Background
John Martin was born on November 18, 1946 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Glenn Grant and Mary Dorothy (Flaherty) Mann.
John Martin was born on November 18, 1946 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Glenn Grant and Mary Dorothy (Flaherty) Mann.
Bachelor, Clarion State College, 1967. Master of Divinity, Duke University, 1970. Master of Theology, Duke University, 1972. Doctor Ministry, Wittenberg University, 1976.
Pastor 1st Lutheran Church, Edinboro, Pennsylvania, 1971-1982. Senior pastor St. John's Lutheran Church, Erie, 1982-1991. Seminary pastor Luther Theological Seminary, St Paul, 2006 - January 2010.
Instructor Edinboro State College, 1971-1982. Adjunct professor religion Thiel College Greenville, Pennsylvania, 1980-1982, baccalaureate preacher, 1980-1984, trustee, 1974-1980, 82—. Chairman synod vocations examining committee Northwest Pennsylvania-West Virginia Synod, 1984-1988.
Chairman intersynodical candidacy committee Northwest Pennsylvania-Allegheny Synods, 1988-1990. Chairman church vocations examining committee Northwest Pennsylvania Synod, since 1990. Chairman Lutheran Coalition of Erie, 1990-1991.
Dean Cond. I, Northwestern Pennsylvania Synod, since 1991, adjunct faculty postgrad/ Family Systems Seminars, 2004. Member faculty Clergy Seminars with Larry Foster.
Board directors Lutheran Home, Erie, 1976-1979, 82—, Inter-Church Ministries Northwest Pennsylvania, 1979-1984, South Erie Hillside Community Organization, since 1982, Holy Trinity Community Center, Erie, 1984-1988, Nesting Inn, since 1988, Hospice Metropolitan Erie, since 1988, Westminster Counseling Center, Minneapolis. Chairman Erie City Strategy for Luths., since 1989. Pastor Trinity Lutheran Church, Canton, Ohio, 1992—2006.
President UrbanArk Urban Ministry Coalition. Active European Landscape Contractors Association North-East Ohio Synod, ecumenical committee, chairman synod outreach committee, since 1998, dean conference, Canton, mission planner, Urban Strategy committee. Founding chairman Interfaith Roundtable of Canton and Northwest Neighborhood Association.
Covenant commissioner Youngstown Roman Catholic Diocese, North-East Ohio Synod. Board directors Westminster Counseling Center. Member Lutheran Association Larger Churches, American Association Pastoral Counselors, Lutheran Campus Ministry Association, Interdenominational Ministerial Association (secretary), Canton Downtown Pastors Association, Synod Evangelism Committee.