Executive Leadership Team
West District
Clergy
Greg Reed
Greg is currently the senior pastor at Morning Star Church in Kokomo, Ind., and has been on staff for just over 30 years. He attended Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Ill., and received an M.Div. Greg is a certified instructor with Walk Thru the Bible (doing Walk Thru the Old Testament seminars) and a corporate chaplain to three businesses in Kokomo. He and Cerise have been married for 34 years and have three adult children and one granddaughter.
Dan Young
Dan Young has been a United Brethren pastor for 33 years. He served three years at the Coleta, Ill., church, 14-plus years at Findlay First Church (Findlay, Ohio), and ten years as founding pastor of Faith Community Church (Findlay). He and his wife, Marilyn, have served the Crestview UB Church in Lafayette, Ind., for the past five years. Dan earned a B.S. degree from Circleville Bible College, a Master of Theology from Luther Rice Seminary, and a M.Div from Winebrenner Theological Seminary.
Dennis Miller
Dennis Miller has been pastor of Emmanuel Community Church (Fort Wayne, Ind.) since 1989. Before that, he served two years as Associate Director of Church Services, and before that as pastor of Mount Pleasant UB church in Chambersburg, Pa. He is a graduate of Huntington College, the Huntington College School of Christian Ministries, and of Evangelical School of Theology (Myerstown, Pa.). He and his wife, Karin, have been married for 20 years now.
Lay
Molly Kesler
Molly's most important role is to love and support her husband, Josh Kesler, as he recently took the reigns at Good Shepherd Church in Huntington, Ind. Her favorite role is that of mom to her daughters Lily and Maisy. Molly has been involved in many ministries within the church, but prefers to be behind the scenes, loving and meeting the needs of those in and outside of the church. She previously served on the Executive Leadership Team and Women's Ministry Team in 2005 before moving to Minnesota, and in 2009 was reappointed to the ELT. Molly graduated from Huntington University with a BA in Broadcast Communications.
David Walker
David is retired from both the Air Force and the Defense Department where he worked in Quality Control. He is currently a co-owner of a garage door installation and repair business. Dave attends the New Hope United Brethren Church (Huntington, Ind.), where he oversees the audiovisual system and serves as chairman of the Building Committee. Previous church leadership positions have included lay delegate, trustee, Administrative Board, Property Committee, and Personnel Relations Committee. Dave and his wife, Bonnie, have two daughters and four grandchildren.