Sunday, August 01, 2021

Conference affirms additional directors and trustees and other appointments

Church of the Brethren Newsline

July 4, 2021

The Church of the Brethren Annual Conference affirmed board-elected and constituency-elected directors and trustees for the denomination’s Mission and Ministry

Board and the Conference agencies Bethany Theological Seminary, On Earth Peace, and Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT).

BBT presented one appointment that needed to be affirmed because the person was chosen to fulfill the unexpired term of an Annual Conference-elected director.

BBT also reported four appointments of board members who did not need to be affirmed.

Also affirmed were district executive representatives to the denomination’s Leadership Team and the Pastoral Compensation and Benefits Advisory Committee.

The list included names that would have been brought to the 2020 Annual Conference, some of whose terms already have concluded. Among these were

several nominated to fill unexpired terms on the Mission and Ministry Board, with those nominations coming from the Nominating Committee of the Standing

Committee of district delegates to Annual Conference.

Church of the Brethren Leadership Team

Torin Eikler, executive minister of Northern Indiana District, was affirmed as the appointee of the Council of District Executives to serve a 3-year term

Pastoral Compensation and Benefits Advisory Committee

Gene Hagenberger of Hanover, Pa., and Grossnickle Church of the Brethren, was affirmed as the appointee of the Council of District Executives to fill an unexpired

3½-year term ending in 2024

Mission and Ministry Board

Martha Stover Barlow of Harrisonburg, Va., and Montezuma Church of the Brethren, named by the Nominating Committee to an unexpired Conference-elected 9-

month term that ends in 2021, representing Area 3

Lauren Seganos Cohen of San Gabriel, Calif., and Pomona Fellowship Church of the Brethren, named by the Nominating Committee to an Annual Conferenceelected

unexpired 5-year term ending in 2024, representing Area 5

John Michael Hoffman of McPherson, Kan., and Monitor Church of the Brethren, to serve an at-large 5-year term ending in 2025

Meghan Horne Mauldin of Columbus, N.C., and Mill Creek Church of the Brethren, named by the Nominating Committee to an unexpired Conference-elected 2.7-

year term that ends in 2023, representing Area 3

John Mueller of Fleming Island, Fla., and Rock Bible Church of the Brethren, named by the Nominating Committee to an unexpired Conference-elected term that

term that would have ended in 2021, representing Area 3

Joanna Wave Willoughby of Wyoming, Mich., and Common Spirit Church of the Brethren, to serve an at-large 5-year term that ends in 2026

Rebecca Miller Zeek of Duncansville, Pa., and Bedford Church of the Brethren, named by the Nominating Committee to an unexpired Conference-elected 1-year

term that ends in 2022, representing Area 1

Bethany Theological Seminary

Mark A. Clapper of Elizabethtown, Pa., and Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren, to serve a second 5-year at-large term ending in 2026

Karen O. Crim of Dayton, Ohio, and Beavercreek Church of the Brethren, to serve a second 5-year at-large term ending in 2026

John Flora of Bridgewater, Va., and Bridgewater Church of the Brethren, to serve a second at-large 5-year term ending in 2025

Richard Rose of Claremont, Calif., the University of La Verne, and the African Methodist Episcopal Church, to serve an at-large 5-year term ending in 2025

Brethren Benefit Trust

Janis Fahs of North Manchester, Ind., and Manchester Church of the Brethren, to serve a 4-year term ending in 2025

Donna March of Carpentersville, Ill., and Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren, to serve an unexpired Conference-elected 1-year term ending in 2022

Gerald (Jerry) Patterson of Fairfax, Va., and Manassas Church of the Brethren, to serve a 4-year term ending in 2024

Wayne T. Scott of Harrisburg, Pa., and Mechanicsburg Church of the Brethren, elected by Pension Plan participants to represent the Fellowship of Brethren Homes

for a 4-year term ending in 2024

Kathryn Whitacre of McPherson, Kan., and McPherson First Church of the Brethren, elected by Pension Plan participants (the Brethren Ministers Association and

the Council of District Executives) to a 4-year term ending in 2025

On Earth Peace

Rudy Amaya of Pasadena, Calif., and Principe de Paz Church of the Brethren, to serve a 4-year term ending in 2025

Irvin R. Heishman of Tipp City, Ohio, and West Charleston Church of the Brethren, to serve a second 5-year term ending in 2026