Bethany Theological Seminary is the graduate school and academy for theological education for the Church of the Brethren. Bethany is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada and the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. A graduate school or grad school is a school that awards advanced degrees, with the general requirement that students must have earned an undergraduate (bachelors) degree. ... A seminary is a specialised university-like institution for the purpose of training candidates for positions within a religious context. ... The Church of the Brethren was organized by Alexander Mack, a miller, in Schwarzenau, Germany, in 1708. ...

The seminary was founded in 1905 as Bethany Biblical Seminary. From 1945 to 1958 Mennonite Biblical Seminary of the General Conference Mennonite Church, the foreruuner of Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, was associated with Bethany. In 1994, the seminary moved from Oak Brook, Illinois to Richmond, Indiana to form a partnership with the Earlham School of Religion, a Quaker seminary. The General Conference Mennonite Church was an association of Mennonite congregations based in North America from 1860 to 2002. ... Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) is an accredited Christian seminary in Elkhart, Indiana affiliated with Mennonite Church Canada and Mennonite Church USA. Besides serving Mennonites from North America and other continents, AMBS is approved by the United Methodist Church for training of its ministers. ... Oak Brook is a suburb of Chicago located in DuPage County, Illinois. ... Richmond, Indiana is a city in eastern Indiana, near the border of Ohio. ... Earlham School of Religion (ESR), a graduate division of Earlham College, located in Richmond, Indiana is the oldest graduate seminary associated with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). ...

The Church of the Brethren is an Anabaptist denomination. It is an historic peace church, conscientiously opposed to all war, and intentional about working with peacemaking and reconciliation concerns. Anabaptists (Greek ana+baptizo re-baptizers, German: Wiedertäufer) were Christians of the Radical Reformation. ... Peace churches are Christian churches, groups or communities advocating pacifism. ...

External link

• Official website