Rev. Daniel L. Sonnenberg, MDiv, BA, BS

Hi there! I’m Dan Sonnenberg, an American husband, father, pastor, former missionary, and former church musician.

I’m also the guy behind We Are His Workmanship (DanSonnenberg.com).

This website is representative of much of my life’s work.

I write about congregational care, missionary work in Latin America, missionary sending and support, theology, church life, church music and more.

And here I publish writings, sermons I have preached, as well as audio and video recordings of choral works I have conducted, and solo-duo vocal works I have recorded together with my wife, Beth.

I earned a BS in Marine Biology (1978) and a BA in Music (1983) from the University of North Carolina Wilmington and a Master of Divinity (2004) from Reformed Theological Seminary Orlando. As an ordained Teaching Elder in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC), I served as a pastor of three churches in North Carolina and Ohio (2005-2015), and I currently serves as the Congregational Care Coordinator of Myrtle Grove Presbyterian (EPC) in Wilmington, North Carolina. I served with Beth as a Global Missionary in Latin America and the Caribbean with Timothy Two Project International. My earliest experience in missions took place during my early twenties while serving with Teen Missions, International in Guatemala (1976) and on the island of Anguilla (1977). 

My wife, Elizabeth “Beth” (Stokley) Sonnenberg, and I make our home in Wilmington, North Carolina, and have two grown sons, Stephen and James. 

Quick Links

• Personal Website: We Are His Workmanship
• Missionary Blog
• Sermons
• Congregational Care
• Music Performances
• Writings

Social Media

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Education

• MDiv, Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, FL, 2004
• Post-graduate work in the Master of Church Music (MCM) in Choral Conducting program, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 1995-1997
• BA, cum laude, Vocal Music Performance, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 1983
• BS, cum laude, with honors in Marine Biology, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 1978
• Attended Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 1972-1974
• Diploma, Bowling Green High School, Bowling Green, OH, 1972

Ordination

• Ordained as a Pastor (Teaching Elder) in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, October 2005.

Ministry Positions

• Congregational Care Coordinator, Myrtle Grove Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, NC, January 2018 – present
• Global Missionary in Latin America and the Caribbean, Timothy Two Project International, January 2016 – December 2025
• Senior Pastor, Stonebridge Church, Perrysburg, OH, 2011-2015
• Assistant Pastor of Worship and Discipleship, Myrtle Grove EPC, Wilmington, NC, 2007-2010
• Assistant Pastor of Worship and Discipleship, North Grove EPC, Wilmington, NC, 2005-2006
• Director of Music and Arts, Myrtle Grove EPC, Wilmington, NC, 1982-2001

Family

• Born in Napoleon, OH, 1954
• Parents Otis and Lois (Benzino) Sonnenberg
• Grandparents Ted and Amelia (Badenhop) Sonnenberg of Holgate, OH
• Grandparents Frank and Margaret (Cain) Benzino of Tonawanda, NY
• Married Elizabeth (Stokley) Sonnenberg at Myrtle Grove Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, NC, Rev. Horace Hilton officiating, 1978
• Two sons born 1986 and 1989

Hobbies

• Photography, music, bicycling, blogging, journaling, woodworking, home remodeling, painting and repairs