{"id":20914,"date":"2023-01-30T14:44:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T14:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=20914"},"modified":"2023-01-30T20:47:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T20:47:27","slug":"denominational-leaders-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2023\/denominational-leaders-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Denominational leaders hold annual winter meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><em>By Walt Wiltschek<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Representatives from 19 of the Church of the Brethren\u2019s 24 districts gathered for the Council of District Executives (CODE) annual winter meeting in Florida on Jan. 7-11. The district executives were joined by Annual Conference officers and agency representatives for portions of the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Items of discussion included updates from districts, reports from committees, budget items, approving a group covenant of accountability for CODE, conversation on possible updates to the denomination\u2019s ministry ethics guidelines, sharing with the Annual Conference \u201cBreaking Down Barriers\u201d study committee, and other planning. Worship and prayer were woven through the meetings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"has-background has-small-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#e5e8ee\"><em><strong>Please pray\u2026<\/strong> For those in leadership of the Church of the Brethren.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>CODE will next meet for a continuing education event at Bethany Theological Seminary in Richmond, Ind., in late April, and then for its regular meeting at Annual Conference in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8212; Walt Wiltschek is district executive minister for the Church of the Brethren\u2019s Illinois and Wisconsin District.<\/em><\/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>Representatives from 19 of the Church of the Brethren\u2019s 24 districts gathered for the Council of District Executives (CODE) annual winter meeting in Florida on Jan. 7-11. 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