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Karen Greenwaldt joins Bishop Coyner in North Indiana Conference Bible studies during three-day event
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Business will not be as usual during the North Indiana Annual Conference sessions June 2-4 at Purdue University in West Lafayette.
Instead of the traditional preaching services, Indiana Bishop Michael J. Coyner will join with the Rev. Karen Greenwaldt in a series of five Bible studies of Exodus, Matthew, Mark, Acts and the Corinthians during three days of the conference.
Greenwaldt currently serves as General Secretary of The General Board of Discipleship. Prior to assuming this position in 2001, she served as associate general secretary, administrator and team leader of the Discipleship Ministries Unit at The General Board of Discipleship in Nashville, Tenn. She is a clergy member of the Central Texas Conference.
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She joined the General Board of Discipleship staff in 1981 to serve as director of church leader development and then as director of education and ministries with young adults and single adults.
Before joining the board staff in 1981, Greenwaldt served as associate council director for the Central Texas Conference. She also served as an associate pastor and hospital chaplain.
She is a member of United Methodist Scholars in Christian Education, Christian Educators Fellowship, and Alternatives, Inc. (an organization committed to reclaiming celebrations of Christmas and Easter and to simple and just living).
Greenwaldt is actively affiliated with East End United Methodist Church in Nashville where she serves in various leader positions.
She has a Masters in Theology degree from Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and a Bachelor of Science from McMurry College in Abilene. She is married to Russell Harris.
Greenwaldt is the author of Singles Care One for Another, For Everything There is a Season, and Organizing in the Small-Membership Church.
Bishop Coyner and the North Indiana Conference organizers welcome Greenwaldt to North Indiana. Coyner serves as president of The General Board of Discipleship.
A listing of North Indiana Annual Conference events can be found online at www.nicumc.org.
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