11 Jul Transition at College Park Church
Brent Birdsall (right), pastor of College Park UB church in Huntington, Ind., since 1993, has resigned to accept a position on staff with a church in Minnesota. Starting August 13, he will be Adult Ministries Pastor at Berean Baptist Church in Burnsville, Minn., overseeing all ministries from post-college through senior adults.
Brent and Sandie Birdsall and family served two stints as missionaries in Sierra Leone, and pastored the Emmanuel UB church in Fort Wayne, Ind., in between. Their second term in Sierra Leone was cut short by the civil war; they were part of the emergency evacuation of all UB missionaries on a military transport.
Brent served as a member, and then chairman, of the Global Ministries Leadership Team, and also served on the Executive Leadership Team.
Gary Dilley (left), director of Global Ministries, was named Interim Pastor of College Park Church, effective July 1. On top of his duties with Global Ministries, he will give about 20 hours a week to leadership at College Park and will preach about half of the Sundays. He was asked to serve during this transition time.
Mike Brown
Posted at 20:15h, 16 JulyJust a quick comment of appreciation for all that Brent did in serving the Lord while at College Park. Sorry to see he & Sandy leave the area & service to the U.B. Church. The U.B. Church benefited greatly from their gifts. This is God’s direction for them now, so we rejoice in that and perhaps God will lead them back in this direction some day. Gary Dilley will give his heart and do a great job in the interim.