Financial Exec Moves to Ministry
MINNEAPOLIS, May 15, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Bethlehem College
and Seminary has named Joe Krekelberg to the office of Vice
President of Administration and Chief Financial Officer. "How
grateful we are to God that Joe
Krekelberg's considerable experience in financial
administration and analysis have been made available to us in this
new season," said President Brian J.
Tabb. "Joe is a longtime member and deacon of our founding
churches and fully embraces the truth that God is most glorified in
us when we are most satisfied in him," he added.
Krekelberg leaves his current post as Finance Director of
Minneapolis-based Castlelake, a
global alternative investment firm with $22
billion in assets under management, to answer a call to
ministry at this church-based college and seminary. He brings over
20 years of experience in finance, strategic analysis, planning and
forecasting, transaction support, and administration, including
tenures at Ameriprise Financial and Land o' Lakes.
"I am truly excited for this next phase of work and ministry as
I seek to serve the students and staff of Bethlehem College and Seminary within the
walls of a church that has been shaping and supporting my walk with
Christ for over 30 years," said Krekelberg.
He is a graduate of St. John's
University where he earned a B.S. cum laude in Mathematics.
Krekelberg was credentialed as a Felllow of the Society of
Actuaries from 1998-2016. He is a member of The North Church, one
of Bethlehem College and
Seminary's governing churches, where he leads the administration of
the congregation's emergency relief fund. He and his wife, Julie,
live in Lino Lakes, Minnesota.
They are the parents of 3 daughters, Elizabeth (Stiff), Amy, and Heidi.
Bethlehem College and Seminary
is a churches-based, degree-granting institution with its main
campus located on the site of Bethlehem Baptist Church,
Minneapolis, and evening classes
conducted at The North Church, Mounds
View, Minnesota. The school offers both undergraduate and
graduate degrees. The college is in the model of classical and
Christian education, while the seminary focuses on equipping of
biblical elders for the tasks of pastoral, missionary, and academic
ministry. The seminary maintains a separate location
in Yaoundé, Republic of
Cameroon, in cooperation with Église Baptiste Bethléem, a
church planted by one of its graduates. Bethlehem College and Seminary is accredited
by the Association for Biblical Higher Education Commission on
Accreditation.
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