Are the Brethren in Christ Committed to “Keeping the Peace”?
Check out a recent IN PART article (written by Harriet Bicksler and Curtis Book) that explores this complex question. ...read more
Tag: American Evangelicalism
Are the Brethren in Christ Committed to “Keeping the Peace”?
April 2011 Issue of Brethren in Christ History and Life
Some thoughts on the most recent issue of "Brethren in Christ History and Life." ...read more
Evangelical Theology and Anabaptist Peacemaking: Friends or Foes?
How evangelical theology can reinforce and refine the Anabaptist vision for Christian peacemaking....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: 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
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
“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
Photo Friday: “Evangelicals Unashamed”
Today's Photo Friday installment shows a scene from the opening rally of the 1964 convention of the National Association of Evangelicals, a trans-denominational organization that the Brethren in Christ joined in 1949....read more
Jesse W. Hoover on Explaining Brethren in Christ Nonresistance to Evangelicals
From an interview housed in the Billy Graham Center Archives....read more
Quote of the Day
A quote to brighten your morning, courtesy of twentieth-century Brethren in Christ church leader C.N. Hostetter, Jr....read more
“A Catalyst for Change”
Church historian E. Morris Sider describes a mid-century meeting of Brethren in Christ leaders that served as "a catalyst for change" in the conservative fellowship....read more
“One Small Step for Man,” or What the Apollo 11 Mission Meant to Evangelicals (Including the Brethren in Christ)
On the 41st anniversary of the Apollo 11 walk on the moon, this post explores how the Brethren in Christ diverged from their American Evangelical contemporaries in expressing skepticism about NASA's achievement....read more
“True Evangelical Faith” and the Brethren in Christ Church
In what ways can the Brethren in Christ “stand out” from American Evangelicalism? Perhaps the answer lies in the sixteenth-century writings of Dutch Anabaptist leader Menno Simons....read more
Evangelicals, Anabaptists, and the Prophetic Wisdom of Stanley Hauerwas
Theologian Stanley Hauerwas offers some observations on the strengths and weaknesses of American Evangelicalism....read more
“A Century in the Making”: Reflections on Messiah College’s First 100 Years
Despite its massive growth and academic maturation during its first one hundred years, Messiah College has remained the same in some important ways. We document a few of those here....read more