In November, 2018, Rev. Dr. Gregg Hemmen will assume his duties as Executive Minister of the American Baptist Churches of the Central Region.
The American Baptist Churches of the Central Region has called the new executive minister, Rev. Dr. Gregg Hemmen. Dr. Hemmen is a native of Steamboat Rock, a small farming community in central Iowa. He has a B.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Sioux Falls, an M.Div. and M.A. in Counseling from Sioux Falls Seminary, and a D.Min. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
Dr. Hemmen has served three congregations in his 25 years of pastoral ministry: Wentworth Presbyterian Church in Wentworth, SD, while going to seminary; Cane Creek Baptist Church in Hillsborough, NC; and First Baptist Church in Rapid City, SD. He is married to Rev. Dr. Diane Lynn Janssen Hemmen who serves the Hermosa United Church of Christ, First Presbyterian Church in Rapid City, SD, and Rapid City Regional Hospital in the chaplaincy department. They have two children, Ainslee, a junior at Rapid City Central High School, and Eli, a freshman at Rapid City Central High School. Rev. Hemmen will be attending the ABCCR Annual Gathering, Oct. 12-13. He is expected to assume his duties in November.