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Annual Conference Study Committee
Doing Church Business
to report to the 2007 Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio
Query and Response from Committee: Doing Church Business (pdf file)
Report of the Program Feasibility Committee: Report (pdf file)
Cost/impacts (pdf file)
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Page Contents
Food for Thought
Henry Kurtz, a nineteenth century elder who printed the first Brethren encyclopedia in 1867, had an interest in the way that Quakers in London conducted their Yearly Meeting.
Many of the principles he observed at their gatherings provided a guide for the design of Annual Conference as we know it today.
Where and how do you see these values playing out in Annual Conference today?
The principles that he sought to preserve were:
- simplicity
- liberty
- order
- subordination of our reason to the Word of God
- due regard to the conclusions of former Yearly Meetings
- a sincere love of the Brethren
- a constant aim for union in the body of Christ
From Studies in Brethren History by Floyd E. Mallott (Elgin, IL: Brethren Publishing House). Information provided by Fred Swartz.
Study Committee Members
Contact the Study Committee at doingchurchbusiness@brethren.org
Dave Shetler, Chair
937-448-2287
shetlda@earthlink.net
Matt Guynn, Recorder
765-962-6234
mattguynn@earthlink.net
Joe Detrick
717-624-8636
jdetrick_ds@brethren.org
Verdena Lee, D.O.
330-348-6096
hippiedoc@medscape.com
Dale Posthumus
301-572-2240
posthumus@marlendale.com
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