Pastor Robert Wagner (center) of the Calvert County, Maryland, Grace Brethren Church, was honored this afternoon by the Association of Grace Brethren Ministers as the Pastor of the Year.
AGBM president Tim Boal (left) presented the award, and R. Greene, pastor of the Frederick, MD Grace Brethren Church (at right) read the citation for Wagner’s award.
Wagner has been pastor of the Calvert County church since its inception in 1982. A former junior high school teacher, he served on the staff of the Grace Brethren Church of Temple Hills, Maryland for 11 years prior to beginning the Calvert County church.
Also honored (though not present) was Ed Lewis, executive director of CE National, who received the Excellence in Ministry Award.