Carla Sunberg
| Carla D. Sunberg | |
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| 10th President Nazarene Theological Seminary | |
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Assumed office January 3, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | David Busic |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Carla Dawn Johnson July 1, 1961 Bad Homburg, West Germany |
| Spouse(s) | Charles H. "Chuck" Sunberg |
| Children | Christa N. S. Maciver Cara D. Shonamon |
| Residence | Canton, Ohio, USA |
| Alma mater |
MidAmerica Nazarene University Nazarene Theological Seminary University of Manchester |
| Profession |
Educator Missionary Academic Administrator |
| Religion | Church of the Nazarene |
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, 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. 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.
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), a Canadian of German parentage, who had been pioneer missionaries for the Church of the Nazarene in West Germany from March 1958 to May 1969. 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; Dennis Lane Johnson (born September 17, 1954 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho); and Kurt Eugene Johnson (born October 20, 1958 in Frankfurt, West Germany).
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