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Bethany Receives $10M Grant from Lilly Endowment

Bethany Theological Seminary has been awarded a $10 million grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc. to support the Seminary’s new  partnership with undergraduate institutions, which encourages students to pursue graduate theological education and careers in ministry.

Speaking of BOLD

Bethany BOLD, the Seminary’s service-based program for residential students, is grounded in a Brethren testimony and witness. BOLD (which stands for Build, Organize, Love, and Dare), challenges students to participate in service at local nonprofits, serving vulnerable

Bethany Welcomes Students For 2024 August Intensives

Bethany Theological Seminary and Earlham School of Religion (ESR) are currently offering seven August Intensive courses, with a total of 34 students attending class in person and another 26 connecting via Zoom. 

Intensive courses, which

Many Ways to Minister

By Jonathan Graham

Many Bethany students are already engaged in ministry while pursuing their degrees. These students have found creative and innovative ways to answer their call and help the world flourish.

Elaine Jones is

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BOLD Aspirations

The brand new Bethany BOLD program is already making an impact — not only on the residential student experience, but also on individuals and organizations in the Wayne County, Indiana, community. 

The Bethany BOLD program (which

Audit Application Form

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Service Without Borders

When Jenn Hosler was 16 years old, she felt called to ministry and drawn to cultures different from her own. She participated in a youth work camp in the Rift Valley of Kenya, and witnessed the struggles

Occasional Student Application Form

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Brethren Life & Thought Vol 53 No 3 (Summer 2008)

This issue of Brethren Life & Thought presents four feature articles and five book reviews.  Two articles are on atonement, which has traditionally been a doctrinal balance sheet of sorts for Christians. The first article, authored by Thomas Finger,

Forum to Explore Just Peace

Bethany Seminary’s seventh Presidential Forum weekend, scheduled for October 29-31, 2015, will feature internationally known speakers, Bethany leadership, and presenters from the peace church traditions on the theme A Pilgrimage of