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Carla D. Sunberg (born July 1, 1961) is an American ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene, administrator, academic, author, speaker and former missionary and registered nurse, who is the first woman and the 10th person elected as president of Nazarene Theological Seminary (NTS). At the time of her election on January 3, 2014, Sunberg was co-District Superintendent (with her husband Charles H. "Chuck" Sunberg) of the East Ohio District of the Church of the Nazarene,〔("Dr. Carla Sunberg Elected Tenth President of NTS" ) (January 3, 2014).〕 having served in this role since November 1, 2011. For almost four years, Sunberg was the President of the Wesleyan-Holiness Women Clergy International (WHWC) organization from May 2009 to April 2013. Sunberg also served as the inaugural chairman of the USA/Canada Nazarene Women Clergy Council from February 2007 to June 2009.〔Sarah Coleson Derck, ("Women Clergy Council Convened by Clergy Development" ), ''New Horizons: Resources for Nazarene Clergywomen'' (Spring 2007):2.〕 From 1992 to 2005, Sunberg was a global missionary for the Church of the Nazarene in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Sunberg is the only daughter of Jerald Johnson, the 24th General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene. ==Early life and education== Carla Dawn Johnson was born on July 1, 1961 in Bad Homburg, West Germany, as the fourth child and only daughter of Rev. Jerald DeWight Johnson (born in Curtis, Nebraska in 1927)and his wife Alice Eva Schmidt (born August 10, 1923 in Beiseker, Alberta, Canada),〔Paul A. Williams, ("A HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE" ), M.A. Thesis (History). (Emporia, KS; Emporia State University, 1982):108.〕〔("Alumna of the Year: Carla (Johnson, '83) Sunberg" ), ''Accent magazine'' (Spring 2009):6.〕 a Canadian of German parentage,〔J. Fred Parker, ''Mission to the World: A History of Missions in the Church of the Nazarene Through 1985'' (Kansas City, MO: Nazarene, 1988):353.〕 who had been pioneer missionaries for the Church of the Nazarene in West Germany from March 1958 to May 1969.〔"West Germany Is Opening," ''Other Sheep'' 45 (October 1958):13.〕〔Paul A. Williams, ("A HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE" ), M.A. Thesis (History). (Emporia, KS; Emporia State University, 1982):108.〕〔Floyd Cunningham, ed., ''Our Watchword & Song: The Centennial History of the Church of the Nazarene'' (Kansas City, MO: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 2009):516.〕 Sunberg is the younger sister of the late Jerald DeWight Johnson, Jr. (born September 21, 1953 in Spokane, Washington; died March 10, 2009 in Idaho), who was adopted when five days old by Johnson and his wife;〔("G.S. emeritus family mourns loss of son, Jerry D. Johnson, Jr." ), ''NCN News'' (March 13, 2009).〕 Dennis Lane Johnson (born September 17, 1954 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho);〔("Centennial Medallion Recipients" ).〕 and Kurt Eugene Johnson (born October 20, 1958 in Frankfurt, West Germany).〔("Jerald D. Johnson" ) (August 2013).〕 By May 1969, he Johnson family left West Germany and relocated to the USA.〔("Alumna of the Year: Carla (Johnson, '83) Sunberg" ), ''Accent magazine'' (Spring 2009):6.〕〔("CARLA SUNBERG explaining "where she is from"! )〕 On May 18, 1969, Sunberg's father became the pastor of the Cambrian Park Church of the Nazarene in San Jose, California.〔"R. F. Zanner Elected on Uiddle European District", ''Herald of Holiness 58:17 (April 23, 1969):17.〕〔Paul A. Williams, ("A HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE" ), M.A. Thesis (History). (Emporia, KS; Emporia State University, 1982):108.〕 In 1970 the Johnson family relocated to Nampa, Idaho, where Jerald Johnson became pastor of College Church of the Nazarene. Upon Johnson's election as Director of the World Mission Division of the Church of the Nazarene in 1973,〔"Jerry Johnson Elected World Missions Secretary", ''Herald of Holiness'' 21 (October 1973):35.〕 Sunberg and her family relocated to Overland Park, Kansas.〔Floyd Cunningham, ed., ''Our Watchword & Song: The Centennial History of the Church of the Nazarene'' (Kansas City, MO: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 2009):516.〕〔("Alumna of the Year: Carla (Johnson, '83) Sunberg" ), ''Accent magazine'' (Spring 2009):6.〕 Sunberg attended Shawnee Mission South High School, and graduated in 1979. From 1979 Sunberg attended MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) ''cum laude'' degree in 1983.〔("Alumna of the Year: Carla (Johnson, '83) Sunberg" ), ''Accent magazine'' (Spring 2009):6.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carla Sunberg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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