Ralph Kern Eutsler
Bishop Ralph Kern Eutsler
Retired
United States
Kern Eutsler was born in Bridgewater, Virginia. After graduation from Berea College (B.A.) and Union Theological Seminary in New York (M. Div., cum laude), he received his first appointment in the Virginia Annual Conference and served in that conference until his election to the episcopacy in 1984 by the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference. Berea College named him a Distinguished Alumnus, 1986His appointments in Virginia were: Greenville-Mint Spring; Elkton; Luray; South Roanoke); Ginter Park in Richmond; Washington Street in Alexandria; Executive Director, Virginia Methodist Homes, Inc.; District Superintendent, Alexandria District; Reveille in Richmond; and Conference Council Director.
Kern Eutsler was a delegate to the General Conferences of 1964-84. He served on numerous conference agencies and on the General Board of Global Ministries (1972-76), General Board of Discipleship (1980-88); Chairman, Curriculum Resources Committee (1984-88).
Bishop Eutsler was assigned to the Holston Area at the time of his retirement in 1988. In retirement he served as Director of Interpretation and Promotion of United Methodist Volunteers in Mission in the Southeastern Jurisdiction for seven years. He now serves as a consultant in fund raising with local churches.
On October 10, 1945, Eva Vines and Kern Eutsler were married. They have two daughters: Rebecca Ann Coulter and Mary Margaret Abramson.
Mailing Address
7090 Covenant Woods Dr
Mechanicsville
Virginia
23111
United States of America