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Pastor Melissa Rudolph |
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Rudolph has served at Christ Church of Ballenger Creek in Frederick,
Maryland since July 2008. Prior to this, she served Leetown UMC and
Kabletown UMC in West Virginia, beginning as a student local pastor in
2001. Prior to that, she spent five years as a ministry intern and youth
director at Asbury UMC in Charles Town, W.Va. She was ordained an Elder in
2007.
Before ministry, she was a journalist and also studied International Relations at American University in Washington, D.C. Rudolph is completing her Doctor of Ministry in Worship, Spirituality, and Preaching at Drew University. She was a presenter at last year's emergingumc: a gathering at the General Board of Discipleship in Nashville. She also led the Northeastern Jurisdiction delegation as a young adult delegate to the United Methodist Church's first quadrennial Global Young People's Convocation and Legislative Assembly in Johannesburg, South Africa. Currently, she serves on the conference Worship Planning Team. Rudolph is passionate about preaching, spiritual development and visioning for the future of the church. Her husband John is a pastor at Trinity UMC in Emmitsburg, MD. The couple have three children. |
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