Background
Ackley, John Brian was born on September 24, 1948 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Richard Daniel and Marie Eugenia (Arnett) Ackley.
Ackley, John Brian was born on September 24, 1948 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Richard Daniel and Marie Eugenia (Arnett) Ackley.
Bachelor, Wittenberg University, 1971. Master of Divinity, Gettysburg Seminary, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, 1988.
Intern pastor, Zion Lutheran Church, St. Paul, 1973-1974; pastoral assistant, Second English Lutheran Church, Baltimore, 1974-1975; music director, Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Bethesda, Maryland., 1975-1981; music director, Church of the Good Shepherd, Vienna, Virginia, 1981-1984; associate music director, St. Timothy's Episcopalian Church, Herndon, Virginia, since 1988. Member teaching staff Potomac Organ Institute, organist Norwegian, Danish and Czech/Slovak Superior vena cava syndrome, Washington, since 1978.
Former member committee for study of ministry Metro Washington, District of Columbia Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church American. Volunteer The Hospice of Northern Virginia, Arlington, 1987-1991. Board directors faculty Virginia Leadership Program for Musicians Serving Small Congregations, since 1999.
Member American Guild Organists (executive committee Northern Virginia chapter), Hymn Society, Reed Organ Society.
Married Kathleen Diane Glunt, May 11, 1974.