Bethany Biblical Seminary, established at Chicago, Illinois, in 1905, is the official theological seminary of the Church of the Brethren. In 1945 the General Conference Mennonite Church authorized a school to be known as Mennonite Biblical Seminary and to operate in affiliation with Bethany Biblical Seminary. Each of the affiliated schools had its own directors, constituency, buildings, faculty members, and students. Affiliation was at the level of instruction. Interschool relations were maintained where interests overlapped, but at the same time full opportunity was given for attention to individual interest. In the 1951-52 school year the total enrollment in the affiliated schools was 269, of which the Mennonites provided 44. In 1958 Mennonite Biblical Seminary relocated to Elkhart, Indiana and began an association with Goshen Biblical Seminary, that led to the formation of the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries.

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