March 20-21, 2026
North Baltimore Mennonite Church
4615 Roland Ave, Baltimore, MD 21210
Join us for the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference Assembly weekend! Assembly is for anyone interested in learning and talking together about what church is and how we live faith together. It’s a chance to hear what other ACC communities are working on, wrestling with, and trying together. It’s also a chance to listen and tell stories about how we’re aspiring to and working out vibrant, Jesus-centered lives and communities.
This year’s theme is Exile. As Jesus’ followers, we often find ourselves at odds with the world around us. Lives of love, peacemaking, and justice—or our understanding of how these look—can run counter to the values of others, including other people of faith. Like the people of the biblical story, we may find ourselves feeling like exiles in our own families or neighborhoods. We are also aware that others experience exile because of their culture, sexuality, or life circumstances.
During Lent, our theme is “dwelling in dissonance.” Part of this dissonance comes from our sense of place in the world and our identification with other exiles. During our ACC Assembly, we will wrestle with this theme together through focused conversations on Christian nationalism and loving our LGBTQIA+ and immigrant communities.
We hope you will join us for the weekend’s gatherings!
Friday Night virtual gatherings
Friday, March 20, 7 – 8:30pm
Assembly kicks off with a Friday night virtual keynote on our theme of Exile.
Everyone who registers will have access to the virtual gathering. But we encourage congregations or small groups to initiate local gatherings to watch the session and discuss together. If you’re open to others joining your group, let conference staff know you’ll be meeting.
Questions will be provided to lead group discussion.
Saturday sessions @ North Baltimore
Saturday, March 21, 9am – 3:15pm
Saturday’s in-person sessions will continue the discussion on “Exile” with times of conversation and storytelling.
Saturday’s delegate session will focus on the business of conference life and give delegates a greater familiarity with ACC congregations and our conference community. This session and delegate voting will be available virtually as well.
After lunch we invite you into times of sharing and learning together through focused conversations on loving our LGBTQIA+ and immigrant communities
Travel & Childcare
Saturday, March 20
Transportation by bus is available to/from the Lancaster area at $25 per seat. Reserve and pay for your seat when you register for Assembly.
Departing from Blossom Hill Mennonite Church, 7:15 am. Return around 5:00 pm.
Childcare will be provided for kids younger than Kindergarten age. Children should be registered along with their parent/guardian. Assembly will not include a program for school-age children.
Friday Keynote Speaker
Matthew D. Taylor is a visiting scholar at the Center on Faith and Justice at Georgetown University. He is the author of Scripture People, The Violent Take It by Force, and the forthcoming book Defying Tyrants, which will be published in October. His work has appeared or been featured in the New York Times, Weekend Edition, On the Media, Rolling Stone, The Bulwark, Politico, Sojourners, and Religion News Service. A theologian and religious studies scholar who specializes in American Islam, Christian nationalism, and Christian extremism, he is also the creator of two limited podcast series–American Unexceptionalism and Charismatic Revival Fury. Taylor holds a PhD from Georgetown University and an MA from Fuller Theological Seminary.
Delegate Documents (coming soon)
Assembly schedule (draft)
2025 Assembly Minutes
Proposed 2026-2027 Budget
2026 Leadership Slate
Assembly quick links (coming soon)
Friday night hospitality guide
Agency connection guide
Friday evening discusion questions
Join the Assembly session virtually (both Friday and Saturday)
Assembly Flyer
Assembly Program Book
Delegates
We welcome both delegates and non-delegates to all parts of the upcoming Assembly weekend. However, only delegates will vote during Saturday’s delegate session.
ACC’s Delegate Council is the primary decision-making body of the conference with final responsibility and authority. Delegates are expected to 1) speak for their congregation to the Delegate Council, 2) interpret conference work and program back to their congregations, and 3) serve as an ongoing connecting point between your congregation and other ACC member congregations.
Our hope is that each congregation identifies at least one member of your congregation to join your pastor in serving as a representative delegate.
ACC’s bylaws designate delegates as:
- Those delegates selected annually by ACC member congregations with a maximum of two delegates for the first 100 members and one delegate for each additional 100 members or fraction thereof. Each congregation is permitted one youth delegate, in addition to the prior listed delegates. Delegates will be members in good standing of affiliated congregations.
- Ordained and licensed ministers with active service assignments recognized by the ACC.
- Members of ACC standing committees and their chairpersons.
- Executive Committee members of the ACC.
- Representatives of the Conference Related Ministry Council (CRMC) as appointed by the Executive Committee.
- All staff persons, including Conference Ministers, will participate with the Delegate Council as non-voting members.
When possible we recommend that congregations build delegate roles into established leadership selection processes to help communication and connection in their roles.