Annual Conference 2024
Grand Rapids, Michigan
July 3-7
Conference Statements
Church of the Brethren resolutions and statements since 1954 are available online
- Standing with People of Color Committee offers facilitator training for upcoming conversationsby Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford on September 14, 2023 at 5:57 pm
“7 Prompts” facilitator training is now being offered as part of the process leading to church-wide conversations around the themes of standing with people of color and working for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. The committee invites the entire denomination to participate in conversations
- 7th Brethren World Assembly celebrates spiritual kinship, examines early years of Brethren in the Americasby Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford on August 22, 2023 at 6:00 pm
The 7th Brethren World Assembly on July 26-29 in Pennsylvania gathered a variety of people from denominations that are part of the Brethren movement that began in Germany in 1708. On the theme “Brethren Faithfulness: Priorities in Perspective,” the event was held at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College with a culminating day at Germantown Church of the Brethren in Philadelphia.
- On Earth Peace event during Church of the Brethren Annual Conference calls for an end to gun violenceby Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford on July 23, 2023 at 12:32 am
A group of about 100 people gathered behind an orange banner stating, “We can end gun violence,” and walked to city hall
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