Title: African National Ministries Program Director
Company: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
Location: Elk Grove Village, Illinois, United States
Affiliations/Associations/Societies:
- Chicago Development Advisory Council (CDAC) (appointed member, 2008-2011)
- Chicago Development Community Advisory Council (appointed member, 2002-2011)
- Developing Communities Project (DCP), Chicago, IL (secretary, 2006-2012) (board of directors, 10 Years)
- Diocesan Youth Director Coordinating Children and Youth Ministry, Over 300 Congregations (1980-1982)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) (African National Ministries Program Director, 2011-present)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT), North Western Diocese, United Republic of Tanzania (secretary, 1985-1993) (pastor, 1975-1976)
- Metro Chicago Synod of Reformation Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Chicago, IL (pastor, 1998-2011) (board member, 6 Years)
- National Council of Churches Committee on Public Education and Literacy, No Child Left Behind (appointed member, two terms)
- No Child Left Behind National Committee (appointed member, 2001)
- Trinity International University
- Tumaini University Makumira, Tanzania
- University of Kassel, Germany
- Wartburg Theological Seminary
Achievements:
- Honoree, Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award (2024, 2022)
- Inductee, Top Professionals of the Year, Marquis Who’s Who (2024, 2022)
- Featured Member, Marquis Millennium Magazine, Marquis Who’s Who (2023, 2022)
- Recipient, Lilly Endowment National Clergy Renewal Program Award (2008)
- Author, “Effective Lay Leadership Training,” UMI (1997)
- Recipient, Thomas Cornwell Scholarship, Trinity International University (1993)
- Recipient, Scholarship, Lutheran Church in America, Minneapolis, MN (1982-1984)
- Ordained Pastor, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT), North Western Diocese, United Republic of Tanzania (1975)
- Recipient, Scholarship, United Evangelical Mission and Missions Trip Frohe Boshaft, Kassell, West Germany
