Brethren Life & Thought Vol 54 No 1&2 (Winter/Spring 2009)

This issue offers articles by eight participants in the Sustaining Pastoral Excellence program (SPE).  The writers represent clergy from across the denomination and from both tracks of the SPE program.  The articles cover such topic as: pastoral excellence, leadership-theory

Brethren Life & Thought Vol 55 No 1 and 2 (Winter/Spring 2010)

The cover date is Winter and Spring 2010, yet this volume mailed to subscribers on April 20, 2011.  This volume is a themed issue, which was part of the reason for the delay.  Since this issue considers the topic

Qualified Charitable Donations

If you’re 70-1/2 or older, you can donate up to $100,000 per tax year directly from an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) to charities like Bethany Theological Seminary.

Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD), otherwise known as IRA charitable rollovers or

Bethany Sunday Resources

Each fall Bethany invites congregations to remember the Seminary’s mission to educate spiritual and intellectual leaders for ministry by including Bethany in their worship services. Below are resources to help prepare for this celebration of ministry education.

Bethany Sunday –

Seeking Racial Justice

Bethany Theological Seminary is continuing its multifaceted efforts to pursue racial justice. The foundation of this work is a framework created in 2019 which was designed to intentionally confront racial hierarchy, implicit bias, and systemic racism. This approach grew

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Ministering Through Covid-19

The Bethany Theological Seminary Pastoral Care Team has assembled a list of resources for individuals, churches, and other organizations who are needing to adapt their ministries to the realities of the Covid-19 pandemic. A webpage dedicated to this information

Condemning Racism and Working for Change

June 4, 2020

President Jeff Carter sent the following letter to Bethany Theological Seminary’s students, faculty, staff, trustees, alumni, and friends.

Dear Bethany Community,

There is a particular privilege in silence.

The issues are too complicated to fully understand, so we stay silent.

We

Dr. Russell Haitch Explores Links Between Faith and Science

Dr. Russell Haitch, professor of theology and human science at Bethany Theological Seminary, has published a new book entitled, Eyes of the Heart: Seeing God in an Age of Science (Fortress, 2021).

The book offers a model for unifying Christian

Bethany Theological Seminary Announces $12 Million Comprehensive Campaign

Bethany Theological Seminary is announcing a campaign to raise $12 million in support of its educational mission. Flourish: A Campaign for Bethany Theological Seminary will garner significant philanthropic support for the student experience, faculty innovation, and

Dayton & Ada Faye Root – Bethany Donor

In his youth, Dayton Root experienced being a dust bowl refugee, moving from Oklahoma to central California with his family in 1935. Dayton pursued an undergraduate degree at La Verne College, now University of La Verne, earning his way