wfn.org | Randy Day nominated to lead United Methodist mission agency

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Sept. 5, 2002        News media contact: Linda Bloom7(212) 870-38037New York
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NEW YORK (UMNS) - The Rev. R. Randy Day is the nominee for chief executive
of the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries.

A search committee, led by Bishop Joel Martinez of San Antonio, board
president, announced the nomination on Sept. 5. 

Day, who currently oversees the mission agency's program areas of Evangelism
and Church Growth and Community and Institutional Ministries, was among
three finalists for the top staff position of general secretary. Those
candidates were interviewed Aug. 29-31 by the committee.

Board directors will vote on Day's nomination at the October annual meeting
in Stamford, Conn. If approved, his nomination would be forwarded to the
denomination's General Council on Ministries for final action. He would
succeed the Rev. Randolph Nugent, who is retiring from the mission board
after 21 years as chief executive.

Day, 55, joined the Board of Global Ministries staff two years ago, having
previously served as a pastor in Connecticut and New York. He also served as
a district superintendent for New York City from 1984 to 1990.

A native of Illinois, Day has a bachelor's degree from Stillman University
in the Philippines and earned a master of divinity degree from Yale Divinity
School in 1972. He currently serves on the executive committee of the World
Methodist Council and is a former director of the United Methodist
Commission on the Status and Role of Women. He was a delegate for the 1984,
1988 and 1992 General Conferences.

Day has traveled extensively and engaged in mission work in places such as
Mozambique, South Africa, the Middle East and the Philippines. He was active
in the denomination's fight against apartheid in South Africa and has been
involved in various human rights issues and the worldwide movement to ban
land mines.   

Day and his wife, Emily, have three children.

The Rev. Sally Dyck, chairwoman of the board's personnel committee,
expressed appreciation for the prayers and support of the denomination
during the search process, which included "listening events" with various
constituencies.

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