West Pastors’ Conference 2016 – Vocation and the Mission of Christ – Playlist
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Sessions
- Vocation and the Mission of Christ Session 1
- Vocation and the Mission of Christ Session 2
- Vocation and the Mission of Christ Session 3
Speaker
Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann
Joel Biermann earned his B.A. from Concordia College, Ann Arbor in 1983 and an M.Div. from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo. in 1987. His first call was to Trinity in Bemidji, Minnesota, followed by a pastorate at St. Matthew, Holt, Mich. In 1998 Joel returned to Concordia, St. Louis as a graduate student. The PhD. was complete in 2002 with a dissertation entitled, Virtue Ethics and the Place of Character Formation in Lutheran Theology. Joel joined the faculty at Concordia Seminary the summer of 2002 in the department of Systematic Theology, teaching doctrinal theology with a special interest and emphasis on ethics and the correct role of the law in the life of the believer.
Outside of his responsibilities at the Seminary, Joel serves actively at his home congregation teaching an ongoing Sunday morning Bible class, and creating material for small group Bible studies (Help for the Hurried Life, Questions About). He has also helped produce similar study material through Lutheran Hour Ministries (Who Am I, What Am I Doing Here?, We the People, The Great Deceiver) and provided discussion questions and answers for a series of men’s Bible study books through Concordia Publishing House (Blessed is the Man). He has authored two books: Courageous Fathers of the Bible (CPH, 2011) and A Case for Character (Fortress, 2014), and written a Lenten/Easter sermon and worship series, Restored in Christ, published by Creative Communications for The Parish in 2014. Joel is a frequent speaker at district and congregational gatherings and conferences covering a variety of topics especially relating to issues of discipleship and sanctification.
Joel and his wife Jennalee live in St. Louis and enjoy staying active in a variety of ways in the outdoors and in all that the city has to offer. They have three grown children and four grandchildren.