Gundumar Virlina na Cocin Brothers ta sanar da murabus din ministan zartarwa na gundumar David Shumate daga ranar 31 ga Disamba. Ya shafe kusan shekaru 30 yana jagorantar gundumar tun ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1993.
Shumate a halin yanzu shine ma'aikacin tsakiyar shari'a mafi dadewa a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa da kuma cikin Commonwealth na Virginia.
Hidimarsa ga ƙungiyar ta haɗa da wani lokaci a matsayin mai gudanarwa na shekara-shekara, wanda ke jagorantar taron shekara-shekara a cikin 2009. Ya yi aiki a kan kwamitocin nazarin taron shekara guda uku: Falsafa na Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Tsarin Ikilisiya na Duniya (1996-1998), Vision of Ecumenism for 21st Century (2013-2018), da Kwamitin Bita da Ƙimar (2015-2017).
Ya yi aiki a Majalisar Ba da Shawarwari ta Ma’aikatar da kuma Kwamitin Ba da Shawarwari na Biyan Kuɗi da Fa’idodin Makiyaya. A cikin 2014, ya kammala shekaru 16 a matsayin memba na New Church Development Advisory Committee, a lokacin da yake aiki yana harhada littafin jagora don sabon ci gaban coci, yana taimakawa tsara abubuwa tara, da koyar da darussa biyu don horo a cikin hidima (TRIM) shirin na 'yan'uwa. Kwalejin Jagorancin Ministoci tare da waɗannan tarurrukan.
Ya rubuta wa 'yan jarida, ciki har da batutuwa uku na Jagora don Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki da juzu'i ɗaya don jerin mutanen Alkawari.
Jagorancinsa na gundumar Virlina ya haɗa da sabis akan kwamitoci daban-daban da ayyuka a cikin Majalisar Zartarwa na Gundumar ciki har da na kwanan nan a matsayin ma'ajin, kuma a baya a matsayin shugaba.
Shumate ya kasance yana da alƙawarin rayuwa ga ecumenism. A halin yanzu shi ne shugaban Majalisar Cocin Virginia, rawar da ya yi sau biyu - na farko daga 2002 har zuwa 2004, kuma daga 2021 zuwa yanzu. A da ya kasance ma'ajin majalisa. A cikin 2007, ya sami lambar yabo ta "Bambancin Aiki" daga majalisa, girmamawa da ke nuna mutanen da suka "misali sadaukarwar bangaskiya da kuma waɗanda ke gina gadoji da ke sa al'ummar ɗan adam ta yiwu."
Ya kammala karatun digiri a Jami'ar Concord a Athens, W.Va., kuma ya sami digiri na biyu na allahntaka daga Bethany Theological Seminary a 1985. Cocin Crab Orchard na Brethren da Virlina ya nada shi. Kafin aikinsa na zartarwa na gunduma, ya yi fasto a Illinois da Virginia.
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