Impact

On a busy corner in Camp Hill, PA, you’ll encounter a commanding house with white siding and a green roof. Peek through the windows and glimpse the beginnings of Good Ground Coffee Company, a coffee shop that has two clear missions: serve good coffee and empower survivors of the sex industry…

In the 1740s, two frontiersmen, Mark Evans and Tasker Tosh, explored the heart of a salt lick valley in the Appalachian Mountains. Through their optimism, patience, courage, and inspiration, “Big Lick” became the city of Roanoke, Virginia. These days, two Brethren in Christ “frontier pastors” explore the spiritual land of Roanoke: Roberto Alegre…

In March 2023, Cyclone Freddy struck the east coast of Africa. Devastating floods and landslides displaced over 650,000 people and killed more than 1,000. Malawi was impacted most severely. In response, Brethren in Christ (BIC) conferences in the U.S., Malawi, Mozambique…

No one knows the mix of feelings and emotions that are behind the scenes in a pastor’s mind other than a pastor or perhaps their spouse. Sometimes, more often than not, these feelings and emotions are not positive or healthy; but certainly most all the time…

The Brethren in Christ have a strong sense of purpose: to build a community of believers who worship and obey God and share the Good News of Jesus Christ with all people. To effectively reach non-Christians at the outset of a new century…

Dear friends, Twenty-three years ago, Doug and Barb Miller moved their young family to Malawi to serve among the Yawo people, a group that has historically been hard to reach with the Gospel. Through the Miller’s ministry of prayer, chronological Bible teaching…

Would our church remain open or close? I'll never forget the September night four years ago when that question was the only item on our church board's agenda. I can still picture where each of us board members sat…

In August 2022, monsoon flooding wrought devastation across the region of Odisha, India. Within 48 hours of receiving a request from the local Brethren in Christ conference, we released $12,500 from the Global Compassion Fund to provide basic food and hygiene items for 1,000 families in four districts within the region…

On a hot July morning in Kansas in 2022, nearly 80 men and women gathered under a blue- and white-striped tent to pray, reflect, and celebrate the work of World Missions at the former site of Bethel BIC. Large stone steps are all that remain of the church building…

Early in 2019, Jan Pasteiner took the twenty minute drive north to Flint, Michigan, from her home in Goodrich. She pulled up to the donation center for the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan (FBEM) to drop off supplies that the youth group at her home congregation…