U.S. MB conference appoints executive director

Ed Boschman

The U.S. MB conference appointed Ed Boschman executive director, effective Oct. 1. Boschman replaces Chuck Buller who resigned last fall after serving four years as the first full-time executive director of the conference.

“Ed has spent a lifetime serving the church in a variety of ministry roles,” said the leadership board in its announcement.

Boschman previously served as executive pastor of Laurelglen Bible Church, Bakersfield, Cal., a congregation for which he had been founding and senior pastor from 1978–1989. He was moderator of the binational General Conference of MB Churches from 1995–1999 and served as executive director of Mission USA from 1996–2002. Boschman also taught as an adjunct faculty member at Fresno Pacific University, MB Biblical Seminary, and the Institute for Archeological and Biblical Studies.

Boschman and his wife Carol are “excited about the opportunity to serve the U.S. conference and are grateful for the unanimous and enthusiastic confidence the leadership board has placed in them.”

“The future will provide great opportunities for local church, district, institutional, and multiple other ministry collaborations,” said Ed Boschman. “The third millennium in the U.S. will be a great canvas onto which we can effectively paint the story of our loving God and our experiences with him. Our Anabaptist core beliefs are great news for the people with whom we live and the whole planet for that matter.”

—USC leadership board