Background
Ough was married to Charlene Ann Feldner Henning 14 August 1976. They have three children: Lance, Stuart and Matthew.
Ough was married to Charlene Ann Feldner Henning 14 August 1976. They have three children: Lance, Stuart and Matthew.
Ough earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from North Dakota State University in 1973. His Master of Divinity is from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary (1978). He also did graduate work at Northwestern University.
During his ministry, Ough completed the Upper Room"s two-year Academy of Spiritual Formation program, and has served on the leadership team for the Academy.
He was also the Camp Program Director of the North Dakota Annual Conference(1975-1977), as well as an intern on the Dakotas Episcopal Area Program Staff (1976-1977). Following seminary he became director of the Conference Council on Ministries of the Dakotas Area, a position which he held from 1978 to 1982. He was director of the Oakwood Spiritual Life Center in the North Indiana Annual Conference from 1982 to 1985), then moved to Iowa where he became the Council Director of the Iowa Annual Conference (1985-1992).
He was appointed Superintendent of the Cedar Rapids District of the Iowa Conference in 1992, serving until 1997.
He also served as an adjunct faculty member of the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary (UDTS). He also served on the North Central Jurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy and as a member of the U.D.T.S. Council of Advisors.