For more than 30 years, I’ve incorporated fasting as an integral part of my spiritual formation. One day per week, one week per month, and one month per year, I abstain from things that I would otherwise enjoy. Additionally, I fast sometimes for very specific purposes as I sense the Holy Spirit directing…

This Sunday, I saw Charity in church. Charity is an eight-year-old girl born with a cleft palate and cleft lip. I first met her two years ago when she was six. Her cleft palate and cleft lip had been repaired when she was an infant…

This article’s crux, like the rest of Scripture, hangs on the Great Commandment (Matt. 22:37-40) to love the Lord with all our heart, soul, and mind, and to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. In other words, loving the Lord and loving our neighbors isn’t up for a debate among followers of Jesus…

Many people in today’s world are far from home, and the numbers can be striking. An estimated 89.3 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced from their homes last year (UNHCR). Immigrants and their U.S.-born children make up 26% of the U.S…

Christianity can often be an abstraction. Something of God that is true and right and good is spoken of and promoted, often with a deficiency of personal reality and experience. Teachers, preachers, and theologians are common perpetrators, speaking of truths that are truth absent of an experience that would lead to authenticity…

As the Brethren in Christ U.S. family, we value making decisions together. Our 2022 General Assembly – made up of delegates representing our collective family of congregations and BIC U.S. Global Workers – gathered in Salina, KS, July 22-25, 2022. The voting members of the General Assembly took action on the seven recommendations that were brought before them by the General Conference Board…

We are pleased to announce that Warren Hoffman, former moderator for Brethren in Christ U.S., will serve as interim bishop of the Pacific Regional Conference starting in August 2022. This change in leadership comes after long-term bishop of the Pacific Conference Perry Engle transitioned out of denominational leadership in April 2022…

It was a warm October day in Southern California, and the meeting room held a quiet buzz as twenty pastors waited for the course to start. These pastors had gathered from across California, Arizona, and even Japan to attend a BIC U.S…

It all started with an email to Donald and Karen Vundhla: there is an Administrative Coordinator role in southern Africa and we think you would be a great fit. The Vundhlas, preparing to enter their retirement years, were hesitant. “His first thought – and probably mine too – was…

James was ready to give up. He had gone from employer to employer with the hope of starting over, but each time he was told that his background check prevented him from starting the job. Most employers were impressed with him but were unable to offer him the position due to hiring policies around previously being incarcerated…

We are thrilled to announce Heather Beaty has been appointed to serve as bishop of the Susquehanna Conference of the Brethren in Christ U.S., her term starting May 1, 2022. Following her nomination by the Susquehanna Conference Board of Directors, acting as the bishop search committee…

Pictured from left to right: Naomi Smith, member from the Susquehanna Conference; Jose Rodriguez, member-at-large from the Southeast Conference; and Brian Mbuu, member-at-large from the Atlantic Conference. Over the past two years, we’ve added many new members to our General Conference Board (GCB)…