In 2008, the Church of the Brethren made a recommitment statement against modern day slavery which affects an estimated 27 million people around the world. We advocate support for girls and women through the New Community Project and the Give A Girl A Chance program.

This two part episode covers the history of slavery and its legacy (myriad social inequities) in the United States, contemporary inequalities between African-Americans and Caucasians, and the possible role of reparations in redressing centuries of black exploitation (including how such reparations might be structured, and what other groups should be eligible).

NORTH WOODS SONG & STORY FEST FEATURES STEVE KINZIE ON GUITAR AND BANJO AND SON, SETH KINZIE ON PIANO

Brethren Disaster Ministries Continues To Assist The Puerto Rico Rebuilding - Alternative Gift Giving Suggestion for 2019

As individuals, we may not know the influence that we might have in another person's life. For Jesse Eisenbise, guitarist of Colebrook Road, he remembers when his life took a different path. During a performance of the Colebrook Road blue grass band he indicated that the spring of 2019 marked the tenth year together as a band and a return to the state of Oregon where Jesse's life made a turn down a different path.

Workcamps for youth and adults are one of the ways that the Brethren reach out to others. This year, workcamps were held in 15 cities around the country including Waco, Texas and Heifer International in Perryville, Arkansas. There was even a workcamp in China, for those who were able to make that trip.

Jonathan Hunter - creative leader in collaborative design of innovative solutions to address homelessness and other needs of our vulnerable citizens.

The Church of the Brethren traces its roots back over 311 years, to 1708. Eighteenth-century Europe was a time of strong governmental control of the church and low tolerance for religious diversity. Nevertheless, there were religious dissenters who lived their faith in spite of the threat of persecution. Among them was Alexander Mack, a miller who had been influenced by both Pietism and Anabaptism. In August 1708 five men and three women gathered at the Eder River in Schwarzenau, Germany for...

Interview of Ann Schmierer, Executive Director of Wild Rivers Land Trust - nurturing land stewardship, scenic beauty, and nature.

The Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren has taken place for over 230 years. It is part business meeting and part family reunion where folks come together for worship, fellowship, and discerning the business that comes before the wider church.

This program features on of the hearings of the Poor People's Campaign, where participants share their own experiences of dealing with poverty.

For a ''step back in time,'' Brethren Voices visits the National Park of the Antietam Battlefield in Sharpsburg, Maryland to get the rest of the story about the ''Dunker Church.'' At the 2018 Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren, in Cincinnati, we also visited with Jeff Bach of the Young Center of Elizabethtown College.

Once again in 2018 disasters have made the news in the United States, almost on a daily basis. If it wasn't from floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, it came from fires, lava flows and human caused violence or refugees just wishing to live in a safe place. Again this December, ''Brethren Voices'' features ''An Alternative Gift Giving Suggestion.'' With our December program, we are encouraging a financial gift to the Brethren Disaster Ministries, in the name of that special someone on your list. As...

Mark Charles shares the complexities of American history regarding race, culture and faith in order to help forge a path of healing and reconciliation for the nation. Interviewed by Brent Carlson, host of ''Brethren Voices,'' Mark Charles shares his feelings of being Navajo, as well as history of Native Americans.

The Headquarters of the United Nations is located about 9 miles away from the Brooklyn First Church of the Brethren. For the special guest of ''Brethren Voices,'' it's a trip that Doris Abdullah has made many times, serving as the Church of the Brethren Representative to the United Nations.

Jerry O'Donnell serves as the Communications Director and Senior Advisor to Congresswoman, Grace Napolitano of California's 32nd Congressional District. He has been serving in her office for approximately eight years. Jerry grew up in the Church of the Brethren and attended Juniata College, serving a year in Brethren Volunteer Service before going to the Dominican Republic to co-ordinate work camps for Brethren groups. While in the Dominican Republic he yearned to become involved in Washington...

Nestled on over 300 acres of Adams County in Southern Pennsylvania, Cross Keys Village - The Brethren Home Community offers a new way of retirement living for its 1,100 residents. It's a retirement village that provides the full range of care for its residents, including single family homes, duplexes, apartments, independent living and nursing care.

Brethren Voices celebrates 13 years of monthly community television programs, sharing what Brethren do as a matter of faith. Programs have originated from 18 different states from Arctic Village Alaska, 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle to New Orleans. ''Brethren Voices'' has also been filmed in 7 countries featuring the works of Brethren from Nigeria to Japan.

Since the Fall of 2010, Peace Church has supported SnowCap with Brethren Volunteer Service workers to assist their outreach and service needs. The volunteer efforts of two volunteers from Germany are featured. BVSers Jonathan Faust and Freddie Stoeckman meet with the host of ''Brethren Voices,'' Brent Carlson to share how they became volunteers 7,000 miles from their home in Germany. Also interviewed are Kirsten Wageman, Director of SnowCap and BVSer Anna Kajelj who while volunteering, painted...

''March for Our Lives'' was the student-led demonstration in support of tighter gun controls that took place in Washington, D.C. and over 800 locations throughout the United States and around the world. The event followed the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, which was described by many, as a possible tipping point for gun control legislation.