Pastor
Randy is married to Rachel and has two married children, Robert and Rebecca,
living in and near Lexington, Kentucky.
He grew up in Nebraska where his father was a United Methodist Pastor
for 37 years and his mother taught school.
He is the oldest of three brothers, Stan and Keith. He earned his B.A. in Christian Ministries
and Church Music from Asbury University in 1983. He was a short-term missionary in Japan with
One Mission Society before going on to complete an MDiv at Asbury Theological
Seminary in 1988. During his seminary
days he served as a student pastor for three years at Saltwell and Rosehill
United Methodist Churches near Carlisle Kentucky. He was ordained as a Deacon into the Indiana
Conference of the United Methodist Church in 1988 and then as an elder in
1990. He served as Associate Pastor for
Trinity United Methodist Church in Huntington, Indiana from 1988 through
1991.
Randy
and his wife both served as missionaries in Guayaquil, Ecuador from 1992
through 2005, teaching in the Evangelical Bible Seminary and helping to pastor
and lead two churches, one a new church plant.
Another of their main emphases
during this time was a ministry to married couples through retreats, small
groups, discipling and counseling. From
2006 through 2011 they served at the OMS student center at Asbury University,
taking college students on short-term mission trips and helping them to explore
their calling. During this time Randy
also was the Associate Pastor at Wilmore United Methodist Church and Rachel
taught Spanish at Asbury University.
On July
1, 2011, Randy became the head pastor here at Belmont UMC. He and Rachel bring with them much experience
in ministry, love and care for people in the church and community, educational
backgrounds, team ministry focus, and a passion to help the church reach its
mission of making new and growing disciples of Jesus Christ for the
transformation of our community and beyond.
Rachel Coleman is currently completing the course work phase of a PhD in
Theological Studies at Regent University School of Divinity, and hopes
to be "ABD" (all but dissertation) by fall 2015. Rachel continues to
serve with One Mission Society, as a representative and consultant for
Latin America on the Theological Education Team, and she is also an
adjunct professor of Old and New Testaments for Indiana Wesleyan
University. Rachel serves BUMC through preaching, teaching, music, and
food pantry ministry.
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