News by Stephen Gorham "He has faithfully served here with a genuine heart for the Lord and the ministry."

Back to Table of Contents | Back to Main Index Previous News | Send mail to The Voice Dr. Sauerwein retires after 38 years Dr. Sauerwein has taught Bible and pastoral ministries classes. -The Ambassador, photo Dr. Daniel Sauerwein, head of the pastoral ministries department, will retire after this spring. Dr. Sauerwein has taught at Multnomah for 38 years. When he first came to Multnomah in 1964, Dr. Sauerwein was the Christian service director (student ministries). He helped develop the student ministries program by starting weekly faculty-led workshops that focused on different areas of ministry. During his first eight years, Dr. Sauerwein taught part time. He taught Bible and communication classes. When he went full time in 1972, he began teaching more Bible classes. Dr. Sauerwein has taught every Bible class except Old Testament prophets. Dr. Sauerwein organized the fall Christian Life Conference for a number of years. He was the chairman of the committee and helped make conference arrangements. For the past 12-13 years, he has been the chair of the pastoral ministries department. Dr. Sauerwein helped build cohesiveness among the pastoral studies students. He began taking students to the pastor's conference at Cannon Beach. He also started breakfast meetings on days of prayer. He developed the program so that older students could be trained in four years for the ministry without having to attend seminary. "He has faithfully served here with a genuine heart for the Lord and the ministry," Dr. Tim Aldrich said. Jason Tarka, a junior and pastoral major, said he was most impressed with Dr. Sauerwein's humility toward scripture and reverence for it. "He never forced an idea on his students. He would simply say, 'This is what I believe' and leave it at that. He let the Spirit illuminate," Tarka said. Dr. Sauerwein was the pastor at Hope Evangelical Church in Tacoma, Wash., for eight years before coming to Multnomah. He always desired to teach at a Bible college. Dr. Sauerwein first came to Mult nomah in the summer of 1964 on the invitation of the president, Dr. Willard Aldrich. Dr. Sauerwein has considered serving at Multnomah a privilege. "I have enjoyed interacting with students, mentoring them, watching them grow into maturity and then move into the ministry," Dr. Sauerwein said. Dr. Sauerwein will be teaching one class, Pastoral Epistles, in the fall. He hopes to spend the rest of his time visiting his 10 grandkids. He also hopes to teach the Bible at his church, Cedar Mill Bible. Back to Table of Contents | Back to Main Index Previous News | Top Of Page Send mail to The Voice| Journalism department website © 2002 The Voice. No part of this publication may be reproduced in written or electronic form without prior written consent from the journalism adviser of Multnomah Bible College. All rights reserved.