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Facing Freddy

Facing Freddy

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… Read On

Published March 21, 2024

Pastors Supporting Pastors

Pastors Supporting Pastors

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… Read On

Published January 30, 2024

Identifying Our Core Values

Identifying Our Core Values

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, however… Read On

Published December 22, 2023

Malawi Ministry Update

Malawi Ministry Update

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… Read On

Published November 28, 2023

3 Ways I Saw the Lord Renew Hope Amid My Church’s Crisis

3 Ways I Saw the Lord Renew Hope Amid My Church’s Crisis

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, along with our… Read On

Published September 15, 2023

Unity and Trust

Unity and Trust

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… Read On

Published May 19, 2023

Under the Kansas Sun

Under the Kansas Sun

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… Read On

Published May 11, 2023

Setting the Table

Setting the Table

Early in 2019, Jan Pasteiner took the twenty minute drive north to Flint, Mich., 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… Read On

Published April 27, 2023

The Cost of a Smile

The Cost of a Smile

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, but I noticed… Read On

Published February 15, 2023