BAHN

BRETHREN ARCHIVISTS &
HISTORIANS NETWORK

BAHN encourages the study and writing of the history of the Brethren movement. The aims of the BAHN are:

  1. To support the development of archives of the history of the Christian Brethren, the deposit of material in such archives and to make their resources better known.
  2. To encourage research into Brethren history world-wide, to assist those writing on such topics and to encourage cooperation, and greater understanding of the development of the movement.
  3. To support the publication and circulation of historical works on the Brethren, and to increase awareness of them.
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NETWORK

BAHN CONFERENCE 2025

“Chief Men and Women of the Brethren Revisited”

Luther King House, Manchester, June 25th-27th, 2025.

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CONFERENCES

  • 4 – 6 July 2023, Shallowford House, Stone, Stafford, UK – International BAHN Conference on “The Brethren and Eschatology”
  • 29-31 May 2022, Emmaus College Dubuque, IA, USA –   BAHN Conference for North America on the Global History of the Brethren.
  • 2–4 July 2019, Sidholme Hotel, Sidmouth, Devon, on the theme of ‘Elements and Ordinances in Brethren Life’.
  • 3-5 July 2017, Maynooth University, Ireland, on the theme of ‘The Brethren and the Church’
  • 6-8 July 2015, Bishop Woodford House, Ely, on the theme of ‘The Brethren and the Bible’
  • 15-17 July 2013, Pilgrim Hall, East Sussex, on the theme ‘Brethren Thought in Historical Perspective’
  • 25-27 June, 2011, Lindors Country House, Gloucester, on the theme of ‘Brethren and Mission’
  • 9-11 July 2009, Carberry Tower, Musselburgh (near Edinburgh), on the theme of ‘Brethren Spirituality’. The papers from the conference and the previous one are now available as Cuture, Spirituality, and the Brethren
  • 5–7 July 2007, Liverpool Hope University and was organized in conjunction with the Christian Brethren Archive. The subject was ‘Brethren, Culture and Society’. As part of the proceedings, Dr Ward Gasque of Canada gave a F F Bruce memorial lecture on the subject of ‘F F Bruce: an unhyphenated evangelical’. 
  • 3-5 July 2005 , Wiedenest Bible School, Germany on ‘Witnessing in Many Lands: the Theology and Practice of the Brethren Movement’. The papers from the conference are now available as Tim Grass (ed.), Witness in Many Lands: Leadership and Outreach among the Brethren.
  • 10-12 July 2003, Redcliffe College Gloucester on “The growth of the Brethren movement: national and international experiences”. The papers from the conference were published in Neil Dickson and Tim Grass (eds), The Growth of the Brethren Movement: National and International Experiences (Carlisle: Paternoster 2006).