{"id":14797,"date":"2020-04-04T15:23:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T15:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=14797"},"modified":"2020-06-05T15:24:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T15:24:31","slug":"southern-ohio-kentucky-district-hosted-mission-and-ministry-board-meeting-in-mid-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2020\/southern-ohio-kentucky-district-hosted-mission-and-ministry-board-meeting-in-mid-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Ohio\/Kentucky District hosted Mission and Ministry Board meeting in mid-March"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Oakland Church of the Brethren hosts the Spring 2020 meeting of the Mission and Ministry Board. Photo by Nancy Miner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The spring meeting of the Church of the Brethren Mission and Ministry Board was held March 13-16 at Oakland Church of the Brethren in Bradford, Ohio. Southern Ohio\/Kentucky District hosted the board meeting, arranging the venue, meals, and other hospitality. Leading the meeting were chair Patrick Starkey with chair-elect Carl Fike and general secretary David Steele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting originally was to take place at the Brethren Retirement Community in Greenville, Ohio, but it was moved to the Oakland church after the retirement community–which houses a nursing home as well as independent living and assisted living for seniors–decided it was no longer able to welcome visitors into its facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On March 12, a day before the meeting started, Ohio governor Mike DeWine declared a state ban on mass gatherings of 100 or more people in order to mitigate spread of the virus. Months in advance, board members and\/or staff had been invited to preach for Sunday morning worship at 11 of the Church of the Brethren congregations in the area. Most of those congregations canceled in-person worship that Sunday, but three of the preachers were able to bring their messages as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The board also was to attend a district-sponsored performance by Ted Swartz and Ken Medema, but the event was canceled. The board\u2019s visit to Bethany Theological Seminary, just over the state border in Richmond, Ind., went ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agenda and actions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting agenda was marked by numerous reports, among them financial outcomes for 2019; \u201cministry sharing\u201d reports from the Office of Ministry, Discipleship Ministries, and Global Mission and Service; reports from various board committees; and a report on the compelling vision to be brought to the 2020 Annual Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annual Conference secretary James Beckwith led a board development training on \u201cMission and Ministry Board within Church of the Brethren Structure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following actions were taken:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— John Mueller was welcomed as a new board member filling the uncompleted term of Marcus Harden, who has resigned from the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— After receiving an extensive report on the Nigeria Crisis Response, approval was given for a grant of $300,000 from the Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF) to cover the remaining 2020 program expenses and to carry the response through March 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Two recommendations from the Strategic Design Team were approved, first to engage the services of a consultant to coach the work toward a new strategic plan, and second to name an expanded committee to bring a strategic plan for board approval. Named to the Strategic Plan Formation Team were Carl Fike, board chair-elect who will serve as convenor; board members Lauren Seganos Cohen, Paul Schrock, and Colin Scott; Russ Matteson, district executive from Pacific Southwest District; Rhonda Pittman Gingrich, who has led the compelling vision process; and Josh Brockway as staff in Discipleship Ministries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— A short-term committee was formed to bring a recommendation to the board for how to use the Brethren Service Center Quasi-endowment. The committee includes three board members–Roger Schrock as convenor, Paul Liepelt, and Diane Mason–and a staff member to be named by the general secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Denise Kettering-Lane was appointed to a four-year term on the Brethren Historical Committee beginning July 1. She is assistant professor of Brethren Studies at Bethany Seminary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more about the Mission and Ministry Board, go to www.brethren.org\/mmb<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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