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Uniquely Brethren.

The Brethren Church is led by the Word and Spirit as a family of churches creating innovative relational spaces for every tribe, language, people, and nation to encounter God’s redemptive Kingdom.

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Distinctly Brethren

Led by the Word & Spirit
A Family of Churches
Creating Innovative Relational Spaces
Encounter God's Redemptive Kingdom

Prioritizing communal prayer and discernment, deepening unity and trust, and creating accessible, biblically-based ministry training.

Invest in new leaders to reach all people, especially equipping and empowering younger generations, women, various ethnic groups, and people of color in all levels of pastoral and leadership roles.

Resource innovative church planting and church revitalization for growth and equip pastors in missional evangelism.

Foster shared experiences of mission and service, join efforts with Global Partners to expand Brethren witness, and strengthen a Kingdom understanding in Brethren thought and practice. 

Brethren News

80 AU Students Participate in May 2026 Mission Trips

May 10-17, 2026: 68 student-athletes with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) spent the last week serving in Lancaster, South Carolina. The FCA mission trip is an annual opportunity led by athletics chaplains, Rev. Joe Maggelet, Austin Brenner, and Grace...

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Controversial Issues: Prescribed Dress

The Brethren of the mid-1800s would have looked very much like the Amish, with a distinctive dress that was meant to set them apart from the fashion-crazed world.  The specific features of the Brethren uniform had gradually evolved during the first half of the...

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Brethren General Conference

July 2026, Fort Wayne, IN

Join us at the Grand Wayne Center for the next conference of the Brethren Church.

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People say “I’ve been Brethren my whole life… I just didn’t know it.”

Join us in bringing about the coming Kingdom of God in our own, uniquely Brethren way.