Gene Hagenberger to serve as executive for Mid-Atlantic District.

Gene Hagenberger begins as district executive minister of Mid-Atlantic District on Aug.1. He brings more than 27 years of pastoral experience to the position. Since June 1998 he has served as pastor of Easton (Md.) Church of the Brethren, and previously served churches in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland.

His district leadership has included service as chair and vice-chair of the Mid-Atlantic District Leadership Team, and on the Visioning Committee and Constitution and Bylaws Review and Revision Committee. He has represented the district on Standing Committee.

Hagenberger is a graduate of Elizabethtown (Pa.) College, attended Drew Theological Seminary, and earned a degree from Western Maryland College with a concentration in Counseling. He holds a certificate in Clinical Pastoral Education from the Shore Health System in Easton, and has completed the Advanced Foundations of Church Leadership program of the Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership.

Source: 5/06/2009 Newsline