The Church of the Brethren’s Mission and Ministry Board holds its fall meetings this weekend at the denomination’s General Offices in Elgin, Ill. Leading the meeting is chair Carl Fike, assisted by chair-elect Colin Scott and general secretary David Steele.
The meeting schedule begins with new board member orientation on Thursday, Oct. 13; executive committee meeting and the full board meeting in closed session on Friday, Oct. 14; the full board in open session on Saturday, Oct. 15; worship and completion of the open board meeting on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 16.
Please pray… For the Mission and Ministry Board of the Church of the Brethren, holding fall meetings this weekend at the denomination’s General Offices in Elgin, Ill.
On the agenda: a financial update for the Church of the Brethren ministries in 2022 and action on a budget proposal for 2023, a work session on Kingian nonviolence as part of the board’s Strategic Plan Foreground Vision Initiative #8, and a board development training led by former Annual Conference moderator Samuel Sarpiya, among other business items, reports, and updates.
Find the agenda for this meeting, background documents, and video reports online at www.brethren.org/mmb/meeting-info.
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