Take nearly 200 Progressive Brethren. Add fresh, inclusive worship experiences. Stir in an enlightening plenary session and a handful of engaging workshops on a variety of current events and interesting topics. Finish with great hospitality, good meals, fellowship, and music. What do you get? The 2008 Progressive Brethren Summit!


Check out our

2008 Progressive Brethren Summit Wrap-Up

for pictures, sermons, workshop reports and more!

Progressive
Brethren Gatherings
sponsored by

Womaen’s Caucus
www.womaenscaucus.org

Voices for an Open Spirit (VOS)
www.voicesforanopenspirit.org

Brethren Mennonite Council for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Interests (BMC)
www.bmclgbt.org

2009 Progressive Brethren Gathering Wrap-Up

Fast Facts

Who? About 150 people

From where? Church of the Brethren Congregations from coast to coast

Where? The Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren in Elizabethtown, PA.

When? November 13-15, 2008

Much of the Gathering was Webcast online!
View the Webcasts here.

Conference Schedule
List of Fishbowl Sessions

Threshold Speakers
  • Elizabeth Keller
  • Phil Jones
  • Paul Shrock
  • Elaine Sollenberger
Keynote Speaker
See the Webcast of Dr. Reed's sessions here.
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Dr. Jonathan Reed, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Religion at the University of La Verne, is a leading authority on First-century Palestine Archeology and has been involved in several major digs in the Middle East. His books include The HarperCollins Visual Guide to the New Testament: What Archeology Reveals About the First Christians (2007), Archeology and the Galilean Jesus (2002) and two books that he co-authored with John Dominic Crossan, In Search of Paul: How Jesus’ Apostle Opposed Rome’s Empire with God’s Kingdom (2005) and Excavating Jesus: Beneath the Stones, Behind the Texts (2001). Jonathan has also been featured on the History Channel, Good Morning America and on the National Geographic Series “Science of the Bible.” He and his family are members of the La Verne Church of the Brethren.
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After dinner on Saturday evening, participants were asked to respond to the following question:

What threshold does the Church of the Brethren need to cross and what action will I take to make that happen?

Here were their responses