RMCNews – Denver, Colorado … Doug Inglish, Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) vice president for Administration, announced at the RMC Executive Committee meeting on February 17 his plans to retire effective June 30.

Inglish joined RMC in 2016 as the director of the RMC Planned Giving and Trust Services department. He stepped into RMC’s administration team as vice president for Administration in April of 2021. In this role, he oversaw official recordkeeping, pastoral recruitment and assignment, policy application, legal matters, and additional duties.

“What I appreciate most about Doug is his practical wisdom, depth of knowledge, and clear understanding of the real-world challenges surrounding the church and its ministry,” remarked Dave VandeVere, RMC president. “These strengths are rooted in his extensive experience as a pastor, Trust Services director, and church administrator, as well as his dedicated work alongside pastors in a variety of ministerial settings. It has been a true joy to work with him over the past six months, and his ministry here at the Rocky Mountain Conference has been an immense blessing to me personally and to our entire organization.”

Born in Indiana, Inglish has a lifetime of service in the Seventh-day Adventist Church which began as a youth summer camp counselor and Boy’s director at Timber Ridge Adventist Camp in Indiana and Camp Au Sable in Michigan. After graduating from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, with a major in history and a minor in political science in 1982, he served as Boys’ dean at Ozark Adventist Academy in Gentry, Arkansas.

After taking time off to earn a Master of Arts in Political Science, Inglish returned to Adventist education in New Jersey. He was called to pastoral ministry in 1989, spending the next 25 years in full-time ministry with rural, multi-church districts, multi-pastor metropolitan churches, and churches associated with Adventist institutions, including Sunnydale Academy in Centralia, Missouri, and Minnetonka Academy in Minnetonka, Minnesota. Just prior to joining RMC, Inglish served the Minnesota Conference as the property manager and director of Trust Services, Stewardship, and Personal Ministries.

“It wasn’t the journey I expected or planned, but, ultimately, it was the journey I wanted,” reflected Inglish. “It has been an honor to serve the Lord by supporting the mission of the Church.”

Darin Gotfried, RMC vice president for Finance reflected, “Serving alongside Doug in administration gave me a front row seat to his dedication to the Church. Even when we found ourselves in the middle of tough conversations, I always appreciated that we could find common ground. I will truly miss our collaboration, but I’m so happy for Doug as he heads into this next chapter. I hope that he enjoys every bit of his retirement!”

Inglish’s retirement will open up a vacancy in RMC’s administration team, and we are now accepting candidates for the position. Please contact Dave VandeVere, RMC president, to apply or recommend an individual.

—RMCNews. Photos by Liz Kirkland and Rajmund Dabrowski.