Margaret Barth Wold

Background

Wold, Margaret Barth was born on March 6, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Frank Philip and Esther Sophie (Pedersen) Barth.

Education

Bachelor, Luther College, 1941. Master of Arts, Lutheran School Theology, Chicago, 1950. Doctor of Letters (honorary), California Lutheran University, 1973.

Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Wartburg Seminary, 1985. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Luther College, 1986.

Career

Executive board American Lutheran Church Women, Minneapolis, 1966-1973, executive director, 1973-1974. Director for ministry in changing communities Southern Pacific district, American Lutheran Church, 1977-1984. Associate professor New Testament California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, 1985-1989, coordinator senior mentor program, 1986-1999.

Organizer, director preschs., California and North Dakota, 1960-1972. Consultant Public Welfare Board, Bismarck, North Dakota, 1967-1968. Vice president Southern California West Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in American, 1987-1990.

Keynote speaker Lutheran World Federation Assembly, Budapest, Hungary, 1984. Community College Hein Memorial lecturer, 1985. Study leader student conference Sun-Moon Lake Education Center, University Taiwan, 1977.

Speaker in field.

Achievements

• Margaret Barth Wold has been listed as a noteworthy Religion educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Women of Faith and Spirit: Profiles of Fifteen Biblical Witnesses

    (The stories of personal strength and stalwart faith of ou...)

  • The Shalom Woman

    (THE SHALOM WOMAN is not a "total woman." Nor is she a "li...)

  • Women of Faith and Spirit: Profiles of Fifteen Biblical Witnesses by Margaret Wold (1987-02-03)
  • Women of Faith and Spirit: Profiles of Fifteen Biblical Witnesses by Wold, Margaret (1987) Paperback
  • The Power of Ordinary Christians

Membership

Board directors Grand Forks (North Dakota) Unified School District, 1968-1970, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, California, 1974-1986, president board directors, 1978-1984, board directors, California Lutheran Homes, 1996-2000, advisory board, Center for Spirituality and Ethics, Walnut Manor, Anaheim, 1999-2002. Member of American Association of University Women.

Interests

• Writing, poetry.

Connections

Married Erling Henry Wold, October 4, 1942 (deceased December 1999). Children: John, Michael, Kristi Wold de Merlier, Stephen Ganzkow-Wold, Erling Junior.

Father:

Frank Philip Barth

Mother:

Esther Sophie (Pedersen) Barth

Spouse:

Erling Henry Wold

child:

Kristi Wold de Merlier Wold

child:

Michael Wold

child:

Erling Junior Wold

child:

John Wold

child:

Stephen Ganzkow-Wold