Career
Forde was a pastor in the American Lutheran Church and was a rostered pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America after its founding. Forde's teaching career began at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., where he was instructor in religion in 1955-56. Gerhard Forde joined the Luther Seminary faculty as lecturer in church history in 1959-61. After moving to Luther College in Decorah, Iowa as assistant professor of religion in 1961-63, he returned to the seminary as instructor in 1964 and was promoted to professor ten years later. Even after Dr. Forde's retirement in 1998 he remained active as a teacher and lecturer for several years.
A member of the American Academy of Religion, Forde had also been active as a member of the board of dialog, A Journal of Theology; the Lutheran-Roman Catholic dialogue; the commission for the new Lutheran Church; and the editorial board of The Lutheran Quarterly, new series.
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