A Resolute Fast and Fervent Prayer: A Resolution Responding to Violence in...
“Christ is just like the human body–a body is a unit and has many parts; and all the parts of the body are one body If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part gets the glory, all...
View ArticleChurch of the Brethren Vision Statement 2012-2020
Church of the Brethren Annual Conference Official Documents Introduction to the Denominational Vision Statement The 1968 Annual Conference, meeting in Ocean Grove, New Jersey, approved the...
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The Review and Evaluation Committee: A New Mandate
Background The Review and Evaluation Committee was created by the 1971 Annual Conference as a part of the reorganization of the General Board in that same year. The function of the committee, a.k.a....
View ArticleBrethren Medical Plan Resolution
Introduction From its beginning, the Church of the Brethren has modeled the concept of mutuality, emulating the teachings of the apostle Paul. In I Corinthians 12:24-27 (NIV), Paul states, “But God...
View ArticleUpdate Discipleship and Reconciliation Polity
Whereas: Annual Conference has not reviewed the discipleship and reconciliation process in 22 years since passing the Discipleship and Reconciliation Paper in 1977; Whereas: since 1977, Annual...
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Iglesia de los Hermanos: Estructura Congregacional
I. INTRODUCCION Norman J. Baugher escribe concerniente a la elaboración de un nuevo manual sobre adoración y políticas, “Ninguna sociedad religiosa o movimiento puede perdurar sino aplica y adapta su...
View ArticleThe Ministry: Ordination and Family Life
I. ORDINATION 2 II. CONDUCT AND FAMILY LIFE A. Expectations in Conduct Since every person who has accepted Christ as Savior and Lord is a “new creation” (2 Cor. 5:17-18), the former life becoming...
View ArticleBaptism, Eucharist and Ministry
Preface The World Council of Churches is “a fellowship of churches which confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Savior according to the scriptures and therefore seek to fulfill together their common...
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Committee on Equality for Women in the Church of the Brethren
Church of the Brethren Annual Conference 1977 Church of the Brethren Statement INTRODUCTION In response to a query brought by the Northern Plains District to the 1976 Annual Conference of the Church...
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Vitality and Viability
Church of the Brethren Annual Conference 2018 Church of the Brethren Statement Origin of the Study The 2015 Annual Conference returned the “Query: Future District Structure,” but decided to address...
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