Background
Berg, Joseph Frederic was born on July 28, 1871 in Tübingen, Germany. Son of Herman C. and Mary J. Bayard (Kirkpatrick) Berg.
Berg, Joseph Frederic was born on July 28, 1871 in Tübingen, Germany. Son of Herman C. and Mary J. Bayard (Kirkpatrick) Berg.
Bachelor of Arts, Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1892, Master of Arts, 1895, Doctor of Divinity, 1905. Graduate Theological Seminary Reformed Church in America. 1895; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1896.
Ordained ministry Dutch Reformed Church, 1895. Pastor Montgomery, New York, 1895-1902, Portuguese Richmond, Staten Island, 1902-1911. Lecturer on Biblical theology, 1905-1917, professor New Testament exegesis and Hellenistic Greek, 1911-1917, Theological Seminary Reformed Church in America.
Pastor Reformed Prot.
Dutch Church, Flatbush, New York, 1917-1945, pastor emeritus since September 1, 1945. President General Synod Reformed Church in America, 1920, Brooklyn Federation of Churches, 1927.
Member American Oriental Society, Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Ruth Tredwell, November 26, 1902.