{"id":1517,"date":"2026-02-13T19:50:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/?page_id=1517"},"modified":"2026-02-13T19:50:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:50:30","slug":"honduras","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/honduras\/","title":{"rendered":"Honduras"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/Honduras-church-leaders-with-Jenn-and-Chet.jpg\" alt=\"People sitting around a table\" class=\"wp-image-1518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/Honduras-church-leaders-with-Jenn-and-Chet.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/Honduras-church-leaders-with-Jenn-and-Chet-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/Honduras-church-leaders-with-Jenn-and-Chet-768x356.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/Honduras-church-leaders-with-Jenn-and-Chet-560x259.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Honduras Church of the Brethren News<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"feedzy-56428c786ef20b441a149804c59ae088 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\/pastoral-care-in-focus-in-honduras\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Pastoral care in focus on a trip to Honduras to support deported church members\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Honduraspic-GroupinConversationAtChurchinTalanga-byIrvHeishman-600px-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Pastoral care in focus on a trip to Honduras to support deported church members\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/pastoral-care-in-focus-in-honduras\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Pastoral care in focus on a trip to Honduras to support deported church members<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><p>I wanted to share briefly on the trip I made to Honduras (March 9-16). The purpose of the trip was to provide pastoral care to two of my church members who had been deported and to learn what life is like post deportation.<\/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\/faith-in-motion-live-virtual-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"\u2018Faith in Motion\u2019 live virtual event hosted by Deportation Defense Response Team\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/FaithInMotion-IrvHeishman-600px-150x150.jpg\" title=\"\u2018Faith in Motion\u2019 live virtual event hosted by Deportation Defense Response Team\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/faith-in-motion-live-virtual-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">\u2018Faith in Motion\u2019 live virtual event hosted by Deportation Defense Response Team<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><p>\u201cFaith in Motion: Pastor Irv Heishman\u2019s Experience in Honduras\u201d is the first \u201cFaith in Motion\u201d live, virtual event hosted by the Deportation Defense Response (DDR) Team of the Church of the Brethren. The event takes place online on Thursday, June 18, at 7 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\/gfi-closes-out-2025-grants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Global Food Initiative closes out 2025 with last set of grants for the year\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/global-food-initiative-logo-150px.jpg\" title=\"Global Food Initiative closes out 2025 with last set of grants for the year\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/gfi-closes-out-2025-grants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Global Food Initiative closes out 2025 with last set of grants for the year<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><p>The last set of grants for 2025 from the Church of the Brethren\u2019s Global Food Initiative (GFI) rounded out the year by supporting needs around the world, from Honduras to Rwanda, Nigeria to Ecuador, as well as local projects in Pennsylvania.<\/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\/2025\/global-mission-dinner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"New executive director speaks at Global Mission Dinner\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/NigerianContingentwithSharonNorton-DSC_1370-byDonnaParcell-600px-150x150.jpg\" title=\"New executive director speaks at Global Mission Dinner\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2025\/global-mission-dinner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">New executive director speaks at Global Mission Dinner<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><p>There were many languages spoken around the tables at the Global Mission Dinner held during Annual Conference, as international guests from several countries joined Sharon Brugger Norton, the new executive director of Global Mission for the Church of the Brethren, under the umbrella of Rev. 21:1-5, \u201cThe leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.\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\/2023\/edf-grants-given\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"EDF grants given for tornado rebuilding project in Kentucky, aid for Ukraine refugees, among other needs\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/BDM-Dawson-Springs-Oct-2022-by-Sammy-Deacon-600px-150x150.jpg\" title=\"EDF grants given for tornado rebuilding project in Kentucky, aid for Ukraine refugees, among other needs\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2023\/edf-grants-given\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">EDF grants given for tornado rebuilding project in Kentucky, aid for Ukraine refugees, among other needs<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><p>Brethren Disaster Ministries has directed grants from the Church of the Brethren\u2019s Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF) for a tornado response and rebuilding program in Kentucky, aid to Ukrainian refugees and others affected by the war, a hurricane response in Honduras, projects of the Church of the Brethren in the Democratic Republic of Congo, among other needs.<\/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\/2022\/gfi-manager-visits-honduras\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"GFI manager visits chicken project in Honduras\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GFI-VAFChickenRaisingInHonduras-600px-150x150.jpg\" title=\"GFI manager visits chicken project in Honduras\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2022\/gfi-manager-visits-honduras\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">GFI manager visits chicken project in Honduras<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><p>Frequent hurricanes, political instability, high crime rates, and deforestation are just a few of the challenges to successful development work in Honduras. The Church of the Brethren\u2019s Global Food Initiative (GFI) is supporting an urban chicken project with a local church partner, Viviendo en Amor y Fe (VAF, Living in Love and Faith).<\/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\/2022\/edf-grants-for-flooding-and-hurricanes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Emergency Disaster Fund aids Tennessee, Puerto Rico, Florida, Honduras, Uganda, and Venezuela\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/CDSAtHertzArenaShelterinFtMyersFla-600px-150x150.jpg\" title=\"Emergency Disaster Fund aids Tennessee, Puerto Rico, Florida, Honduras, Uganda, and Venezuela\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2022\/edf-grants-for-flooding-and-hurricanes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Emergency Disaster Fund aids Tennessee, Puerto Rico, Florida, Honduras, Uganda, and Venezuela<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><p>Brethren Disaster Ministries staff have directed grants from the Church of the Brethren\u2019s Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF) grants to support a rebuilding project in Tennessee, the work of Children\u2019s Disaster Services and Church of the Brethren congregations in Florida following Hurricane Ian, flood recovery work of the Christian Solidarity Program for Honduras, a flood relief program of the Church of the Brethren in Uganda, and a flood relief program of ASIGLEH (the Church of the Brethren in Venezuela).<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honduras Church of the Brethren News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-1517","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1519,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1517\/revisions\/1519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}