Education

Dr. Martin Erdmann studied theology at the Columbia International University in Columbia/USA (Master of Divinity in Missiology and New Testament Studies), at University of Basel in /Switzerland and at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland (Master of Theology in New Testament Studies and Patristics). In 1999, he was awarded a doctoral degree in modern Church History at Brunel University London in England. From 2000-2001 he engaged in post-doctoral studies in New Testament and History of Theology at the Séminaire Libre De Théologie À Genève (Free Seminary of Theology, Geneva, Switzerland). In 2017 the Károli Gáspár-University in Budapest, Hungary awarded him the Dr. Habil. degree in Systematic Theology.

Profession

Online-Media

In 1996, he founded Online Communication Systems, inc. using it to develop and teach theological distance education courses. As Vice-President of Mustardseed Media in San Jose (California) he participated in a project called Biblelands, an Online-Multimedia Tour of Israel and the Near East.

Theological Education and Research

For four years Dr. Erdmann headed up the NT department of the Staatsunabhängige Theologische Hochschule Basel (State-independent Theological Seminary), Switzerland. In his position as Senior Scientist at the University Hospital in Basel, he was involved in researching the ethical implications of Nanotechnology. He was also an Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies (distance education) at Patrick Henry College, Virginia. Currently, he is the Director of the Verax Institute.

Family

Dr. Erdmann is married to Joy and has two children, Estelle Chérie and Johannes Luc.