Church of the Brethren Newsline
April 9, 2021
Staff of Brethren Disaster Ministries and Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) are monitoring the situation at the southern border of the United States as numbers of migrants increase, in particular the conditions for families with children and unaccompanied minors.
CDS staff have been in conversation with partners about sites where volunteer childcare teams may be able to provide support for migrant children, either at the southern border or at other sites around the US where migrant children are being sent.
Brethren Disaster Ministries has been participating in meetings of Church World Service (CWS) with other faith-based humanitarian organizations to assess the possibilities of involvement with relief efforts at the border.
Church of the Brethren Newsline
December 11, 2020
By Roxane Hill and Roy Winter
On Dec. 8, the annual Tripartite Meeting between the Church of the Brethren, Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria), and Mission 21 (a German and Swiss mission organization) was held via Zoom. EYN staff participated from the Technology Center in Jos, Nigeria, that was constructed with support from Bethany Theological Seminary.
Attending the meeting from EYN were the President, General Secretary, Director of Finance, and four members of the EYN Disaster Ministry. Mission 21 was represented by its Country Coordinator, Program Officer, and Head of International Relations. Church of the Brethren representatives included the Executive Director of Service Ministries, Interim Directors of Global Mission, and Interim Office Manager for Global Mission.