Examining Brethren in Christ Theological Identity
Short reflections on the recent Brethren in Christ Theological Study Group gathering on Brethren in Christ theological identity. ...read more
Tag: Theology
2014 Sider Institute Conference: “Who’s In? Who’s Out?: Rethinking Church Membership in the 21st Century”
Make plans now to attend this year's Brethren in Christ Study Conference, sponsored by the Sider Institute for Anabaptist, Pietist and Wesleyan Studies at Messiah College. ...read more
“Will There Ever Be Another Brethren in Christ Hymnal?”
That's the question to consider for the Brethren in Christ, whose musical style has transformed significantly in the last fifty years. ...read more
How American Evangelicalism Has Changed Since 1950
Theologian Roger E. Olson reflects on the shifts within Evangelicalism. I try to assess his argument vis-a-vis the Brethren in Christ. ...read more
Read the Earliest Brethren in Christ Confessions of Faith
Read the earliest Brethren in Christ/River Brethren confessions of faith, available now through the Brethren in Christ Historical Library and Archives digital collections. ...read more
Photo Friday: The First Matopo Meeting House
Today's Photo Friday features one of the earliest images depicting Brethren in Christ cross-cultural missionary efforts -- and some of the implicit Western cultural assumptions these pioneers carried with them in their work. ...read more
Brethren in Christ on the World Wide Web
A few Brethren in Christ-related links that caught my attention over the past weeks. ...read more
Valuing Brethren in Christ Core Values
What's valuable about the ten Core Values of the Brethren in Christ Church? ...read more
A New History of the Brethren in Christ
Some reflections on a forthcoming new history of the Brethren in Christ Church by E. Morris Sider ...read more
How Useful is Pietism for Today’s Christians?
That's one of several questions about Pietism raised in a special issue of The Covenant Quarterly, a publication of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC). ...read more
What is the Nature of Scripture?
This was the question addressed at the Consultation on the Nature of Scripture, held in February 2012. ...read more
A Pietist-Spiritualist Corrective to Anabaptism
What is the role of the Holy Spirit in the life of the church -- especially churches shaped by both Anabaptism and Pietism? ...read more
Brethren in Christ on the World Wide Web
Here are a few Brethren in Christ-related links that caught my attention over the past weeks. ...read more
“A Philosophy of Love”: Anabaptism and the Civil Rights Movement
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday today, read one Brethren in Christ pastor's reflections on the relationship between Anabaptism and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. ...read more
Anabaptism, Pietism, and the Brethren in Christ’s “Original Brew”
Does Evangelicalism "water down" our theological "brew"? Or are Anabaptism, Pietism, and Wesleyanism the real "flavor-takers"? ...read more
