{"id":1034,"date":"2005-12-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=1034"},"modified":"2005-12-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-20T05:00:00","slug":"veteran-seminary-profchurchman-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2005\/veteran-seminary-profchurchman-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Seminary Prof\/Churchman Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"photo right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"215\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/news\/images\/lindenwenger.jpg\" alt=\"Linden M. Wenger\" \/>Linden M. Wenger<br \/>Photo by Jim Bishop <\/div>\n<p> Linden M. Wenger, 92, a veteran pastor\/bishop and professor emeritus of philosophy at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/seminary\/\">Eastern Mennonite Seminary<\/a>, died Sunday, Dec. 18, at Oak Lea Nursing Home where he was a resident. <\/p>\n<p> Wenger taught <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/bible\/\">Bible<\/a> and philosophy courses on the undergraduate level and at the seminary from 1955 until his retirement in 1978. He also carried a full slate of responsibilities in Virginia Mennonite Conference. <\/p>\n<p> During his tenure, Wenger was acting dean of the seminary, 1965-67, assistant to EMU President Myron S. Augsburger, 1967-70, director of field education, 1972-78, and seminary registrar, 1974-78. <\/p>\n<p> Wenger was born Dec. 26, 1912 in Edom, Va., and was the son of the late Oscar E. and Bessie P. Heatwole Wenger. <\/p>\n<p> On June 1, 1941, he married the former Esther Huber, who preceded him in death on May 17, 2003. <\/p>\n<p> Surviving are two sons, Harold C. and J. Lowell Wenger; a daughter, Linda Kay Wenger, and their spouses; two sisters, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. <\/p>\n<p> Wenger was ordained in 1945 as pastor of the Mt. Hermon Mennonite Church, where he served with his wife Esther for 10 years. He was ordained bishop\/ overseer of several Mennonite churches in the Highlands area of Virginia and West Virginia in 1959. <\/p>\n<p> He earned A.B. and Th.B. degrees from EMU, a B.D. and Th.M. degree from Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va., and did research on Mennonite church-building in the Miami area while a visiting fellow at Princeton (NJ) Theological Seminary in 1971-72. <\/p>\n<p> He held a number of churchwide offices over the years and had been a member of the board of the Virginia Mennonite Conference Center, chair of the Virginia Conference Visitor Center committee and headed the Older Adults Ministries committee of Virginia Conference. <\/p>\n<p> Wenger wrote &quot;Climbing Down the Ladder,&quot; an autobiographical book about retirement, in 1993. In 1997, he released a second book, &quot;Fifty Years in Northern District of Virginia Mennonite Conference,&quot; which recounts the effects of change in that geographic area of the church in the mid-20th century, 1945-1995. <\/p>\n<p> Funeral services will be held Dec. 22 at Lindale Mennonite Church where Wenger was a member, with burial in the Lindale cemetery. <\/p>\n<p> Memorial contributions may be made to the Linden M. and Esther H. Wenger Scholarship Fund c\/o Virginia Mennonite Conference, 901 Parkwood Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22802 or to the Linden M. and Esther H. Wenger Seminary Scholarship for students attending EMS from Meserete Kristos Church of Ethiopia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linden M. WengerPhoto by Jim Bishop Linden M. 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