User:PastorJimipedia

I was ordained in The United Methodist Church in 1968, hold a PhD in religion from Northwestern University and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. I served congregations in the former North Indiana Conference. As a missionary my service included congregations in the Austria Provisional Annual Conference, the South Germany Annual Conference and the North Germany Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. From 2007-2011 I served in staff functions with General Board of Global Ministries in New York and have since 2011served as Mission Interpreter to the church's Western Jurisdiction before retirement.