Jim Kinsey retires from Congregational Life Teams staff.

Jim Kinsey, a member of the Congregational Life Team for Areas 2 and 4, has announced his retirement from fulltime ministry through the Church of the Brethren General Board, effective Jan. 2, 2007.

Kinsey began work for the General Board in 1994, beginning fulltime work for the board in 2000. He has done a wide variety of work for Congregational Life Ministries, with a particular passion for small church and rural ministries and for building healthy congregational systems.

He also has served in several other roles denominationally. Prior to his current position, he shared the role of interim co-director of Ministry for the board, and for a time, both those positions coincided with the 17 years of service he provided as executive minister of Michigan District. In earlier years, he served as a pastor in Church of the Brethren congregations in Michigan and Ohio.

Source: 11/22/2006 Newsline