Upper Room

Ministries

repositions

key leaders

NASHVILLE (Tennessee, US) – Four key leaders of Upper Room Ministries, a division of the United Methodist Board of Discipleship, will assume new roles, effective immediately, to strengthen the organisation’s capacity for growth.

According to board officials who announced this recently, Ms Sarah Wilke, currently Publisher and World Editor, will continue as Publisher.

Ms Wilke, 46, has been Chief Executive Officer of UMR Communications and the United Methodist Reporter since May 2004. The Upper Room Ministries has an international staff of 81 with offices in Nashville and Johannesburg, South Africa.

Publishing Ministries Executive Director Lynne Deming will become the World Editor.

The Rev Jerry Haas will become Spiritual Director of the Upper Room Center for Spiritual Formation, a new initiative that will consist of both a Nashville-based centre and a global interactive presence.

The Rev Tom Albin will now be the Dean of Upper Room Ministries and Ecumenical Relations, reflecting the organisation’s increased focus on external relationships.

The division publishes The Upper Room daily devotional guide read by almost 3 million people in more than 100 countries in 76 editions and 40 languages. – United Methodist News Service.