Imagine sitting inside a 19th-century church, singing a cappella with the sounds of rifles and cannons echoing outside. Around you are Civil War reenactors and encampments, while inside, worshipers gather for a traditional Dunker Service.
“As we approach the 250th anniversary of the event that kicked off the revolution, we might ask, what do we Brethren think about the Declaration of Independence? … And what would our forebears say about what we’ve become?” asked Denise Kettering-Lane at her standing-room-only equipping session titled “Dunkers and the Declaration of Independence: Then and Now.”
“Love Feast: Past, Present, and Future” led by Denise Kettering-Lane will be held on Friday, March 13, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Eastern time) at Cross Keys Village in New Oxford, Pa. This free event sponsored by the Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center (SVMC) is in-person only. Continuing education credit is available for the fee of $10.
One of the most astonishing stories told at the “Early Anabaptism in Global Perspective” conference, held recently at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College in recognition of the 500th anniversary of the Anabaptist movement, was told by Japanese scholar Tomoji Odori.
After a day of challenging business–challenging both in themes and understanding of process–90 people gathered for the Womaen’s Caucus dinner to explore how collective trauma impacts the Church of the Brethren. Singing the African-American spiritual “There Is More Love” grounded the gathering in God’s healing presence.
Agape love in the Bible and the love found in Church of the Brethren communities of faith has more to do with how we act towards and with each other than it has to do with any “second-hand emotion,” as confirmed by Dan Ulrich and Denise Kettering-Lane, faculty members at Bethany Theological Seminary. The two spoke at an equipping session on Friday evening at the Annual Conference.
Are Brethren Anabaptist? Are Brethren Pietist? Are we both? Are these questions important for Brethren in 2025? Those are some questions Denise Kettering-Lane answered during an equipping session sponsored by Bethany Theological Seminary.
Heading up this fall’s continuing education events offered by the Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center (SVMC) is a three-part series on the “Priesthood of All Believers” taught by Denise Kettering-Lane of the Bethany Theological Seminary faculty.
The Advisory Board of the Brethren Journal Association, in partnership with Bethany Theological Seminary, announces that Denise Kettering-Lane has been named the new editor for “Brethren Life and Thought.”