Welcome to the Church of the Brethren
We are a body of Christians committed to continuing the work of Jesus peacefully and simply, and to living out our faith in community. See a list of some of our ministries. We have about 99,000 members in nearly 1,000 congregations across the United States and Puerto Rico, with sister churches in Brazil, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominican Republic, Haiti, India, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Spain, and Venezuela.
Based in the Anabaptist and Pietist faith traditions, the Church of the Brethren is a Historic Peace Church. We celebrated our 300th anniversary in 2008.
Annual Conference 2021
Feb 27 online worship service videos
Registration is open!
Ministry Association pre-conference event
Healing Racism Mini-grants
NEW Healing Racism Congregations and Communities Mini-grant Program
Registration is open!
A virtual Leadership Summit on Wellbeing for clergy and other church leaders is being planned for April 19-22, 2021.
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Inaugurating Jesus as Lord: Moderator message
A letter of encouragement from the Office of Ministry
Lea un mensaje de aliento de la Oficina del Ministerio
Seeking peace: a statement from David Steele, general secretary
News
Family visits
To a poet, Zoom can be profoundly spiritual
Messenger Radio
Barbara Daté and Joanna Davidson Smith minister to us in the two final episodes in the Speaking Truth to Power series
Jesus feeds 5000
Out in that desert-place, the people are hungry...
Why Christians should welcome face masks
Can something that partially hides your face be Christian? After all, the Gospels warn, “No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar”
Service is never unbearable
A BVS volunteer reflects on love and service