The Message of the Brethren Ministry

The Message which Brethren Ministers accept as a divine en­trustment to be heralded to a lost world, finds its sole source and authority in the Bible. This message is one of hope for a lost world and speaks with finality and authority. Fidelity to the apostolic in­junction to preach the Word demands our utmost endeavor of mind and heart. We, the members of the National Ministerial Association of The Brethren Church, hold that the essential and constituent el­ements of our message shall continue to be the following declara­tions:

1.  Our motto: The Bible, the whole Bible and nothing but the Bible.

2.  The authority and integrity of the Holy Scriptures.

The ministry of The Brethren Church desires to bear testimony to the belief that God’s supreme revelation has been made through Je­sus Christ, a complete and authentic record of which revelation is the New Testament and, to the belief that the Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments, as originally given, are the infallible record of the perfect, final and authoritative revelation of God’s will, altogether sufficient in themselves as a rule of faith and practice.

3.  We understand the basic content of our doctrinal preaching to be:

(1)       The Pre-Existence. Deity and Incarnation by Virgin Birth of Je­sus Christ, the Son of God;

(2)       The Fall of Man, his consequent spiritual death and utter sin­fulness, and the necessity of his New Birth;

(3)       The Vicarious Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ through the shedding of His own blood;

(4)       The Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ in the body in which He suffered and died, and His subsequent glorification at the right hand of God;

(5)         Justification by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, of which obedience to the will of God, and works of righteousness, are the ev­idence and result; the resurrection of the dead, the judgment of the world, and the life everlasting of the just;

(6)       The Personality and Deity of the Holy Spirit, Who indwells the Christian and is his Comforter and Guide;

(7)       The personal and visible return of our Lord Jesus Christ from heaven as King of kings and Lord of lords, the glorious goal for which we are taught to watch, wait and pray;

(8)       The Christian should “be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind”; should not engage in car­nal strife, and should “swear not at all”;

(9)       The Christian should observe, as his duty and privilege, the or­dinances of our Lord Jesus Christ, among which are: (a) Baptism of Believers by Triune Immersion; (b) Confirmation; (c) the Lord’s Sup­per; (d) the Communion of the Bread and Wine; (e) the Washing of the Saints’ Feet; and (f) the Anointing of the Sick with Oil.

The Message of the Brethren Ministry

The Message which Brethren Ministers accept as a divine en­trustment to be heralded to a lost world, finds its sole source and authority in the Bible. This message is one of hope for a lost world and speaks with finality and authority. Fidelity to the apostolic in­junction to preach the Word demands our utmost endeavor of mind and heart. We, the members of the National Ministerial Association of The Brethren Church, hold that the essential and constituent el­ements of our message shall continue to be the following declara­tions:

1.  Our motto: The Bible, the whole Bible and nothing but the Bible.

2.  The authority and integrity of the Holy Scriptures.

The ministry of The Brethren Church desires to bear testimony to the belief that God’s supreme revelation has been made through Je­sus Christ, a complete and authentic record of which revelation is the New Testament and, to the belief that the Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments, as originally given, are the infallible record of the perfect, final and authoritative revelation of God’s will, altogether sufficient in themselves as a rule of faith and practice.

3.  We understand the basic content of our doctrinal preaching to be:

(1)       The Pre-Existence. Deity and Incarnation by Virgin Birth of Je­sus Christ, the Son of God;

(2)       The Fall of Man, his consequent spiritual death and utter sin­fulness, and the necessity of his New Birth;

(3)       The Vicarious Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ through the shedding of His own blood;

(4)       The Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ in the body in which He suffered and died, and His subsequent glorification at the right hand of God;

(5)         Justification by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, of which obedience to the will of God, and works of righteousness, are the ev­idence and result; the resurrection of the dead, the judgment of the world, and the life everlasting of the just;

(6)       The Personality and Deity of the Holy Spirit, Who indwells the Christian and is his Comforter and Guide;

(7)       The personal and visible return of our Lord Jesus Christ from heaven as King of kings and Lord of lords, the glorious goal for which we are taught to watch, wait and pray;

(8)       The Christian should “be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind”; should not engage in car­nal strife, and should “swear not at all”;

(9)       The Christian should observe, as his duty and privilege, the or­dinances of our Lord Jesus Christ, among which are: (a) Baptism of Believers by Triune Immersion; (b) Confirmation; (c) the Lord’s Sup­per; (d) the Communion of the Bread and Wine; (e) the Washing of the Saints’ Feet; and (f) the Anointing of the Sick with Oil.