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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National Older Adult Conference (NOAC)

    A biennial gathering for people over the age of 50, which is sponsored by the Older Adult Ministry. NOAC is an opportunity for spiritual renewal for senior adults through events which include worship services, fellowship gatherings, resource fair, handcrafts, recreation, outdoor music celebrations, ice cream socials, and plenty of free time to enjoy local scenery.

National Youth Conference

    An assembly of generally high-school age youth which is held every four years. It is sponsored by the Youth & Young Adult Ministry of the General Board. The first conference was held in 1954 at Anderson, Indiana, and the first homepage was developed for the 1998 conference at Fort Collins, Colorado. Attendance is generally around 5,000 youth and adult counselors.

Year	Location	Conference Theme
1954	Anderson, Indiana	“For the Glory of God and My Neighbor's Good”
1958	Lake Junaluska, North Carolina	“Our Faith Tremendous”
1962	Estes Park, Colorado	“Temper My Spirit, O Lord”
1966	Ithaca, New York	“You in the World”
1971	Valparaiso, Indiana	“Courage to be...Brethren?”
1974	Glorieta, New Mexico	“Everybody Is a Part of Everything”
1978	Estes Park, Colorado	“Out of the Mountains, Power to Fly”
1982	Estes Park, Colorado	“Alive...to love, to care, to share”
1986	Estes Park, Colorado	“Vision from the Mountain”
1990	Fort Collins, Colorado	“Challenged in the '90s...Committed for Life!”
1994	Fort Collins, Colorado	“Come to the Edge, Claim the Call”
1998	Fort Collins, Colorado	“...With Eyes of Faith”
2002	Fort Collins, Colorado	“...For Such A Time As This”
2006	Fort Collins, Colorado	“Come and See”

www.brethren.org/genbd/yya/

New Life Ministries

    Formerly called the Andrew Center until 1997, New Life Ministries continues the same mission to multiply the number of persons turning to Jesus Christ, by multiplying the number of leaders and congregations spiritually alive and evangelistically effective. New Beginnings is the official journal which is published four times a year and distributed without charge to individuals and congregations who are members.

www.newlifeministries-nlm.org

New Windsor Conference Center

See Brethren Service Center.

Newsgroup

     UseNet is a world-wide distributed e-mail discussion system which carries the Brethren newsgroup alt.religion.christian.anabaptist.brethren.This one was started by Wayne Sutton of Miami First COB. UseNet consists of a set of 'newsgroups' with names that are classified hierarchically by subject. Articles or messages are posted to these newsgroups by people on computers with the appropriate software, and then broadcast to other interconnected computers systems via a wide variety of networks. Some newsgroups are moderated, which means that before articles are posted, they are first evaluated by a moderator before appearing in the group. Because the Inter-Brethren newsgroup is in the ‘alt’ branch of the Usenet hierarchy, it is unmoderated which means that posts go directly to the newsgroup without being first reviewed by a moderator who must give approval for messages.

    The biggest advantage of a Usenet newsgroup over a list server is that the newsgroup is a virtually free resource, and especially true of unmoderated groups. In other words, you're not required to join. You can jump in and out of newsgroups as you please. Also, because Usenet is arranged in a logical hierarchy, a newsgroup has much more visibility than a list server. Religious seekers who may never have heard of the Brethren or of Anabaptism are able to stumble across the group because it is found under the 'alt.religion' branch of the hierarchy -- a branch that religious seekers are likely to explore.

See also Brethren Discussion, List Server.

Newsline

    NEWSLINE is the online newsletter of the Church of the Brethren posted by the Communications Department. Interested persons can hear Newsline by calling (410) 635-8738 or receive a fax of Newsline by calling (800) 323-8039, Ext. 257. Newsline by "e-mail" is available by sending an online request to cobnews@aol.com.

www.brethren.org/genbd/newsline

Nuer Bible

A project to translate the Bible in cooperation with the Nuer culture of Sudan.

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