{"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\/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><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\/god-of-grace-and-god-of-glory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"\u2018God of grace and God of glory\u2019: A call to worship\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/PAC-DSC09328-X3-DanielMurrellII-600px-150x150.jpg\" title=\"\u2018God of grace and God of glory\u2019: A call to worship\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/god-of-grace-and-god-of-glory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">\u2018God of grace and God of glory\u2019: A call to worship<\/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 11:01 am <\/small><p>The following call to worship was shared during the closing worship service of the 2026 Conference on Thursday morning, July 2, with leadership from Gail Heisel. And it has a back story.<\/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\/resolution-on-weapons-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Resolution on weapons transfer is adopted by the 2026 Annual Conference\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/Business-Voting-DSC_0565-byCherylBC-600px-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Resolution on weapons transfer is adopted by the 2026 Annual Conference\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/resolution-on-weapons-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Resolution on weapons transfer is adopted by the 2026 Annual Conference<\/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 1, 2026 at 9:45 pm <\/small><p>The delegate body of the 2026 Annual Conference on Wednesday afternoon, July 1, adopted a \u201cResolution on Weapons Transfer\u201d with a solid majority vote. The paper cites Matthew 5:44b-45, \u201cLove your enemies and pray for those who persecute you\u2026,\u201d to call the Church of the Brethren to \u201cexamine and respond to the impacts of the arms industry.\u201d<\/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\/review-and-evaluation-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Review and Evaluation Committee brings an interim report\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/RevEv2-Keith-600px-1-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Review and Evaluation Committee brings an interim report\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/review-and-evaluation-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Review and Evaluation Committee brings an interim report<\/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 1, 2026 at 9:40 pm <\/small><p>For some time, the Church of the Brethren has undertaken a periodic review every decade to evaluate the denomination\u2019s organizational structures and procedures, with a committee assigned to bring recommendations to Annual Conference for possible changes. This decade\u2019s Review and Evaluation Committee, elected in 2025, presented its first interim report.<\/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\/global-mission-dinner-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Global Mission Dinner hears from EYN president Daniel Mbaya\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/GlobalMissionDinnerDanielMbaya-Donna-600px-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Global Mission Dinner hears from EYN president Daniel Mbaya\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/global-mission-dinner-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Global Mission Dinner hears from EYN president Daniel Mbaya<\/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 1, 2026 at 9:30 pm <\/small><p>Norton as executive director of Global Mission for the Church of the Brethren introduced the international guests who were present. She then introduced the evening\u2019s speaker and guest of honor Daniel Mbaya, president of Ekklesiyar Yan\u2019uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria), \u201cthe largest Anabaptist communion in the world.\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}]}}