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Chuck Sackett was born September 11,
1951, in
Caldwell
,
Idaho
.
He was baptized in October
of 1966 at Star Christian Church, Star,
Idaho
,
and was ordained in November of 1972 at First Christian Church in
Caldwell
,
Idaho
. Chuck married Gail Peery, also from
Idaho
, on
August 23, 1970. They are parents of three daughters, Michelle, Amy, and Jill,
all born in
Oregon
. They are the proud grandparents of one
grandson, Garrett Brian Aeilts.
Michelle Ryan is a high school
English teacher (Joe, her husband is an insurance salesman and coach). Amy, a
nurse, serves with her husband, Scott Bates, at Parsippany (NJ) Christian
Church. She takes annual trips to the mission field. Jill, a paralegal, serves
with her husband Frank Dicken (preacher) at Creswell Christian Church in Bel
Air, MD.
Dr. Sackett received his B. A. from
Boise
Bible
College
in 1972. He did further studies at
Northwest
Nazarene
College
in the fall of 1972. In the spring
of 1982, Dr. Sackett was granted his Master of Divinity (
Christian
Ministries
) degree Lincoln Christian
Seminary. He received the Doctor of Ministry degree from
Trinity
Evangelical
Divinity
School
in July
1989.
Chuck currently shares his passion
for preaching with students at Lincoln Christian Seminary where he is Professor
at Large of Preaching. He moved to his current status in 2007 when he became the
full time preaching minister at Madison Park. Chuck teaches regularly for
Restoration House Ministries in
Manchester
,
NH
, and for TCM, International in
Eastern Europe
.
Chuck also likes to write. He has
articles published in Christian Standard, YouthWorker and Preaching magazines
(print and on-line editions). He has also done a number of book reviews for
Standard, the Stone-Campbell Journal and the Journal of the Evangelical
Homiletics Society. He edited and/or wrote the sermon outlines for The
Preachers’ Teacher, a book done in honor of his colleague at
Lincoln
, Dr. Marion
Henderson.
In 1972, Chuck was Youth Minister in
Caldwell
,
Idaho
. From 1973-1977 he was minister of the
Garibaldi Church of Christ, Garibaldi, OR; and from 1977-1983 he was the
minister of the Pontoon Beach Church of Christ,
Granite City
,
IL
. He also served part-time on the faculty of
St. Louis
Christian
College
from 1982-1983. Chuck recently
completed teaching full time for
Lincoln
Christian
College
and Seminary after 24 years (20 in
the college and 4 in the seminary).
In January of 1989, Prof. Sackett
visited
Australia
and
China
, and in June of 1989 he
traveled to
Ireland
and
Scotland
on short-term
mission trips; in December of 1994 he served with CIY in
Mexico
; since July of 1995 he has taught in
Austria
or in-country
(
Czech Republic
,
Romania
,
Poland
,
Bulgaria
and
Ukraine
) for TCM, International. In
1997, he served at a youth conference in the
Philippines
and taught at the missionary reunion
in
Mexico
in 1999.
Dr. Sackett enjoys running and has
been in 11 marathons, including three Boston
Marathons.
He served on the YMCA Board of
Directors in
Lincoln
,
Illinois
. For the past 5 years,
Chuck has served as a contributing editor for Christian Standard magazine. He is
the 2007 Vice President of the Evangelical Homiletics Society. Chuck recently
was asked to join the board of directors for Restoration House
Ministries.
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