{"id":23452,"date":"2024-03-22T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=23452"},"modified":"2024-03-22T23:22:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T23:22:38","slug":"congregational-ambassadors-sought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2024\/congregational-ambassadors-sought\/","title":{"rendered":"Congregational ambassadors sought by Church of the Brethren Gun Violence Prevention Action Team"},"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\">\n<p>The Church of the Brethren Gun Violence Prevention Action Team is seeking congregational ambassadors. At an organizing meeting on March 2, the group introduced a new path for individuals feeling a call to help their congregations take action on gun violence prevention. \u201cWe\u2019re calling this new role a \u2018Congregational Ambassador,\u2019\u201d said an announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s flexible enough to work within your community context, skills, and time constraints, while also ensuring you receive structured support and resources from the Church of the Brethren Gun Violence Prevention Action Team and On Earth Peace,\u201d said the announcement. \u201cWe have our first several ambassadors signed up, and we are looking for ambassadors in every district of the church.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A role description is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1QbQhC3qYsl8FhFWEk9Z5Zr6jWmX5S7M4\/view\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1QbQhC3qYsl8FhFWEk9Z5Zr6jWmX5S7M4\/view<\/a>. To express interest, email the team at <a href=\"mailto:cob-gvp@onearthpeace.org\">cob-gvp@onearthpeace.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"515\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/GunViolencePreventionAmbassadors.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23476\" style=\"width:298px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/GunViolencePreventionAmbassadors.jpg 515w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/GunViolencePreventionAmbassadors-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team also would like to be informed of congregational actions for gun violence prevention, email your church\u2019s story to <a href=\"mailto:cob-gvp@onearthpeace.org\">cob-gvp@onearthpeace.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/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 Church of the Brethren Gun Violence Prevention Action Team is seeking congregational ambassadors. 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