Bethany Theological Seminary has called Joshua Brockway, a graduate of Manchester College (2001), Bethany Theological Seminary (M.A. 2004) and Candler School of Theology (M. Div. 2007) to a one-year half-time position in Brethren Studies during the 2008-2009 school year. He has served the Church of the Brethren in many leadership capacities including as a resource person for the recent Ministerial Leadership Consultation in May 2007. He will be teaching both on the Richmond campus and online courses. Joshua is currently a Ph.D. student in church history at Catholic University of America.

Scott Holland, associate professor of Theology and Culture and director of Peace Studies and Cross-Cultural Studies, has been named the acting director of the M.A. program for the 2008-2009 school year. Scott will be the instructor for the M.A. Research Seminar, M.A. Thesis Seminar, and I-500 Thesis Completion courses. He will continue as director of Peace Studies and Cross Cultural Studies. During the 2008-2009 school year he also will direct the Peace Studies Forum and teach these courses: 1968: Case Study in Public Theology, Travel Seminar to Nigeria (in partnership with the General Board of the Church of the Brethren), and The Historic Peace Churches & The Decade to Overcome Violence (with Don Miller, emeritus professor of Christian Education.)

Thomas N. Finger has been called as Scholar-in-Residence for the 2008-2009 school year. The position of Scholar-In-Residence is offered to a person who has made significant contributions to academic study and to the church through his or her scholarship and teaching. Dr. Finger earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion and Systematic Theology from Claremont Graduate School. In addition to numerous articles, Dr. Finger's recent book A Contemporary Anabaptist Theology published by InterVarsity Press has received critical attention and acclaim. During his career Tom has taught at Eastern Mennonite University and Seminary, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Garrett-Evangelical Seminary, and Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary. He is currently teaching at Meseret Kritos College in Ethiopia. He brings a wealth of teaching and ecumencial experience to the Bethany community. He will be teaching four courses in the area of theological studies in the 2008-2009 school year and will reside in Richmond.