{"id":21172,"date":"2023-02-17T16:23:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T16:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=21172"},"modified":"2023-02-17T23:34:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T23:34:49","slug":"ballot-is-announced-for-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2023\/ballot-is-announced-for-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballot is announced for the 2023 Annual Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Nominating Committee of the Standing Committee of district delegates to the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference is presenting the following ballot for the 2023 Conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The elections will be held during the annual meeting taking place in Cincinnati, Ohio, on July 4-8, 2023. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Please pray\u2026 <\/strong>For those nominated to the Annual Conference ballot.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Complete biographical information for the following nominees is available on the Annual Conference website at www.brethren.org\/ac2023\/business\/ballot<\/a> and will be printed in the Conference booklet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dava Hensley<\/strong> pastors Roanoke (Va.) First Church of the Brethren in Virlina District. She is an ordained minister in the Church of the Brethren. Her involvements at the denominational level include service on the Mission and Ministry Board and the New Church Development Committee, and as a preacher at Annual Conference, National Youth Conference, and National Older Adult Conference. At the district level she has served as district moderator and on the district board and executive board, and on a race relations committee. Her congregation, which is part of an ecumenical group of four churches called the Northwest Faith Partnership, also has hosted a Hispanic ministry for 11 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Del Keeney,<\/strong> of Mechanicsburg (Pa.) Church of the Brethren in Southern Pennsylvania District, is an ordained minister and retired pastor. He is a former executive director of Congregational Life Ministries for the Church of the Brethren, during his tenure supervising intercultural and church planting efforts, work related to evangelism, and more. His experience at the district level has included serving on a district board and on the board of Camp Swatara. He has done training in leadership practices and tools for the Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership and the Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center, where he was board chair. His international experience has included a 2009 visit to Ekklesiyar Yan\u2019uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Program and Arrangements Committee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Emmanuela Attelus<\/strong> of Miami (Fla.) Haitian Church of the Brethren in Atlantic Southeast District<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gail Heisel<\/strong> of La Verne (Calif.) Church of the Brethren in Pacific Southwest District<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mission and Ministry Board<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Area 2:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Ballinger<\/strong> of Mohican Church of the Brethren, West Salem, Ohio, in Northern Ohio District<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tina M. Hunt<\/strong> of Mansfield (Ohio) Church of the Brethren in Northern Ohio District<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Linetta Shalom Alley<\/strong> of Linville Creek Church of the Brethren, Broadway, Va., in Shenandoah District<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deirdre Moyer<\/strong> of Eden (N.C.) Church of the Brethren in Virlina District<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bethany Theological Seminary Board of Trustees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Representing clergy:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennifer Hosler<\/strong> of Washington (D.C.) City Church of the Brethren in Mid-Atlantic District<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonathan Prater<\/strong> of Mt. Zion, Linville (Va.) Church of the Brethren in Shenandoah District<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Representing laity:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Gingrich<\/strong> of Open Circle Church of the Brethren, Burnsville, Minn., in Northern Plains District<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julia Wheeler<\/strong> of La Verne (Calif.) Church of the Brethren in Pacific Southwest District<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eder Financial Board<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Raymond Flagg <\/strong>of Annville (Pa.) Church of the Brethren in Atlantic Northeast District<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dennis Kingery<\/strong> of Prince of Peace Church of the Brethren, Littleton, Colo., in Western Plains District<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Earth Peace Board<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Carol Young Lindquist<\/strong> of Beacon Heights Church of the Brethren, Fort Wayne, Ind., in Northern Indiana District<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audrey Zunkel-DeCoursey<\/strong> of Living Stream Church of the Brethren, a fully online church in Pacific Northwest District<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pastoral Compensation and Benefits Advisory Committee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lori Hurt<\/strong> of Boones Mill (Va.) Church of the Brethren in Virlina District<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rudolph H. Taylor III<\/strong> of Cloverdale (Va.) Church of the Brethren in Virlina District<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find the full ballot, with additional information about nominees and the listed positions, posted online at www.brethren.org\/ac2023\/business\/ballot<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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