Mission and Ministry Board Vision, Mission, and Core Values
Mission and Ministry Board members
(terms conclude at Annual Conference each year)
Carl Fike, chair (2023)
Colin Scott, chair-elect (2025)
Lauren Seganos Cohen (2024)
Barbara Daté (2026)
Heather Gentry Hartwell (2024)
Dava Hensley (2022)
John Hoffman (2025)
Josiah Ludwick (2025)
Kathy Mack (2025)
Meghan Horne Mauldin (2023)
Karen Shively Neff (2026)
Joel Peña (2023)
Paul Schrock (2023)
Roger Schrock (2024)
Christina Singh (2022)
Joanna Wave Willoughby (2026)
Rebecca Miller Zeek (2022)
Leadership team
David Sollenberger, moderator
Tim McElwee, moderator-elect
David Steele, general secretary
James Beckwith, secretary
Torin Eikler, district executive/minister, Northern Indiana District
Ex Officio members
Nevin Dulabaum, president, Brethren Benefit Trust
Jeff Carter, president, Bethany Theological Seminary
Bill Scheurer, executive director, On Earth Peace
Meeting dates
2022
March 11/12-14, Elgin, Ill.
July 9/10-14, Omaha, Neb. (Annual Conference Sun.-Thurs. schedule)*
October 14/15-17, Elgin, Ill.
2023
March 10/11-13, Elgin, Ill.
July 3/4-8, Cincinnati, Ohio (Annual Conference Tues.-Sat. schedule)*
October 20/21-23, Elgin, Ill.
2024
March 15/16-18, Elgin, Ill.
July 2/3-7, Grand Rapids, Mich.*
October 18/19-21, Elgin, Ill.
2025
March 7/8-10, Location TBD
July 1 /2-6, Greensboro, N.C.*
October 17/18-20, Elgin, Ill.
2026
March 13/14-16, Elgin, Ill.
Annual Conference, location/dates TBA
October 16/17-19, Elgin, Ill.
*July meeting dates are held in conjunction with Annual Conference. Conference scheduling may necessitate date adjustments.
Related News
- Mission and Ministry Board approves 2022 budget for denominational ministries
At its fall meeting on Oct. 15-17, the Church of the Brethren Mission and Ministry Board approved a 2022 budget for denominational ministries. Among other actions, the board also moved the Brethren Press budget into the denomination’s Core Ministries, ending the publishing house’s status as a self-funding ministry. The board received a year-to-date financial update for 2021 and numerous reports from ministry areas, board committees, and church agencies.
- Mission and Ministry Board holds fall meeting this weekend
The Church of the Brethren’s Mission and Ministry Board holds its fall meeting this weekend as a hybrid event with the in-person events at the Church of the Brethren General Offices in Elgin, Ill. Executive Committee meetings and board member orientation begin Friday, Oct. 15. The full board meets Saturday, Oct. 16, and Sunday morning, Oct. 17.
- Conference affirms additional directors and trustees and other appointments
The Church of the Brethren Annual Conference affirmed board-elected and constituency-elected directors and trustees for the denomination’s Mission and Ministry Board and the Conference agencies Bethany Theological Seminary, On Earth Peace, and Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT). Also affirmed were district executive representatives to the denomination’s Leadership Team and the Pastoral Compensation and Benefits Advisory Committee.
- Mission and Ministry Board sets new priorities for denominational ministries
Among other business, the board spent a significant amount of time continuing its work to align denominational ministries with its new Strategic Plan. Other top agenda items included a 2022 budget parameter for Core Ministries, recommendations from a team “re-imagining” Brethren Press, and the calling of a new Executive Committee.
- Budget parameter for 2022, priorities for denominational ministries top agenda for Mission and Ministry Board
The Church of the Brethren Mission and Ministry Board will hold its pre-Annual Conference meeting on Saturday and Sunday, June 26-27. The meeting will be a hybrid of in-person and Zoom options for attendance, with most of the board members gathering at the General Offices in Elgin, Ill.
- Mission and Ministry Board meeting focuses on new strategic plan
The Mission and Ministry Board of the Church of the Brethren held spring meetings via Zoom on Friday through Sunday, March 12-14, 2021. Main items of business continued work on the board’s new strategic plan and received year-end financial reporting for 2020.
- Mission and Ministry Board shares documents interpreting new strategic plan, in three languages
The Mission and Ministry Board of the Church of the Brethren has published interpretive documents for its new strategic plan. They include “A Vision Storyline” of the plan and a FAQ document, both in three languages--English, Spanish, and Haitian Kreyol. Find the documents at www.brethren.org/strategicplan.
- Meghan Horne Mauldin is appointed to Mission and Ministry Board following Carol Yeazell resignation
Meghan Horne Mauldin will fill the unexpired term of Carol Yeazell on the Church of the Brethren Mission and Ministry Board. Yeazell has resigned from the board for personal reasons.
- Mission and Ministry Board approves 2021 budget for denominational ministries
The Mission and Ministry Board of the Church of the Brethren held fall meetings via Zoom on Friday through Sunday, Oct. 16-18. Sessions on Saturday morning and afternoon and Sunday afternoon were open to the public via a published link. The main item of business was the 2021 budget for the ministries of the denomination.
- Mission and Ministry Board’s fall meeting to consider finances and budget, include anti-racism training
The Church of the Brethren Mission and Ministry Board will meet Oct. 16-18 via Zoom for its regular fall meeting. Business will be led by chair Patrick Starkey, assisted by chair-elect Carl Fike and general secretary David Steele. A full agenda will guide the board’s work, including an update on 2020 finances; consideration and approval