{"id":18,"date":"2018-09-26T15:49:50","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T15:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/ac\/news\/"},"modified":"2020-01-24T21:21:58","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T21:21:58","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"feedzy-e5dd780d0f5c4ed27b600dc3f94fbef9 feedzy-rss\"><ul><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/discernment-and-calling-an-appeal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Discernment and calling: An appeal for nominations for the Annual Conference ballot\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/election-byGlennRiegel-600px-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Discernment and calling: An appeal for nominations for the Annual Conference ballot\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/discernment-and-calling-an-appeal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Discernment and calling: An appeal for nominations for the Annual Conference ballot<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.brethren.org\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.brethren.org\">Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/a> on October 30, 2026 at 11:28 pm <\/small><p>Choosing to live faithfully presents any number of moments for discernment. Everyday choices usually don\u2019t call for serious discernment but are simply a matter of doing, as an individual, what we know is right. But now and then we need to dig a little deeper.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/listening-session-on-annual-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Listening session about future of Annual Conference to take place online on Nov. 3\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DelegateLooksOverPacket-GRZ0067-byGlennRiegel-square-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Listening session about future of Annual Conference to take place online on Nov. 3\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/listening-session-on-annual-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Listening session about future of Annual Conference to take place online on Nov. 3<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.brethren.org\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.brethren.org\">Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/a> on October 30, 2026 at 5:06 pm <\/small><p>The last listening session in a series sponsored by the Church of the Brethren Mission and Ministry Board\u2019s committee considering recommendations related to the future of Annual Conference is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 2 p.m. (Eastern time).<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/annual-conference-moderator-theme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Annual Conference moderator shares theme statement for 2027\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/growing-faith-logo-square-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Annual Conference moderator shares theme statement for 2027\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/annual-conference-moderator-theme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Annual Conference moderator shares theme statement for 2027<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.brethren.org\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.brethren.org\">Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/a> on October 23, 2026 at 10:55 pm <\/small><p>The Apostle Paul wrote to the members of the church in Thessalonica in 2 Thessalonians 1:3, \u201cWe must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing\u201d (NRSVue).<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/we-want-to-hear-from-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"We want to hear from you: Mission and Ministry Board committee holds listening sessions\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/DelegateLooksOverPacket-GRZ0067-byGlennRiegel-square-150x150.jpg\" title=\"We want to hear from you: Mission and Ministry Board committee holds listening sessions\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/we-want-to-hear-from-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">We want to hear from you: Mission and Ministry Board committee holds listening sessions<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.brethren.org\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.brethren.org\">Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/a> on September 24, 2026 at 11:29 pm <\/small><p>The Church of the Brethren Mission and Ministry Board appointed a committee to consider recommendations related to the future of Annual Conference. The task emerged from the \u201cBreaking Down Barriers\u2014Increasing Access to Denominational Events\u201d study completed in 2025.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/brethren-and-the-declaration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Brethren and the Declaration of Independence: Denise Kettering-Lane presents an equipping session\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/Declaration_Pg1-NationalArchives-square-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Brethren and the Declaration of Independence: Denise Kettering-Lane presents an equipping session\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/brethren-and-the-declaration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Brethren and the Declaration of Independence: Denise Kettering-Lane presents an equipping session<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.brethren.org\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.brethren.org\">Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/a> on July 3, 2026 at 10:59 pm <\/small><p>\u201cAs we approach the 250th anniversary of the event that kicked off the revolution, we might ask, what do we Brethren think about the Declaration of Independence? \u2026 And what would our forebears say about what we\u2019ve become?\u201d asked Denise Kettering-Lane at her standing-room-only equipping session titled \u201cDunkers and the Declaration of Independence: Then and Now.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul> <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\">.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{float:left;position:relative;border:none;text-decoration:none;max-width:100%}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image span{display:inline-block;position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;background-position:50%;background-size:cover}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{margin:.3em 1em 0 0;content-visibility:auto}.feedzy-rss ul{list-style:none}.feedzy-rss ul li{display:inline-block}<\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/news\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2170,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/2170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}