This afternoon the delegates dealt with the final set of queries on the business agenda, including two queries having to do with On Earth Peace’s agency status and accountability to Annual Conference, and a query titled “Living Together as Christ Calls.” Find links to the full texts of these queries online at www.brethren.org/ac/2016/business .
Annual Conference
Today in Greensboro – Saturday
Today in Greensboro – Saturday
Delegates Refer ‘Query: Same Sex Weddings’ to Leadership Team and Code
Delegates to Annual Conference have approved a motion to refer the concerns of “Query: Same Sex Weddings” to the Leadership Team of the Church of the Brethren, in consultation with the Council of District Executives (CODE). The query was referred with a vote that was close to unanimous.
Study Committee to Work in Consultation with BBT on Concerns Related to Care for Creation
As a result of a query on caring for God’s creation, a study committee is to be formed. The delegates to Annual Conference voted to appoint the study committee in response to “Query: Continuing the Study of Our Christian Responsibility to Care for God’s Creation.” A vote of 57.6 percent supported the creation of the study. The vote required only a simply majority.
‘Carry the Light’: A Dialogue with Steven Schweitzer About the Conference Bible Studies
“It sounds trite, but it’s true,” said Steven Schweitzer at a Jubilee Insight Session this afternoon, “We are to be the light of the world.”
Today in Greensboro – Friday
Today in Greensboro – Friday
Bethany Seminary Luncheon Panel Discusses Being Salt and Light
Friday at noon Bethany Seminary alumni, faculty, students, and friends gathered for fellowship, to hear remarks from Bethany president Jeff Carter, and to be challenged by words from a panel of presenters.
Today in Greensboro – Thursday
Today in Greensboro – Thursday, an overview
EYN Declares a Day of Prayer for the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference
Rev. Daniel Mbaya, general secretary of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria), in a text he passed across the church asked all the EYN DCC [church district] secretaries, heads of programs, and institutions to a one-day fasting and prayer for the Church of the Brethren in the United States.
Delegates Open Business Floor to ‘Query: Same Sex Weddings,’ Among Other Business
Among other business, the Annual Conference today began consideration of “Query: Same Sex Weddings,” but did not conclude discussion of the item. First, the delegate body took a vote to open the floor to accept a query related to human sexuality as an item of business, because the Conference in 2011 had decided “to continue deeper conversations concerning human sexuality outside of the query process.”