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"Prominent early churchwoman" Mary Jane Long considered herself quiet and shy. Yet she demonstrated a conviction about women in ministry that upset many of her fellow early 20th century Brethren in Christ....read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
It's the 150th birthday of pioneer missionary H. Frances Davidson, so let's party!...read more
Is there a difference between the Anabaptist and Wesleyan holiness conceptions of "the world"?...read more
The Brethren in Christ may have seen eye-to-eye with Christian fundamentalists as far as eschatology is concerned. But an emphasis on ethics (rather than doctrine) was one factor that kept the Brethren from fully embracing the fundamentalist position....read more
‘Tis the season for cataclysmic cold and fitful economic rebounds, so it seems only right to offer a post about winter weather and a paltry job market. That such a post should be tied to fundamentalist eschatology and its impact upon turn-of-the-century Brethren in Christ thinking, is merely coincidental. For...read more
The Brethren in Christ were (and are) not fundamentalists. This— thankfully—has been the long-held contention of many Brethren in Christ historians. While debates about “the fundamentals of the faith” raged on in schools and churches across the United States in the early years of the twentieth century, the Brethren (who...read more