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John M. Mueller has accepted the call to serve as district executive minister of Atlantic Southeast District in a half-time position beginning July 1. Most recently he has served as co-pastor of Jacksonville (Fla.) Church of the Brethren with his wife Mary, and previously was a regional director for Brethren Disaster Ministries.
Mueller has been a self-employed building contractor/inspector since 1981. He and his wife served with Brethren Disaster Ministries in the area of New Orleans, La., from 2007-11, where they helped supervise rebuilding following Hurricane Katrina. In previous pastoral ministry, he co-pastored Christ the Servant Church of the Brethren 2004-07, where he was ordained in 2004. He began serving as co-pastor of the Jacksonville Church in January this year.
He is a graduate of Silver Lake College in Manitowoc, Wis., where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business management. He holds a Training in Ministry (TRIM) certificate from the Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership, a ministry training partnership of the Church of the Brethren and Bethany Theological Seminary.
Mueller plans to continue to live and serve in Jacksonville. The Atlantic Southeast District office will be located at 1352 Holmes Landing Dr., Fleming Island, FL 32003; asede@brethren.org . Telephone contact information is forthcoming.