Jeff Peterson was born in Washington, D. C. in 1954, and grew up that area.
He became a Christian in November of 1973 while a sophomore at Connecticut College
in New London, CT. He received a B. A. in Religion from that institution in
1977. While there, he met and married his wife, Leigh. And while she completed
her studies at Connecticut and then received her Master Degree in Special Education
from George Washington University in Washington, D. C., Jeff worked as a forklift
operator in a lumber yard and then as a food stamp worker for Social Services
in Alexandria, VA.
After receiving a call to the ministry, Jeff entered seminary in 1981, and graduated
with a Master of Divinity, Magna Cum Laude, from Wesley Theological Seminary
in Washington, D. C. in 1984, winning the American Bible Society Award for
Outstanding Achievement in Biblical Studies. From January 1985 until September
1989, he pastored Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, in Grove City, PA. He resigned
as a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1989 over disagreement
with the Church's pro-abortion position. Since then he was worked as an independent
sales contractor for various industries while maintaining an active ministry
at a local crisis pregnancy center. He is a regular contributing writer for
various publications around the country. He occassionally appears on television
and radio as a guest in the Atlanta and Pittsburgh areas. In 1993, he became
a teacher with The Center for Biblical Literacy in Atlanta. And in 1994 he was
ordained as a Scholastic Fellow with that organization. He was a publisher and
editor of their e-journal, O
Theophilus, which is available through the Internet and on various commercial
computer services such as CompuServe and America On Line. In April of 1995,
Jeff and Leigh planted a mission church called Living Word of Butler, in Butler
County, PA. The outreach to an impoverished community lasted until the beginning
of 1999, when, after leading over 26 children to the Lord, the doors of opportunity
began to close.
Jeff now does web design and flash creations as a free lance creative and book editing for Isaiah House Publishing.
Somehow, during the past 20 odd years, while everything else has been going
on, he and his wife have managed to produce and care for
3 children. Leigh currently
teaches special education in Slippery Rock.
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