NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Rev. James V. Heidinger II has been named the recipient of the third-annual Edmund W. Robb Jr. United Methodist Renewal Award, in recognition of his leadership of Good News, an unofficial evangelical caucus in the church.
According to the United Methodist News Service, the Good News board of directors presented the award at its Jan. 29-31 meeting in Wilmore, Ky.
The Robb award is named for a United Methodist evangelist and former Good News chairman who helped found the Foundation for Theological Education.
Heidinger has been president and publisher of Good News magazine since 1981, and he serves as chairman of the Association of Church Renewal, a network of renewal ministries in mainline denominations.
"Though Jim Heidinger is always the first to nominate others for recognition and encouragement, the board of directors, by unanimous vote, has chosen to present the Robb Award to him because of his outstanding contribution to the cause of renewal within and beyond the United Methodist Church," said the Rev. Scott Field, chairman of the Good News board of directors. Field described Heidinger as "a leader with a keen mind, a servant spirit, and a pastor's heart."
