{"id":10274,"date":"2015-07-13T00:00:59","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T00:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=10274"},"modified":"2018-11-07T19:10:25","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T19:10:25","slug":"elections-results-for-ac2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2015\/elections-results-for-ac2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Carol Scheppard Chosen as Moderator-Elect, Among Other Election Results"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by Glenn Riegel<\/small>
The consecration of a new moderator and moderator elect for 2016. Kneeling at left, Andy Murray is consecrated as moderator. Kneeling at right, Carol Scheppard is consecrated moderator-elect.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Carol Scheppard has been chosen as moderator-elect of the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference, in an election of new denominational leadership. She will serve as moderator-elect for next year\u2019s Conference in 2016, and as moderator for the 2017 Conference.<\/p>\n

Carol Scheppard is vice president and dean for Academic Affairs at Bridgewater (Va.) College and is a member of Lebanon Church of the Brethren in Mount Sidney, Va. She grew up in New England, living at various times in Thomaston, Conn.; Salem, Mass.; and Putney, Vt. It was in Putney where she first encountered the Brethren, joining Genesis Church of the Brethren under the leadership of pastor Paul Grout. With blessings from the Genesis community, she completed her master of divinity degree at Princeton Theological Seminary and was ordained to teach philosophy and religion at Bridgewater College. She also holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in Anthropology from Wesleyan University in Connecticut, a master\u2019s degree in Special Education from Lesley College in Cambridge, Mass., and a doctorate in Religious Studies from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. When not engaging the work of higher education, she enjoys time on her little farm, sharing life with a rescued and adopted menagerie including two goats, a horse, a dog, two cats, and four fish.<\/p>\n

Other new leadership<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The following new leaders are listed by position. Names of those elected by the Conference are listed below, with those affirmed for agency board positions also listed:<\/p>\n

Program and Arrangements Committee: <\/strong><\/span>
\nFouna Inola Augustin-Badet<\/strong> of Eglise des Freres Haitiens Church of the Brethren, Miami, Fla.<\/p>\n

Pastoral Compensation and Benefits Advisory Committee: <\/strong><\/span>
\nBeth M. Cage<\/strong> of Lewiston Church of the Brethren in Northern Plains District<\/p>\n

Review and Evaluation Committee: <\/strong><\/span>
\nBen S. Barlow<\/strong> of Montezuma Church of the Brethren in Shenandoah District
\nTim Harvey<\/strong> of Oak Grove Church of the Brethren in Virlina District
\nLeah J. Hileman<\/strong> of Lake View Christian Fellowship in Southern Pennsylvania District
\nRobert D. Kettering<\/strong> of Lititz Church of the Brethren in Atlantic Northeast District
\nDavid Shumate<\/strong> of Daleville Church of the Brethren in Virlina District<\/p>\n

Mission and Ministry Board: <\/strong><\/span>
\nArea 1 – Paul Albert Liepelt<\/strong> of Somerset Church of the Brethren, Western Pennsylvania District
\nArea 4 – John Hoffman<\/strong> of Monitor Community Church of the Brethren, Western Plains District
\nArea 5 – Mark Bausman<\/strong> of Community Church of the Brethren in Idaho District<\/p>\n

Affirmed to positions on the Mission and Ministry Board:<\/em>
\nCarl R. Fike<\/strong> of Oak Park Church of the Brethren, West Marva District
\nDavid C. Stauffer<\/strong> of Stevens Hill Church of the Brethren, Atlantic Northeast District
\nPatrick C. Starkey<\/strong> of Cloverdale Church of the Brethren, Virlina District<\/p>\n

On Earth Peace Board: <\/strong><\/span>
\nChristy Crouse<\/strong> of Warrensburg Church of the Brethren in Missouri and Arkansas District<\/p>\n

Affirmed to positions on the On Earth Peace board:<\/em>
\nGeorge D. Barnhart<\/strong> of Central Church of the Brethren, Virlina District
\nGail Erisman Valeta<\/strong> of Prince of Peace Church of the Brethren, Western Plains District
\nJordan Bles<\/strong> of Westminster Church of the Brethren, Mid-Atlantic District
\nIrvin R. Heishman<\/strong> of West Charleston Church of the Brethren, Southern Ohio District<\/p>\n

Brethren Benefit Trust Board: <\/strong><\/span>
\nHarry Spencer Rhodes<\/strong> of Central, Roanoke Church of the Brethren in Virlina District<\/p>\n

Affirmed to positions on the BBT board:<\/em>
\nGerald A. Patterson<\/strong> of Manassas Church of the Brethren, Mid-Atlantic District
\nDonna McKee Rhodes<\/strong> of Stone Church of the Brethren, Middle Pennsylvania District<\/p>\n

Bethany Theological Seminary Board of Trustees:<\/strong><\/span>
\nLaity: Lynn N. Myers<\/strong> of Antioch Church of the Brethren in Virlina District
\nClergy: Christopher Bowman<\/strong> of Manassas Church of the Brethren in Mid-Atlantic District<\/p>\n

Affirmed to positions on the seminary board:<\/em>
\nDavid W. Miller<\/strong> of Black Rock Church of the Brethren, Southern Pennsylvania District
\nJohn W. Flora<\/strong> of Bridgewater Church of the Brethren, Shenandoah District<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Carol Scheppard has been chosen as moderator-elect of the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference, in an election of new denominational leadership. She will serve as moderator-elect for next year\u2019s Conference in 2016, and as moderator for the 2017 Conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1258,445],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-10274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-annual-conference","tag-carol-scheppard"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10274"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12733,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10274\/revisions\/12733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10274"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=10274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}