Matt DeBall and Nancy McCrickard began March 23 as the Church of the Brethren’s interim co-directors for Mission Advancement.
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‘Imagine: Our Gifts Can Do More,’ a new matching gift campaign through March 31
At the heart of the Church of the Brethren is a deep trust in God’s promise to work powerfully through faithful people. Scripture reminds us that God can “do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to the power at work within us”—bringing glory to God through the church, now and for generations to come (Ephesians 3:20–21, NIV).
Traci Rabenstein resigns as executive of Mission Advancement for the Church of the Brethren
Traci Rabenstein has resigned as executive director of Mission Advancement for the Church of the Brethren, effective April 3. She will complete more than nine years of employment with the denomination.
Jon Lucas Keller hired by the Church of the Brethren as Mission Advancement advocate
Jon Lucas Keller begins July 28 as a Mission Advancement advocate serving on the Church of the Brethren denominational staff. He most recently has been the grants manager for the Troy (Ohio) Foundation.
James Miner to retire from the Church of the Brethren Yearbook staff
James (Jim) Miner has announced his retirement as Yearbook specialist for the Church of the Brethren, as of June 26. In this role, which he began nine years ago in November 2016, he has been responsible for creating the annual Church of the Brethren Yearbook.
There is still time to contribute to the South Sudan Matching Gift Campaign
The South Sudan Matching Gift Campaign that celebrates the Church of the Brethren ministry that is growing in South Sudan is in its last weeks. We are raising funding to help support a variety of projects in South Sudan that include agriculture, community development, theological training, and equipment for ministry.
Matching gift campaign results in more than $200,000 given to denominational ministries
The Mission Advancement Office wants to share a special thanks to all who responded to the call for our Matching Gift Campaign and exercised good stewardship of passion and treasure to support the work we do together.
Mission Advancement shares matching gift opportunity
The opportunity to participate in this new matching gift challenge doubles the impact of financial contributions to the Church of the Brethren, if given through the end of the first quarter of this year. Gifts received by March 31, 2024, will be doubled.
Online art auction supports Ukraine crisis response
Beginning Friday, Oct. 14, an online art auction to support the Ukrainian crisis response, overseen by Brethren Disaster Ministries, will open and receive bids for 180 donated art items.
Mission Advancement office makes change in gift acknowledgment and receipt process
Over the past few years, the Office of Mission Advancement and the Finance Office of the Church of the Brethren have been reviewing the process of acknowledging and receipting gifts made in support of all of our Core Ministries and independently-funded ministries. (Learn more about our ministries at www.brethren.org/greatthings.)
