{"id":17525,"date":"2021-09-23T05:54:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T05:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=17525"},"modified":"2021-09-24T22:56:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T22:56:47","slug":"leadership-changes-in-pacific-northwest-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2021\/leadership-changes-in-pacific-northwest-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee-Lani Wright to serve, Debbie Roberts to retire from Pacific Northwest District executive team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Pacific Northwest District of the Church of the Brethren has called Lee\u2010Lani Wright, a member of the Springfield, Ore., congregation, to replace Debbie Roberts on the district\u2019s executive team. Roberts is retiring from the team after serving in the role since 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wright began her service on Sept. 19, 2021. She will serve as contact for the denomination\u2019s Office of Ministry and will maintain district files and records including pastoral and congregational documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continuing on the executive team are Glenn Brumbaugh, district representative to the Council of District Executives, and Carol Mason, who cares for pastoral placement with congregations, congregational property issues, and coordination of clergy and congregational ethics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find more Church of the Brethren news:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/new-interim-leadership-positions\/\">Madalyn Metzger and Rhonda Pittman Gingrich to serve in new interim positions with the Church of the Brethren<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/global-church-of-the-brethren-communion-meets\/\">Global Church of the Brethren Communion meets in Spain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/grant-of-500000-to-church-supports-bdm\/\">Grant of $500,000 to the Church of the Brethren will support Brethren Disaster Ministries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/god-at-work-in-the-dr\/\">Discovering joys, challenges, and God at work with the churches in the Dominican Republic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/global-mission-executive-visits-burundi\/\">Global Mission executive visits Church of the Brethren in Burundi, meets with church leaders from Democratic Republic of Congo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pacific Northwest District of the Church of the Brethren has called Lee\u2010Lani Wright, a member of the Springfield, Ore., congregation, to replace Debbie Roberts on the district\u2019s executive team. 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