Bethany Theological Seminary Hosts Community Workshop

Bethany Theological Seminary is hosting a community workshop entitled, “Between Awe and Action: Fostering a Trauma-Informed Community,” on Monday, October 27th 6:30-8:00 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place at

Brethren Academy Welcomes New Administrative Assistant

Candice Rollf has accepted the position of administrative assistant for the Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership (BAML), a partnership of Bethany Theological Seminary and the Church of the Brethren. She will begin her part-time work with the

Bethany Welcomes Dr. Valerie Bridgeman As Chapel Speaker

Bethany Theological Seminary will welcome the Rev. Dr. Valerie Bridgeman as guest speaker for its chapel service on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, beginning at 11:20 a.m. Her sermon is entitled, “God, Why???”

Dr. Bridgeman is dean

Bethany Dedicates Steinway Piano

Bethany Theological Seminary dedicated its Steinway B grand piano with a special recital on Sunday, September 21, 2025. The recital featured Norman Krieger, an internationally celebrated concert pianist who serves as Dean Charles H Webb Chair in

Zero Student Loans — Again

For the third semester in a row, no students at Bethany Theological Seminary are taking out federal student loans. This milestone, which follows a yearslong, institution-wide effort to remove the financial barriers that often keep students

Bethany Welcomes 38 New Students

Bethany Theological Seminary opened the 2025-26 academic year with a Joint Convocation with the Earlham School of Religion, held in Nicarry Chapel on Bethany’s campus. As is the tradition for the seminaries, the speaker was the most

Dr. Joelle Hathaway Publishes Chapter in New Book

Dr. Joelle Hathaway, assistant professor of theological studies and director of the MATW program, has contributed a chapter to a new book, Naming the Spirit: Pneumatology Through the Arts (Intervarsity Press, 2025).

Dr. Hathaway’s chapter

A Global Welcome

Brigitte Zawadi was about to embark on a career as a schoolteacher in Rwanda when her pastor suggested another path. The Church of the Brethren Global Missions wanted to provide financial support to two students so that

Bethany Hires Community Engagement Coordinator

Bethany Theological Seminary has hired Mary Parrett as Coordinator of Bethany BOLD. BOLD (which stands for Build, Organize, Love, and Dare) is the Seminary’s service-based program for residential students. She begins her work at Bethany on July

Audri Svay, MATW ‘22, Publishes Poetry Collection

Audri Svay, MATW 2022, has published a book of poems entitled Between You and Me (Brethren Press, 2025). The publisher’s website describes the book as, “an intimate conversation about the distance between people” and notes that the book challenges