Ronald Lutz Honored for 32 Years With Brethren Encyclopedia
Posted by Terry White on October 21, 2009
At a meeting of the Brethren Encyclopedia Board (BE) earlier this week at Ashland (OH) Theological Seminary Ronald G. Lutz (right) was honored for serving as assistant treasurer of the board from time of its incorporation in December 1977 until June of 2009. BE board president Robert Lehigh (left) made the presentation.
As a volunteer for the past 32 years, Lutz has been the primary contact person for Brethren Encyclopedia. He has received book orders and payments, managed the bank account, kept financial records, and reported to the board twice each year.
A graduate of Manchester College and Bethany Theological Seminary, Lutz served as a church minister of education, for 18 years was director of the Germantown Ministry centered at the first Brethren church in America, and also served at the Ambler, PA, Church of the Brethren as assistant pastor and pastor.
Lutz will be succeeded by James C. Gibbel of Lititz, PA. Gibbel is president of Gibbel Insurance Agency in Lititz and has been active in a number of roles in the Church of the Brethren.
To learn more about Brethren Encyclopedia, Inc., log onto brethrenencyclopedia.org or contact BE at 10 South Broad Street, Lititz, PA 17543. BE is comprised of representatives of the six Brethren groups descended from Alexander Mack, who baptized believers in Schwarzenau, Germany, in 1708. In addition to publishing encyclopedias, books, and monographs on Brethren history, BE also directs occasional Brethren World Assemblies including the 300th anniversary celebration in August of 2008 in Schwarzenau, Germany, which was attended by more than 1,000 Brethren from around the world.
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