{"id":28008,"date":"2026-10-23T17:43:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T17:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=28008"},"modified":"2026-10-23T17:43:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T17:43:32","slug":"kris-hawk-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/kris-hawk-to-retire\/","title":{"rendered":"Kris Hawk to retire as district executive minister of Northern Ohio District"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kris Hawk has announced her retirement as district executive minister of the Church of the Brethren\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nohcob.org\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.nohcob.org\">Northern Ohio District<\/a> effective Jan. 16, 2027. She has served in the role for almost 11 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before accepting the call to district ministry, Hawk was licensed and ordained at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.springfield-cob.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.springfield-cob.com\/\">Akron (Ohio) Springfield Church of the Brethren<\/a>, where she served for 13 years as pastor of visitation. She completed the three-year reading program and attended Ashland Theological Seminary. She holds a bachelor of science degree in nursing and worked in hospital, home care, and hospice settings before being called into pastoral ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the Council of District Executives, she has served as chair of CODE and has served on numerous committees. She currently serves on the denomination\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/dlf\/lead-conference\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/dlf\/lead-conference\/\">L.E.A.D.<\/a> planning team and plans to continue in that role.<\/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\/resisting-racism-latest-in-bible-study-series\/\">Resisting Racism is latest in the Covenant Bible Study Series from Brethren Press<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/resisting-racism-estudios-biblicos\/\">Resisting Racism es el \u00faltimo libro de la serie de estudios b\u00edblicos Covenant de Brethren Press.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/reziste-rasis-etid-biblik\/\">Reziste rasis la se d\u00e8nye liv nan seri etid biblik Alyans lan ki soti nan Brethren Press<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/registration-open-faithx-older-adult\/\">Registration is open for next older adult FaithX trip at Camp Ithiel in Florida<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/faithx-para-adultos-mayores\/\">Ya est\u00e1 abierta la inscripci\u00f3n para el pr\u00f3ximo viaje de FaithX para adultos mayores en Camp Ithiel, Florida.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kris Hawk has announced her retirement as district executive minister of the Church of the Brethren\u2019s Northern Ohio District effective Jan. 16, 2027. 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