Strength for the Journey (SFTJ) is a continuing education opportunity provided by the Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership, a collaboration of Bethany Theological Seminary and the Church of the Brethren Office of Ministry.
The Brethren Disaster Ministries leadership seminar held May 14-17 at Camp Blue Diamond in Petersburg, Pa., brought together staff, district disaster coordinators (DDCs), and disaster project leaders (DPLs) to review and renew the rebuilding program.
Six people were killed and a church of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria), as well as houses and other properties were burnt at Zah community under the district of Garkida, Gombi Local Government area, Adamawa State, in northeast Nigeria.
Saturday, June 10, is the last day to register online to attend the Church of the Brethren’s 2023 Annual Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, on July 4-8. Onsite registration will be available in Cincinnati at an increased cost.
Professor of Historical Studies H. Kendall Rogers has retired from teaching after more than four decades, completing his final courses during the spring semester at Bethany Theological Seminary in Richmond, Ind.
Stanley Noffsinger retired from the position of chief executive officer of Timbercrest Senior Living Communities in North Manchester, Ind., on May 31. Timbercrest Senior Living Community is pleased to announce that Christine Huiras assumed the position of executive director on June 1.
In this issue: Glimpses of the New & Renew conference, registration is now open for National Older Adult Conference (NOAC), job openings, vigil for Haiti, #WearOrange on June 2, University of La Verne commencement, photos and stories sought by Anabaptism at 500 project, and more news by, for, and about Brethren
The first FaithX trip will kick off this Sunday, May 28, as 18 adults from Pennsylvania, Illinois, Kansas, and Massachusetts gather in Spain to serve with the Spanish Church of the Brethren congregations in the Gijon region.
Pray for the outcomes of the recent General Church Council of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria). Pray also for the families of those killed in north central Nigeria, where no fewer than 38 residents of the Takalafia and Gwanja communities in the Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State have been killed.
The Brethren Faith in Action Fund (BFIA) has aided six congregations with its latest round of grants. The fund provides grants using money generated by the sale of the upper campus of the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md.