These are the local adminsitrative offices for the Ankeny Church of the Brethren. Here, officials in the church and staff members handle the day to day business of the CotB, coordinating charitable efforts and more. This branch, along with its partner congregation in Ames, forms the Church of the Brethren of the Northern Plains. The Church of the Brethren stems from pacifistic Anabaptist/Pietist groups, orginally from Germany. The Ankeny and Ames congregations are members of the evangelical World Council of Churches.