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The July 1-6, 1997 Annual Conference was held in the Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California. It is known as the Fish Tank because the exterior wall is covered with the worlds largest mural of any type. First “Moderator on the Web,” David Wine and the Program & Arrangments Committee worked in cooperation with Church of the Brethren Network to issue eight special web publications directed toward denominational and congregational leadership. It was called the MODCOB (Moderator + Church of the Brethren). Each issue may also be found in our Brethren Literature Document Bin of this web site. Moderator Wine is also the president of Mutual Aid Association, a Church of the Brethren oriented insurance company located in Abilene, Kansas. Queries of business this year were: Relationship with the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), Domestic Violence, Human Genetic Engineering and Fetal Tissue Use Statements, Deacon Ministry Review, Denominational Polity Statement: Property and Stewardship Issues, New Testament as Our Rule of Faith and Practice, Statement on Child Exploitation, World Mission Philosophy and Global Church Mission Structure, Defining Ministry Limits of Licensed Ministers, and Proposed New Design of General Board. New Business: In March of 1995 the General Board was given the news that significant budget shortfalls were expected for the foreseeable future. In wrestling with the implications of this news, the board discerned that the problem involved something deeper than finances. While the financial realities had brought our situation to our attention most forcefully, this deeper problem had more to do with vision and identity. The Board appointed a Vision Discernment Team and after receiving their report, established a Redesign Steering Committee. Over the past several months the committee has been working hard to sort out what can be done to restore momentum to the program and mission of the Church of the Brethren General Board. The committee has been listening to hundreds of people describe what is going on, what has happened in the past, and what their aspirations are for the church tomorrow. Here's what they found (submitted by then chairman Christopher Bowman). General Board Redesign:
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1997 Annual Conference Moderator David Wine, then president of Mutual Aid Association, a Church of the Brethren oriented insurance company located in Abilene, Kansas, is also the first moderator to take the COB onto the Internet. He uses e-mail, list servers, and this web site to augment his desire to reach as many people as possible, with news and information about Annual Conference. Get to know him by reading the following issues of his newsletter, The MODCOB (Moderator + Church of the Brethren). Included in these several issues are business items of the 1997 Annual Conference in Long Beach, California, redesign of the General Board, and information about how questions from districts and congregations are sent to the denominations highest ruling body. MOD-COB Newsletter:
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