Background
Klem, Herbert Viele was born on January 9, 1937 in New York City. Son of Arthur Christian and Jessie Mable (Fisher) Klem.
Klem, Herbert Viele was born on January 9, 1937 in New York City. Son of Arthur Christian and Jessie Mable (Fisher) Klem.
Bachelor, Gordon College, Wenham, Massachusetts, 1959. Master of Science in Education, Hofstra University, 1963. Master of Divinity, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts, 1971.
Doctor Missions, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, 1977.
Teacher, East New York Technology and Vocational High School, Brooklyn, 1960-1962, 65-66;
missionary, lecturer, Titcombe College, Sudan Interior Mission, Egbe, Nigeria, 1966-1968;
missionary, lecturer, Igbaja (Nigeria) Seminary, Sudan Interior Mission, 1968-1973;
education consultant, project director, Daystar Communications, Naibori, Kenya, 1973-1978;
visiting professor cross-cultural communications, Wheaton (Illinois) Graduate School, 1978-1980;
professor department missions, Bethel Seminary, Arden Hills, Minnesota, since 1980. Africa administrator Living Bibles International, 1973-1978. Communications consultant Pattaya Conference on World Evangelism, 1981.
Active conferences throughout United States. Consultant, seminar leader for churches and outreach organizations in areas world missions and church communications, African oral art and evangelism in Africa and United States. Consultant board world missions Baptist General Conference, Arlington Heights, Illinois, since 1982, also consultant to Mexico missionaries, United Bible Socs. of Africa, since 1993.
Member advanced planning commission on development ministries, Commission onEvangelism.
Board of directors Mission: Moving Mountains, Minneapolis, since 1983, president, 1985-1986, vice president 1986-1990. Board directors Kenya Children's Fund, Minneapolis, since 1986. Member American Society Missiology, Evangelical Theological Society, World Association for Christian Communications, Fellowship Evangelical professors Mission.
Married Barbara Hellen Gustavson, July 8, 1961. Children: Jonathan H., Daan A., C. Kristen.