International Brethren Conference on Mission is held every four years.  It brings together national leaders in the Brethren movement from as many different countries as possible, for fellowship, spiritual reflection, renewed experience of the Lord, exchange of information and discussion of matters of mutual interest. 

The IBCM4 conference at Wiedenest, Germany, in June 2007 brought together over 400 leaders from the Brethren movement from 77 different countries. The next conference is projected to be held in 2011.

IBCM is the parent body of the Brethren Educational Network. IBCM also encourages conferences with similar objectives in the main regions of the world.

www.ibcm.net


Tilsley College is based in Motherwell, Scotland, and offers a one-year course of training for Christian work, with the possibility of a further year’s placement training. The College is also developing web-based courses. For more details, see

www.glo-europe.org/TilsleyCollege.html


Partnership – encouraging local churches.  Partnership is based in the UK.  Its aim is to strengthen and encourage local churches by networking leaders, stimulating, training and developing them, and helping them to think through specific issues which confront local church leaders today. 

www.partnershipuk.org


N.able offers a variety of placement-based training opportunities, for those interested in training for work in local churches, in evangelism or in overseas mission. It is a collaborative project developed jointly by Counties, Partnership and Tilsley College.

www.glo-europe.org/nable.html


Pathways Bible and Mission College is an evangelical College in New Zealand dedicated to Bible and Missions teaching and training.

http://www.pathways.ac.nz/index.htm


GLO Evangelism Training Program—Zambia is an indigenous Bible school that goes beyond theological debates and focuses on ministering and discipling

www.brighthope.org/projecttop.asp?projectid=155


Emmaus Bible College Australia is an evangelical Bible College whose Board members belong to Christian Brethren churches in Australia. The College is devoted to help students study the Bible and be prepared for a lifetime of Christian service.

www.emmaus.edu.au/ebc/

Mueller College of Ministries is an arm of the Redcliffe Christian Assembly near Brisbane, Australia. Through full-time and part-time accredited courses, it aims to educate, equip and enrich for fruitful life and ministry. It also offers distance learning.

www.mcm.qld.edu.au/content/index.php

Brethren Archivists and Historians Network (BAHN) encourages historical scholarship on matters of Brethren history. It produces an annual BAHN Review with articles, book reviews, etc and occasional symposia; and organises the bi-annual International Brethren History Conference.

www.partnershipuk.org/main/bahn.html


Christian Brethren Archive is a major collection of books (over 8,000 items) and documents relating to the history of the Brethren, both Open and Exclusive, in the UK and in other countries. It is part of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester in the UK.

rylibweb.man.ac.uk/data2/spcoll/cba/