Institute of Lutheran Theology

WILLIAM RICHARD RUSSELL, PH.D.
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA AND PROFESSIONAL RESUME

ADDRESS AND PHONE
Address: 605 Fleming Dr, Seguin, TX 78155
Phones: Office: 770/454-9270, Home: 830/372-6090, Cell: 404/308-2200
E-mail: wrussell@tlu.edu; RussellWllm@aol.com

PRIMARY TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREA: WESTERN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY

EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy: University of Iowa, December 1989
Dissertation: The "Smalcald Articles" as a Confessional Document in the Context of Martin Luther's Life and Thought (Advisor: George Forell; Readers: T.D. Bozeman, George Patterson, James Sandrock, James Spalding)
Qualifying Exams: History of Christianity, Western Christian Thought and Ethics,Comprehensive Exams: Martin Luther, Reformers: Catholic and Protestant, Medieval European Thought
Master of Divinity: Luther Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1981
Bachelor of Arts: University of Iowa (Double Major: Communication Studies and Religious Studies), 1977

EMPLOYMENT
Current:
Scholar in Residence, Texas Lutheran University, Seguin, Texas (“Introduction to Theology,” “Confessing the Faith: Then and Now,” “History of Christian Thought”),since 2007
Professor of Humanities, Strayer University, Morrow and Chamblee, GA (“Origins of Western Culture,” “Religion and Philosophy,” “Music, Art and Literature of the West,” “Logic,” “History and Methods of Science”), since 2005 [teaching online, winter 2008]
2003-Present: Visiting Scholar, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (Candler School of Theology)

Previous Employment: (Adjunct and one-year positions):
2008-present: Austin Presbyterian Seminary, Austin Texas (“Church History,” “Augustine and Luther,” “Systematic Theology II”)
2004-2007: McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University, Atlanta, GA (“Church History I, II,”)
2005-2006: Spelman College, Atlanta, GA (“Survey of Christianity”)
1991-1994: Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN (“Reformation Thinkers,” “Introduction to Theology”)

International Study, Teaching:
2007:
- Guest Lecturer at the United Methodist University of Liberia, Monrovia (Gbarnga School of Theology): “Lessons from History for Today’s Church in - - - Liberia, Striving for Truth, Reconciliation, and a Sustainable Peace”
- Lectures to the Lutheran Church in Liberia Annual Continuing Education for Pastors Event (Totota): “Luther Comes to Liberia”
2002: Lecture to the American Church of Paris, France, “The Ecumenical Shape of the Church”
1999: Seminar Leader, Lutheran World Federation Institute for Ecumenical Research, Strasbourg, France: “The Doctrine of Justification in Confessional Controversy and Ecumenical Dialogue”
1998 Lecture, “Reading the Scriptures from a Lutheran Perspective,” Grace English Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1994:
-Guest Lectures at Universitaet Leipzig, Leipzig; Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet, Heidelberg; Universitaet Augsburg, Augsburg; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet, Muenchen; Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universtitaet, Muenster; Universitaet Passau, Passau: "Die schmalkaldischen Artikel als Schluessel der Theologie Luthers”
- Guest Lecture to the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession Clergy in Warsaw, Poland: "Die schmalkaldischen Artikel als Schluessel der Theologie Luthers”
- Guest Lecture at the Lutheran World Federation Institute for Ecumenical Research, Strasbourg, France: "The Ecumenical Importance of Luther's Schmalkald Articles"
- Guest Lecture at the Ecumenical Institute of the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland: "A Neglected Key to the Theology of Martin Luther"
1983: Goethe Institut, Grafing bei Muenchen, Mittel Stufe II (German Language Study)
1979:
- Summer Intern, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, West Germany ("Diakoniewerk" [Neuendettelsau])
- Goethe Institut, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Grund Stufe I (German Language Study)

Ministerial Positions:
2007: Global Mission Volunteer to Liberia, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
2003-2004: Associate Pastor, Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Atlanta, Georgia (ELCA)
2001-2003: Interim Pastor, Bethel Lutheran, Porter and Hemnes Lutheran, Minneota, Minnesota (ELCA)
1995-2000: Lutheran Campus Pastor, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota (ELCA)
1982-1989: Associate Pastor, Zion Lutheran Church, Iowa City, Iowa (ELCA)
1981-1982 Minister, Welsh Congregational Church, Johnson County, Iowa (UCC)
 
RELATED EXPERIENCES:
2008
June: Preacher at the International Church of Bratislava, Slovakia
July: Preacher at Ramstein Air Force Base, Kaiserslautern, Germany
March: Lecture to the Lutheran Educators’ Association, Seguin, TX, “The Church as the Body of Christ”
2007
November: Chapel Speaker, Texas Lutheran University
October: Presentation to the Men’s Prayer Breakfast, Texas Lutheran University, “Ten Things Every Man Ought to Know about Luther”
July: Preacher at Nagbe United Methodist Church and St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Monrovia, Liberia
Co-Chair of “First Call Theological Education Program,” Southeastern Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (since 2003)
2006
October: Invited Presenter, “The Luther Lectures” (Northern Rockies Institute of Theology) Great Falls, Montana
March: “Meeting Students Where They Are: Teaching the History of Christianity Backwards,” Paper at the SE Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, Georgia
February: Presenter, “Luther, Lent, and the Lord’s Prayer” (Southwest Georgia Conference, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)
2005
October:
- Presenter, “The Legacy of the Reformation” (continuing education event for clergy and laity, sponsored by Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, SC)
- Paper at Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, “Listening Lambs and Praying Children: Luther’s Ecclesiology in the Smalcald Articles”
- Introduction of Scott Hendrix at “Reformation Day at Emory”
September:
- Lecture at Saint John’s Lutheran, Atlanta, Georgia, “Luther: The Man Nobody Knows”
- Two Lectures at Incarnation Lutheran, Marietta, Georgia, “Staying Afloat as Lutherans in an Ocean of Southern Baptists”
April:
- Plenary Lecture and workshops at Eastern North Dakota Synod Assembly, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, “Luther, Prayer, and the Christian Life”
- Lecture, “Issues that Face the Church,” Zion Lutheran Church, Anoka, Minnesota
- Supply Preacher/Worship Leader: Trinity Lutheran, Anniston, Alabama; Saint John’s Lutheran, Atlanta, Georgia (2x); Incarnation Lutheran, Marietta, Georgia (2x); Die Deutsche Kirchengemeinde in Atlanta (3x); Cannon Chapel, Emory University
2004
October-November: Lecture Series, “Luther: The Man and His Work,” at Martin Luther the Reformer Exhibition, Goethe Institute of Atlanta
June: “The Doctrine of Vocation: A Historical Look,” at Fund for Theological Education Congregational Fellows Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY (two lectures)
February: Lectures at Clergy Collegium, Alaska Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Anchorage, Alaska, “Luther the Reformer”
2003
October: Paper at The Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, Pittsburgh, PA: “Luther’s Reformation of Prayer ”
July: Ten Lectures at Clergy Continuing Education event, Camp House, Two Harbors, Minnesota: “Luther for Today”
2002
November: Presentation to the Lutheran Theological Society of North America Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, “The Lutheran Confessions in the 21st Century”
October:
- Four lectures at Northwestern Minnesota Synod “Gifts” lay education event (“Growing in Faith to Serve”): “What Is the Book of Concord and Why Should We Care?”
- Paper at the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, San Antonio, Texas, “How Martin Luther Prayed” Chair “Themes in the Theology of Martin Luther,” session at the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, San Antonio, Texas
August:
- Tenth International Congress for Luther Research, Copenhagen, Denmark (Two Papers: “Prayer, a Neglected Key to the Lutheran Reformation” and “Luther, Catechesis, and Prayer”; Congress Worship Leader and Preacher)
- Preacher at the International Church of Copenhagen, Denmark

1990-2002 Representative Presentations to Academic Audiences:
- Papers at the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference
- Invited paper at Frühe Neuzeit Interdiziplinär (The International Early Modern German Interdisciplinary Studies Conference), Pittsburgh,PA: “Luther’s Catechetical Strategy” (session organizer: Heiko Oberman)
- Invited paper, “How Luther Prayed the Catechism,” Upper Midwest Regional American Academy of Religion Meeting, St. Paul, Minnesota (2001)
- Invited Round Table Participant in "Finnish Luther Research Seminar," Northfield, Minnesota (1997) Guest Lectures at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO, “The Core of the Book of Concord” (1996)

Representative Presentations to General Audiences:
- Plenary Lecture at “Firm in Faith, Faith in the Future: A Conference for Laity and Clergy,” Fargo, North Dakota: “The Priesthood of All Believers”
- Six Lectures at “Faith-Builders” event, (SW Minnesota Synod, ELCA), “The Book of Concord”
- Instructor, “Luther Seminar 2001: The Catechisms for Today,” Charis Ecumenical Center, Moorhead, Minnesota (12 hours)
- Organizer and Presenter at Fargo Conference Pastors’ Meeting, October 2001 (with Rabbi Joseph Blackmore): “Jewish-Lutheran Relations”
- Lectures at Staff Training Events for North Dakota Bible Camps, “Toward a Theology of Bible Camping”
- Preacher: Ecumenical worship service (Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Augsburg Confession and Roman Catholic Church), Warsaw, Poland;

LANGUAGES:
Fluency: English, German
Reading: Latin and New Testament Greek

PUBLICATIONS
Books
In Print:
-Praying for Reform: Luther, Prayer, and the Christian Life (Augsburg-Fortress, 2005)
-Tidbits: Quips, Quotations, and Anecdotes for Lutherans, Editor (oldlutheran.com, 2005)
-Martin Luther’s Basic Theological Writings, Second Edition, Contributing Editor (Augsburg-Fortress Press, 2005)
-Martin Luther’s Basic Theological Writings, Second Edition: CDROM, Contributing Editor (Augsburg-Fortress Press, 2005)
-Luther's Theological Testament: The Schmalkald Articles (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995)
-The Schmalkald Articles by Martin Luther, (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995), Editor and Translator
-Topical Index to Luther's Works and the Lutheran Confessional Writings (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995). Published with Luther's Theological Testament and The Schmalkald Articles
-Martin Luther, Theologian of the Church by George W. Forell: Collected Essays in Honor of His Seventy-Fifth Birthday. Word and World Supplement Volume II (St. Paul, Minnesota: Luther Seminary), 1994, Contributing Editor
-The "Smalcald Articles" as a Confessional Document in the Context of Martin Luther's Life and Thought (Ann Arbor: UMI, 1990)

In Process:
-Luther’s Theological Testament: The Schmalkald Articles, Revised Second Edition (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, forthcoming)
-Topical Index to Luther's Works and the Lutheran Confessional Writings, Revised, Second Edition (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, forthcoming). Published with Luther's Theological Testament

Under Consideration/in Development:
-Martin Luther and the Reformation of Piety [working title]—my latest research focus
-The Encyclopedia of World Lutheranism, Editor and Chief (Augsburg-Fortress)— conversations are ongoing
-Editor and Translator, Kommentar zu Luthers Katechismen, vols. 1-5, by Albrecht Peters (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House)—the publisher has approached me about
this, but no agreement has been reached

Articles:
Academic Audiences:
-“Nurturing the Lutheran Church in Liberia’s Theological Ecosystem” Logia (Epiphany, 2008)
-“A Confessional Look at Benedict XVI’s Doctrine of the Church,” Trinity Seminary Review (forthcoming)
-“Coram deo: Luther’s Understanding of Conscience,” Journal of Lutheran Ethics, June, 2005
-“Seminar Report: Pastoral Care in the Letters and Writings of the Later Luther,” Luther-Jahrbuch, 2003 (with John Pless)
-“The Lutheran Confessional Writings for the 21st Century: A Question of Translation,” dialog (Spring, 2003)
-“Prayer, the Practical Focus of Luther’s Theology,” in The Luther Digest, 2002 (digest of an essay published in Let Christ Be Christ: Theology, Ethics, and World Religions in the Two Kingdoms. Essays in Honor of Charles L. Manske, ed. by Daniel Harmelink (Tentatio Press: Huntington Beach, CA, 2000
-“Luther, Prayer, and Reformation,” Word and World (winter, 2002)
-“The Luther Digest, 1993-1998: A Review Essay,” The Lutheran Forum, Pentecost/Summer, 2000
-"How to Read Luther," Inquirere, vol. 5, Spring, 1996 (Waldorf College)
-"The Schmalkald Articles: A Neglected Key to the Theology of Martin Luther," Word and World (Winter, 1996)
-"The Theological 'Magna Charta' of Confessional Lutheranism," in Church History September, 1995. Condensed and reprinted in The Luther Digest, 1998
-"Luther's Understanding of the Pope as the Antichrist," in Die Archiv fuer Reformationsgeschichte/The Archive for Reformation Research, 1994 Condensed and reprinted in The Luther Digest, 1997
-"Is Pope John Paul II the Antichrist, Yes or No?" in Augsburg College Faculty Lecture Series, 1991-1993 (Minneapolis: Augsburg College)
-"The Smalcald Articles, Luther's Theological Testament," The Lutheran Quarterly, Autumn, 1991
-"A Theological Guide to The Smalcald Articles," The Lutheran Quarterly (Winter, 1991)

General audiences:
-“The Augsburg Confession: Key to the Scriptures,” The Lutheran (January, 2008)
-“Advent Devotion,” Midland Lutheran College, 2000
-"Dusting off The Book of Concord," in Lutheran Partners (November, 1996)
-"Ash Wednesday," in Living by Faith under the Cross (Forest City, Iowa: Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1995)
-"Guest Column: 'Thanksgiving for the Warmth of Friendship’,” Edina Sun-Current (Bloomington, Minnesota: Minnesota Sun Publications, November 25, 1992)
-"A Healing?!" Sacred Struggles 1990 (Decorah, Iowa: Luther College) Contributions to Collections/Encyclopedias:
-The New Westminster Dictionary of Church History (Westminster, forthcoming): “Anti-Semitism”; “Beneficio di Christo”; “Cabbala”; “Consilium de Emendanda Ecclesia”; “Joselmann of Rosheim”; “Reformation Contributions to Education”; “Carmelites, Discalced”; “Morone, Giovanni”; “Negri Paola Antonia”; “Neri, Filippo”; “Reformation in Italy” “Renato, Camillo”; “Ursulines” (forthcoming)
-Encyclopedia of Protestantism, edited by Hans Hillerbrand (New York: Rutledge, 2003): “Oecolampadius, Johannes,” “Nygren, Anders”; “Schmalkaldic Articles;” “Schmalkaldic League”
-Let Christ Be Christ: Theology, Ethics, and World Religions in the Two Kingdoms, Essays in Honor of Charles L. Manske, ed. by Dan Harmelink (Tentatio Press: Huntington Beach, 2000): “Prayer: The Practical Focus of Luther’s Theology”
-The Book of Concord, Robert Kolb and Timothy Wengert, General Editors (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2000): Editor and translator of "The Smalcald Articles”
-Sources and Contexts of the Book of Concord, ed. by Robert Kolb and James Nestingen (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2001): Editor and translator of "The Marburg Articles," "The Schwabach Articles," "The Torgau Articles”
-The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation, Hans Hillerbrand, Editor in Chief (New York and London: Oxford University Press, 1995: "Aurifaber, Johannes," "Beurlin, Jacob," "Hunnius, Aegidius," "Naumburg, Declaration of," "Schmalkald Articles," "Schmalkalden," "Strigel, Viktorin," "Wigand, Johann," "The Wittenberg Concord”
-Martin Luther, Theologian of the Church by George Wolfgang Forell: Collected Essays in Honor of His Seventy-Fifth Birthday, edited by William R. Russell, Word and World Supplement Volume II (St. Paul, Minnesota: Luther Seminary), 1994: “Introduction” and Translator of "Justification and Justice "

Book Reviews:
-Kreuz und Kreml: Kleine Geschichte der orthodoxen Kirche in Russland by Thomas Bremer, in Religion in Eastern Europe (forthcoming)
-The Theology of the Cross in Historical Perspective by Anna Madsen, in The Trinity Seminary Review (Winter/Spring 2008)
-Bethlehem 2000 by Mitri Raheb and Fred Strickert, in Lutheran Quarterly (Spring, 2002)
-Compelling Knowledge: A Feminist Proposal for an Epistemology of the Cross, by Mary Solberg, in The Journal of the American Academy of Religion (Summer, 2000)
-The Reformation, vols. I and II, by Ernest Schwiebert, in The Book Newsletter, Spring, 1998
-Christian Confessions: A Historical Introduction, by Ted A. Campbell, in The Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Spring, 1998
-Martinus Noster, by Leif Grane, in dialog, Winter, 1998
-Our Mother the Spirit: Zinzendorf's Doctrine of the Motherly Office of the Holy Spirit, by Gary Kinkel, Lutheran Quarterly, ns, 11, Summer, 1997
-The Early Reformation in Europe, ed. by Andrew Pettegree, Lutheran Quarterly, Winter, 1995
-Kommentar zu Luthers Katechismen, Vols. I-V, in Sixteenth Century Journal (1991- 1995)
-A Cry of Absence, by Martin Marty, The Lutheran Quarterly, Spring, 1994
-Confessing the Faith: Reformers Define the Church, 1530-1580, by Robert Kolb, Lutheran Quarterly, Winter, 1993
-Naming the Silences, by Stanley Hauerwas, The Lutheran Quarterly, Winter, 1992
-Luther: Man between God and the Devil, by Heiko Oberman, Word and World, Winter, 1992
-The Erasmus Reader, ed. by Erika Rummel, The Sixteenth Century Journal, Summer, 1992
-Concordance to the Book of Concord, ed. by K. Larson, Lutheran Quarterly, Summer, 1992
-Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings, ed. by Timothy Lull, Lutheran Quarterly, Winter, 1990
-Loci Theologici, vols. I and II, by Martin Chemnitz, translated by J.A.O. Preus, Sixteenth Century Journal, Winter, 1990
-Martin Luther: Justified by Grace, by Carter Lindberg, Sixteenth Century Journal, Fall, 1989
-Martin Luther: His Life and His Work, by Bernhard Lohse, Word and World, Spring 1988
-Martin Luther: the Man and His Work, by Walther von Loewenich, Word and World, Spring 1988
-Luther the Reformer, by James Kittelson, Word and World, Spring, 1988

Online Newsletter: Editor of “Luther Letter: Notes on Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the Modern World” (www.ctsfw.edu/etext/luther/about/)

SPECIAL STUDIES
1999:
National Conference for Fund Raising Executives, Fargo, North Dakota
1997
Clinical Pastoral Education, Altru Health Systems, Grand Forks, ND
1996
"Sacred Word, Living Words," a Writing Course for Religion Professionals, Mary Ylvisaker Nilsen, Instructor;
1993
Augsburg College Faculty Workshop, "Sexual Harassment"; Participant in "Violence and Abuse: Professional Responses and Responsibilities Conference," Minneapolis, Minnesota; Bush Foundation Faculty Development Symposium: "Creative Uses of Power: Encouraging Partnerships in Teaching and Learning," Bloomington, Minnesota
1992
NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers, “Religion and Social Change: New Interpretations of the Reformation," Duke University (Hans Hillerbrand, Director)
1978
-Archaeology at Caesarea Maritima, Israel (summer)

AFFILIATIONS
-American Academy of Religion
-Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, ordained, 1982
-International Congress for Luther Research
-Lutheran Theological Society of North America
-Die Luthergesellschaft
-The Sixteenth Century Studies Conference
-Society of Anglican and Lutheran Theologians

HONORS AND AWARDS
Interviewed on “Grace Matters,” the radio ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Reformation Day program
2002
Louisville Institute General Grant (research support for Luther, Prayer, and the Reformation)
2001
Recognized in “American Luther Research in the Twentieth Century,” by Scott Hendrix, Lutheran Quarterly, ns, volume XV, 1 (Spring, 2001)
Recipient of two Faculty Mini-Grants, from Midland Lutheran College, for research and travel support to present papers at academic meetings
1999
Travel Award, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (to attend International Ecumenical Seminar, Strasbourg, France)
Listed in Directory of American Scholars “Pastor in Residence,” Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa
1998-2000
National Lutheran Campus Ministry Staff Advisory Committee (elected by peers to serve two year term)
1997
Listed in The Public Religion Project
1995
Grant-writer of Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Award to Waldorf College (for initiatives related to 1994 Sittler Symposium)
1994
Lutheran World Federation Award (for lectures in eastern Europe)
1993
Faculty "Mini-Grant" Award Recipient (for research support), Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Augsburg Faculty Development Award: Bush Faculty Development Conference
1992
Faculty "Mini-Grant" Award Recipient (for research support), Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota
National Endowment for the Humanities' Summer Seminar for College Teachers Award
1991
Faculty Lecturer, Augsburg College: “Is Pope John Paul II the Antichrist, Yes or No?”
1988-89
President of University of Iowa Religion Graduate Student Association
1988
Iowa City, Iowa, Jaycees "Outstanding Young Religious Leader" Award (acknowledging personal, moral, and religious leadership)
1983
Evangelish-lutherische Landeskirche (FRG) Scholarship for German Language Study
1977
Myron Walker Memorial Scholarship Award (for outstanding graduate from the State of Iowa, pursuing Pastoral Ministry or Rabbinate studies) Dean's List, University of Iowa

REPRESENTATIVE COMMUNITY AND PERSONAL INVOLVEMENTS
-Member, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (and predecessor bodies), presently a member at Emmanuel’s Lutheran, Seguin, TX
-Active in local and regional handball competition (Texas State Handball Singles Champion [Men’s “C”], 2007)
-Sutter’s Point Town Home Owners’ Association Board of Directors (Sandy Springs, GA), Vice President and President, 2006-2007
-Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Chapter Officer and Volunteer (various projects),
-Coach and parental volunteer for local girls’ volleyball programs, 1990-present
-“Christmas Tree Angel” volunteer
-Campaign worker, various elections
-“Christmas Angel Tree,” for children of incarcerated parents
-Confirmation Teacher, various Lutheran Churches
-Board of Directors, Association for Retarded Citizens, Cass County, North Dakota
-Faculty Advisor to Delta Tau Sorority, Midland Lutheran College (named, “Honorary Active,” Spring 2001)
-Faculty Advisor to Habitat for Humanity Student Group, Midland Lutheran College
-Jewish-Christian Relations
-Advisory Board, Fargo-Moorhead “Communiversity”
-Girls’ Elementary School League Basketball Coach, Fargo, North Dakota
-Lutheran Brotherhood Fargo Branch Officer
-Chair of Fargo Conference Pastors’ Program Committee (1998-99)
-Church World Service/CROP (Steering Committee a volunteer for local CROP Walks)
-Member of planning group for Fargo-Moorhead Area Reformation Day Celebration
-Fargo Parks and Recreation Mixed Volleyball League
-Chair of Fargo Conference Nominating Committee, Eastern North Dakota Synod, ELCA
-Recorder and Reporter at Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Pre-National Assembly Meeting, Forest City, Iowa (a national satellite uplink event)
-Coach and volunteer, Special Olympics
-Member at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Forest City, Iowa
-Minneapolis Area Interfaith Hospitality Network volunteer (host for people who are temporarily homeless)
-PTA Volunteer
-Southwest Minneapolis Metropolitan Area Refugee Resettlement Volunteer (Host a family of four from Eritrea/Sudan in our home for five months)
1992-94
-Volunteer at "Parents' Night Out at St. Martin's Table," Minneapolis, Minnesota (Prepare meal and provide childcare for low-income families)
-Community Resource Pool, Edina, Minnesota (Community Education)
-Server at "Caring and Sharing Hands" Soup Kitchen, Minneapolis, Minnesota
-Habitat for Humanity Home Construction Volunteer, St. Paul, Minnesota
-Lutheran Social Services placement home (housing and support for unwed, pregnant teenager)
 
REFERENCES
(WILLIAM R. RUSSELL)
Dr. George Forell, Professor of Emeritus
University of Iowa
1 Oak Knoll Court
Iowa City, IA 52245
319/887-5241
GTROUTl@aol.com

Dr. William R. Jankel, Academic Dean
Strayer University
3355 NE Expressway
Atlanta, GA 30341
770/454-9241
BJankel@strayer.edu

Dr. Martin Marty, Professor Emeritus
The Divinity School
University of Chicago
1025 E. 58th St., Chicago, IL 60637
tel: 773-702-8200
Memarty@aol.com

Dr. Robert Kolb
Concordia Seminary
801 Seminary Place
St. Louis, MO 63105
(314) 505-7000
kolbr@csl.edu

Professor John Pless
Concordia Seminary
6600 North Clinton Street
Fort Wayne, IN 46825
(260) 452-2100
john.pless@ctsfw.edu

Dr. Kenneth Wheeler, Chairman
History Department
Reinhardt College
Waleska, Georgia
770/720-5951
KHW@reinhardt.edu