Brethren Polity and Ordinances (2025)
A Course to Understand How the Brethren Church Operates
NOW ENROLLING FOR 2025!
Cohort Dates: September 16 to November 18, 2025
*Admission to the current Online Cohort will not be accepted after September 16, 2025
This course examines the church's polity from a Brethren and Believers’ Church perspective. It provides an overview of the church's organizational structure at the local, regional, and national levels. Consideration is given to both the doctrine and practice of the ordinances. The course will familiarize the student with all the documents used by the Brethren Church to define, govern, and practice its polity at all levels.
NOTE:
If you have enrolled in this course to further your ordination with the Brethren Church, please note that you must attend 8 of the 9 online cohort meetings unless other arrangements with the course teacher have been made. Detailed information regarding the cohort gatherings will be sent to all enrolled participants before the first cohort meeting.
If you are not taking this course as part of the ordination process, please feel free to disregard any cohort-specific email.
If you have any questions regarding the purchase of this course, please contact our course administrator Ryan Smith ([email protected]).
Your Instructor
Emery serves as the Lead Pastor for the Cheyenne Brethren Church, and is a graduate of Ashland Theological Seminary. He and his wife Sue have two adult children and have the joy of being grandparents. Over the many years of service to the Brethren Church, Emery has served in various national and regional roles helping to advance the ministry of the Brethren and the Kingdom of Christ. Emery has a passion for helping to prepare young leaders for ministry in the Brethren Church.