Newsline: 'Portrait of a People' reports on Brethren Member Profile

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Newsline: Church of the Brethren News Service -- June 5, 2008
Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, News Director
800-323-8039 ext. 260 -- cobnews at brethren.org

'PORTRAIT OF A PEOPLE' REPORTS ON 2006 BRETHREN
MEMBER PROFILE

(June 5, 2008) Elgin, IL -- "Portrait of a People: The Church of the
Brethren at 300" by Carl Desportes Bowman is now available from
Brethren Press. 

The book reports the results of the 2006 Brethren Member Profile, a
major sociological study of the Church of the Brethren. Bowman has
been a professor at Bridgewater (Va.) College, and previously carried
out a survey of the denomination in 1985. He also is author of "Brethren
Society: The Cultural Transformation of a 'Peculiar People.'" 

In "Portrait of a People," readers will discover new information about
Brethren beliefs and practices, which Brethren Press notes may surprise,
please, or even dismay. The survey covers Brethren beliefs about God
and the afterlife; attitudes about military service, abortion, and politics;
practices in the area of personal Bible study, worship, and love feast; and
much more. 

Order the book for $15.95 plus shipping and handling; call 800-441-
3712.

The Church of the Brethren is a Christian denomination committed to
continuing the work of Jesus peacefully and simply, and to living out its
faith in community. The denomination is based in the Anabaptist and
Pietist faith traditions and is one of the three Historic Peace Churches. It
celebrates its 300th anniversary in 2008. It counts more than 125,000
members across the United States and Puerto Rico, and has missions and
sister churches in Nigeria, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and
India.

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For more information contact:

Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
Director of News Services
Church of the Brethren General Board
1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120
800-323-8039 ext. 260
cobnews at brethren.org

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