Author of "In Silence My Soul Thirsts" in Psalms for All Seasons The Rev. Dr. Sheldon W. Sorge, has been named Associate Director of the Louisville Institute, effective January 1, 2007.
An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), Sorge has served since 2000 as Associate for Theology and Worship in the national offices of the denomination. In that position, he directed the Company of New Pastors, a national mentored peer-group program for ministerial candidates and first-call pastors funded by Lilly Endowment. Previously he served churches in Durham, North Carolina; Marion, Virginia; and Elkins, West Virginia. He has also taught at Duke Divinity School, King College, Elim Bible Institute, the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, and the Evangelical Theological Seminary of Croatia.
A native of western Canada, Sorge was educated at Roberts Wesleyan College and Duke University, where he earned the Ph.D. in Christian theology and ethics and wrote a dissertation on Karl Barth and ecclesiology. Author of numerous published essays on theology, worship, and ministry, he also continues to pursue a life-long love of music as a pianist and composer. He is married to the Rev. Tammy Wiens, who earned her Masters in theology from Louisville Seminary in 2006, and has two grown daughters and two grandsons. His daughter, Stephanie Sorge, is a Master of Divinity student at Louisville Seminary.
The Louisville Institute is a Lilly Endowment program based at Louisville Seminary supporting those who lead and study American religious institutions.
--www.lpts.edu/news/2006/12/18
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Sheldon W. Sorge is Executive Presbyter of the Pittsburgh Presbytery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He formerly served as Associate Director of the Louisville Institute in Louisville, Kentucky.
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