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Rev David Frank Berg, MA MDiv
 Position: Retired hospital chaplain
Home Address:
2412 27th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55406
Email Address: dberg1@fairview.org
Educational Background
Master of Divinity, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN (1980)
Ordained as American Lutheran Church Pastor at St. Peter¿s African Methodist-Episcopal Church, Minneapolis, MN (1980)
Master of Arts in Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (1974)
Major: Counseling and Student Personnel Psychology (CSPP)
Bachelor of Arts in History/Social Studies, cum laude, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN (1968)
Secondary Teaching Certificate
Brief Biography
Biography for Rev. David F. Berg
David Berg has had a lifetime of experiencing the richness of cultural diversity. Born on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in western South Dakota, he moved with his family at an early age to Chicago. After the death of his father at age 36, David was raised primarily by his maternal grandparents in the industrial community of Beloit, Wisconsin. From early childhood his friends, classmates, and teammates in sports were from many cultural backgrounds: Native American, African American, Hispanic, Norwegian, Swedish, and Italian.
After graduation from Augsburg College (MN), David taught social studies for 13 years at South High School in Minneapolis. He started the Native American studies program there and taught that course for several years. He was also co-teacher for African American studies. He has spent significant time in the local Native American and African American communities and has lived and parented in a bi-racial family for many years. He earned an MA in Counseling Psychology form the University of MN (1974) and has a Master of Divinity degree from Luther Seminary (1980) in St. Paul. In 1980, he was ordained as a Lutheran pastor at St. Peter¿s African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1993, he authored the Berg Cultural/Spiritual Assessment Tool. David has worked with adolescents for the last 35 years.
In August 1999, David led two workshops on Cultural/Spiritual Assessment at the Sixth International Congress on Pastoral Care and Counseling in Accra, Ghana. This conference focused on "Spirituality and Culture in Pastoral Care". David conducted a half-day seminar at the "Second National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations" in Los Angeles, October 2000. He also did two workshops for the Center for Cross-Cultural Health Conference, "Emerging Issues in Cultural Competence: What We Are Learning", November 2000 in Minneapolis. In addition, he has presented on cultural/spiritual assessment at many other national and local conferences for health care providers and medical schools.
David is the instructor for a course entitled, "Cultures, Faith Traditions, and Health Care", at the Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota. He has also been a co-instructor for several years of a course entitled, "Spirituality and Addiction". David is a member of the teaching team at the University of Minnesota Medical School that received a John Templeton Award in 2000 for including spirituality in medical school instruction.
David and his wife, Carol, live in South Minneapolis.
Teaching Areas
Culture, Faith Tradtions and Health Care
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