Photo Friday: Recapturing the Religious Roots of Messiah College
Today's Photo Friday takes a look at a pivotal moment in the history of Messiah College, a school started by the Brethren in Christ Church. ...read more
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Photo Friday: Recapturing the Religious Roots of Messiah College
“Retaining the Legacy” of Messiah College
Read Messiah College alumnus and education scholar Ernest L. Boyer's take on the heritage of his alma mater ...read more
Photo Friday: Billy Graham’s “99% Agreement” with Anabaptist Nonresistance
Today's Photo Friday installment highlights a seminal event in Anabaptist history: a 1961 dialogue between Mennonite and Brethren in Christ leaders and Billy Graham. ...read more
What’s the Best Introduction to Pietism?
That’s basically the question my friend and Bethel University professor Chris Gehrz (better known as The Pietist Schoolman) raises and answers in his recent blog post. Gehrz’s post focuses on two books — Douglas Shantz’s An Introduction to German Pietism: Protestant Renewal at the Dawn of Modern Europe and Michelle Clifton-Soderstrom’s Angels,...read more
Photo Friday: The Global Anabaptist Family
Today's Photo Friday recounts the early participation of the Brethren in Christ in Mennonite World Conference, a global fellowship of Anabaptist churches. ...read more
Stories of Costly Discipleship
Introducing a new project on Anabaptism: the Bearing Witness Stories Project ...read more
Read the Earliest Brethren in Christ Confessions of Faith
Read the earliest Brethren in Christ/River Brethren confessions of faith, available now through the Brethren in Christ Historical Library and Archives digital collections. ...read more
More with Less and the Evangelical-Anabaptist Impulse
The recent Messiah College Schrag Lecturer explains how the "More with Less" cookbook continues to inspire both Anabaptists and Evangelicals today. ...read more
Looking to Learn More About Anabaptism?
Then you might want to check out "Anabaptist Faith," a series of lectures being sponsored by the Spring Senior Life Institute at Highland Presbyterian Church in Lancaster, PA. ...read more
Photo Friday: The First Matopo Meeting House
Today's Photo Friday features one of the earliest images depicting Brethren in Christ cross-cultural missionary efforts -- and some of the implicit Western cultural assumptions these pioneers carried with them in their work. ...read more
Brethren in Christ Historical Society Newsletter Now Online
Check out the fall 2013 issue of the Brethren in Christ Historical Society newsletter, now online! ...read more
Brethren in Christ on the World Wide Web
A few Brethren in Christ-related links that caught my attention over the past weeks. ...read more
Photo Friday: “Faithful Unto Death”
Today's Photo Friday considers one of the best-known Anabaptist martyr stories: that of Dirk Willems, a 16th-century Dutch Mennonite who was executed after rescuing his captor and torturer from certain death. ...read more
“Letting Go of Appearances” and Embracing Evangelicalism
Learn how one Pennsylvania pastor's wife embraced Evangelicalism and -- as a result -- abandoned plain dress. ...read more
Brethren in Christ on the World Wide Web
A few Brethren in Christ-related links that caught my attention over the past weeks. ...read more
