June 19. 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — "It was just in the last year that Pastor Bill Pike
heard the calling to begin looking for a congregation to
lead," begins a story in the Crawfordsville Journal Review. "As assistant director of stewardship and planned gift
administration at DePauw University, Pike felt he was at a place in
his life to lead a church congregation."
"I had felt a calling to work for the church in some form," Pike tells the newspaper. "I just never thought that I would be a pastor."
With a degree from the Duke University School of Divinity, Pike "has taken every opportunity 
to preach, filling in at
churches on an interim basis or subbing for vacationing
pastors," writes Andy Barrand. Pike is now preaching at New
Market United Methodist Church and Waveland Covenant United
Methodist Church.
"We want to find ways to reach out to the people of both communities," says Pike. "We want to make the people of those communities feel welcome and give them a reason to come to church."
Access the complete article -- "First-time pastor takes over two congregations" -- at the Journal Review's website.