FYI: Annual Conference Business Docket and Ballot

Church of the Brethren Annual Conference

Annual Conference business docket for 2013 Delegates to Annual Conference on June 29-July 3 in Charlotte, N.C., will consider several key documents for the Church of the Brethren, among nine items of business coming to the meeting. As at last year’s Conference, delegates will again be seated together at round tables. Unfinished business items include revisions to polity on ministerial leadership, and responses to queries on climate change and congregational ethics, among others. New business includes a resolution against drone warfare and a query on biblical authority, as well as recognition for the Church of the Brethren in Spain. For a Newsline condensed version of the business items go to http://www.brethren.org/news/2013/annual-conference-business-items-2013.html Find the full text of business documents, the ballot, and a video briefing for delegates at www.brethren.org/ac/2013-conference-business-1.html Annual Conference 2013 ballot Delegates, please click here and review the biographical information before you arrive at conference.   Moderator—ElectFrances S. Beam, Concord, North Carolina David Steele, Martinsburg, Pennsylvania Program And Arrangements CommitteeEvelyn M. Brubaker, Ephrata, Pennsylvania Shawn Flory Replogle, Mcpherson, Kansas  On Earth Peace BoardDavid William Fouts, Maysville, West Virginia Chris Riley, Luray, Virginia  Church Of The Brethren Benefit Trust BoardCynthia Elaine Allen, Olmsted Falls, Ohio Sara Huston Brenneman, Hershey, Pennsylvania  Bethany Theological Seminary Board—ClergyDava Cruise Hensley, Roanoke, Virginia Frank Ramirez, Everett, Pennsylvania  Bethany Theological Seminary Board—LaityDavid Minnich, Hillsborough, North Carolina Donna Shumate, Sparta, North Carolina  Mission And Ministry Board—Area 2Sarah Elizabeth Friedrich, Columbus, Ohio Dennis John Richard Webb, Aurora, Illinois  Mission And Ministry Board—Area 3Torin Eikler, Morgantown, West Virginia Jonathan Andrew Prater, Harrisonburg, Virginia  Pastoral Compensation And Benefits Advisory CommitteeNancy L. Bowman, Fishersville, Virginia Deborah Oskin, Columbus, Ohio  Annual Conference 2012 photo by Glenn Riegel.