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| Rev. Kevin Witt |
For more than 20 years Witt has been on staff with Discipleship Ministries of The United Methodist Church (formerly General Board of Discipleship) as the Director of Camp and Retreat Ministries. Witt’s ministry includes consultation, training, networking, and strengthening the missional effectiveness of staff, volunteers, and boards who lead camping and retreat ministries throughout the United Methodist Church.
Witt has written numerous articles as well as co-authoring two books, Twists of Faith: Ministry with Youth at the Turning Points of Their Lives, and The Retreat Leader’s Manual. Witt also helped to develop the United Methodist Camp and Retreat Certification program in collaboration with the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry. Witt serves as part of the faculty for this certification.
In addition to his responsibilities with camping , Witt, along with the other Discipleship Ministries staff, has been developing resources for leadership development and ways to encourage and equip transformational spiritual leaders. The focus of Discipleship Ministries is to connect local church, district, and conference leaders with needed resourcing, training, consulting, and networking that support spiritual formation, new church development, revitalization of local churches, and equip world-changing disciples of Jesus Christ.
As part of the re-organization of staffing in the Susquehanna Conference Connectional Ministries, this position will, for now, include camping and discipleship ministries. As the conference leadership continues to realign all our resources to accomplish our three main goals of growing effective leaders, equipping local congregations, and connecting to the world, this position will change.
With Witt’s gifts and past ministries strongly connected to leadership development, Witt will work collaboratively to develop ways to strengthen and nurture leaders in our local churches and throughout our conference.
Prior to working at Discipleship Ministries, Witt was associate director in the Oregon-Idaho Conference. In addition, Witt has served as a manager of a United Methodsit Camp and as pastor.
Witt is an ordained elder, with his membership in the Oregon-Idaho Conference. Witt will, for now, be on loan to the Susquehanna Conference, and his appointment will be extension ministries.
Witt earned a Master of Divinity degree from United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio, and a Bachelor of Science degree from West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, W.Va.
Witt will officially begin his ministry with the Susquehanna Conference January 1, 2018.
