Zechariah Houser has been hired by the Church of the Brethren as coordinator of short-term service for Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS), working from the General Offices in Elgin, Ill.
He is a licensed minister currently serving as part-time pastor at Crest Manor Church of the Brethren in South Bend, Ind.
Houser is a graduate of Messiah College in Mechanicsburg, Pa., where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in Youth Ministry and a minor in Peace and Conflict Studies. He holds a master of divinity degree from Duke Divinity School at Duke University in Durham, N.C.
He will begin his work with BVS on Aug. 9.
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