Background
Ziegler, Earl Keller was born on March 4, 1929 in Sheridan, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Abraham Hoffman and Rhoda Bucher (Keller) Ziegler.
Ziegler, Earl Keller was born on March 4, 1929 in Sheridan, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Abraham Hoffman and Rhoda Bucher (Keller) Ziegler.
Bachelor, Elizabethtown (Pennsylvania) College, 1951; Master of Divinity, Bethany Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1954; DDiv, Lancaster (Pennsylvania) Theological Seminary, 1982.
Pastor Woodbury (Pennsylvania) Congregation, Pennsylvania, 1954-1960, Black Rock Church of Brethren, Brodbecks, 1960-1970, Mechanic Grove Church of Brethren, Quarryville, 1970-1983, Atlantic Northeast District Executive, Harrisburg, 1983-1989, Lampeter (Pennsylvania) Church of the Brethren, 1989-1999. Moderator Church of the Brethren, Elgin, Illinois, 1993-1994. Interim pastor Florin Church of the Brethren, Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, 1999—2001.
Moderator various districts, Pennsylvania, since 1959. Member General Board, Church of Brethren, 1975-1980. Chairman Parish Ministerial Commission, 1979-1980.
Director Family Life Institute, 1961, 64, member National Korean Consultant Committee, 1988-1991, Denominational Structure Committee, 1990-1991, others. Adjunct professor church history Evangelical Seminary, Myerstown, Pennsylvania, since 1988.
President Manheim Elementary Parent-Teachers Association, 1964-1965. Trustee Elizabethtown College, 1965-1983. Board directors Community Choir, Lineboro, Maryland, 1966-1970, Solanco Community Men's Chorus, Quarryville, 1976-1983, Samaritan Counseling Center, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1992-1998, Pennsylvania Council Churches, 1983-1989, since 2000, Hope International Trustees, since 2000.
Member Lampeter Willow St. Ministerium (president 1989-1991).
Married Vivian Zug Snyder, August 12, 1951. Children: Karen Louise Miller, Randall Earl, Doreen Kay Creighton, Michael Wayne, Konnae Ziegler Berces, Sulien Nicodemus.