wfn.org | Church of the Brethren Benefit Trust makes organizational changes

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Date: Oct. 27,	2005
Contact: Cheryl  Brumbaugh-Cayford
V: 847/742-5100 F: 847/742-6103
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CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN BENEFIT TRUST MAKES ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES

Oct. 27, 2005 (Elgin, IL) --  Brethren Benefit Trust has announced
organizational changes that will also affect personnel. Brethren Benefit Trust  is a
Church of the Brethren agency that provides insurance and pension
benefits; 
employee financial services; credit union, investment, asset management, and
deferred gifts services; and information technology services.

Effective Jan. 3, 2006, Pension Plan and Employee Financial Services will  be
combined with its Insurance Plans into one department named Employee Benefit
Plans. Jeff Garber will become the director of this department. Garber's
responsibilities will include management of the Pension Plan and Employee
Financial Services operations. Other responsibilities and staffing in the new
department will include Donna March as manager of Insurance Operations; Lori
Domich as staff for Member Services, Insurance; and Peggy Bruell as staff for
Member Services, Pension Plan and Employee Financial Services.

Information Services management and systems oversight has moved from the
Communications Department to the Financial Operations Department. Laura Nedli is
the director of this combined department and will continue to report to
Darryl	Deardorff as chief financial officer. Eric Thompson, network administrator,
has  moved to this department. Veronica Aragon has assumed increased
responsibilities  as system specialist.

Based on feedback received by board members, the agency's Communications
Team is finalizing and soon will begin implementing a new plan that calls for
increased time and focus on marketing. Marketing is a prominent priority
in 
Brethren Benefit Trustâs current strategic plan. Nevin Dulabaum will continue to
serve as director of the Communications Department.

For more information about Brethren Benefit Trust and its ministries, see
_www.brethrenbenefittrust.org_ (http://www.brethrenbenefittrust.org) .

The Church of the Brethren is a Christian denomination committed to
continuing the work of Jesus peacefully and simply, and to living out its faith  in
community. The denomination is based in the Anabaptist and Pietist faith
traditions and is one of the three Historic Peace Churches. It celebrates its  300th
anniversary in 2008. It counts about 130,000 members across the United
States and Puerto Rico, and has missions and sister churches in Brazil,
the 
Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Nigeria.

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For more information contact:

Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
Director of News Services
Church of the  Brethren General Board
1451 Dundee Ave.
Elgin, IL 60120
847-742-5100  ext. 260
_cbrumbaugh-cayford_gb@brethren.org_
(mailto:cbrumbaugh-cayford_gb@brethren.org)

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