The General Conference of Elders selected three new Council members and returned one man to the Council in balloting May 18.

Paul Kieffer, who handles pastoral, administrative and editorial responsibilities in the German-language region and the Netherlands, was chosen as the international Council member.

Darris McNeely, pastor of the Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, Indiana, congregations, Beyond Today presenter and World News and Prophecy managing editor, was chosen as a new member of the Council.

Robin Webber, pastor of the San Diego and Redlands, California, congregations and Escondido, California, Festival coordinator, was also selected as a new Council member.

Aaron Dean, an elder who works for a small agricultural firm in East Texas and has served on the Council for a decade, was returned to the Council of Elders.

Profiles of the new Council members will be run over the next several issues of United News and will be posted to the Web site at www.ucg.org/about/councilindex.htm by July 1 when their three-year terms begin.

At the Council meeting May 22, Chairman Robert Dick recognized and thanked departing Council members Leon Walker, Jim Franks and Larry Salyer. UN