NELSON TIMOTHY STROBERT

PERSONAL                  Born November 28, 1947, in Brooklyn, NY.

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 ‑Cleveland (1981). M Div. from Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg (1973). B.A. in French from Hunter College of the City University of New York (1969).

OTHER

EDUCATION    

Faculty Independent Study ‑Global Immersion experience, Cameroon, West Africa, August ‑September, 1990.

Clinical Pastoral Education at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Washington, DC, (summer, 1971).

Study Abroad ‑Ecole Normale, 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.

PRESENT                     Professor of Christian Education; Director of Multicultural Programs, Lutheran Theological

POSITION                    Seminary, Gettysburg, PA., 1997 ‑Present

PREVIOUS

POSITIONS                             

                                    Visiting Professor, Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia at the New York City Center (General Seminary) – Spring Semester 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 and served two terms on the Profession Leadership Unit.

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         

Association of Theological Schools ‑Sabbatical Research Grant ($4500) ‑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, 1984.

Irene Steinmann 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.

RECENT PRESENTATIONS/PUBLICATIONS     

“Education for Liberation: Daniel Alexander Payne” in Critical Voicings of Black Liberation. Muenster: LitVerlag, 2003

“Martin Lutheran King: Toward a Kingian Educational Formation.”Hein-Fry Lecture. 5 April 2003 Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg.

“Daniel Alexander Payne: Venerable Preceptor for the African Methodist Episcopal Church” in Witness at the Crossroads. Gettysburg: LTSG, 2001.

Confession for the Third Millennium: Black Lutheran Experiences (Participant and 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 “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.

“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 in Muenster (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.

PROFESSIONAL

AFFILIATIONS 

American Academy of Religion (AAR)

Association for the Study of Afro‑American Life and History

Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education

Collegium for African American Research (CAAR)

Committee on Curriculum Research and Theory of the Nation Council of Churches of Christ (NCCC) – Steering Committee

Conference of International Black Lutherans (CIBL)

History of Education Society

Lutheran Historical Society (Gettysburg Chapter)

Mid‑Western Educational Research Association

Phi Delta Kappa

Pi Lamda Theta

Religious Education Association

Torch Club (Gettysburg)