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In the early years of the church, Sunday School work was conducted at the local church level. The 1865 General Conference created the Sabbath School Association to provide a more coordinated effort. It provided financial support, publication of study material, the organization of local Sabbath schools, the holding of conventions, and the proper selection and training of teachers.
In 1881, the Sunday School Association became the General Sabbath School Board, which, in 1905 became the General Sunday School Board.
The 1893 General Conference created the Young People's Christian Union to unite the young people's Christian societies of the entire church and authorized the publication of a periodical called The Young People's Watchword. In 1908, the name was changed to the Young People's Christian Endeavor Union.
The Men's Movement was a lay movement within the church that functioned at the local church level. In 1907, the first session of the Men's Convention was held at the First United Brethren Church, Dayton, Ohio. The 1909 General Conference decided that there should be a more unified denominational program. The Department of Sunday School, Brotherhood, and Young People's Work was established to take over the work of the General Sunday School Board, the Men's Movement, and the Young People's Christian Endeavor Union.
The General Conference of 1869 created the Board of Education. In 1871, the board founded Union Biblical Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. It then became Bonebrake Theological Seminary in 1909, and now is United Theological Seminary. The Board raised and distributed money to needy ministry students and helped support the financial and management needs of the church's colleges, seminaries, and academies.
The 1913 General Conference made the Board of Education a distinct department of the church and elected W.E. Schell its secretary.
In 1929 the Board of Education and the Department of Sunday School, Brotherhood, and Young People's Work were united to form the Board of Christian Education. When the Church of the United Brethren in Christ merged with the Evangelical Church in 1946, both Church's Boards of Christian Education were brought together to form the Board of Christian Education of the Evangelical United Brethren Church.