Leadership Teams

of Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference

Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference (IMMC) is a community of congregations and it is the people from those congregations who keep us running. The leadership teams are comprised of volunteers from within IMMC. We are blessed to have such passionate practitioners investing in the vision, growing leadership, and promoting stewardship.

Leadership Team Members 2025-26

Gifts Development Team (GDT)

Catalyzes a “culture of call” in conference and member congregations and attends to the identification and calling out of gifts in the conference structure.

Sharon Norton, chair

Anna Ruth Hershberger

Merle Hostetler

Rod Maust

Brenda Srof

Leadership Enhancement Team (LET)

Attends to development of pastors and lay leaders

  • emphasizes leadership growth by building on the strength of what is already happening in the conference
  • conference staff orient this group and work with them to add other processes according to the conference’s articulated vision

Barbara Slagel, chair

Micheline Ilonga

Craig Oury

Ndunge Sefu

Shin Yee Tan

Ministry Credentialing Team (MCT)

Attends to the well-being of pastor-congregation relationships

  • develops relationships with credentialed leaders
  • receives and reviews reports of ministerial misconduct

Suella Gerber, chair

Barbara Devereaux

David Janzen

Linda Thomas

Phil Waite

Personnel Committee (PC)

Relates to conference staff on behalf of Missional Leadership Team.

Ray Hunsberger, chair

Kathy Nofziger Yeakey

Sue Ramseyer

Stewardship Team (ST)

Attends to stewardship education with congregations and the management of conference finances.

Jim Alvarez, chair

Janine Byler

Justin Hochstetler

Marlene Kroeker