{"id":255,"date":"2006-06-13T00:00:35","date_gmt":"2006-06-13T00:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=255"},"modified":"2018-09-07T04:52:21","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T04:52:21","slug":"mcpherson-hires-thomas-hurst-as-campus-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2006\/mcpherson-hires-thomas-hurst-as-campus-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"McPherson Hires Thomas Hurst as Campus Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p>McPherson (Kan.) College has announced that Thomas Hurst has accepted the position of campus minister. A life-long member of the Church of the Brethren, Hurst comes to McPherson from Westminster, Md., where he is currently working as Mid-Atlantic Regional Field Manager for AFS Intercultural Programs. As a manager he secures family and school placements for international students as well as securing US students to travel overseas for educational experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Hurst also has worked as executive director for On Earth Peace, pastor of Downsville Church of the Brethren in Williamsport, Md., and as an area representative for Heifer International.<\/p>\n<p>Hurst received his bachelor\u2019s degree from Manchester College in North Manchester, Ind., with a degree in sociology, and went on to complete a master\u2019s degree from Ohio University in American Government and Foreign Policy. He completed coursework at Bethany Theological Seminary in 2003-04, and holds a doctorate in Higher Education Administration from Temple University.<\/p>\n<p>Hurst and his family will relocate to McPherson this summer, and he will begin his duties at McPherson College in mid-July.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<footer class=\"blockquote-footer\">The Church of the Brethren Newsline is produced by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, director of news services for the Church of the Brethren General Board. Newsline stories may be reprinted if Newsline is cited as the source. To receive Newsline by e-mail go to http:\/\/listserver.emountain.net\/mailman\/listinfo\/newsline. Submit news to the editor at cobnews@brethren.org. For more Church of the Brethren news and features, subscribe to Messenger magazine; call 800-323-8039 ext. 247.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McPherson (Kan.) College has announced that Thomas Hurst has accepted the position of campus minister. A life-long member of the Church of the Brethren, Hurst comes to McPherson from Westminster, Md., where he is currently working as Mid-Atlantic Regional Field Manager for AFS Intercultural Programs. As a manager he secures family and school placements for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1162,27,3,213,788,207],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-afs-intercultural-programs","tag-bethany-theological-seminary","tag-church-of-the-brethren","tag-downsville-church-of-the-brethren","tag-heifer-international","tag-mcpherson-college"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2978,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions\/2978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}