Background
Edge, Thomas Leslie was born on December 20, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Leslie Joseph and Flora Marie (Dirksen) Edge.
Edge, Thomas Leslie was born on December 20, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Leslie Joseph and Flora Marie (Dirksen) Edge.
Bachelor, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1957; Master of Divinity, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1960.
Founding pastor, Lutheran Church St. Ambrose, Pennsville, New Jersey, 1960-1967;
Pastor, All Saints Lutheran Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1967-1970;
Pastor, Christ the King Lutheran Church, Ringwood, New Jersey, since 1970. Chairman commission on worship New Jersey District Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 1972-1974, mem.bd. adjudication, 1974-1978. Member Lutheran Hour Research Committee, 1973-1980.
Chaplain Fire Department, Ringwood, since 1970.
Co-founder Charlotte Citizens for Peace in Viet-Nam, 1967. Director Ambulance Corps, Ringwood, 1970-1984. Trustee Lutheran Social Ministries of New Jersey, since 1995.
Vice Chairman of the Board Crane's Mill Life Care Center, West Caldwell, New Jersey, since 1996. 3d vice president New Jersey District Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, since 1997.
Married Betty Ruth Maxwell, August 22, 1959. Children; Elizabeth Anne, Christopher Thomas Gregory, Angela Michelle Marie.