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Newsline: Church of the Brethren News Service -- Aug. 15, 2008
Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, News Director
800-323-8039 ext. 260 -- cobnews@brethren.org

CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP SEMINAR WILL FOCUS ON MODERN-
DAY SLAVERY

(Aug. 15, 2008) Elgin, IL -- On April 25-30, 2009, high school age
youth and advisors in the Church of the Brethren will gather in New
York City and Washington, D.C., for the 2009 Christian Citizenship
Seminar.

The focus for the seminar will be modern-day slavery. The event is
sponsored by the Church of the Brethren's Youth and Young Adult
Ministry and the Brethren Witness/Washington Office.

"Most of us think of slavery as an institution that does not exist  anymore,
but many experts estimate that there are approximately 27 million human
beings who are currently being held in slavery around the world," said an
announcement of the event. "What would Jesus do? What does God call
us to do in light of these persons forced to perform domestic and
agricultural work as well as to become prostitutes or soldiers against
their will? We will examine the current status of slavery today and what
our Christian faith invites us to do for 'the least of these.'"

Brochures are available from the Church of the Brethren's Youth and
Young Adult Ministry Office, call 800-323-8039.

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 more than 125,000
members across the United States and Puerto Rico, and has missions and
sister churches in Nigeria, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and
India.

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>For more information contact:

>Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
>Director of News Services
>Church of the Brethren
>1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120
>800-323-8039 ext. 260
>cobnews@brethren.org

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