{"id":2249,"date":"2015-08-04T14:31:11","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T19:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/?p=2249"},"modified":"2025-07-24T08:38:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T08:38:22","slug":"doty-r-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/2015\/08\/04\/doty-r-70\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruth Doty &#8217;70"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><figure><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 26, 0); font-family: span, sans-serif;\">Pastor &#8211; New Jerusalem Lutheran Church<\/span><\/figure>Fleetwood, Pennsylvania<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"111\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/christ-college\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/08\/Doty.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11258\" style=\"width:150px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruth Doty graduated from Valparaiso University in 1970 with a B.A., earned her MS from Purdue University in 1971 and graduated from the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia in 2004.\u00a0She currently serves as Pastor for New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Fleetwood, PA. 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