“Women as Pastors”: Effie Rohrer
Today's installment of our ongoing "Women as Pastors" series focuses on Effie Rohrer, a young Ohioan called to mission work at the church's San Francisco Mission....read more
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“Women as Pastors”: Effie Rohrer
Photo Friday: The Brethren in Christ Move to Canada
Today's Photo Friday installment commemorates the intrepid families -- the Siders and the Wengers -- who established the Brethren in Christ Church in Canada more than two hundred years ago....read more
The Rapture: Coming Soon to a Theater Near You?
Let's explore why some Brethren in Christ growing up in the 1930s and 40s feared being found at the movies during the second coming of Christ....read more
“Women as Pastors”: Rhoda E. Lee
Our series on pioneering women leaders continues today with the story of Rhoda E. Lee, a charismatic Kansas woman with a passion for evangelism....read more
Photo Friday: A New Home – and a New (Kind of) Church Paper – in Nappanee, Ind.
Today's Photo Friday installment highlights the Nappanee, Ind.-based Evangel Publishing House, the publications arm of the denomination....read more
“Women as Pastors”: Lynda L. Kelly
Continuing our series on "Women as Pastors," today's post highlights Lynda L. Kelly, the first woman officially ordained to pastoral ministry by the Brethren in Christ Church....read more
“Women as Pastors”: Anna Kraybill Engle
The first in a new series on "Women as Pastors," today's post concerns Anna Kraybill Engle, the first woman (unofficially) ordained into ministry in the Brethren in Christ Church....read more
Photo Friday: Asa Bearss and the Question of Biblical Gender Equality
Today's Photo Friday celebrates nineteenth-century church leader Asa Bears: not for his pioneering efforts to promote Sunday school among the Canadian church, but for his revolutionary push for biblical gender equality....read more
Photo Friday: “On the Battlefield for Souls” at the Virginia Mission
Today's Photo Friday installment traces the early years of the Bethel Mission in Virginia -- a place described by one mission worker as a "battlefield for souls."...read more
Photo Friday: Remembering the Stayner Brethren in Christ Church
Today's Photo Friday installment depicts the Stayer (Ontario) Brethren in Christ Church, an historic congregation where many celebrated BIC leaders once served....read more
April 2010 Issue of Brethren in Christ History and Life In Mailboxes Now!
If it isn't already there, the April 2010 edition of "Brethren in Christ History and Life" will soon arrive in mailboxes throughout North America. Let's explore some of the issue's best articles....read more
Photo Friday: What Norman Wingert Did with His Summer Vacation
Today's Photo Friday installment captures a moment in time for one missionary-in-training, during a summertime tent evangelism campaign organized and executed by students at Messiah Bible School and Missionary Training Home....read more
Photo Friday: A Home For “The Needy, Aged, Feeble, and Friendless”
Good Friday's installment of our Photo Friday feature showcases the Messiah Rescue and Benevolence Home, an institution launched by the church to reach "the needy, aged, feeble, and friendless."...read more
“To Be the Foil for Christendom”: Goshen College, Nationalism, and What That Means for the Brethren in Christ
Goshen College's recent decision to play the U.S. national anthem before sporting events has ignited a firestorm of controversy. But what does this turn toward nationalism mean for the Brethren in Christ?...read more
Photo Friday: “A Mission in the Sagebrush”
Today's Photo Friday installment showcases the Navajo BIC Mission in New Mexico....read more