{"id":4959,"date":"2018-07-05T21:36:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T21:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=4959"},"modified":"2018-09-27T21:39:12","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T21:39:12","slug":"paul-mundey-to-serve-as-moderator-elect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2018\/paul-mundey-to-serve-as-moderator-elect\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Mundey to serve as moderator-elect of Annual Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Church of the Brethren Newsline<br \/>\nJuly\u00a05,\u00a02018<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_4962\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4962\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/the-2018-annual-conference.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/the-2018-annual-conference.png 600w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/the-2018-annual-conference-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2018 Annual Conference business session. Photo by Glenn Riegel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">In election results today, the Annual Conference chose Paul Mundey<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">\u00a0of Frederick, Md., as moderator-elect. He will serve as moderator-elect for one year, and then in 2020 he will serve as moderator of the Annual Conference.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>For the latest Brethren news go to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/\">main Newsline page<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Mundey is an ordained minister who is retired from a longterm pastorate at Frederick Church of the Brethren. Previously he served on the denominational staff in the areas of evangelism and church growth, and was a developer of Passing on the Promise. He also is a writer and a consultant, has served on the board of Bridgewater (Va.) College, and has been a speaker for Annual Conference and National Youth Conference as well as National Older Adult Conference. Recently, he was a visiting scholar at Princeton Seminary.<\/p>\n<p><em>Following are more election results:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Annual Conference Program and Arrangements Committee:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Emily Shonk Edwards<\/strong>\u00a0of Nellysford, Va., and Staunton (Va.) Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pastoral Compensation and Benefits Advisory Committee:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Deb Oskin<\/strong>\u00a0of Columbus, Ohio, and Living Peace Church of the Brethren in Powell, Ohio<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mission and Ministry Board, Area 2<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>LaDonna Sanders Nkosi<\/strong>\u00a0of Chicago, Ill., and the Gathering Chicago;\u00a0<strong>Area 3:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Carol Yeazell<\/strong>\u00a0of Asheville, N.C., and HIS Way\/Jesucristo el Camino Church of the Brethren in Hendersonville, N.C.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bethany Seminary board of trustees, representing clergy:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Audrey Hollenberg-Duffey<\/strong>\u00a0of Hagerstown, Md., and Hagerstown Church of the Brethren;\u00a0<strong>representing laity:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Louis Harrell<\/strong>\u00a0(incumbent) of Manassas, Va., and Manassas Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brethren Benefit Trust board of directors:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Shelley Kontra<\/strong>\u00a0of Lancaster, Pa., and Hempfield Church of the Brethren in Manheim, Pa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On Earth Peace board:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Jennifer Keeney Scarr<\/strong>\u00a0of Trotwood, Ohio, and Trotwood Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n<p><em>Board-elected and constituency-elected directors and trustees affirmed by and reported to the Conference:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mission and Ministry Board:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Joel Pe\u00f1a<\/strong>\u00a0of Lancaster, Pa., and Alpha and Omega Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bethany Seminary board of trustees:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Cathy Simmons Huffman<\/strong>\u00a0of Rocky Mount, Va., and Germantown Brick Church of the Brethren; and\u00a0<strong>Katherine Melhorn<\/strong>\u00a0of Wichita, Kan., and Wichita First Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brethren Benefit Trust board of directors:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Eunice Erb Culp<\/strong>\u00a0of Goshen, Ind., and West Goshen Church of the Brethren; and\u00a0<strong>Dennis W. Kingery<\/strong>\u00a0of San Diego, Calif., and Prince of Peace Church of the Brethren<\/p>\n<p><em>Nominated by the Annual Conference officers and affirmed by the Conference:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leadership Team, district executive member:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Cindy Sanders<\/strong>, district executive of Missouri and Arkansas District<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212; For more information about Annual Conference go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ac\">www.brethren.org\/ac<\/a>\u00a0.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The news coverage of Annual Conference 2018 is made possible through the work of communications staff and a volunteer news team: Frank Ramirez, Conference Journal editor; photographers Glenn Riegel, Regina Holmes, Keith Hollenberg, Donna Parcell, Laura Brown; writers Frances Townsend, Karen Garrett, Alyssa Parker; youth team member Allie Dulabaum; web staff Jan Fischer Bachman, Russ Otto; Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, director of News Services; Wendy McFadden, publisher. Contact\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/?view=cm&amp;fs=1&amp;tf=1&amp;to=cobnews@brethren.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cobnews@brethren.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/Newsline\">www.brethren.org\/Newsline<\/a>\u00a0to subscribe to the Church of the Brethren Newsline free e-mail news service and receive church news every week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In election results today, the Annual Conference chose Paul Mundey of Frederick, Md., as moderator-elect. 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