ELKHART -- Mennonite Church USA's Executive Board named Ervin R. Stutzman of Harrisonburg, Va., the denomination's next executive director at a special meeting held Aug. 25.
Stutzman is vice president and seminary dean as well as professor of church ministries at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg. He served on the Executive Board for Mennonite Church USA from 1999 to 2005 and as denominational moderator from 2001 to 2003. He will assume the executive directorship of Mennonite Church USA in early 2010.
Stutzman received his bachelor's degree in Bible and Christian ministries at Cincinnati Christian University. He graduated with a master's degree in communication arts from the University of Cincinnati, a Master of Arts in religion from Eastern Mennonite Seminary, and a doctorate in rhetoric and communication from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.
He has also authored several books.