Background
Kettinger, Leroy William was born on March 5, 1942 in Mansfield, Ohio, United States. Son of Burton Edward and Mary Jane (Probst) Kettinger.
Kettinger, Leroy William was born on March 5, 1942 in Mansfield, Ohio, United States. Son of Burton Edward and Mary Jane (Probst) Kettinger.
Student, Roberts Wesleyan College, 1963. AB, Youngstown University, 1966. Master of Divinity, Asbury Theological Seminary, 1971.
Postgraduate, Kent State University, 1970. Doctor of Ministry, United Theological Seminary, 1989.
Steel worker, Ohio Corrugating Corporation, Warren, Ohio., summers 1960-1963; senior pastor, Free Methodist Community Chapel, New Middletown, Ohio., 1963-1967; salesman, Sears & Roebuck, Lexington, Kentucky, 1967-1968; minister of music, Nicholasville (Kentucky) Baptist Church, 1968-1969; senior pastor, 1st Free Methodist Church, Cleveland director youth ministries, Free Methodist Church North America, Winona Lake, Indiana, 1970-1974; senior pastor, First Free Methodist Church, Columbus, Ohio., 1974-1980; senior pastor, First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, 1980-1982; vice president, dean of chapel, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, New York, 1982-1991; senior pastor, Dearborn (Michigan) Free Methodist Church, since 1991. Consultant in field student services.
Chairman Church Commission for Youth Serving Agencies, St. Louis, 1974080, Church Commission on Scouting, North Brunswick, New Jersey, 1976-1980, Protestant Orthodox Relations Committee Boy Scouts American, Rochester, 1987-1991. Chaplain general international and national jamborees, Boy Scouts American, 1976-1977. Member American Association for Higher Education, National Association Student Personnel Administrators, Association Christians in Student Development, National Association Evangelicals (board administration, president's club).
Married Wilma Jean Lawson, June 8, 1963. Children: Kirk, Kevin, Valerie, Janelle.