What Is Bethany?
It is a Spiritual Community Responding to a World of Violence.
Human Beings do not know who they are without community. In the past local community was everything, but now faceless forces of media and money shape us. To be truly human is to take a decision in your personal life and in relationship with others. At Bethany we have chosen the story of Jesus in the Gospel with the Hebrew Scriptures behind him as the shaping value and meaning of our lives. In a world of rivalry, scapegoating and violence God, in Jesus, leads us to his kingdom of peace, nonviolence and new humanity.
A journey, a place, a community and a teaching. Bethany center, a movement of Christian transformation for individual seekers, for churches, for a world waiting to be born.
What’s New - Fall 2026!
Here is what is happening at Bethany this autumn:
Our Fall Fundraiser is underway! This year the money raised will go towards the design and production of the follow up volume to Seven Stories - Ten Letters: How to Study and Preach the Nonviolent Paul. Our hope is to get this published in the first half of next year. Please support this endeavor. Donation is easy - just click the donate button on the header. Thank you SO MUCH for your support.
Tony’s new book “Love’s Entanglement” is now published. Check it out on Amazon!
The 3rd edition of Seven Stories is out now in paperback with revised Girard chapter, corrections and updated links. We have also reduced the price on all Amazon sites to just cover the printing costs. Look out also for the updated, more user-friendly text-only Kindle version… and we are working on producing a Spanish version of this soon.
The message and theology of Bethany has never been more urgent and relevant as it is now . The world faces multiple crises from global war, ecological devastation and unfettered AI. People are crying out for a new way of being human. Bethany is part of a growing network of groups and individuals seeking a way forward, including the Nonviolent Gospel Network (www.nonviolentgospel.co.uk) and Forging Ploughshares (www.forgingploughshares.org).
We invite you to join Us For:
Prayer for Peace online every Wednesday evening from 6:30 - 7:00 p.m. EST
Bible Study on Zoom on Friday evenings 7-8:45 p.m. EST
Bethany Sunday Spirituality, at Bethany House & online 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. EST
Reach out to bethanycenter7@gmail.com for the Zoom links or find them in our e-Newsletter.
Our Bethany Center website is dedicated to sharing Jesus’ gospel of nonviolence. We believe that this is a revelation of God in the world. God is nonviolent, always has been, and always will be.
Find here an account of our activities as a community. Plus a response, as best as we are able, to the actual wars & violence in the world.
Bethany has two new online 7-Stories classes (our foundational Bible Study Course that teaches a nonviolent interpretation of the Bible) starting in October and January 2027. Everyone welcome, no previous Bible study required!
E-mail Linda at bethanycenter7@gmail.com for more details or to sign up