Global Ministries Leadership Team

For the 2001-2005 quadrennium

Duties

This team oversees all of the mission-related activities of the US National Conference. This includes the mission fields still under the supervision of the US National Conference (Haiti, Mexico, and India), all matters pertaining to missionaries (recruitment, training, appointment, support, etc.), helping churches promote missions awareness and interest, fundraising, and various administrative tasks (bookkeeping, policy-making, general management).

Chairperson: Luke Fetters

Luke planted the UB church in Oak Harbor, Ohio, and from there he and his wife were one of the two founding couples of the Macau mission. He now teaches at Huntington University and attends College Park UB church.

Members

Paul Hirschy (bishop)
Dave Datema (US Center for World Mission; former UB minister, former UB missionary kid in Sierra Leone and Jamaica; vice chairperson of the Global Ministries Leadership Team)
Cliff Miller (CEO Michindoh Conference Center, Hillsdale, Mich.; member of Hillsdale UB)
Jeff Sherlock (member of College Park UB, Huntington, Ind.; professor at Tri-State University in Angola, Ind.; former UB missionary in Macau)
Lois Mason (member of First UB in Blissfield, Mich.)
Mike Newman (senior pastor of Otterbein UB, Waynesboro, Pa.)
Randy Fennig (senior pastor of Prince of Peace UB, Springfield, Ohio; former missionary in Mozambique)

Canadian Representatives

The list above is the US Global Ministries Leadership Team. A joint ministry agreement with Canada creates a separate body which includes two voting members representing the United Brethren Church in Canada. Those persons are:

Brian Magnus (Bishop, UB Church in Canada; pastor of Parkwood Gardens UB, Guelph, Ontario; secretary of the Global Ministries Leadership Team)
Ruth Benner (member, Grace UB Church, Sherkston, Ont.; former missionary in Sierra Leone)

Advisory Members

Gary Dilley (US Director of Global Ministries)
Donna Hollopeter (Associate Director of Global Ministries)