Members of Leadership Council Advisory Team Announced The newly created Leadership Council Advisory Team (LCAT) met for the first time last month. The group was formed to help BIC U.S. work toward the fifth priority of Project 250: to increase the number of appropriately qualified women and people of color serving and advising on the BIC U.S. Leadership Council… Read On Published October 14, 2021
Meet Our New Project 250 Coordinator In 2020, we launched Project 250, a collection of five initiatives to guide us to Brethren in Christ’s 250th birthday in 2028. The initiatives were created to honor our past, strengthen our present, and move us toward the future God is calling us to… Read On Published October 12, 2021
BIC U.S. Releases $26,482 in Compassion Funds as Pandemic Continues In 2020, we reported on several distributions from the Global Compassion Fund sent to international BIC communities struggling through the challenges and aftermath of the pandemic… Read On Published September 30, 2021
Culture & Perspectives How is Our Plumb Line? Love of God and love of neighbor are binding and essential principles in our faith. This was the primary message I was hoping that folks heard during my July 2021 sermon in my local church. The assigned lectionary text for the week came from Amos… Read On Published November 12, 2021
Culture & Perspectives Reading the Bible Through a “Jesus Lens” Followers of Jesus around the world recognize the importance of the Bible to our faith. Whether in daily devotions, Bible studies, or church services, the assumption is that the Bible is a book worthy of reading – and reading often. While there is… Read On Published October 28, 2021
Culture & Perspectives Finding Rest in a Restless Age “This is what the Lord says: ‘Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls, … ” Jeremiah 6:16a All of us long for rest, yet a sense of… Read On Published September 16, 2021
Culture & Perspectives Architects of Hope Think about the last time you were in traffic. It makes us late, and it impacts our health. It sucks to be stuck “in traffic.” But think about it another way. What if we started to say, “we are traffic?” What if, instead of traffic happening… Read On Published July 27, 2021
