The Fellowship announcement says his work for that group will include helping coordinate communications, preparing for a gathering the Fellowship has scheduled for August 25-26 in Minneapolis and implementing plans developed at that meeting.
Earlier this year, the Fellowship group published a letter proclaiming the denomination to be “deathly ill” and inviting Presbyterians to attend the August meeting in Minneapolis to seek a new approach. The letter was signed by a seven-member steering committee and 38 concurring pastors.
A PFR board statement says the current trajectory of the Fellowship “resonates with PFR’s continuing commitment to find a way forward for our denomination that is both biblically faithful and missionally focused. We clearly sense the Holy Spirit’s work in the Fellowship proposal, and we continue to look forward to the next steps.”
A minister since 1990, Detterman previously served congregations in Ohio, Kansas, and Kentucky. He also served on the denomination’s national staff as associate for worship in the Office of Theology and Worship.
— Outlook staff
