Bethany Theological Seminary
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Bethany Theological Seminary is the graduate school and academy for theological education for the Church of the Brethren. Bethany, located in Richmond, Indiana, is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada and the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
The seminary was founded in 1905 as Bethany Biblical Seminary. From 1945 to 1958 Mennonite Biblical Seminary of the General Conference Mennonite Church, the forerunner of Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, was affiliated with Bethany. In 1994, the seminary moved from Oak Brook, Illinois, to Richmond, Indiana, to form a partnership with the Earlham School of Religion, a Quaker seminary.
The Church of the Brethren is an Anabaptist denomination. It is an historic peace church, conscientiously opposed to all war, and intentional about working with peacemaking and reconciliation concerns.
