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Date: Jan. 19,	2006
Contact: Cheryl  Brumbaugh-Cayford
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DIRECTOR IS APPOINTED FOR NEW SUDAN INITIATIVE OF THE CHURCH OF THE  BRETHREN

Jan. 19, 2006 (Elgin, IL) --  Jeff Boshart has accepted the position  of
director for the Church of the Brethrenâs new Sudan Initiative, beginning  Jan.
30. He brings a strong background in community development and
agricultural 
knowledge to the position.

He and his wife, Peggy, served as economic community development
coordinators in the Dominican Republic from 2001-04 through the Church of the  Brethren.
In 1992-94, and again from 1998-2000, he worked with Educational  Concern for
Hunger Organization Inc. (ECHO) in Nigeria, and then in Haiti in  agricultural
community development and as an intern coordinator.

Boshart is a graduate of Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pa., where he
received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and environmental
science. He  also
holds a Masterâs degree in international agriculture and rural development
from Cornell University.

Boshart and his family currently live in Pennsylvania but will relocate at
 a
later date. Boshart will work out of the Church of the Brethren General
Offices in Elgin, Ill.

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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