As the Midwest Region of The Brethren Church prepares to vote on its Regional Leadership team, we thought we would share a bit about each of the nominees. 

Gini Peterson

Gini has been a member of Milledgeville for over 50 years and has served in numerous roles including, Secretary, Sunday School teacher, and WMS.

Cole Westwood

Cole pastors Corinth and had been a lay rep but was recently ordained.

Fred Youngen

Fred is the pastor at South Bend FBC and has served on the RLT since it’s inception.

Linda Immel

An active member at North Manchester, Linda has a passion for our Global Partnerships. She authors the mission-focused Mole Report.

Jay Shafer

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long-time member of Corinth, he also has been serving on the RLT and involved in Regional Clusters and National Conference.

Ken Thompson

Ken is a not-yet ordained pastor at Roanoke where he’s served for two years. Before coming to the Brethren Church, he shepherded several other churches over the course of 34 years.

Lorie Keck

Lorie pastors at Mexico FBC and filled an unexpired term this past year.