Quote of the Day
A quote to make you think, courtesy of twentieth-century Brethren in Christ church leader Owen H. Alderfer. ...read more
Tag: Evangelism
Photo Friday: A Work in Cuatro Caminos
A few words and a photo on the early Brethren in Christ mission work in Cuba. ...read more
Photo Friday: Touching Hearts on Shores Worldwide
Today's Photo Friday observes the 45th anniversary of The Gospel Tide Radio Hour, an innovative, high-tech evangelistic endeavor launched by the then-plain Brethren in Christ in the 1940s. ...read more
Photo Friday: 100 Years at Springfield, Ohio
Today's Photo Friday installment celebrates the centennial anniversary of Westside Christian Community (formerly Beulah Chapel Brethren in Christ Church) in Springfield, Ohio. ...read more
Photo Friday: Benjamin Mirandi, Evangelist
Today's Photo Friday highlights the work of Benjamin Mirandi, an early native leader of the Brethren in Christ Church in India....read more
Photo Friday: Have Tent, Will Travel
Bert Sherk, a Canadian bishop and popular evangelist in the early twentieth century, is the subject of today's Photo Friday installment....read more
Photo Friday: Snapshots of the Urban Mission Movement in San Francisco
Today's Photo Friday celebrates the Brethren in Christ involvement in city missions with a focus on the Life Line Gospel Mission, an urban mission station established in San Francisco, California, a century ago....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
The Brethren in Christ in the City of Brotherly Love (and Sisterly Affection)
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
Photo Friday: A Day in the Life of a Medical Missionary
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
Happy 175th Birthday, Jesse Engle!
In recognition of his 175th birthday yesterday, "the search for piety and obedience" remembers Jesse Engle, leader of the pioneer Brethren in Christ missionary band that established the Matopo Mission in present-day Zimbabwe....read more
Photo Friday: Tuning In to “Gems of Grace”
Today's Photo Friday installment sketches the origins of the Brethren in Christ Church's denominational radio broadcast, "Gems of Grace."...read more
Photo Friday: Clothing and Conversion at the Life Line Gospel Mission
Today's Photo Friday installment highlights two important themes in Brethren in Christ life and thought during early decades of the twentieth cenutry: nonconformity and evangelism. ...read more
Photo Friday: Evangelism Goes Up, Up, and Away!
Today's Photo Friday installment showcases a unique method of evangelism employed by the Sunday school students at one Brethren in Christ congregation in the 1950s....read more