Church of the Brethren Newsline
\nJuly\u00a01,\u00a02017<\/b><\/p>\n
The Annual Conference this afternoon did not adopt a recommendation from the Review and Evaluation Committee \u201cthat On Earth Peace no longer remain an agency of the Church of the Brethren.\u201d The vote came as the delegate body addressed the 10 recommendations in the Review and Evaluation Committee\u2019s report, and was announced as there were still two recommendations to be acted on.<\/p>\n
The recommendation was determined to require a two-thirds majority, which was not attained. The vote was 370 for the recommendation, 280 against, which meant that with 56.9 percent the vote did not gain the required two-thirds majority.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe vote means that On Earth Peace remains an agency of the Church of the Brethren,\u201d said moderator Carol A. Scheppard.<\/p>\n
For more onsite coverage of Annual Conference go to\u00a0www.brethren.org\/ac\/2017\/coverage<\/a>\u00a0.<\/em><\/p>\n The news coverage of Annual Conference 2017 is made possible through the work of the volunteer news team: Frank Ramirez, Conference Journal editor; photographers Glenn Riegel, Regina Holmes, Keith Hollenberg, Donna Parcell, Laura Brown, Allie Dulabaum; writers Frances Townsend, Karen Garrett, Gene Hollenberg; with web staff Jan Fischer Bachman and Russ Otto, and Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, director of News Services. Wendy McFadden, publisher. Contact\u00a0cobnews@brethren.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n