Background
Mensendiek, Charles William was born on July 2, 1925 in Fort Madison, Iowa, United States. Son of Richard August and Anna Marie (Kruckemeyer) Mensendiek.
Mensendiek, Charles William was born on July 2, 1925 in Fort Madison, Iowa, United States. Son of Richard August and Anna Marie (Kruckemeyer) Mensendiek.
Bachelor of Arts, Elmhurst College,1945. Bachelor of Divinity, Eden Theological Seminary, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia Joint Union, 1957.
Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Eden Seminary, 1975.
Ordained to ministry Evangelical and Reformed Church, 1948, Missionary, Evangelical and Reformed Church, Sendai, Japan, 1948—1951. Pastor Salem Evangelical and Reformed Church, Rochester, New York, 1955—1960, Plymouth Congregation, Buffalo, 1960—1963. Missionary teacher, professor, united church christ christian studies Tohoku Gakuin University, Sendai, 1963—1991, professor, from 1991.
Retired; assistant Shiogama United Church, Japan, from 1976.
Trustee Tohoku Gakuin University, 1977—1991. Member of Theological Association Japan.
Married Barbara Kathryn Dunn, June 27, 1959. Children: Jeffrey, Martha, Kathryn.