 evangelism) or general in scope.Several agencies are given charge of carrying out the ministries of the church under the auspices of Annual Conference.At the 2008 Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren, two of these agencies—the Church of the Brethren General Board and the Association of Brethren Caregivers—were combined into a single entity, the Church of the Brethren, Inc., the ministry arm of which is now known as the Mission and Ministry Board.