Background
Balzer, Joel was born on June 14, 1956 in Bimidji, Minnesota, United States. Son of Reuben James and Jean Caroline (Harlow) Balzer.
Balzer, Joel was born on June 14, 1956 in Bimidji, Minnesota, United States. Son of Reuben James and Jean Caroline (Harlow) Balzer.
Bachelor in Biblical Literature Urban Studies, Simpson College, 1982; Master of Theology, Simpson College, 1988; postgraduate, Golden Gate Seminary, 1982-1984.
Assistant recruiter, M-2 Sponsors, Hayward, California, 1981; assistant director, Lifeline Brethren in Christ Mission, San Francisco, 1981; interim pastor, San Francisco Neighborhood Church, 1985; pastor, San Francisco Neighborhood Church, since 1986. Carpenter The Floorworks, San Francisco, since 1982.
Position statement draftee San Francisco Christian Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Council, 1989. Member Evangelical Theological Society, Sierra Club, Delta Epsilon Chi.
Married Lisa Marion Hannigan, August 13, 1983.