The following terms reflect the culture of the Church of the Brethren, a denomination grounded on the principles of Anabaptism and founded through the Pietist efforts of Alexander Mack, in the summer of 1708 near the small German village of Schwarzenau. This resource is not an exhaustive compilation of all denominational terminology, for space precludes the incorporation of vast amounts of information, which might also be garnered from other Brethren works, such as the Brethren Encyclopedia, Brethren Bibliography, European Origin, Brethren in America, Ephrata Cloister, 19th Century Acculturation, Brethren Timeline, Brethren Groups, and Brethren Genealogy. We have also included a few Internet related terms because this technology is fast becoming a part of our denominational culture. You are encouraged to share your comments, suggestions, or corrections with the Web Administrator.
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- Kline, John (1797-1864)
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A horseback riding German Baptist Brethren preacher and four time moderator of Annual Meeting. During the Civil War, he received warnings and death threats because of his frequent traveling in both Union and Confederate territories. He was ambushed on June 15, 1864 while returning home. A marker still commemorates the spot.
“My highest conception of patriotism is found in the man who loves the Lord his God with all his heart and his neighbor as himself. Out of these affections spring the subordinate love for one's country; love truly virtuous for one's companion and children, relatives, and friends; and in its most comprehensive sense, takes in the whole human family. Were this love universal, the word patriotism, in its specific sense, meaning such a love for one's country as makes its possessors ready and willing to take up arms in its defense, might be appropriately expunged from every national vocabulary.”
Brethren Encyclopedia, Vol. II, p. 702
- Kulp Bible College
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A Nigerian school of ministry created by the Church of the Brethren in 1960. The school is named after it's Brethren missionary co-founder Harold Stover Kulp. On March 17, 1923, Kulp and Albert Helser, along with thirty-three Nigerians, conducted the first Brethren open air worship service in Nigeria, under a spreading tamarind tree near the village of Garkida.
See also Nigerian Work Camp, Brethren Timeline.
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