Waters--A look at Baptism and Rebaptism

This booklet takes a realistic look at baptism and rebaptism from a historical and practical perspective. Whether you are confused or simply curious about these issues, you will find what is shared in these pages to be helpful and thought provoking.

By Timothy Hodge
54 pages

$2.99 each

Perspectives on Contemporary Issues

Our society is rapidly developing and changing.  We often find ourselves scrambling to make the proper adjustments.  Does God change that much?  Has He been caught off guard?

By staying focused on what Scripture really is teaching we find that God’s Word is completely up to date and relevant for today’s Christian.  Perspectives on Contemporary Issues is designed to help clarify some of today’s issues through the lens of God’s Word.

$3.99 each

First Steps

A discipleship course for new or not-yet Christians. Presented in booklet form for the leader, with separated lesson folders for the students. Suitable for discussion groups or a correspondence course. Topics include: Your New Life in Christ, Enjoying the Abundant Life, Five Spiritual Food Groups, and Prayer: Communicating with God.

Leader's Guide: $8.99 each (Leader's Guide includes 1 set of Student Worksheets)

Student worksheets: $4.99 each

Friendship With Jesus Bible Study Course

A six-lesson study packet specifically for elementary students on the basics of being a Christian. Each lesson is self-explanatory. Excellent for follow-up after VBS, camp, or house-to-house visitation. (6-4 Page Lessons)

$3.99 each

Mack and Company

"Biblical Beliefs" series for kids explains each element of the Grace Brethren Statement of Faith. Thirty-nine les sons present Fellowship of Grace Brethren Church beliefs in exciting, age-appropriate language, with activities and pictures to give meaningful challenges to students in grades 4-6. (146 Pages)

Now through April, get 1 Heroes Who Live On Volume 1 with every Mack and Company student book purchased. Find out more and order online.

Student Book: $8.99 each

The Answers Guide provides the answers for the student book. (38 Pages)

Answers Guide: $2.99 each

These masks are the faces of Mack and his friends. Cut them out and use them for opening stories of each lesson. Have fun!

Masks: $3.99

Wordbook Sticker Series

The Wordbook Sticker Series by Richard E. Todd. Each booklet includes stickers, puzzles and games, as well as special helps and suggestions for parents and/or teachers. (26 pages)

Wordbooks are available on:

• Baptism
• Church
• Communion
• Giving

$2.99 each. Please choose topic desired before Adding To Cart.

Building Blocks

Building Blocks explains the essential elements for any children’s ministry, whether involving 2 or 2000 children. If these seven building blocks are not the foundation of your children’s ministry, none of the other resources will be effective.

This book of basics is excellent for any local church children's worker. It includes not only the seven elements, but resources with suggestions and ideas to develop and enrich your program.

Written by children's workers with many years of children's ministry experience, this book displays the writers' passion to see children's workers encouraged, helped, and challenged by these concepts. The ultimate goal is to see children come to Christ and grow in Him.

$7.99 each

Building Blocks Leader's Manual

Building Blocks Leader's Manual accompanies the book Building Blocks: Seven Essential Ingredients for Any Effective Children's Ministry. This Leader's Manual was developed to help build your local church children's ministry by assisting you in training your children's ministry staff in the contents of the Building blocks book

$24.99 each

Heroes Who Live On--Volume 1

Volume 1

Twelve character-building stories of Grace Brethren people who have made a difference. Upper-elementary reading level.

They came from many different walks of life and many parts of the U.S.

But they have two things in common. They loved and served the Lord Jesus Christ with uncommon devotion and effect, and they all were affiliated with the group we now know as the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches.

The stories of these men and women, our spiritual ancestors, continue chronicling the legacy begun with Heroes Who Live On, Volume 1.

Though written for a younger audience, these stories are excellent material for a "missions moment" in a worship service, for use in Sunday School and Adult Bible Fellowship classes and even for personal or family devotional times.

Read and be challenged. Ponder and discuss the questions that follow the story of each personality. Rejoice in how God has used these choice servants and pray that many more spiritual leaders will arise from the challenge and inspiration of their lives.

Volume 1 contains stories of Alexander Mack, Florence Gribble, James Gribble, Estella Myers, Alva J. McClain, Russell Humberd, Homer Kent, Sr., Russell Barnard, Leo Polman, Harold and Ada Etling, Herman Hoyt, and Clyde Landrum.

$6.99 each

Heroes Who Live On--Volume 2

Volume 2

Volume 2 of the Heroes series contains stories of Henry Holsinger, L.S. Bauman, Mary Bauman, R. Paul Miller, W.A. and Frances Ogden, Allen Bennett, Orville Jobson, Charles W. Mayes, Jake Kliever, Nole Gaiwaka, Ralph Colburn, and Evelyn Fuqua.

$6.99 each

Cover To Cover--Bible Memory and Reading Plan

Because some people can read and memorize very easily while others struggle a little more, Cover to Cover has been designed to give you a great deal of choice and flexibility. A variety of important verses have been chosen and included in this booklet.

$1.99 each or 10 or more are only $1.50 each. Contact CE National at resources@cenational.org or call 574.267.6622 for quantity discount.

911...Emergency Response

This practical handbook for youth outreach investigates many models for reaching today’s generation and gives helpful, practical guidance for those who want to reach others for Christ.

$6.99 each

911...Emergency Response Leader's Guide

To encourage peer-to-peer evangelism, this booklet defines the lessons, schedules possible classes and activities, and emphasizes the points that are basic to evangelism. It gives suggestions for class discussions, community outreach, publicity materials, and personal attitude.

$3.99 each

Bible Quizzing Booklet

Includes quizzing helps, resource information, the "Finish This Verse" materials as well as the complete scripture text for the year.

$3.00 each

PALS and SMM Student Books

SMM (Serving My Master) is a special club for girls in grades Kindergarten through 6th grade. The Kindergarten program is called PALS, 1st-3rd is called Little Sisters and 4th-6th is called Amigas. Each grade level has its own book. After you click "Add to Cart" you'll choose the quantity of books you want.

$4.99 each

PALS and SMM Leader's Guide

The Leader's Guide for the SMM Program.

$6.99 each

Fireside Dialogues

Set 1

Keith Shearer--3-Fold Communion Keith Shearer--Eternal Security Keith Shearer--Genesis 1 Mark Soto--Pre-trib Rapture Mark Soto--Issues with the Emergent Church Ken Bickel--Divorce and Remarriage Scott Distler--Are Tongues for Today? Scott Distler--Biblical Love Matt Harman--Interpreting the Scriptures

Set 2

Jim Custer--Prophecy Todd Scoles--Brethren History to 1708 Todd Scoles--Brethren History from 1708 to Present Cindy Thornley--The Role of a Pastor's Wife Dave Plaster--The Basis For Triune-Immersion Jason Haymaker--The Missional Church Jay Firebaugh--Small Groups Tom Julien - The 4 Laws of Effective Communication Tom Julien - Effective Leadership

CE National is bringing to the Russell Center experts in areas of doctrine and important issues that affect you as a believer.

I have listened to a Fireside Dialogue CD that CE National has done. Very high quality. I really liked it. Make a lot more, especially on those subjects we do not like to talk about (i.e. our responsibility to the environment, postmodernism, etc.)."
Eric Eickhoff
Pastor, Hepton Union Church

The cost for a CD is $4.99 each (plus shipping) or download an mp3 below for free. (Right-click the "Download mp3" link and choose to save the file to your hard drive.)

Order online or for quantity discounts contact Peggy at resources@cenational.org or 574.267.6622.

Jay Firebaugh--Small Groups Download mp3

Jay Firebaugh has a passion to see people be part of a holistic, biblical community.  
Since 2007, Jay has been Director of Small Groups at New Life Church in Gahanna, Ohio.  Prior to New Life, Jay ministered in small groups at East Side Grace Brethren Church in Columbus, Ohio, and Clearpoint Church in Houston, Texas.  Jay began ministry in 1981 as a youth pastor.  It was in 1995 that he transitioned into small groups.

Jay has had the pleasure of training small group leaders both nationally and internationally.  

Married to Janet since 1982, they have 2 children, Joanna and Joel.

If you have questions, Jay can be contacted at jfirebaugh@enewlife.com or 614.475.8500.

Tom Julien discusses:
The Four Laws of Effective Communication Download mp3
Effective Leadership Download mp3 | Handout | PowerPoint

Tom is a graduate of Bob Jones University and Grace Theological Seminary. From 1958-1986, he, and his wife Doris, served as Grace Brethren missionaries to France. In 1986 Tom became executive director of Grace Brethren Foreign Missions, now Grace Brethren International Missions. In 2000, Tom retired and, along with his wife Doris, accepted an invitation to join a new missionary team in Paris, where they sought to lead university students to faith in Christ.

Tom was awarded a Doctor of Divinity from Grace Theological Seminary in 1996. He has authored 5 books as well as articles and Bible study booklets. In addition to his ministry in Grace Brethren International Missions, Tom is an adjunct professor in the School of Intercultural Studies at Grace Theological Seminary.

Keith has been the Senior Pastor of New Beginnings Grace Brethren Church of Myerstown, PA since 1995. Prior to this, he served as the Senior Pastor at the Grace Brethren Church of Osceola, Ind., for over eleven years.

Keith has led in numerous capacities in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, including being the Moderator in 2005-2006. He has served on the Grace Brethren International Missions board of directors since 1995, and is currently the President of that board. His international Bible teaching ministry has taken him to numerous countries and people groups around the world, as well as to churches across the United States. He also teaches in a variety of training situations, whether decentralized, church-based, or campus-based college and seminary courses.

Mark is a professor of Biblical studies at Grace Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana. He has had 12 years of experience in the pastoral ministry as well as serving as a counselor for a Christian residential childcare facility.

Mark holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Theology degree from Appalachian Bible College and a Master of Arts in Religion from Liberty University. He also has a Master of Divinity, a Master of Theology and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Grace Theological Seminary.

Dr. Ken Bickel Professor of Pastoral Studies and Director of Grace Seminary’s D. Min. program, to tackle this tough issue. Along with his teaching duties, Ken serves as a part-time associate pastor for a church in northern Indiana. Ken has a D.Min. degree from Denver Seminary and an M.A. in Biblical Counseling from Grace Seminary.

Pastor Scott is senior pastor of Grace Church in Lititz, Pennsylvania. He has also served as a youth pastor, was a creative associate pastor at Community Grace Brethren Church in West Milton, Ohio, is a past CE National board member and has served as the senior pastor at Grace Brethren Church in Oceola, Indiana. Scott is a graduate of both Liberty University and Liberty Theological Seminary.

Dr Matt Harman, associate professor of New Testament at Grace Theological Seminar, brings us the topic of how to interpret the Scripture. Matt received his Ph.D. from Wheaton College and joined the Grace faculty in August 2006.

Cindy Thornley, wife of Pastor Jeff Thornley, presents "The Role of a Pastor's Wife". Since 1980, Jeff has been pastor of the Grace Brethren Church in Waldorf, Maryland.

Cindy speaks from her heart, talking about her experiences as a pastor’s wife for nearly 30 years.

Dr. Dave Plaster is the Senior Pastor of the Grace Brethren Church of Columbus in Worthington, Ohio. For 23 years he served at Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana. Dave was Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Theology and Church History from 1991-2007.

He received his Th.D. in Systematic Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary of Dallas, Texas in 1989. Previous to his work at Grace, Dave served as a pastor for 12 years in Pennsylvania and Indiana. He has written two books, one on the biblical and historical basis of ordinances and one on the history of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Dave has continued as an adjunct professor at Grace Theological Seminary.

Jason is Senior Pastor of Western Reserve Grace Brethren Church in Macedonia, Ohio. He believes God commissioned the church to be the vehicle through which God is bringing a lost world to Himself.

Jason says, “I have spent the last seven years teaching and training our church to re-think its mission. It is not a place only for found people...it is a place that should focus on lost people. That's the mission of the church. This call to missional evangelism is the focus of GRACE church in Macedonia.”

Jason has been in the church for a total of 11 years. Beginning in 1997 as Associate pastor of youth. In 2000 he became Senior Pastor. Jason graduated from Grace College in 1992 and Grace Theological Seminary in 1999.

Pastor Todd earned a Masters of Divinity degree from Grace Theological Seminary in 1987 and completed his doctorate with Ashland Theological Seminary in 2006. Todd has done extensive research in Brethren history and beliefs in preparation for a book to be published by Brethren Missionary Herald Company in 2008.

Pastor Todd earned a Masters of Divinity degree from Grace Theological Seminary in 1987 and completed his doctorate with Ashland Theological Seminary in 2006. Todd has done extensive research in Brethren history and beliefs in preparation for a book to be published by Brethren Missionary Herald Company in 2008.

Pastor Jim has been pastoring at the Grace Brethren Church of Columbus, Ohio, since 1968 and loves to study and teach the Bible, especially the prophetic passages which outline God’s plan for the future of mankind’s history. 

Introduced to Israel in 1969, he and his wife Triceine, saw how visiting the lands of the Bible benefited those believers who desired to grasp its message and meaning.  Under her gifted administration they have teamed together to lead 26 tours to Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Greece, and Rome. 

Pastor Jim Custer on Prophecy  Download mp3

Pastor Jim graduated with academic honors both from Grace College and from Grace Theological Seminary in 1963.  He added the Master of Theology degree from Grace Seminary in 1977.

In this Fireside Dialogue, Pastor Jim answers questions from Ed Lewis, CE National Executive Director, and Jim Brown, Senior Pastor of Grace Community Church in Goshen, Ind.