LEADERSHIP TEAMS
Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference (IMMC) is a community of congregations and it is the people from those congregations who keep us running. The leadership teams are comprised of volunteers from within IMMC. We are blessed to have such passionate practitioners investing in the vision, growing leadership, and promoting stewardship.
Gifts Development Team (GDT)
Catalyzes a “culture of call” in conference and member congregations and attends to the identification and calling out of gifts in the conference structure.
Leadership Enhancement Team (LET)
Attends to development of pastors and lay leaders
- emphasizes leadership growth by building on the strength of what is already happening in the conference
- conference staff orient this group and work with them to add other processes according to the conference’s articulated vision
Benjamin Bouwman, interim chair
ben.whmc@gmail.com
Andrea Grotenhuis
andrea@indymenno.org
Christine Kauffman
chrishandjeffk@gmail.com
Ministry Credentialing Team (MCT)
Attends to the well-being of pastor-congregation relationships. Interview and credential pastors.
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carry responsibility for ongoing review of ministerial behavior
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carry responsibility for any questions about continuing education requirements for credentialed leaders in the conference
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relate to the region’s regional pastor
Wilma Bailey
drwbailey@gmail.com
Ruben Chupp
rubenhome@outlook.com
Suella Gerber, chair
suellalehman@gmail.com
Angy Moore
angymoore@gmail.com
Phil Waite
phil@collegemennonite.org
Stewardship Team (ST)
Attends to stewardship education with congregations and the management of conference finances.
Verlin Miller
verlinm@gmail.com
Rose Shetler
roseshetler2@gmail.com