The Rev. Daniel Erdman
Coordinator, Congregational & Community Outreach of NM
The Rev. Daniel Erdman is Coordinator for the Congregational and Community Outreach of New Mexico. Previously Mr. Erdman served as Outreach Minister for the New Mexico Conference of Churches from the inception of the SAFE 2000 Youth and Family Program in 2000 until October 2005.
Ordained by the Presbytery of Santa Fe in 1981, he has been pastor with dual standing of Iglesia Congregacional Unida (United Church of Christ) in Albuquerque's South Broadway neighborhood since 1993. Daniel has always sought to serve in bilingual and multicultural settings, using the languages and experience he acquired by being born and raised in Mexico of North American parentage.
Daniel's work has included seven years at Menaul School, four years in Nicaragua with Witness for Peace, and three years in Pennsylvania with Mennonite Central Committee and other agencies working on Latin American issues.
Daniel did undergraduate studies at Princeton University and received master's degrees from UNM (Secondary and Adult Education) and Princeton Theological Seminary (Divinity). He studied for three years at the Sagrada Art Institute in Old Town Albuquerque and was trained in mediation through Mennonite Conciliation Services. He is married to Anne R. Sensenig.
