Districts Another structural component in the life of our denomination are our districts. Districts were formed to enable groups of congregations to do together what they could not do separately. Today, our districts provide wide and varied ministries including employment of professional staff, pastoral placement and calling, discipleship and reconciliation, and program support to name a few. This organizational network has begun to carry out quite a number of responsibilities in recent years including giving feedback and counsel to the General Board in its planning, sharing leadership development, and electing its members to serve on various boards and committees in the denomination. Conference has at times assigned to CODE specific recommendations of action even though CODE has no formal relationship with Annual Conference.
Districts have their own boards and conferences in addition to their employed staff.
Ultimately, these structures are accountable to the Annual Conference through Standing Committee. Districts do not report directly to the Annual Conference floor. In Summary We hope you begin to see that our structure reflects who we believe we are as a community of God. All of us together, the priesthood of all believers, are the Church of the Brethren. The genius of our denomination has been our attempt to balance decision-making at all levels of our structures where everyone has a voice and the responsibility that accompanies that privilege.