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Tughunaka Khehoi Ayemi is from Nagaland, India, and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Advanced Studies in Ecumenical Studies at the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Institute at Bossey.

New resources from Brethren Press, the Church of the Brethren publishing house, include the 2025 Lenten devotional titled Take Up Your Cross written by Tim Harvey; two new Covenant Bible Studies including God’s Earth Our Home written by David Radcliff and Sabbath: God’s Call to Peace written by Angela Finet; and the 2024 edition of the Church of the Brethren Yearbook

Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) is preparing to hold three new volunteer training events in March, April, and May 2025. Upcoming CDS Volunteer Training events are as follows:

Recently, Creekside Church of the Brethren near Goshen, Ind., challenged the other congregations of Northern Indiana District to participate in the Souper Bowl of Caring. The aim was to see which congregation could gather the most ounces of soup to feed the hungry in our local communities by Super Bowl Sunday.

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‘Organizers have never changed the world without groups of people who trusted them to hold that future imagining.’

On Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, Jim Bridgeman was ordained at Lancaster (Pa.) Church of the Brethren. We always celebrate when someone accepts the call of God to serve the church as a minister, and Jim is no exception. That is, for one important detail: Jim is 93 years of age.

Seven Church of the Brethren districts in the midwest and plains regions partnered to hold an online workshop titled "Changing Mindsets for Ministry" on Feb. 22, with about 80 people participating. The event featured Jeff MacDonald, a journalist and pastor from the Boston area, as keynote speaker.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has joined global faith leaders in signing a joint letter calling on G20 finance ministers to take decisive action on the escalating global debt crisis. Released ahead of the G20 Finance Ministers' Meeting, the letter—co-signed by WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay—warns of the devastating consequences of unsustainable debt on vulnerable populations. Nearly half the world’s population lives in countries where debt payments exceed spending on health, education, and climate resilience.

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[Office of the Archbishop of York] Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell has expressed concern over the decision by the United Kingdom’s government to cut Official Development Assistance (ODA) from 0.5% to 0.3% of gross national income, following the prime minister’s announcement of increased defense spending. While acknowledging the need for investment in national security, Cottrell has questioned whether reducing vital aid funding is the right approach. He said “Defense and development are not competing priorities; they are complementary. Properly used, development funding helps prevent conflicts, tackle instability and build a safer, more just world. Cutting aid in this way risks exacerbating the very crises that lead to insecurity.” This decision comes at a time when global need is rising and of the impact this will have across some of the poorest communities in the Anglican Communion. Cottrell is urging that the government ensures that increases in defense spending include robust investment in preventative diplomacy and conflict resolution mechanisms. “True security is not only about military strength — it is also about addressing the root causes of conflict, poverty, and instability,” he said. “I am asking that the government conduct a full assessment of how these aid cuts will affect existing U.K.-funded development programs and to take every possible step to shield the world’s most vulnerable from the consequences of this decision. “