Background
Riedel, Walter Robert was born on October 6, 1945 in Brooklyn. Son of Robert Joel Martin and Dorothy Adele (Jacobsen) Riedel.
Riedel, Walter Robert was born on October 6, 1945 in Brooklyn. Son of Robert Joel Martin and Dorothy Adele (Jacobsen) Riedel.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1969; Master of Divinity, Yale University, 1971; Master of Sacred Theology, Concordia, St. Louis, 1973.
Director youth ministry, Ascension Lutheran Church, East Lansing, Michigan, 1974-1975; pastor, Peace Lutheran Church, Taft, California, 1975-1978; circuit missionary, American Lutheran Church/Evangelical Lutheran Church, Papua, New Guinea, 1978-1982; professor, academic dean, Senior Flierl Lutheran Seminary, Finschhafen, Papua, New Guinea, 1983-1986; pastor, Nativity Lutheran Church, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, since 1986. Secretary Tradewinds Conference, Florida Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church American, since 1988, member global missions task force, Florida Synod, since 1988, commission on ecumenical relations, Florida Synod, since 1988.
Member Ministerial Association Northern Palm Beaches (president 1989-1990).
Married Ruth Martha Pullmann, June 22, 1976. Children: David Robert, Christopher Daniel, Jonathan Paul.