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Congratulations to Dr. Jerry Pence, Pastor at Brooksville Wesleyan Church in Brooksville, Florida. Dr. Pence has earned the Pastor of the Week (Potw) recognition on March 6. He has been serving as senior pastor at the Brooksville Wesleyan Church for over 4 years. Under his leadership the church has extended its reach into the community as well as extend opportunities for a diverse community, recently partnering with an ethnically diverse community.
Dr. Pence has hosted the University Chorale for several years. His teaching ministry has made a profound impact not only in the Wesleyan village retirement community where this church is nestled but also throughout the community beyond.
This church post of over 1,000 in attendance with special events that meet often for the community as well as the retirement community residence. Twice a year the church hosts special Bible events including a Bible Conference and Camp Meetings. The church also has a full-time ministry that has exceptional music and teaching and preaching on a weekly basis. The church has grown its Christian Education programming as well as ministry for children and youth, hiring full-time staff in music, youth, and preaching ministries. The church is an award-winning building.
Most notably, Dr. Jerry Pence has served as a pastor previously. He served for 22 years as a denominational executive and General Superintendent of The Wesleyan Church, a denomination with over 5,000 local churches in 90 countries. His current church is a transformational congregation in Brooksville, Florida, specializing in senior adult and inter-generational ministries. His ministry has extended to the educational institutions over those years and has grown the influence of the denomination throughout the world. He has been ordained since 1977 coming from the Dakota district of the Wesleyan Church.
The church is heard worldwide through their audio podcast of the services in the teaching of Dr. Pence. To listen to the podcast click here.
Brooksville has several staff that are employed through the ministry. For more information, click here.
We congratulate Dr. Jerry Pence for being recognized as pastor of the week. The story was written by Rev. Rick Carder, Director of Alumni and Church Engagement, Indiana Wesleyan University. Carder has been Ordained in the Wesleyan Church since 1989 and has served in four church in a variety of positions in the local church. He now is serving with Indiana Wesleyan since 2006.
Reverend Kyle Ray is recognized as the “Pastor of the Week” last week (February 29). “Pastor of the Week” (PotW) is a renewed tradition honored by the Office of Alumni and Church Engagement which appreciates local pastors for their service and faith. Congrats, Pastor Kyle!
Pastor Kyle Ray has been the lead pastor at Kentwood Community Church (Kentwood, Michigan) since 2010. His ministry has served his congregants well by increasing diversity, creating a clear vision, and encouraging them to love their neighbors. KCC is a growing church that seeks to pour into their community through discipling members to share the Gospel, embracing other cultures, inspiring others to grow in their faith and to instill a devotion to serving in the name
Rick Carder (Director of Alumni & Church Engagement) and Pastor Kyle Ray
of the Lord.
Ray is not your typical pastor. He went to the University of Michigan and pursued a career in engineering, working for General Motors and other companies before his call to ministry. He and his wife, Petra Ray, came to Kentwood Community Church in 1999, not as a pastor and his wife, but as congregants. When the Rays chose KCC as their church, Wayne Schmidt (who now serves as Vice President of Wesley Seminary) was lead pastor. The Rays learned and grew in their faith under Schmidt’s leadership and in 2003 Kyle felt a call to ministry, which led to him attending seminary.
In 2006, Ray returned to KCC as an Outreach Pastor. Through his and Schmidt’s leadership, KCC began to go from a predominantly white church, to a church more reflective of the demographics of the community. Ray said this happened because of an increase in passion and intentionality for reaching those in the Kentwood area.
In 2010, Schmidt moved into his role at the Wesley Seminary and Kyle became the lead pastor of KCC. He said, “After six years of being a pastor, I followed a 30 year, founding pastor [Schmidt].” But, Ray implemented a clear vision to his congregation that has also helped structure staff and budget. The vision is “REAL”: to Reach all people, Engage the community, Awaken spiritual growth, and Launch everyone into service.
(from left) Malik, Petra, Kyle, and Matthew Ray
Ray embodies this vision by preaching the theory of the multiplication mindset to his congregation. This means making decisions that can help reach more and more people to Christ. One way KCC is doing this is by planting churches and founding satellite campuses in Wyoming, Michigan and Nagpur, India. The campus in India is in the center of a country with an incredibly low percentage of Christians. Others ways KCC shows the multiplication mindset is by showing hospitality toward other cultures by having specialized Bible study groups and services translated in real-time to Spanish. Ray said, “It seems like God has always blessed that desire to multiply and have more people come to faith in Christ.”
KCC continues to grow and impact the world through Pastor Kyle’s leadership. He said, “It’s been a crazy journey…but it’s been a great journey to go from congregant, to pastor, to lead pastor.”
Pastor Kyle’s wife, Petra, serves on the board of trustees at Indiana Wesleyan University. Together, Kyle and Petra have two adopted sons Malik (17) and Matthew (16).
Congratulations, Pastor Kyle Ray!
Written by Mia Anderson, Blog and Social Media Manager, Storyteller for the Alumni Office. Mia is a Senior at IWU studying Strategic Communication with her concentration in Public Relations. She is the Vice President of IWU PRSSA and will be getting married and moving to Indianapolis after she graduates in December 2016! Mia loves hearing others’ stories and sharing them with the world. Visit her personal website at www.MiaLAnderson.weebly.com.
David opened his seminar on Conflict Resolution with the statement, “If you are breathing, you will experience conflict.” Sharing experiences from his ministry, Dignal offered ideas on handling conflict in our lives during a teaching session hosted by the IWU Alumni Association – Fort Wayne Regional Network on February 11, 2016. Dignal defined his greatest passion as resulting from opprotunities of ministry, “When you can mend a broken relationship is a win. Anytime you can get people on the same page is a win.”
For over thirty-five years David Dignal has served as a pastor in the Wesleyan Church. He has experienced ministry through his passion for teaching and leadership. David is an alum of IWU, finishing his Master in Religion degree through IWU. Dignal is also a graduate of Ohio Christian University (B.A. in Christian Ministries). He referenced Dr. Wayne Schmidt, Vice President of Wesleyan Seminary, who helped him learn how to manage conflict.
Dignal cited four areas of conflict: community change, financial stress, closed power systems, and prescriptive expectations. In the ministry of serving in a local church, he is reminded that working with people can be difficult but that, “there are many rewards as well.” In his ministry he has learned to lead gracefully.
Pastor Dignal now serves at Edgerton Wesleyan Church, where he has been since the fall of 2002. He has turned the church around by providing an optimistic leadership style that included teaching principles of leadership to its members. He is also a trained church planting assessor for The Wesleyan Church. Dignal’s main focus in coaching an individual is to see that person develop their full “LQ” – leadership quotient. He said the LQ means, “We have to promote leadership development. The leader has to grow and not depend on the past successes. You can always add to your ability.” The leader’s growth is the key to his or her personal and ministry effectiveness and fulfillment.
In sharing on a personal level, Dignal shared that he completed a process of being certified in the Wesleyan Coaching Network. About himself he said, “I did my training with Tim Roehl. I really do like the GROW model, simply because it keeps my focus on helping the person grow in whatever area we are working on.” He describes the GROW model by asking pastors to look at their ministry “Goals” and “Realities” as well as the “Opportunities” then they define the plan in what he calls “What will we do?”.
Dignal integrates his coaching principles by engaging the passion of people and helping them find their strengths. As the Director of Alumni and Church Engagement, I (Rick Carder) asked David Dignal to provide leadership coaching to the Fort Wayne Regional Alumni Regional Network. Dignal is creative and optimistic as our team looks to serve alumni in the region. The team works together to define objectives and goals that reach and serve alumni. His leadership and coaching is a positive contribution to this team.
During his conflict resolution presentation Dignal shared a personal example of leadership roles and their constant change. “Yesterday we celebrated my nineteen year old daughter’s birthday. We often remind our children what the relationship roles are,” he shared. Further, “In dealing with conflict we continue to define roles. I have to remember that she is nineteen now. I have to make adjustments too.” As he reflected about ministry he said, “As culture changes you have to make adjustments. The message doesn’t change but the way we do ministry does. There are new opportunities when culture changes.” Now that he is a grandfather, Dignal was asked about how ministry has shaped him over the years. He said, “The impact has been that the perspective of children’s ministry has changed. I have always valued this ministry but now that I have a grandchild, it has given me a personal connection.”
This is part of why Dignal is passionate about church renewal. He serves on the Church Renewal Team with the Indiana North District of the Wesleyan Church that helps churches to be more effective. “I am part of the renewal conversations which I enjoy,” says Dignal. His greatest joy is in serving Christ. He commented, “Seeing God’s truth worked out in real life scenarios is my passion.”
“I have a responsibility to communicate vision in a way that people can understand,” says Dignal, “I want to get everyone on-board.” He continues, “I am good at repeating the same thing over-and-over again so that everyone gets it. I say the same thing but I say it differently so that people get it.” He teaches as an adjunct professor for IWU. He often encourages his students by helping them to connect to what he teaching by using stories and illustrations that build on principles.
On a personal level David was asked what his life Bible verse is. He answered, “I don’t have a life verse but I have a favorite. It is Philippians 1:6. I paraphrase it simply, ‘What God starts he finishes.’” It gives him confidence in the darkest times.
In speaking about his ministry impacts, he talked about two significant experiences that have shaped him. “One of those is the pastoral heroes in my life.” Referring to the four years he served as a staff with Pastor Jimmy Johnson in Bonita, CA. “He taught me to be real and relax in who God created me to be.” He also reference a painful time in his life. “My failure as a church planter,” he said. He continues, “It has shaped me because it taught me humility and forced me to realign on my values in the church. My failures caused me to come out and realize the importance of ministry.”
The accomplishments include church planting and training specialties. During a public recognition following his presentation at the training event as the newest member of the Pastor of the Week (PotW) inductee, David demonstrated a servant’s heart by sharing personal successes and failures. He has served over 35 years of pastoral ministry experience, 13 years as an Adjunct Professor for Indiana Wesleyan University, and served 7 years as Assistant to the District Superintendent of the Indiana North District of The Wesleyan Church. He now serves as a ministry coach for the Wesleyan Church.
Pastor Dave has been married to his wife Stevie for over 34 years and have three children (Sarah, Jonathan, and Rebekah), one son-in-law, and one grandson. They met at Circleville College in 1977. She was from New York and he was from Pennsylvania but we met in college. They started dating when I was in my last year of college.
Reverend Patty Bray (’73, Elementary Education) is being recognized as the “Pastor of the Week” this week. “Pastor of the Week” (PotW) is a renewed tradition honored by the Office of Alumni and Church Engagement which appreciates local pastors for their service and faith.
Bray’s ministry has been marked by deep faith, meaningful relationships, and extreme expansion of the Kingdom of God. Those who have the pleasure of meeting Patty know how warm of a friend and mentor she is. Her wisdom is evident as she listens for the Lord’s calling in her life. Currently, Bray is serving as Interim Pastor at Fall Creek Wesleyan Church in Fishers, Indiana. However, you might know Bray from her 10 months as Interim Pastor at First Wesleyan Church in Battle Creek, Michigan, or her 41 years of service at Heritage Church in Rock Island, Illinois and Bettendorf, Iowa. No matter where God has led her, Bray has gone confidently and expectantly to serve the Lord.
As an elementary aged child, Bray knew that she was called to serve God. Bray attended Marion College, where she met her future husband, John Bray (’73), and received a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. She went on to teach for several years before leaving the work force to be with her family and serve at Heritage Church.
In the beginning, Heritage Church was a small church that needed rejuvenation. The Brays worked and honored the Lord with their ministry and soon had a vibrant, growing congregation. Back in the early days of Heritage Church, Patty recalled all she did in the church saying,
John and Patty Bray
“Sometimes you have to do what needs to be done because it desperately needs to be done.” She held around 10 different paid positions at Heritage, and many more volunteer positions. However, as the church grew, Bray found that she was able to do more work that was in her sweet spot, she continued, “and sometimes you work where you are really gifted. Now, would I rather work where I am really gifted? Boy, I sure would! But I think you have to be willing to do whatever the Lord calls you to at the time.”
More than just figuring out what position to hold in ministry, though, Bray had to tackle her own personal Spiritual life and how that fit into her ministry. She said, “I decided in my late 20’s […] that if God would help me, over a lifetime I was going to become a deep, spiritual person. I was going to be a person of the Word, and person of prayer. I was going to become a person of deep, spiritual roots.” Bray did just this as she has come to be known by her friends and congregation members as someone with a deep connection to the Holy Spirit, an inspirational prayer life, and a wisdom that is evident in her sermons and even in her conversation.
After serving several years at Heritage, Patty felt led to become ordained. She recalled that Jo Anne Lyon, General Superintendent of the Wesleyan Church, encouraged her in this so that she could serve as a role model for other women seeking positions of leadership in the Wesleyan Church. The Wesleyan Church has empowered women to actively serve in ministry and was the first denomination to allow women to become ordained. Bray received her ordination in the Wesleyan Church in 2003 and said, “I love being a part of a denomination that believes in women in ministry and that stands strong for women in ministry.”
As Heritage Church grew from a few dozen to thousands of congregation members under the Bray’s leadership, they began to feel that God was calling them toward something other than Heritage. After 41 years of service at Heritage Church, the Brays boldly followed God into ministry opportunities outside of their home church.
This was an incredibly difficult time for both of them, leaving a church they had grown and nurtured for the unknown that only God knew. Patty said, “I went through a really deep grieving process of releasing Heritage…but at the end of that time [of prayer, fasting, and grieving] God completely lifted the depression, sadness, everything…and the next week we got the opportunity to go to Battle Creek, Michigan as interim pastors!”
The Brays stepped into an Interim Pastor position at First Wes to grow community and cast vision for the future of the church. Patty, being a deeply relational person worried that she would be able to love another church as she had Heritage or grow relationships there. However, as she walked into her first service at First Wes, she was overwhelmed by the overwhelming love she felt for the church and its members. Bray felt God’s presence as she was able to create meaningful relationships and grow a church in a short time.
After 10 months at First Wes, John was called to serve as Interim Dean of the Chapel at Indiana Wesleyan University and Patty, through remarkable circumstances from the Holy Spirit, began to serve as Interim Pastor at Fall Creek Wesleyan Church in Fishers, Indiana. The congregation at Fall Creek is blessed by Patty’s ministry and continues to blossom. Bray has learned to love her calling as Interim Pastor because it allows for her to do God’s work in renewing others. She described that she feels her work is like seeing a wilted flower come back to life.
Patty’s “empty page” for the Lord.
In regard to her future, Patty has held fast to the truth that “[God] will take care of the future if I take care of surrender.” Two years ago, as she began to transition into a time after Heritage Church, God reminded her of Psalm 92:14a, “They will still bear fruit in old age.” Bray realized her future was still full of potential in the Lord. As she wrote in her prayer journal, she felt God telling her to rip out an empty page. She felt the Lord saying, “‘See this empty page?—That’s your future, you don’t know what’s on it, but I want you to give the page to me and let me write on it.’” Bray has been a testament to the endless possibilities that accompany surrendering to God and trusting His plan for the future.
In addition to her bachelor’s degree and ordination, Patty also received her Master of Arts degree from the Wesley Seminary at IWU. Revs. John and Patty Bray have two adult daughters: Heather Bray and Kari Jackson. They also have three beautiful grandchildren: Stella Jackson (7), Leo Jackson (3½), and Vivan Jackson (1).
Written by Mia Anderson, Blog and Social Media Manager, Storyteller for the Alumni Office. Mia is a Senior at IWU studying Strategic Communication with her concentration in Public Relations. She is the Vice President of IWU PRSSA and hopes to work at a PR agency in Indianapolis after graduation in December 2016. Mia loves hearing others’ stories and sharing them with the world. Visit Mia’s personal website at www.MiaLAnderson.weebly.com.
College is a time to change the trajectory of your future. It sets the spiritual climate for the launching years of early adulthood and beyond. What better time, then to catch fire for the Lord? Revival, then, is the reason Dr. Kevin Queen, Campus Pastor at 12Stone Church and Summit speaker for IWU’s Spring Summit series. This year, Dr. Queen is emphasizing the value of revival, both individually and corporately, outlined through practical steps.
“Revival comes with a confession of sin, removing doubtful things from your life, practicing instant obedience to the leading of the Holy Spirit and confessing Christ publically,” Dr. Queen explained. Dr. Queen stressed that revival in the Indiana Wesleyan community could have enormous consequences. Engaging with the spiritual climate of the school, Queen articulated his desire to see the academic community commit to complete surrender. He encouraged this surrender as crucial to seeing and experiencing an outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
“Revival requires we give God all the chips we’ve been playing with,” articulated Queen. “You can’t give God some areas of your life, keep some, and expect to see a revival in your life.” Queen further clarified this idea of surrender, stressing the importance of obedience to the leading of the Holy Spirit as central to Revival.
“There are individual convictions some sense strongly, that might not be applicable to others. That is not a measure of who is most godly. You just need to be obedient to how you feel the Lord leading you,” Queen continued, “there are so many things like that: you have a conviction but then you repress it, and it becomes a gray area. Revival involves doing away with those gray convictions.” With this message of repentance and revival Dr. Queen has been encouraging and challenging IWU students. Leading up to Summit, the spiritual emphasis week held at the beginning of each semester, leaders, students and faculty have all been praying for revival. Catching this vision, Dr. Queen mentioned that in this community of Christians, revival could hold enormous potential.
Eager to see this revival, Dr. Queen explained that revival would mean conversations centered on Christ, with His thoughts controlling actions and thoughts. It would allow for an unleashing of the potential of God’s people.
“When revival comes, God invades a community. Through prayer, Heaven touches the earth. Up there comes down here. People come alive to him,” Queen said,” The lost turn to him. People are set free from addiction. The heart is made clean. The Bible can speak with meaning and authority. It is a joy-filled environment. When the river of revival comes the streams spread throughout the world.”
Tomorrow night Summit will end. With it the lights will be taken down, the band will cease playing, and the formal experience will end. However, it is the prayer of Dr. Queen as well as students and faculty throughout the school that the work of revival will begin where Summit ends. Queen encouraged students to continue to go deep with the Lord following this time of Spiritual Emphasis- but he stressed that students should not attempt this alone.
“Find a group of people to keep you accountable, pray together, read the Word, and find some dead mentors- spiritual giants who have walked this life before,” suggested Queen. “Don’t try to do this alone, seek encouragement from others.”
Dr. Queen is a campus pastor at 12Stone Church in Georgia where he has pastored for twelve years. He is married to his best friend, named Rea; they have four children. The IWY Community is deeply grateful for Dr. Queen’s presence at IWU this week for Summit.
The Office of Alumni and Church Engagement has selected Dr. Queen as this week’s recipient of the Pastor of the Week recognition. Rev. Carder, Director of Alumni and Church Engagement presented him with a “Pastor of the Week” coffee mug and journal. Carder said, “Dr. Queen is well-known and someone that has impacted our students and the broader church through his ministry.” The honor of being Pastor of the Week is a way to give recognition to the wonderful ministry influence and leadership pastors provide in spiritual formation.
Written by Katherine Arch, Story Teller for Alumni Relations. Katherine Arch is a Senior English major at Indiana Wesleyan, and a member of the Track and Cross Country teams. She is passionate about sharing people’s stories and celebrating their unique divine potential in written form. Katherine also operates a website called “Join the Ranch” at jointheranch.weebly.com. It is about pursuing God’s purpose for her life and vocation.
Photo credits: http://12stone.com/staff/kevin-queen/; Mia Anderson
A recent tradition that honors local pastors continues through the Office of Alumni and Church Engagement. Several times a month local leaders and pastors are selected in recognition of what is known as, “Pastor of the Week”. This tradition began several years ago by Gale Richmond, Director of Church Relations. Rev. Rick Carder, current Director of Alumni and Church Engagement said about the program, “I am on the road this week recognizing pastors and giving them their mug. This week I am giving away a few consecutively!” Carder indicated that he is finishing out the remainder of the year and recognizing several which will finish out 2015. Richmond started this program with real needs being met. Richmond says, “Pastors are so overlooked a lot of times by many people and that was the reason that I wanted to start the ‘Pastor of the Week’ recognition.” The program not only recognizes pastors for their contribution to spiritual discipleship in the local church but also helping to demonstrate the mission of Indiana Wesleyan University as being Christ-centered. Richmond continues, “It is just as a way to say thank you for being there for all of us and for putting up with all of us.” He chuckles, “It is just a small way of showing them just how much they really mean to us.”
The program has since expanded to include pastors beyond The Wesleyan Church. This week’s inductees include Pastors Daniel Meyer & John Klingelhofer from Christ Church of Oak Brook-IL, and Pastor Josh Howard from Wheaton Wesleyan Church-IL. Carder adds, “Pastor’s, I am swinging through your region soon. You may be chosen next.” Carder also reminds members of the local church to nominate their pastor! To do this Carder encourages people to tell us in 100 words or less telling me what makes your pastor extraordinary! (Send your nomination to Rick.Carder@indwes.edu)
One of those that we highlight includes Pastor Josh Howard. Josh has been in the Wesleyan Church his whole life; beginning with being born into a pastor’s home. Josh has attended Indiana Wesleyan University where he graduated with a degree in Christian Ministries. He is currently working on his Masters of Divinity from Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University. Carder says that “Not everyone selected is a pastor in the Wesleyan Church nor are they an alum of Indiana Wesleyan University.”
Pastor Josh has been in the ministry of the Wesleyan Church since graduation from college. One of his earliest church is included a staff position with Kalamazoo Wesleyan Church, known today as Lighthouse Community Church. Under the leadership of Rev. Danny Janes, Josh’s ministry was fruitful and a great place to develop his ministry skills. Having also served in St. Louis, Pastor Josh defends his interest as a St. Louis Cardinals baseball fan.
Pastor Josh now serves as the senior pastor for Wheaton Wesleyan Church in Wheaton, Illinois. Josh has served in this church for nine consecutive years. His ministry extends even be on the four walls of this local community church. Pastor Josh also serves the community with intentional ministry to the neighborhood. Just this year the church’s Boys Brigade gathered over 750 individual bags of groceries from the surrounding homes to better serve people coming to their food pantry. Furthermore, Pastor Josh serves in a District Denominational leadership role as Assistant Superintendent as well as chair of the ministry training program called District Board of Ministerial Development. Pastor Josh is best known for not only his preaching but his exceptional skills as “Ping-Pong king” during their annual local church Ping-Pong tournament. Pastor Josh believes that the local church is where real ministry occurs. The local church is a congregation that is intentional about reaching their neighbors and building a strong relationship. The “pastor of the week” is a weekly recognition of pastors serving in the local church making a profound impact in not only their church but their community reflecting the mission of Indiana Wesleyan University by being Christ centered.
The “pastor of the week” was begun by Mr. Gale Richmond who served as the director of church relations for several years at Indiana Wesleyan. As part of this recognition a small gift is given to the pastor as well as a coffee mug with the title “Pastor of the Week.”
Others that have recently been recognized in this way include the executive pastor of Crossroads Community Church, Rev. Kevin Smith, from Kokomo, Indiana. Pastor Kevin is been serving at this church for over 20 years. His role included the very beginning days when the church first launched. Carder recently sat down with Pastor Kevin to ask him what the ministry has meant for him over these years. Smith stated, “It is been a tremendous opportunity to share Christ with so many people through the decades.” Smith now serves as executive pastor and uses his experience to help guide the church and mentor others who are leading. Pastor Kevin is a parent of a student currently at Indiana Wesleyan University.
Additionally, Rev. Dan Meyer and Rev. John Klingelhofer (not pictured) from Christ Church of Oak Brook in Oakbrook Illinois were recently selected. Dan Meyer is the senior pastor and John Klingelhofer is the missions’ pastor at the church. Each of these men, in their own right are well deserving of this distinguished recognition. Both are individuals that have demonstrated a concern for the lease and the loss of our world today. Each of these men has integrity and leading examples of pastoral service and commitment for their faith in Jesus Christ.
Other pastors that have been inducted include;
Mark Atkinson – Eastview Wesleyan Church, Gas City, IN
Jonathon Welch – First Wesleyan Church, Chillicothe, OH
Steve Coulter – Chapel Pike Wesleyan Church, Marion, IN
Ken DePeal – Olathe Wesleyan Church, Olathe, KS
Nicholas Hect – Sturgis Wesleyan Church, Sturgis, MI
Joe Gormong – Student Ministries Pastor, Faith Wesleyan Church, Terre Haute, IN
Wes Jones – Columbus Wesleyan Church, Columbus, IN
Tim McClellan – Lakeview Wesleyan Church, Marion, IN
Written by Rev. Rick Carder, Director of Alumni and Church Engagement of Indiana Wesleyan University.
Rick has been with IWU since 2006 and has recently added to his role of Director of Alumni Relations the responsibility to connect with pastors through Church Engagement. Rick is ordained with The Wesleyan Church since 1989.
