{"id":21985,"date":"2023-06-30T19:45:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T19:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=21985"},"modified":"2023-06-30T19:45:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T19:45:19","slug":"ballot-changes-are-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2023\/ballot-changes-are-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballot changes are announced for the 2023 Annual Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Conference office and the Nominating Committee of the Standing Committee of district delegates have announced changes to the ballot that will be presented to the 2023 Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren. The event takes place next week in Cincinnati, Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two updates have been announced:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Emmanuela Attelus<\/strong> has withdrawn from the ballot for a position on the Program and Arrangements Committee of Annual Conference. Standing Committee has replaced her with <strong>Carolyn Willoughby<\/strong> of Johnstown, Pa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jonathan Prater<\/strong> has withdrawn from the ballot for a position as a Bethany Theological Seminary trustee representing clergy. Standing Committee has replaced him with <strong>Julia Wheeler<\/strong> of Pomona, Calif.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find the full biographical ballot at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac2023\/business\/ballot\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.brethren.org\/ac2023\/business\/ballot\">www.brethren.org\/ac2023\/business\/ballot<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\/shine-curriculum-for-fall-2026\/\">Shine curriculum for Fall 2026 includes new features<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/bfia-grants-go-to-churches-and-camp\/\">BFIA grants support congregations\u2019 outreach to neighbors and a memorial to victims of violence, among other projects<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/elizabethtown-hosts-rise-up-conference\/\">Volunteers rise up: New CWS outreach campaign draws refugee advocates to Elizabethtown Church<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/fall-2026-ventures-series\/\">Fall Ventures series features deep dive into stress, trauma, and resilience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/beth-sollenberger-to-retire\/\">Beth Sollenberger to retire from leadership role in Atlantic Southeast District<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Conference office and the Nominating Committee of the Standing Committee of district delegates have announced changes to the ballot that will be presented to the 2023 Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren. The event takes place next week in Cincinnati, Ohio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"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":[1703],"tags":[1258,2508,1921,3,2724,2725],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-21985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-of-the-brethren-newsline","tag-annual-conference","tag-annual-conference-2023","tag-ballot","tag-church-of-the-brethren","tag-election","tag-updates"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21985","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21986,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21985\/revisions\/21986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21985"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=21985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}