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The story of the Believers Church Conferences

Beginning in 1967 in Louisville (Kentucky), U.S.A., Believers Church Conferences (BCC) have been held every three to four years at different places in the U.S.A. and Canada. The 19th conference was held in Raleigh (North Carolina) in January 2023 on the topic of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Global Witness of Believers Churches. From its beginning the BCC had two main objectives: to reflect on the concept of the Believers Church and to contribute to the ecumenical ecclesiological debate.

In 2021 Teun van der Leer wrote his PhD on the story of these conferences:  https://wipfandstock.com/9781666766790/looking-in-the-other-direction/.

The 20th BCC will take place June 1-4 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.