Contributors
Phil Whipple Phil Whipple was elected bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, USA, in 2009. He became a pastor in 1984, joined the UB church in 1990, and served three UB churches in Michigan.
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Jeff Bleijerveld Jeff Bleijerveld has been Director of Global Ministries since March 2008. He oversees our international work and interacts with leaders in the other eight national conferences.
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Steve Dennie Steve Dennie is the Director of Communications. That puts him in charge of all United Brethren internet strategy (websites, email, social media), plus editing and design for print publications.
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G. Blair Dowden G. Blair Dowden became President of Huntington University, our denominational college, in 1991. Before coming to Huntington, he served at Houghton College and Taylor University.
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Donna Hollopeter Donna Hollopeter is Associate Director of Global Ministries, a role she has filled since 1993. She travels frequently as part of United Brethren work trips.
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Ron Ramsey Ron Ramsey served as bishop from 2005-2009. His byline is attached to a number of articles on the Bishopblog, which has been rolled into UBCentral.
Pat Jones Pat Jones served as Director of Healthy Church Ministries from 2005-2009, and wrote many articles which appear here. In 2009, Pat became pastor of Eastern Hills Wesleyan Church in Buffalo, New York.

About UBCentral

UBCentral is our water cooler, the place to learn what’s happening in the United Brethren in Christ church. Want to keep up-to-date? Then come here. Regularly.

Previously, we published news in several different places:

  • All kinds of news on the UB News page.
  • Commentary on the Bishopblog.
  • Mission news on the Global Ministries site.
  • Ministry Opportunities on the Staff Openings page.
  • Tweets through the UnitedBrethren Twitter feed.

Now we’ve combined everything under one umbrella. It’s all here. No need to go anywhere else.

And you don’t even need to come here. If you’re more tech savvy, you can access all of this information through an RSS reader like NewsGator, Google Reader, or NetNewsWire (and dozens of others).

Along with regular news, you’ll find “commentary” posts from a variety of people. The regular contributors are listed on the right. But other people’s voices show up, too. And anyone is free to share their thoughts through the Comments.

Phil Whipple
Bishop
Church of the United Brethren in Christ, USA