User:Joetiedemann

Joseph Tiedemann was ordained an Elder in The Greater New Jersey Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church in 2006. He attended Juniata College in the fall of 1988 and transferred to Seton Hall University in the fall of 1989. He completed a Bachelor of the Arts in Political Science in 1993. He continued at Seton Hall University and received a Master of the Arts in Counseling Psychology. He worked in the field of family counseling for a little more than a year before entering seminary at Fuller Theological Seminary. While attending Fuller he worked at First United Methodist Church, Pasadena as a volunteer and then an intern. After three years as a part-time student, he transfered to New Brunswick Theological Seminary and finished his Master of Divinity in 2003. He has planted a church in Monroe Township, NJ called Monroe Community Church. He writes a blog called "Life in the Way", which is about the Reverend's personal thoughts on family, community, theology, and the church.