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Closeup of BRF Committee Member

Ross Gingrich Ross Gingrich has attended Heidelberg Church of the Brethren (Atlantic Northeast District) all of his life. He accepted the call to follow Jesus …

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Crisis of Isolation

Crisis of Isolation Editorial March/April, 2023 Volume 58, Number 2 We are bombarded seemingly on a daily basis by crises after crises that come across …

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The Brethren Card

This body of Christians originated early in the eighteenth century the church being a natural outgrowth of the Pietistic movement following the Reformation. Firmly accepts …

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The New Testament — Our Only Creed

The New Testament —Our Only Creed EditorialJanuary/February 2023 Volume 58, Number 1  2023 marks the 300th year since the organization of the first Brethren in …

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Drowning In A Ditch

When the English explorer Sir Francis Drake returned from his fifth voyage around the world, he was caught in a small but intense storm on …

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Prayer and Revival

EditorialJuly/August, 2001Volume 36, Number 4 We continue this issue with our theme of revival. By the time you read this, Annual Conference will be in …

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Regular Columns

Over the years the BRF Witness has carried a number of regular columns besides the News and Comments section. They include:

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  • A Word About Words
  • New Testament Teachings
  • The Bread Basket
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  • A Word About Words
  • New Testament Teachings
  • The Bread Basket

The Brethren Card

This body of Christians originated early in the eighteenth century the church being a natural outgrowth of the Pietistic movement following the Reformation. Firmly accepts …

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Drowning In A Ditch

When the English explorer Sir Francis Drake returned from his fifth voyage around the world, he was caught in a small but intense storm on …

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Humility

Twentieth-century theologian C. S. Lewis once observed, “Humility isn’t thinking less of YOURSELF, but thinking of yourself LESS!” Let that sink in for a while. Each of …

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Sleeping Where the Stench is the Worst

Victor Herman (1915-1985) was a Jewish-American who spent eighteen years as a Soviet prisoner in the work-camps of Siberia. In his 1979 autobiography Coming Out of …

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Righteousness

“For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but [it is] righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit” (Romans 13:17). In his …

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Driving Too Fast

When automobiles were first introduced to the marketplace in the early part of the twentieth century, like everything else that was new, these “horseless carriages” …

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BRF Views

As a conference, we have written extensively on different views we hold to and why. Below is a list of different topics. 

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  • Abortion
  • Adam and Eve
  • Afghanistan
  • Anabaptism
  • Anabaptist thought
  • Angels
  • Annual Conference
  • Answered prayer
  • Apostasy in the church
  • Applause in church
  • Assurance of Salvation
  • Attitudes toward Jesus
  • Baptism
  • Basic beliefs of the Brethren
  • Biblical Reliability
  • Biblical Trustworthiness
  • Body Piercing
  • Born again?
  • Capital Punishment
  • Capitalism
  • Christ's Advent
  • Christ's Resurrection
  • Doctrine
  • Early Brethren History
  • Euthanasia
  • Justice
  • Later Brethren History
  • New Testament
  • Newer Bible translations
  • Sin
  • Tattoos
  • The "Brethren" name
  • The atonement of Christ
  • The Blood of Christ
  • The fall
  • U.S. Bicentennial
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  • All
  • Abortion
  • Adam and Eve
  • Afghanistan
  • Anabaptism
  • Anabaptist thought
  • Angels
  • Annual Conference
  • Answered prayer
  • Apostasy in the church
  • Applause in church
  • Assurance of Salvation
  • Attitudes toward Jesus
  • Baptism
  • Basic beliefs of the Brethren
  • Biblical Reliability
  • Biblical Trustworthiness
  • Body Piercing
  • Born again?
  • Capital Punishment
  • Capitalism
  • Christ's Advent
  • Christ's Resurrection
  • Doctrine
  • Early Brethren History
  • Euthanasia
  • Justice
  • Later Brethren History
  • New Testament
  • Newer Bible translations
  • Sin
  • Tattoos
  • The "Brethren" name
  • The atonement of Christ
  • The Blood of Christ
  • The fall
  • U.S. Bicentennial
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Closeup of BRF Committee Member

Ross Gingrich Ross Gingrich has attended Heidelberg Church of the Brethren (Atlantic Northeast District) all of his life. He accepted the call to follow Jesus …

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Crisis of Isolation

Crisis of Isolation Editorial March/April, 2023 Volume 58, Number 2 We are bombarded seemingly on a daily basis by crises after crises that come across …

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BRF Views

The Brethren Card

This body of Christians originated early in the eighteenth century the church being a natural outgrowth of the Pietistic movement following the Reformation. Firmly accepts …

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