Background
Gerberding, George Henry was born on August 21, 1847 in Pittsburgh. Son of Henry and Josephine (Lustenberger) Gerberding.
Gerberding, George Henry was born on August 21, 1847 in Pittsburgh. Son of Henry and Josephine (Lustenberger) Gerberding.
Graduate Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania, 1873. Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Muhlenberg College, Pennsylvania, 1873. Doctor of Divinity, Muhlenberg, 1894.
Doctor of Laws, Lenoir College, 1915.
Ordained Lutheran ministry, 1876. Pastor McKees Rocks and Mount Zion, Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, 1876-1881, Jewett, O., 1881-1887, Fargo, North Dakota, 1887-1894. Professor practical theology, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Chicago (now Maywood, Illinois), 1894-1921, Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary, since 1921.
Author: The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church, 1887.
New Testament Conversions, 1889. The Lutheran Pastor, 1902.
The Lutheran Catechist, 1910. Problems and Possibilities, 1914.
The Lutheran Church in the Country, 1916.
Home: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Married Annie Danver, October 31, 1876 (died 1900). Married second, Dorothy Welty, August 4, 1904. Children: Esther May, Gus M. (deceased), Mary Emma, Josephine H. (deceased), Annie Comfort (deceased), Ruth Danver, Richard H., William P.