{"id":27281,"date":"2026-06-12T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=27281"},"modified":"2026-06-12T22:16:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T22:16:33","slug":"committee-to-ask-questions-of-delegates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/committee-to-ask-questions-of-delegates\/","title":{"rendered":"Review and Evaluation Committee to ask questions of delegates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>From the Review and Evaluation Committee<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we collectively prepare to gather at the 2026 Annual Conference in Fort Wayne near the end of this month, the Review and Evaluation Committee has been working diligently on its task of making a comprehensive study of the denominational program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Review and Evaluation Committee is made up of five members elected by the 2025 Annual Conference: Daniel Rudy (chair), Chris Douglas (secretary), Lupita Ortiz-Cruz, Ilexene Alphonse, and Anna Lisa Gross. A new Review and Evaluation Committee is called in the fifth year of each decade to review and evaluate the organizational structures and procedures of the Church of the Brethren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of that study, the committee will be asking delegates the following questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Where do you see your congregation most connected to the denomination? What has helped your congregation to be connected in that way?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Where does that connection feel weak, unclear, or missing? What obstacles has your congregation experienced when trying to connect with the denomination?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What would strengthen your congregation\u2019s relationship with the denomination? What changes to how we are organized as a denomination might help?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The committee encourages delegates to spend some time in preparation for Annual Conference praying about and pondering these questions. Church members who are not delegates, or are not attending Annual Conference this year, are invited to email responses to <a href=\"mailto:reviewandevaluation@brethren.org\">reviewandevaluation@brethren.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/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 is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/discernment-and-calling-an-appeal\/\">Discernment and calling: An appeal for nominations for the Annual Conference ballot<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/disenman-ak-apel-yon-apel\/\">Dis\u00e8nman ak ap\u00e8l: Yon ap\u00e8l pou nominasyon pou bilten v\u00f2t Konferans Any\u00e8l la<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/discernimiento-y-vocacion-convocatoria\/\">Discernimiento y vocaci\u00f3n: Convocatoria para la presentaci\u00f3n de candidaturas para la votaci\u00f3n de la Conferencia Anual.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/help-shape-intergenerational-resources\/\">Help shape resources for intergenerational ministry: An invitation from Brethren Press<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/ayude-a-dar-forma-a-los-recursos\/\">Ayude a dar forma a los recursos para el ministerio intergeneracional: Una invitaci\u00f3n de Brethren Press.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we collectively prepare to gather at the 2026 Annual Conference in Fort Wayne near the end of this month, the Review and Evaluation Committee has been working diligently on its task of making a comprehensive study of the denominational program.<\/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":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1703],"tags":[1258,3482,2306,3038,3798],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-27281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-of-the-brethren-newsline","tag-annual-conference","tag-annual-conference-2026","tag-delegates","tag-review-and-evaluation-committee","tag-study-of-denominational-structure-and-practices"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27281","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=27281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27282,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27281\/revisions\/27282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27281"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=27281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}