The following terms reflect the culture of the Church of the Brethren, a denomination grounded on the principles of Anabaptism and founded through the Pietist efforts of Alexander Mack, in the summer of 1708 near the small German village of Schwarzenau. This resource is not an exhaustive compilation of all denominational terminology, for space precludes the incorporation of vast amounts of information, which might also be garnered from other Brethren works, such as the Brethren Encyclopedia, Brethren Bibliography, European Origin, Brethren in America, Ephrata Cloister, 19th Century Acculturation, Brethren Timeline, Brethren Groups, and Brethren Genealogy. We have also included a few Internet related terms because this technology is fast becoming a part of our denominational culture. You are encouraged to share your comments, suggestions, or corrections with the Web Administrator.

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Washington Office

    A branch office of the Brethren Witness Office which monitors legislation in the U.S. Congress and tracks national and international developments that may affect the Church of the Brethren. This office also serves to advocate social justice issues and inform members about vigils, protests, and rallies. It also publishes a newsletter called "Witness to Washington."

www.brethren.org/genbd/washofc/

Web Site

    Generally assumed to be a series of documents which represents one particular concern, situated at one location or maintained through one service provider account, and often the repository of numerous homepages. For example, the Church of the Brethren Network (COB-NET) is a web site that maintains homepages for several Church of the Brethren districts, congregations, camps, and organizations. However, since the terms homepage and web site have been used so interchangeably, some people suggest that the difference between each term plus fifty-cents will get you a cup of coffee.

See also Domain, Homepage, URL.

Work Camps

    Summer projects coordinated for young adults, senior high, and junior high youth through the Youth/Young Adult Ministry of the General Board. These projects involve such varied activities as construction, teaching, making repairs, conversation with the elderly, general cleanup, interacting with residents, and many projects are in foreign countries. Interested persons must reserve one of the few openings and sustain all expenses. The first work camp schedule to go online was through COB-NET for the Year 1997.

See also YYA.

World Communion Sunday

Religious ecumenical observance of many Christian denominations on the first Sunday of October.

World Day of Prayer

Religious ecumenical observance of many Christian denominations on the first Friday of March.

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