The Global Church of the Brethren Communion held meetings by Zoom in late November and early December last year. “Significant things happened,” reported Eric Miller, executive director of Global Mission for the Church of the Brethren.
The communion held a “Constitutive Assembly” in which the group formally organized. In addition, it approved Honduras Church of the Brethren as a founding member “due to their faithful participation in meetings leading to this date,” Miller said. This action “means there is a new member” of the Global Church of the Brethren Communion and lists and maps need to be updated accordingly.
The organization also elected its board and officers, as follows:
— Moderator: Joel S. Billi of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria)
— Vice-moderator: Darryl Sankey of First District Church of the Brethren in India
— Treasurer: Eric Miller of the Church of the Brethren in the United States
— Secretary: Alexandre Gonçalves of Igreja da Irmandade (Church of the Brethren in Brazil)
— Board members: Oswaldo Lezama of ASIGLEH (Church of the Brethren in Venezuela); Etienne Nsanzimana of the Church of the Brethren in Rwanda
The Global Church of the Brethren Communion is a fellowship of Church of the Brethren denominations or national bodies. Following the decision to include Honduras, the communion numbers 12 denominations in the following countries (in alphabetical order): Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, India, Nigeria, Rwanda, Spain, Uganda, United States, and Venezuela.
Find out more about the Global Church of the Brethren Communion and the Global Mission program at www.brethren.org/global.
———-
Find more Church of the Brethren news: