Ecumenical guests were introduced to the delegate body during the Monday business session. General secretary Stanley Noffsinger introduced Sharon E. Watkins, president and general minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and Zach Wolgemuth of Brethren Disaster Ministries introduced Charlie Gockel, a partner in the home rebuilding project site in Prattsville, N.Y.
Sending of the Seventy Helps Bring Healing to Northern Plains District
Northern Plains District held an Insight Session to explain a program that was developed and implemented to help bring healing at a time when the district had become deeply divided and tensions were high.
Monday in Charlotte
A brief review and highlights from Church of the Brethren Annual Conference events today in Charlotte, N.C.
Election Results, David Steele to Serve as Moderator of the 2015 Annual Conference
In today’s election results, the Annual Conference has chosen David Steele of Martinsburg, Pa., as moderator elect among other elections.
BBT 5k Contributes to on Earth Peace ‘3,000 Miles for Peace’
At 7 a.m. today, 37 walkers and 64 runners gathered in Freedom Regional Park in Charlotte, N.C., to participate in the 2013 Fitness Challenge at Annual Conference, sponsored by Brethren Benefit Trust.
Sunday in Charlotte
Today’s Church of the Brethren events in Charlotte, N.C., are given a brief review.
Global Food Crisis Fund Supports Shepherd Society, Echo with Grants
Recent grants have been given from the Church of the Brethren’s Global Food Crisis Fund (GFCF) to a partnership project with the Shepherd Society of Bethlehem Bible College in Palestine, and to an agriculture project of ECHO, Inc., in the Dominican Republic.
Saturday in Charlotte
A review of the events of the day, Saturday June 29, at the 2013 Annual Conference in Charlotte, N.C.
Standing Committee Recommends Action on Business, Holds Elections for Nominating and Appeals Committees
Recommendations on several items of business were made by the Standing Committee of district delegates during pre-Annual Conference meetings June 26-29 in Charlotte, N.C. The Standing Committee is tasked with making recommendations to the Annual Conference about how to deal with items of new business.
Remembering Slim Whitman, the Church’s ‘Mr. Songman.’
Country singer Slim Whitman, 90, who was a longtime member and deacon emeritus at Jacksonville (Fla.) Church of the Brethren, passed away June 19 at Orange Park (Fla.) Medical Center. He was the subject of the book “Mr. Songman,” written by Kenneth L. Gibble and published by Brethren Press in 1982.