David Whitten to fill position of mission coordinator for Nigeria.

David Whitten has accepted the position of Nigeria mission coordinator for the Church of the Brethren General Board, beginning in August. He will join the Global Mission Partnerships staff of the denomination, and will lead the Church of the Brethren team in Nigeria and relate to leadership of Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN--the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria).

Whitten served the General Board in Nigeria as rural development consultant from 1991-94. Since then he has returned to Nigeria on several occasions, including leading the 2006 Nigeria workcamp. In other past positions, he was employed by Gould Farm in Monterey, Mass., America's oldest residential psycho-social therapeutic facility for adults with mental illness, as manager from 1986-1991. Gould Farm is a Brethren Volunteer Service project site.

Since obtaining a master of divinity degree from Eastern Mennonite Seminary in 2000, Whitten has been pastor of Moscow Church of the Brethren in Mount Solon, Va.

Source: 5/10/2006 Newsline
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