{"id":7,"date":"2018-09-26T15:49:50","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T15:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/ac\/index\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T17:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:12:20","slug":"index","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n.links .btn-lg,\n.links .btn-hg {\n    max-width: 350px;\n    margin: 10px auto;\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"container mt-3\">\n    <div class=\"jumbotron-bg\">\n        <div class=\"text text-center\">\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                <div class=\"col-md-5\">\n                   \n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/01\/Imagine-logo-2026.jpg\" alt=\"Annual Conference 2026 theme: Imagine\">\n                   \n             \n\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"col-md\">\n                    <h2 style=\"color:#156082;\">Annual Conference 2026<br>\n                      <span class=\"h3\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sunday, June 28 \u2013 Thursday, July 2<\/span><\/h2>\n                    <h2 style=\"color:#429339;\">Fort Wayne, Indiana<br>\n                      <span class=\"h3\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Grand Wayne Convention Center<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/04\/2026-Annual-Conference-Theme-Statement-Daily-Themes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#156082;\">Interpretive Statement and Daily Themes<\/span><\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>  \n            <p><!--\/.sm-7--><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <p><!--\/.row--><br><!--\/.text--><\/p>\n        <div class=\"links gray\">\n            <div class=\"row\">\n\n               \n                <div class=\"col-sm-4\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-hg btn-block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac2026\/registration\/\">Registration<\/a><\/div>\n                <div class=\"col-sm-4\"><a class=\"btn btn-info btn-hg btn-block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/moderator\/\" target=\"_blank\">Moderator<\/a><\/div>\n                <div class=\"col-sm-4\"><a class=\"btn btn-danger btn-hg btn-block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AC 2026<\/a><\/div>\n                <p><!--\/.sm-4--><\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            <p><!--\/.row--><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <p><!--\/.links gray--><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-sm-4\">\n            <h3>FAQ<\/h3>\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/faq\/\">Frequently Asked Questions \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Planners<\/h3>\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/planners\/\">Information for Planners of Annual Conference Events \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <p><!--\/.col-sm-4--><\/p>\n\n        <div class=\"col-sm-4\">\n            <h3>Polity Manual<\/h3>\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/ppg\/\">Polity, Policies, &amp; Guidelines \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Resources<\/h3>\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/resources\">Past Conference Resources \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <p><!--\/.col-sm-4--><\/p>\n        <div class=\"col-sm-4\">\n            <h3>Conference Statements<\/h3>\n            <p>Church of the Brethren resolutions and statements since 1954 are available online<\/p>\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/statements\/\">Go to Statements \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div><!--\/.col-sm-4-->\n    <\/div><!--\/.row-->\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n\n\n<div class=\"feedzy-d5dc2f5492684109ab3c8c3cd7ee38ff feedzy-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\" class=\"rss_title\" rel=\"noopener\">Annual Conference \u2013 News<\/a> <span class=\"rss_description\"> <\/span><\/h2><\/div><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\/virtual-delegate-briefing-may-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Annual Conference officers to host virtual delegate briefing on May 27\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/ACOfficersDelegateBriefingVideo-600px-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Annual Conference officers to host virtual delegate briefing on May 27\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/virtual-delegate-briefing-may-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Annual Conference officers to host virtual delegate briefing on May 27<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on May 22, 2026 at 7:51 pm <\/small><p>For delegates who cannot attend their district briefing, the Annual Conference officers are hosting an online briefing on Wednesday, May 27, at 8 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\/conference-business-for-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Conference business includes resolutions on weapons transfer, care for immigrants and refugees, polity adjustments for licensed and commissioned ministers\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/ACOfficersDelegateBriefingVideo-600px-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Conference business includes resolutions on weapons transfer, care for immigrants and refugees, polity adjustments for licensed and commissioned ministers\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/conference-business-for-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Conference business includes resolutions on weapons transfer, care for immigrants and refugees, polity adjustments for licensed and commissioned ministers<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on April 24, 2026 at 3:22 pm <\/small><p>The business agenda for the 2026 Church of the Brethren Annual Conference has been announced. Along with numerous reports and the ballot, the delegate body will receive an interim report from the Review and Evaluation Committee and will consider four items of new business: resolutions on weapons transfer and care for immigrants and refugees, polity adjustments for licensed and commissioned ministers, and the yet-to-be-announced recommended COLA for the pastoral scale.<\/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\/does-your-jesus-drop-bombs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Does your Jesus drop bombs?\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/TonyCampoloClip-square-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Does your Jesus drop bombs?\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/does-your-jesus-drop-bombs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Does your Jesus drop bombs?<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on April 24, 2026 at 5:45 am <\/small><p>How does it change our perspective when we \u201cfix our eyes on Jesus\u201d as our 2026 Atlantic Northeast District Conference theme suggests?<\/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>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>The Church of the Brethren has implemented a variety of actions for protecting public health at our gatherings, but attending any group event may increase your risk of COVID, influenza, other infectious diseases, and injury. The Church of the Brethren disclaims any liability for adverse health exposures and outcomes. By your registration or presence at a Church of the Brethren event, you voluntarily assume all risks and agree you will not hold the Church of the Brethren or its related parties liable for any resulting illness or injury.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annual Conference 2026 Sunday, June 28 \u2013 Thursday, July 2 Fort Wayne, Indiana Grand Wayne Convention Center Interpretive Statement and Daily Themes (PDF) Registration Moderator AC 2026 FAQ Frequently Asked Questions \u00bb Planners Information for Planners of Annual Conference Events \u00bb Polity Manual Polity, Policies, &amp; Guidelines \u00bb Resources Past Conference Resources \u00bb Conference Statements [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/\">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":"page-templates\/empty.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","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=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":155,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2751,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/2751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}