NELSON TIMOTHY
STROBERT
PERSONAL Born in Brooklyn, New
York. Home address: Gettysburg, PA
17325.
EDUCATION Ph.D., The University of Akron, 1989
(Dissertation: "A Document-Based History of the Development of the
Curriculum of the Cleveland Lutheran High Schools, 1948‑1985").
M.A.
in Religious Education from John Carroll University (Jesuit) ‑ Cleveland
(1981). M Div. from Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg (1973).
M.Div.
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, May 1973.
B.A.
Degree in French from Hunter College of the City University of New York (1969).
OTHER
EDUCATION Theological Faculty Computer Camp,
Luther Seminary, 16-18 June 2003.
Faculty
Independent Study ‑ Global Immersion experience, Cameroon, Central Africa, August ‑
September, 1990.
Clinical Pastoral Education at St. Elizabeth Hospital,
Washington, DC, (summer, 1971).
Study Abroad – Ecole Normale, “Twentieth Century French
Theatre” and “Twentieth Century French Novel” Corsica, France. Summer 1968
Ecumenical Service Project, World Council of Churches and
National Council of Churches, L'Abbaye de Boquen, Brittany, France, 1967.
ORDINATION June 10, 1973 at Epiphany Lutheran
Church, Brooklyn, New York ‑ Metropolitan New York Synod, Lutheran Church in
America.
PRESENT
POSITION Retired.
Professor Emeritus of Christian Education; Director of Multicultural Programs,
Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, PA.,
PREVIOUS/OTHER
POSITIONS Professor of Christian Education; Director of Multicultural
Programs, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, PA., 1997 – 2013
Visiting
Professor, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, January Term 2014 and
March 2014.
Visiting
Professor, Howard University School of Divinity, Spring 2006.
Visiting
Professor, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (New York Center),
Spring 2000.
Visiting Professor, Howard University School of Divinity,
Fall Semester 1999.
Associate Professor of Christian Education; Director of
Multicultural Programs, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, PA, 1991 ‑
1997.
Visiting Professor, Lutheran Theological Seminary at
Philadelphia (New York Center), Spring 1996.
Visiting Professor, Howard School of Divinity - Spring/Fall
1993.
Assistant Professor of Christian Education; Director of
Multicultural Programs and Director of Continuing Education and Lay Programs,
1988‑1991.
Assistant Professor of Christian Education; Director of
Multicultural Programs; Director of Lay Programs, Lutheran Theological
Seminary, Gettysburg, PA, 1987‑1988.
Parish Pastor ‑ 1975‑1987, Advent Lutheran Church,
Cleveland, OH. RESPONSIBILITIES: Word
and sacrament ministry (weekly preaching and administration of the sacraments),
counseling, teaching, hospital visitation, general parish visitation, parish
administration. Responsibilities within the Ohio Synod, Lutheran Church in
America: Chairperson of the Inclusive Ministry Task Force, Educational Ministry
Resource Team Consultant, a member of the Service (Social Ministry) Committee,
served two terms on the Profession Leadership Unit, and served on the Board of
Directors Wittenberg University.
Co‑Pastor, Lutheran Churches of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
‑ 1973‑1975. Co‑Pastor in the three Lutheran parishes on the island with
responsibilities in religious education, social ministry and youth ministry. In
this capacity I preached once per month in each parish, coordinated the three
Sunday schools, developed teacher training workshops, coordinated a summer
camping experience for the youth of the parishes. Coordinated "Teen
Rap," a thirteen‑week television series. Preached monthly on the morning
radio devotions sponsored by the St. Croix Ministerial Association.
French Teacher, New York City Public Schools, 1969‑1971, I
substituted during holiday/semester breaks during my first two years in
seminary.
HONORS &
AWARDS
Doctor of
Humane Letters (L.H.D.) from Payne Theological Seminary, October 28, 2013.
The Bertha
Paulssen/Russell Hale Chair of Church and Society, September 4, 2012
Association of Theological Schools ‑
Sabbatical Research Grant 1993‑1994.
Pi Lamda Theta, National Honor and Professional Association
in Education, 1989.
Pastor‑in‑Residence
(designated), Gettysburg Seminary, Fall 1987.
Pastor‑in‑Residence, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus,
OH, January1984.
Theta
Alpha Kappa , Theology/Religious Studies Honor Society, John Carroll University
Chapter, 1980.
Irene
Steinman Award, Hunter College, 1969
Lutheran Church in America, Grant for seminary studies,
1969.
B'nai B'rith Human Relations Award, 1968.
National Council of Churches Grant for Ecumenical Service
Project, L'Abbaye de Boquen, France, Summer, 1967.
PUBLICATIONS
Book:
The Life of Daniel Alexander Payne: The Venerable Preceptor
of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. University Press of America (2012)
Articles:
“Daniel
A. Payne” and “Olivia Stokes” in Encyclopedia
of Christian Education, George Kurian and Mark Lamport, eds. Maryland:
Roman and Littlefield (April 2015)
“Daniel A. Payne, Advocate of Education and Freedom”in INCREASED DEVOTION:The Quest for the
Religious Meanings of Gettysburg, Leonard Hummel and Gerald Christianson,
eds. Forthcoming, 2015)
“Daniel Alexander Payne and Lutheranism” Payne Seminary Collected Essays
(Forthcoming 2015)
“Black Soldiers,
education, and the U.S. Civil War: the Fight for Liberation” Seminary Ridge Review (Fall 2014)
Daniel Alexander Payne: Venerable Preceptor of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, Seminary
Ridge Review 14 (Fall 2011): 39-51.
“A Community of Engagement: 2011 Opening Academic
Convocation” Seminary Ridge Review 14
(Spring 2012): 45-53.
“African Americans and the Bible” Lectures and Study Guide
in Teaching the Bible: Hosting the Conversation Select Video Series,
2009.
“Daniel
A. Payne: From Bachman to Vallette” Taproots 16 (Fall 2008)
“A. Roger Gobbel”
in Christian Educators of the Twentieth Century http://www.talbot.edu/ce20/educators/view.cfm?n=roger_gobble (Spring 2008)
“Luther Lindberg” in Christian Educators of the Twentieth Century http://www.talbot.edu/ce20/educators/view.cfm?n=luther_lindberg
(Spring 2008)
“Reaching Out Through Lutheran Schools” in Evangelism and
Education Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2007
“Pastoral
Educational Leadership Preparation and Schools” Views and Visions 6 (Spring 2005)
Devotion 1 Lent 2005 in Division for Higher Education and
Schools Devotional Guide 2004-2005.
“Spirituality, Religious Education and the Religious
Educator” in Spirituality, Stjerna and Schramm, eds. Minneapolis:
Lutheran University Press, 2004.
“Globalization and Children” in The Ministry of Children’s
Educaiton. Minneapolis: AugsburgFortress, (2004)
Book Review. John
Schmalzbauer. “People of Faith: Religious Conviction in American Journalism
and Higher Education” in History
of Education Quarterly (2004).
“Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Future of Multicultural
America:Toward a Kingian Educational Process” Seminary Ridge Review 6/1
(Autumn 2003).
“Education for Liberation: Daniel Alexander Payne” in Critical
Voicings of Black Liberation. Muenster, Germany: LitVerlag, 2003
“What
is your vision for Christian Education in the Congregation?” EduNet,
Spring 2003.
“Daniel Alexander Payne: Venerable Preceptor for the African
Methodist Episcopal Church” in Witness at the Crossroads: Gettysburg
Lutheran Seminary Servants in the Public Life. Frederick K. Wentz, ed.
Gettysburg: LTSG, 2001.
Confession for the Third Millennium:
Black Lutheran Experiences
(Participant Book). Chicago: Division for Congregational Ministry ELCA, 2001.
Confession for the Third Millennium:
Black Lutheran Experiences
(Leader Guide). Chicago: Division for Congregational Ministry ELCA, 2001
“All Roads Lead to Augsburg” Seminary Ridge Review 2 (Summer 2000):26-30.
“Daniel Alexander Payne: A
Vignette. Scholarship Brochure for the African American Lutheran
Association, June 1999.
"Lifelong Education and Pastoral Ministry" in Confirmation: Engaging Lutheran
Foundations and Practices. Mark Gardner, ed. Augsburg Fortress, 1999.
Adult Forum: An Introduction to A Call to Common Mission: A
Lutheran Proposal for a Revision of the Concordat of Agreement. Chicago:
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1999. Written for
The Committee to Create Lutheran-Episcopal Educational Opportunities and
distributed to all ELCA Congregations.
Lutherans and Episcopalians at Prayer. Chicago: Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America, 1999. Written for The Committee to Create Lutheran-
Episcopal Educational Opportunities and distributed to all
ELCA congregations.
Co‑author, Chapter Three "Principles of Adult Learning"
following sections: "Adult Learning Theory" and "Formal and
Informal Learning Settings" in Lifelong Learning, Rebecca Grothe,
ed. Augsburg Fortress April 1997.
Video Segment First Call Theological Education.
Division for Ministry ‑ ELCA, 1996.
"The African‑American Educational Tradition: Retrospect
and Prospect," Bulletin 74 (Winter,1994): 3‑12.
Book Review, C.A. Bowers and David J. Flinders, Responsible
Teaching: An Ecological Approach to Classroom Patterns of Language, Culture,
and Thought, New York: Teacher College Press, 1990, In Religious Education
87 (Spring 1992): 208‑211.
Video Lectures Session 6 "Multicultural Education in
the Church" in Education for Lutheran Congregation SELECT 1992.
"Coordinating Age‑Level Themes," Parish Teacher,
March 1992.
"Bridging the Gap: Promoting Intergenerational
Contact," Parish Teacher, February 1992.
Book Review, Robert Franklin, “Liberating Visions” in Augsburg
Fortress Book Newsletter, March/April 1991.
Audio Cassette, Symposium Presentation, "An Issue of
National Concern: A Discussion of Strategies for Cultivating African American
Scholars,” Association of Supervision
and Curriculum Development, 16 March 1991, San Francisco.
Response to Thomas Groome, "The Spirituality of the
Religious Educator," Religious Education, Winter 1988.
Sermon, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my
disciples," (John 8:31) Bulletin 69 (Winter 1989): 45‑48.
"Death and Dying," Learning With,
(June/July 1979).
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Essays on Martin
Luther King, Jr.
(Mellon Press)
PRESENTATIONS
“Bishop
Daniel Payne: Educator and Banneker Advocate” Benjamin Banneker Museum, 24
September 2014
“Black Lutherans” Adult Forum,
Christ Lutheran Church, 281st Anniversary, 21 September 2014.
Book Talk and
Book-Signing, Daniel Alexander Payne, Payne Theological Seminary, 28 June 2013.
“19th Century Paris Seen Through 19th Century
African-American Eyes” 26 May 2013 in Paris, France, at Parissoirée.
Workshop
(2) on Daniel Alexander Payne, Spring Convocation, Lutheran Theological
Seminary at Gettysburg, 17 April 2013 (Morning and Afternoon).
Book
Talk on Daniel Alexander Payne,
Seminary Ridge Museum, 26 February 2013
Book
Discussion on Daniel Alexander Payne, Gettysburg Public Library Book Talk, 25
February 2013.
“Black
Soldiers, education, and the U.S. Civil War: the Fight for Liberation” Religious
Education Association, 3 November 2012.
“Multicultural
Religious Education” Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, 4 May 2012.
“Payne and
Lutherans” Scholars Panel at Payne Theological Seminary, 17 November 2010.
“Daniel
A. Payne: The Engaged Man” Lutheran Historical Society Mid-Atlantic, 23 October
2010, Holy Comforter Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD
“Daniel
A. Payne” Lay Institute of Theology – Lutheran Theological Seminary at
Gettysburg, 24 July 2011.
“Will Our Children Have Faith” Seminary
on Saturdays, Lutheran Theological Seminary 7 November 2009.
Presentation
on CIBL - the Conference of International Black Lutherans, at the biannual
meeting of the African American Lutheran Association, Cleveland, Ohio, 17-19
July 2009.
“Perceptions of the Other: A European
View of Daniel A. Payne” Association for the Study of African American Life and
History,
Birmingham, Alabama, 2 October 2008.[Based on my discovery and translation of an article on Payne in L’Evangeliste 8 Août 1867 in the Bibliothèque Protestante, Société de l’Histoire du Protestantisme Français, Paris, Summer 2007]
Birmingham, Alabama, 2 October 2008.[Based on my discovery and translation of an article on Payne in L’Evangeliste 8 Août 1867 in the Bibliothèque Protestante, Société de l’Histoire du Protestantisme Français, Paris, Summer 2007]
“Payne and Bethel AME Church in
Carlisle” First Lutheran Church, Carlisle 16 September 2007.
Keynote Address – African Descent
Strategy Education Consultation (Christian Education and Multicultural Ministry
ELCA) 12-13 2007 ELCA Churchwide Offices, Chicago, Illinois.
“Will Our Children Have Faith”
(Workshop), St. Stephen Lutheran Church, New Kingstown, PA 21 April 2007.
“The Experiences and Memory of Daniel
A. Payne: An African American Student at Gettysburg Seminary, 1835-1837” Adams
County Historical Society, 6 February 2007.
Member,
Article Selection Committee for Religious Education Annual Meeting
edition. February and March 2007.
Member,
Call for Papers Committee for fall 2006 Annual Meeting of the Religious
Education Association, Spring and Summer 2006.
“I Dream a World” Evangelical Lutheran
Education Association Biannual Meeting 6-8 March 2006.
Lecture, Lutheran Theological Southern
Seminary, “Daniel A. Payne: From Bachman to Vallette” 2 March 2006.
Session
Chair, Religious Education and Faith Communities
Forum on Peace and Justice in the Local Faith Communities. Annual Meeting of
the Religious Education Association, 4-6 November 2005.
Session
Chair, “Received and Inherited Legacies” at the Conference of International
Black Lutherans meeting “Ecumenism: The Vocation of the Theologian/Priest in
the World House” in Sao Leopoldo,
Brazil, 11-17 October 2005.
Lecture and workshop leader “The Use of the Small Catechism
in the United States: Breklum Predigerseminar, Breklum, Germany 6 June 2005
Workshop Leader: Wedding traditions in the United States:
Preetz Predigerseminar, Preetz, Germany 23 May 2005.
“Will Our Children Have Faith?” Seminary on Wheels in
Morgantown, West Virginia 2 April 2005.
Keynote Presenter “The Sunday School” Southwest Pennsylvania
Synod 11-12 March 2005.
“Will
Our Children Have Faith?” Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Vienna, Virginia, 1 June
2003.
“Martin Lutheran King: Toward a Kingian
Educational Formation.”Hein-Fry Lecture. 5 April 2003 Lutheran Theological
Seminary at Gettysburg.
“Will Our Children Have Faith?”
Workshop. Congregations Together in Mission” Lower Susquehanna Synod – ELCA 2
March 2002.
“Preaching
Perspectives – Advent Christmas” November 2, 2000 at Lutheran Theological
Seminary at Gettysburg.
“Will
Our Children Have Faith” Congregational Ministry Gathering, Hanover, PA., Lower
Susquehanna Synod, 4 March 2000
“Daniel
Alexander Payne: Education for Liberation” Collegium for African American
Research (CAAR) Conference “Black Liberation in the Americas” at the University
of Muenster, Germany, on 18-21 March 1999.
"Religious
Education and Pastoral Care" June 27, 1998, Clinical Pastoral Education
Seminar (Conference of International Black Lutherans), Atlanta, Georgia.
"Land
of the Free and Home of the Brave: The Role of Europe in the Work and Education
of Daniel Alexander Payne." Collegium for African American Research (CAAR) Conference "Mapping Africa
America" in Liverpool, England 24‑27 April 1997.
Session
Chair and discussant for Research Interest Group examining research by Reginald
Blount (Garrett‑Evangelical/Northwestern) "Educating Toward Whole‑Making:
The Black Church as Agency for African American Identity Formation" and
Brett Webb‑Mitchell (Duke Divinity School) "Educating as if the Body of
Christ Mattered." Annual Meeting of Association of Professors and
Researchers in Religious Education, New Orleans, 23‑26 November 1996.
Workshop
Leader, "Affirming Adult Learners" at Conference for Christian
Educators Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, 10 June 1996.
"The
Mighty Colors of My Song: John and Gloria Fleming in Sweden" for
"April in Paris: Afro‑Americans, Music and Europe Conference;"
sponsored by Harvard University: DuBois Institute and La Sorbonne Nouvelle, in
Paris, April 25, 1996; the Association for the Study of Afro‑American Life and
History, Charleston, South Carolina, 3‑6 October 1996.
Workshop
Leader, "The Future of Christian Education" for "The Continuing
Reformation: Hope and Challenge" in Philadelphia, PA, November 2‑4, 1995.
"Daniel
Alexander Payne, Paris and the
Cultivation of the African‑American Scholar," at the Annual Meeting of the
Association for the Study of Afro‑American Life and History, Philadelphia,
October 5, 1995.
Workshop
Leader, "Global Issues in Christian Education" for Jubilee '95
Education and Evangelism Event (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) at
Bucknell University, July 7, 1995.
Workshop
Leader, "Children and Worship"and Preacher. 15th Preaching and Church
Music Workshop," Seeking New..." May 13, 1995.
Installation
Address: "The African‑American Education Tradition," Lutheran
Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, September 29, 1993.
Lectures,
"Daniel A. Payne and Martin Luther King, Jr." Lutheran Theological Southern
Seminary, 14 January 1993.
Presentation,
"Christian Education in the Home," Adult Sunday School Class, St.
Paul Lutheran Church, Spring Grove, PA, March 17 and 23, 1992.
Presentation,
"The Work of Lutherans in Cameroon," at St. Paul Lutheran Church
Adult Sunday School, Littlestown, PA, January 26, 1992.
Presentation,
"The Influence of France on the Educational Thought and Work of Daniel
Alexander Payne," African Americans and Europe Conference, Universite de
la Sorbonne Nouvelle, 5‑9 February 1992.
Presentation,
"Back to Basics in Educational Ministry," Chambersburg Methodist
Pastors' Conference, 11 June 1991.
Workshop
Leader, "Bible Study and the Adult Life Cycle," Upstate New York
Synod at Binghamton, NY, 14 April 1991.
Presentation,
"The Role of Religion in the Black Family," 5th Annual Think Tank ‑
Gettysburg College, 11 March 1991.
Workshop
Leader, "Religious Education: American and Global," at the Ministry
Institute, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, OH ‑ January 8, 1991.
Respondent
to Dr. Jack Kingsbury's "The Role of Theology in the Life of the
Church," at the Academic Convocation for the Inauguration of Darold H.
Beekmann, eleventh President of Gettysburg Seminary, 15 September 1990.
Retreat
Presentation, "Singles and the Church," Upstate New York Synod, 22‑24
September 1989.
Workshop
Leader, "Adult Catechesis" at the Conference for Christian Educators,
6‑7 June 1989, Philadelphia Seminary.
Preacher,
Martin Luther Colloquium, 24 October 1988, Gettysburg Seminary.
Preacher,
Reformation Liturgy, Somerset Conference, 30 October 1988.
Discussant
for the symposium, "An Analysis of Institutional Success Variables
Utilized by Administrators for the Admission, Retention and Graduation of Black
Students," Mid‑Western Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, 13‑15
October 1988.
Presentation,
"National Concerns About Education: The Harvard Report and the Cleveland
Lutheran High School," Presented at the Mid‑Western Educational Research
Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 13‑15 October 1988.
Co‑author
and presenter, "Analysis of Personal Attributes and Institutional
Characteristics Predictive of Academic Success Among Black Doctoral Students in
Predominately White Colleges of Education," Mid‑Western Educational
Research Association, Chicago, IL 15‑17 October 1987.
Session
Chair: Model Teacher Programs and In‑service, Mid‑Western Educational Research
Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL 13‑15 1988.
Joint‑presentation
of paper at the Ohio Academy of Science, "A Model for the Recruitment,
Retention and Support of Minority Graduate Students in Predominately White
Universities," April 1987.
OTHER
PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES
Editor,
CIBL Voices, a new newsletter and journal of the Conference of
International Black Lutherans – USA.
Preacher,
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Fox Chapel, 13 July 2008. Thirty-fifth
Anniversary Preacher in honor of Pastor Robert L. Musser.
Preacher,
Ordination of Paul Benjamin 5 July 2008, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, West Camp,
New York.
Faculty
Reviewer for promotion of Dr. Yolanda Smith to Associate Professor of Religious
Education, Yale University, 27 November
2007.
Preacher, St.
Paul’s Lutheran Church, Littlestown, PA, 140th Anniversary 28
October 2007.
ELCA
Consultation “Developing Missional Leaders, 13-14 September 2007.
Preacher,
Vocation and Education Program Unit, ELCA Sunday Worship, 18 March 2007.
Member, Vocation
and Education Program Committee 2005 – 2009.
Board
Member, Division for Higher Education and Schools, ELCA Term 2003-2009
[Concluded Spring 2005 with the ELCA Restructuring]
Session
Chair for Committee on Curriculum Research and Theory June 11-13 June 2003,
Lake Junaluska, NC. Head and Heart: Curriculum Formation for Whole and Holy
People
Co-leader with Dr. Eric Crump for Predigerseminar Exchange
Program May 24 – June 14, 2001.
Preacher,
Advent Lutheran Church in Cleveland, Ohio, September 24, 2000.
Co-Leader
with Dr. Eric Crump on Study Tour to Oberramagau, Germany, July 26 – August 9,
2000.
Member
of Conference of International Black Lutherans (CIBL) delegation to the Signing
of the Joint Declaration on Justification, Augsburg, Germany, 31 October 1999.
Interpreter
(English to French), Conference of International Black Lutherans, Wittenberg,
Germany 24-31 October 1999.
Member,
Committee on Curriculum Research and Theory, National Council of Churches, February, 1998 ‑ present.
Member,
Advisory Team to Committee to Create Lutheran Episcopal Educational
Opportunities (CLEEO), January 1998 B January 1999.
Member,
Advisory Panel, Lutheran‑Episcopal Drafting Team, December 1998 B January 1999.
Convener,
Lutheran Seminary Professors of Christian Education, Fall 1998, Orlando, FL.
Co‑host
with Dr. Eric Crump, Visit of Seminarians from Herborn and Preetz Prediger
Seminaries in Germany, May 30 ‑ June 18, 1998.
Co‑leader
with Dr. Eric Crump, Gettysburg Seminary Exchange to Herborn and Preetz
Prediger Seminar in Germany, May 24‑June 17, 1995.
Member
of Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Council (Elected for 6 year
term at the Church Assembly) 1991‑1997; Elected member of the Church Council
Executive Committee for biennium 1995‑1997.
Education
Resource Person and French interpreter (English to French) at the meeting of
the Conference of International Black Lutherans (CIBL), Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 14‑21
December 1996.
Preacher,
Installation of Freda Saunders AIM, 9 February 1997, St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church, Biglerville, PA.
Preacher,
Installation of Tammy Steinhart AIM, 28 December 1996 at St. John’s Lutheran
Church, Lancaster, PA.
Chairperson,
Lectures and Special Events Committee, Gettysburg Seminary.
Chairperson,
Continuing and Lay Education Committee, Gettysburg, Seminary.
Chairperson,
Fellowship of Overseas Students.
Co‑host
with Dr. Gerald Christianson of the Seminary Explores, WGET/WGTY(FM) radio
program.
Multicultural
Faculty Conference to study the Study Document of the Task Force for
Theological Education, November 1991.
Participant,
International Scholarship Committee meeting, Division for Global Mission,
November 1991, October 1992 ‑1996.
Reviewer
of manuscript Revivals in African American Contexts for Augsburg Fortress,
August 1991.
Reviewer
of manuscript The Evangelical Pastor by Mark Olson for Augsburg Fortress,
January 1991.
Co‑leader
with Dr. Thomas Ridenhour, Gettysburg Seminary Exchange to Herborn and Preetz
Seminaries in Germany, May 18 ‑ June 10, 1991.
Co‑chairperson,
Multicultural Religious Education Task Force, Professors and Researchers in
Religious Education, 1991‑1993.
Co‑chairperson,
Division K ‑ History and Philosophy of Education, Mid‑Western Educational
Research Association, 1990‑1991.
Participant,
ELCA Conference for Teaching Theologians, Chicago, August 1990.
Chairperson,
Division K ‑ History and Philosophy of Education, Mid‑Western Educational
Research Association, 1989.
Division
for Congregational Life ‑ ELCA, Executive Board and Executive Committee for the
Board, 1988‑1991.
Board
member, Family Counseling Services, Gettysburg, PA, 1988‑Spring 1993.
Participant,
ELCA Multicultural Gathering, Chicago, July, 1988.
Board
of Trustees, Wittenberg University, 1981‑1987.
Chairperson,
Committee on Reference and Counsel at the Convention of the Lutheran Church in
America ‑ Toronto, Canada, 1984.
Chaplain,
Ohio Synod (LCA) Convention, June 1983.
Delegate,
LCA Convention, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1987.
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
American
Academy of Religion (AAR)
Religious
Education Association (REA)
Association
for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Association
for the Study of Afro‑American Life and History
Collegium
for African American Research (CAAR)
Committee
for Curriculum Research and Theory (CCRT) of the National Council of Churches
of Christ U.S.A. - Chair 2000 - 2002
Conference
of International Black Lutherans (CIBL) – Steering Committee
History
of Education Society
Lutheran
Professors of Religious Education
Panorama
(International Journal of Comparative Religious Education and Values)
Corresponding Editor
Phi
Delta Kappa (Education)
Pi
Lamda Theta (Education)
Theta
Alpha Kappa (Theology/Religious Studies Honor Society)
Torch Club
(Gettysburg)
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