BAHN 2025: Chief Men and Women of the Brethren Revisited

Join us for our 11th bicentennial conference on 25-27 June 2025! All who are interested are welcome to attend. 

Location:

The 2025 conference will be held at the Luther King House in Manchester. However, one session will take place at the historic John Rylands Library, home of the Christian Brethren Archive.
Confirmed Speakers Include:
  • David Bebbington
  • Eugenio Biagini
  • Roger Holden
  • Janice Holmes
  • Tereza Ward

Further details will be uploaded nearer the time, along with a call for papers.

 

Previous conferences were held at

  • Shallowford House, Staffordshire, 4-6 July 2023, on ‘The Brethren and the Last Things’. Papers from this conference will be published as a volume in 2025.
  • Emmaus Bible College, Dubuque, IA, USA, 29 May–31 May 2022, on ‘The Brethren: A Global Movement ‘. Papers from this conference will be available later in 2024 in PDF format.
  • Sidholme Hotel, Sidmouth, Devon, on the theme of ‘Elements and Ordinances in Brethren Life’, 2–4 July 2019. The papers from this conference are available as The Brethren and the Church.
  • Maynooth University, Ireland, on the theme of ‘The Brethren and the Church’, 3-5 July 2017. The papers from this conference are available as The Brethren and the Church.
  • Bishop Woodford House, Ely, on the theme of ‘The Brethren and the Bible’, 6-8 July 2015. The papers from this conference are available as The Bible and Theology in the Brethren.
  • Pilgrim Hall, Uckfield, East Sussex, on the theme ‘Brethren Thought in Historical Perspective’, 15-17 July 2013. The papers from this conference are available as The Bible and Theology in the Brethren.
  • Lindors Country House Hotel, Gloucester, on the theme of ‘Brethren and Mission’, 25-27 June 2011. The papers from this conference are available as The Brethren and Mission.
  • Carberry Tower, Musselburgh (near Edinburgh), on the theme of ‘Brethren Spirituality’, 9-11 July 2009. The papers from the conference and the previous one are available as Culture, Spirituality, and the Brethren.
  • Liverpool Hope University, 5-7 July 2007, in conjunction with the Christian Brethren Archive. The subject was ‘Brethren, Culture and Society’. As part of the proceedings, Dr Ward Gasque of Canada gave a F F Bruce memorial lecture at the John Rylands Library on the subject of ‘F F Bruce: an unhyphenated evangelical’. 
  • Wiedenest Bible School, Germany, 3-5 July 2005, on ‘Witnessing in Many Lands: the Theology and Practice of the Brethren Movement’. The papers from the conference are available as Tim Grass (ed.), Witness in Many Lands: Leadership and Outreach among the Brethren.
  • Redcliffe College Gloucester, 10-12 July 2003, on ‘The growth of the Brethren movement: national and international experiences’. The papers from the conference were published in Neil Dickson and Tim Grass (eds), The Growth of the Brethren Movement: National and International Experiences (Carlisle: Paternoster, 2006).

For further information, contact Tim Grass.