Quote of the Day
A quote to brighten your morning, courtesy of nineteenth-century minister Asa Bearss....read more
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Quote of the Day
Photo Friday: “Here Rests an Old Patriarch”
Today's Photo Friday installment shows the gravestone of Jacob (Yokeli) Engel, the purported "founder" of the Brethren in Christ Church....read more
Photo Friday: At Home with Mary Zook
Today's Photo Friday takes readers inside the home of John and Mary Zook, vocal proponents of Holiness theology within the nineteenth-century Brethren in Christ Church....read more
Coercion, Dancing Dutch Children, and Brethren in Christ Nonconformity
Not sure what these three things have in common? They were all part of an usual event held on the campus of Messiah Bible College in 1942....read more
Why Study (Brethren in Christ) History?
Why do you enjoy studying, reading, or learning about Brethren in Christ history? Share your reasons with "the search for piety and obedience."...read more
Photo Friday: Foolin’ Around with Old Zeke
Today’s Photo Friday installment showcases a popular resident of Messiah Bible School and Missionary Training Home: Old Zeke, a skeleton donated to the fledgling school by a Brethren in Christ minister....read more
Photo Friday: Calling the Children Home
Today's Photo Friday installment focuses on the Mt. Carmel Faith Orphanage in Whiteside County, Illinois, one of the benevolent institutions established by the Brethren in Christ in the early years of the twentieth century....read more
“The Ringgold Meeting House as Symbol”
Learn what an Early Brethren in Christ house of worship reveals about the practices and beliefs of the denomination....read more
“The Devil in Cap and Gown,” or Another Connection Between Fundamentalism and the Brethren in Christ
As a student at Princeton University in the 1920s, Roy H. Wenger received a pamphlet from Mary Zook warning him of the dangers of "higher criticism" of the BIble. The act shows that some Brethren in Christ were concerned about the advance of liberalism in the Church....read more
Photo Friday: Sunshades in the Summer
Today's Photo Friday installment shows a light-hearted moment among missionary kids in 1920s Zimbabwe....read more
Wedding Rituals in the Brethren in Christ Church
Get a glimpse -- from the perspective of one groom's mother -- of the rituals and practices associated with Brethren in Christ weddings in the 1930s and 1940s....read more
The Brethren in Christ in the City of Brotherly Love (and Sisterly Affection)
In honor of my recent move to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection, here's a photo post showing scenes from the Brethren in Christ Church's long-standing Philadelphia Mission....read more
Photo Friday: Here, Faith and Learning Meet
In today's Photo Friday installment, we take a look at one of the earliest photographs of Niagara Christian Collegiate, the Brethren in Christ's high school in Ontario....read more
“I am About To Go Abroad as a Missionary”: H. Frances Davidson’s Passport Application and What It Tells Us About Brethren in Christ Life
We review pioneer Brethren in Christ missionary H. Frances Davidson's passport application and attempt to understand what it teaches us about the woman and her church....read more
“Learning and a Loss of Innocence”: Messiah College in the 1960s
What was it like to be a Brethren in Christ student at Messiah College during the turbulent 1960s? Mary (Walters) Ebersole shares her experiences in an interview conducted as part of the College's centennial celebrations....read more