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Robert Sharp named United Methodist regional director for South Indiana
Indiana Bishop Woodie W. White has appointed the Rev. Robert Sharp to serve as the new South Indiana Conference Council Director, effective Thursday, Nov. 1. Sharp succeeds the Rev. Susan Ruach, who held the position for seven years. Ruach recently moved to Nashville, Tenn., where she is now working in the area of leadership development for the United Methodist General Board of Discipleship.
Robert Sharp has served the South Indiana Annual (regional) Conference for 26 years, most recently as superintendent of the Rushville district. As district superintendent he has served on Bishop White's Cabinet since 1994 and provided oversight for the district's 88 churches and their approximately 12,000 members.
Initially coming to the state from the United Methodist Church's Mississippi Conference in 1975, Robert Sharp's first Indiana pastorate was at Blue Grass United Methodist Church in Evansville where he served five years. Since then, he has served Bedford First, Evansville Central, and Indianapolis Epworth United Methodist Churches in southern Indiana.
He holds a master of divinity degree from the Divinity School at Duke University, Durham, N.C. Rev. Sharp and his wife, Cynthia, have four grown children: Libby, Kim, Cathy and Edwin.
The South Indiana Conference consists of 706 churches with a combined membership of approximately 123,440. The conference office is located at 2427 East 2nd St. in Bloomington, Ind.
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A digital photo of Robert Sharp will be provided on request: Send request to: emetzler@inareaumc.org