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
>>>Ministry Association pre-conference event
April 19-22, 2021
This virtual Leadership Summit on Wellbeing for clergy and other church leaders will address relational, physical, emotional, financial, and spiritual wellbeing.
Speakers include Dr. Jessica Young Brown, Dr. Melissa Hofstetter, Dr. Ronald Vogt, Pastor Tim Harvey, and Pastor Erin Matteson
CEU credit is available
Healing Racism Mini-grants
Healing Racism Congregations and Communities Mini-grant Program
Addressing gun violence
What can we do? (Messenger 2019)
A call for repentance and action on gun violence (Mission & Ministry Board statement)
Stranger or neighbor? (Messenger 2018)
Conference for Church Planting & Church Renewal
More than 20 sessions to invigorate your calling and passion for ministry.
Compassion
One of the Hebrew words for compassion is rechemim, directly derived from rechem, the Hebrew word for “womb”
The wounds of war and a place for peace
What can we learn from the Dunker meetinghouse that became the unwitting center of a theater of war during the Battle of Antietam?
The Exchange
2021 "Best of the Church Press" awards included Messenger's Department, The Exchange.
Jesus’ ascension
Should this book, the "Acts of the Apostles," be called "Acts of the Holy Spirit"?
Jesus is risen!
Surprise seems so natural, but the unexpectedly empty tomb should, in fact, be expected