Editing Church of the Brethren (section)

=== 21st century ===
In July 2019, the Association of Brethren Churches, since renamed the Covenant Brethren Church (CBC), organized as a movement to explore separation from the Church of the Brethren.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.brethren.org/news/2019/denominational-leadership-team-statement.html |title= Denominational Leadership Team issues response regarding the Covenant Brethren Church |publisher= Brethren |date= November 21, 2019|access-date= December 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.facebook.com/pg/covenantbrethrenchurch/posts/?ref=page_internal |title=Covenant Brethren Church |website=[[Facebook]] |access-date= December 13, 2019}}</ref> The CBC began with a vision cast in July 2019, as Church of the Brethren leaders from thirteen districts gathered in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, to pray, discern, and discuss a new vision for Brethren in the 21st Century. A temporary executive board was called, and sub-teams were tasked with working at various aspects of the vision. Subsequent, steadily growing gatherings of Brethren from across the United States met in Winchester and Woodstock, Virginia and widely affirmed these developments.

On November 16, 2019, at the Antioch Church in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, the assembled group was first called The Covenant Brethren Church, and moved toward establishing an office in north-central West Virginia. A Statement of Faith and by-laws are in development for this new movement.  The CBC has stated that it fully affirms biblical authority, the sanctity of marriage as expressed in Genesis 2 and affirmed by Jesus Christ in Matthew 19, the sanctity of human life from conception, and the historical New Testament ideals and practices held by the Brethren since 1708.

The Church of the Brethren Leadership Team responded to these developments with a statement expressing concerns with the CBC's direction and said division was "not a path forward."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Huber|first=Tim|url=http://mennoworld.org/2020/02/03/news/conservative-brethren-exploring-separation/|title=Conservative Brethren exploring separation|date= February 3, 2020|work=Mennonite World Review}}</ref> The Church of the Brethren, meanwhile, has been moving forward with a "Compelling Vision Statement"<ref>{{Citation | title = Compelling Vision Statement | publisher = Brethen | url = http://www.brethren.org/ac/compelling-vision.html}}</ref> process designed to create a direction for the denomination that will aid in unifying it and moving it forward. In 2024, the worldwide Church of the Brethren organized along national lines to form the Global Church of the Brethren Communion with founding members Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, India, Nigeria, Rwanda, Spain, Uganda, the United States, and Venezuela.<ref name="gcotbc">{{Cite web |url=https://www.brethren.org/news/2024/global-church-of-the-brethren-communion/ |title=Global Church of the Brethren Communion formally organizes |date=2024-01-03 |accessdate=2024-01-06 |language=en-US |publisher=Church of the Brethren}}</ref>

In 2023, all six Puerto Rican churches in the Church of the Brethren joined the [[Covenant Brethren Church]]. This was affirmed in 2024.<ref name="pr">{{Cite web |url=https://mailchi.mp/brethren/newsline-special-feb-7-2024 |language=en-US |publisher=Church of the Brethren |date=2024-02-07 |accessdate=2024-02-07 |title=Newsline Special for Feb.&nbsp;7, 2024}}</ref>