{"id":27574,"date":"2026-08-15T17:34:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T17:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=27574"},"modified":"2026-08-15T18:07:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T18:07:20","slug":"beth-sollenberger-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/beth-sollenberger-to-retire\/","title":{"rendered":"Beth Sollenberger to retire from leadership role in Atlantic Southeast District"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Beth Sollenberger will retire on Sept. 30 as interim director of administration for the Church of the Brethren\u2019s Atlantic Southeast District<\/a>. She has served in the position since April 1, 2024. She has been working both from her home in Goshen, Ind., as well as onsite in the district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highlights of her tenure with Atlantic Southeast include the district hosting a Council of District Executives (CODE) event<\/a> featuring the multi-cultural ministries in the district, and Sollenberger working with other district leaders and staff from across the denomination to create the Deportation Defense Response Team (DDR)<\/a>. Following her retirement, the DDR Mutual and Legal Aid Fund will have a new address that will be announced soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously, Sollenberger was district executive minister for South\/Central Indiana District<\/a> for nearly 11 years; served for several years in Michigan District<\/a> as interim executive and then as district executive representative on the executive interim team; worked on the Church of the Brethren staff as director of Stewardship Education and then as Congregational Life Team coordinator for Area 2; and filled pastorates in several districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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