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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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” …
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
- 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
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 …
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 …
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 …