Quote of the Day
A quote to make you think, courtesy of twentieth-century Brethren in Christ church leader Arthur Climenhaga. ...read more
The Search for Piety and Obedience
The Historical Society Blog
Quote of the Day
Photo Friday: A Not-So-“Plain People” in Japan
Today's Photo Friday installment explores a relatively under-studied corner of the Brethren in Christ missionary endeavor -- the church in Japan -- and the way North American missionaries handled the question of "plain dress" in their early ministry. ...read more
Photo Friday: Migrating Missionaries
Today's Photo Friday explores the birth, growth, and (suburban) death of the God's Love Mission, an urban outreach founded in 1936 by Brethren in Christ missionaries to Detroit....read more
Photo Friday: “These City Women Cling To Our Plain Sisters”
Today's Photo Friday installment documents the work of Sarah Bert, a pioneering Brethren in Christ urban missionary with a great capacity for reaching out to urban women quite unlike herself. ...read more
Photo Friday: Juana Garcia de Gonzales and La Iglesia de Los Hermanos en Cristo de Cuba
Today's Photo Friday installment explores the early history of the Brethren in Christ Church in Cuba, and the woman pastor that nurtured the church during the early days of Fidel Castro's regime. ...read more
Quote of the Day
A quote to ponder, courtesy of Brethren in Christ theologian and teacher Luke Keefer, Jr. ...read more
Brethren in Christ Historical Society Newsletter Now Online
Read the spring 2011 edition of the Brethren in Christ Historical Society's Newsletter, now online. ...read more
Photo Friday: What To Wear To an Identity Crisis
Today's Photo Friday showcases the "identity crisis" within the Brethren in Christ Church during the middle decades of the twentieth century. ...read more
Photo Friday: “The Fellows Could Sense His Sympathy”
Today's Photo Friday highlights mid-twentieth century Brethren in Christ church leader C.N. Hostetter, Jr., and his work among conscientious objectors during World War II. ...read more
Quote of the Day
A quote to make you think, courtesy of twentieth-century missionary Albert H. Engle. ...read more
Photo Friday: Down to the River
Popular holiness evangelist Lafayette Shoalts takes new converts "down to the river" in today's Photo Friday installment. ...read more
Photo Friday: Breaking New Ground at the Valley Chapel Church
Today's Photo Friday installment highlights an important event in the life of the Valley Chapel Church in North Canton, Ohio: the groundbreaking for a new Sunday school building. ...read more
Myron Augsberger’s Vision for an “Alliance of Anabaptists”
Learn more about the fellowship proposed by one of the most respected names in contemporary Anabaptism....read more
December 2010 Issue of Brethren in Christ History and Life
Some thoughts on the most recent issue of "Brethren in Christ History and Life." ...read more
“Growing the Church”: The Brethren in Christ in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s
Former general secretary R. Donald Shafer shares his recollections of the Brethren in Christ Church in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. ...read more
