Chris Heckert

Associate General Secretary for Marketing and Mission Communications of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church

RCCongress 2010:

Guitarist for Gathering and Celebrating the Sacred

Christopher Heckert is the Associate General Secretary for Marketing and Mission Communications of Global Ministries, coordinating all print, web, audiovisual, and new media for the largest of The United Methodist general agencies. Rev. Heckert oversees Global Ministries marketing and promotions, making resources relevant and contemporary, and supervising dozens of staff and consultants. He brings a rich background in pastoral ministry, global music and marketing to communications.

While serving as Business Manager of the Global Praise Program, he designed and led worship for United Methodist events and conducted workshops on the importance and practice of global song. He served as the co-editor of For Everyone Born: Global Songs for an Emerging Church, a hymn book and CD of global songs for emerging churches.

Christopher Heckert and Jorge Lockward, co-editors of “For Everyone Born,” chose the songs for their accessibility, immediacy, and capacity to cross-over between cultures and settings. Over half of the songs were recorded in the country of the song’s origin.

~ Mary Beth Coudal in Global Songs for an Emerging Church