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Hoosier United Methodist News Archives
| Hoosier United Methodist News |
May 2001 |
Steele is next Vincennes D.S.
By Matthew Carlisle
Hoosier UM News Staff Writer
In early April, Bishop Woodie W. White announced the appointment of the Rev. Nelson (Ned) Steele as the next superintendent of the Vincennes District, effective June 16.
Currently, Steele is Executive Director of Metro Ministries, Indianapolis East and West Districts, having held this position for eight years. Metro Ministries works directly with Fletcher Place Community Center and Adult Center for Education, Brightwood Community Center, Helping Hands Work Project, Vida Nueva Hispanic Ministries and the Committee for New Ministries.
Steele will follow the Rev. Allen Amstutz who has served as the Vincennes D.S. since 1994. Amstutz is now the new pastor of Old Bethel UMC, Indianapolis East District.
Vincennes District is comprised of 80 churches with a combined total membership of 9,793. The geographical area includes Dubois, Davies, Gibson, Knox, Martin, Pike, and Sullivan Counties.
Prior to Metro Ministries, Steele served Gobin Memorial UMC, Bethel UMC, Park Place UMC, Bellaire UMC, and Edgewood UMC.
He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Indianapolis and holds a master of divinity degree from Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. In 1979, Steele was ordained an elder of the South Indiana Conference.
In recent years, Steele has served on Indianapolis' Faith and Families Steering Committee, Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention (CHIP), Methodist Hospital Community Benefits Committee, the South Conference's Section on New Church Development, the Board of Church Growth and Evangelism, and the Congregations Advisory Council.
Many readers may know Ned Steele from his radio and television days. During the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, Steele was the co-host of Lessons for Living, a television program airing on WTTV, Indianapolis. For five years (1988-1992), he hosted a radio program on WICR called The Word and Music.
On his upcoming appointment, Steele said, "I'm looking forward to my new responsibilities with excitement. It will be a chance to do ministry in a way I haven't before." He looks forward to the opportunity to work with local churches in the district.
Ned Steele and his wife, Patty, have two daughters, Hannah (2) and Taylor (9). The family has been attending Roberts Park UMC, Indianapolis, where Patty serves on the Missions Committee and Taylor is an acolyte. Steele has three grown sons Scott, Gary and Brent.