ependent church-related programs. The New Windsor distribution center sends goods across the US and around the globe for many church agencies.The Church of the Brethren Washington office, near Capital Hill, helps to give the denomination a voice in national and international policy-making, provide interpretation of Annual Conference statements and General Board resolutions, and keep members current on issues.Brethren truly span the nation and the globe, with field staff in five regions across the US, and volunteers working at a projects in many states and countries through Brethren Volunteer Service. Brethren also have mission workers in Nigeria, Kenya, Sudan, the Dominican Republic, Central America, and elsewhere.Six colleges are affiliated with the Church of the Brethren. Two of them are Elizabethtown and Juniata are located in Pennsylvania. Others are Bridgewater (Va.) College, Manchester College (Ind.) McPherson (Kan.) College, and the University of La Verne (Calif.). In addition, Brethren Colleges Abroad, also located in North Manchester, Ind., sends students overseas for study abroad programs and brings international students to Brethren colleges.Though the Brethren as a group have existed for nearly three hundred years, they subscribe to no formal creed or set of rules. They simply try to do what Jesus did. Jesus brought a message of life, love, and hope. But he offered much more than inspiring words: He understood that peoples spiritual needs also include day-to-day human ones, such as food, health, rest, comfort, friendship, and unconditional acceptance. I am the way, he told his followers. He showed them how to trust, how to care, and how to help. Steadily, lovingly, even radically, Jesus went about saving the world by serving its people. The brethren believe in his message, and they seek to do the same.Whether the conflict involves warring nations, radical discord, theological disputes, personal disagreement, or m...
