Project 250 Archives - Brethren in Christ U.S.

New Recordings and Resources from Songwriting Initiative

New Recordings and Resources from Songwriting Initiative

In 2024, the Songwriting Initiative invited the BIC community to write and submit songs themed around our 10 Core Values. The initiative elicited 68 original songs from 49 different songwriters. From those submitted songs, some have been recorded… Read On

Published September 30, 2025

New Cohort of Congregations Joins Thriving Congregations Initiative

New Cohort of Congregations Joins Thriving Congregations Initiative

We are excited to welcome 20 new congregations into Cohort B of the Thriving Congregations Initiative. The Initiative – designed to strengthen churches’ values, mission, and community – launched with Cohort A in 2024. As this first cohort… Read On

Published June 2, 2025

“To Dream Again”

“To Dream Again”

In 2024, 17 congregations formed Cohort A of the Thriving Congregations Initiative, a program designed to strengthen churches’ values, mission, and community. “Priority 3 of Project 250 is to multiply ‘missional congregations, movements, and… Read On

Published April 30, 2025

68 Original Songs Submitted to 2024 Songwriting Initiative

68 Original Songs Submitted to 2024 Songwriting Initiative

The 10 Core Values of Brethren in Christ U.S. were the central focus of the 2024 Songwriting Initiative, designed to strengthen community and creativity across the denomination. The initiative ran from August to October last year in conjunction with… Read On

Published February 5, 2025

Church Planting Summit Reignites Multiplication Efforts

Church Planting Summit Reignites Multiplication Efforts

A recent gathering brought together representatives from across the country to renew the denomination’s focus on church planting. This coincides with priority three of Project 250 which aims to multiply missional congregations, movements, and… Read On

Published November 25, 2024

5 Principles for Twenty-First Century Worship

5 Principles for Twenty-First Century Worship

BIC communities look different and face new challenges in the twenty-first century than they did even a generation ago. Today, BIC churches in the United States are found in rural, suburban, and urban contexts, with members from many cultural… Read On

Published September 18, 2024

New Book Offers Fresh Perspectives on BIC Core Values

New Book Offers Fresh Perspectives on BIC Core Values

A worldwide pandemic, dynamic social shifts, the ongoing decline of the Western church, vast advances in technology – much has changed in the twenty years since Brethren in Christ U.S. first identified its ten core values. Considering such shifts… Read On

Published May 22, 2024

21 Congregations Join Program Assessing Church Health and Community Engagement

21 Congregations Join Program Assessing Church Health and Community Engagement

We are thrilled to announce the members in Cohort A of the Thriving Congregations Initiative. Over the next three years, twenty-one congregations from four conferences (listed below) will address the changing context of congregational life and… Read On

Published April 4, 2024

BIC U.S. Awarded $1.25 Million for Thriving Congregations Initiative

BIC U.S. Awarded $1.25 Million for Thriving Congregations Initiative

General Conference of the Brethren in Christ (Brethren in Christ U.S.) has been awarded a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish The Thriving Congregations Initiative. The project is being funded through Lilly Endowment’s… Read On

Published December 6, 2023