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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
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
Learn what an Early Brethren in Christ house of worship reveals about the practices and beliefs of the denomination....read more
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
Today's Photo Friday installment shows a light-hearted moment among missionary kids in 1920s Zimbabwe....read more
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
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
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
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
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
A quote to brighten your morning, courtesy of nineteenth-century Canadian bishop Charles Baker....read more
Today's Photo Friday installment shows a day in the life of Dr. Alvan Thuma, the first medical missionary sent out under the auspices of Brethren in Christ World Missions....read more
News about the sale of the Clarence Center (N.Y.) Brethren in Christ Church, which closed two years ago....read more
Learn more about the home of Hiram and Mary Alderfer, now considered a historic landmark by the city of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif....read more
At Messiah College, long-time faculty members and benefactors Asa and Anna Climenhaga are prominently remembered as "hospitable home-owners." This post investigates some motivations for such a public memorial....read more