1517 Media
Terry Wheeler has extensive experience in sales, broadcasting, and management over a career spanning several decades. Since July 2017, Terry has served as a Sales and Service Specialist at 1517 Media while also working as a Radio Announcer at Community First Broadcasting, LLC since October 2015. Previously, from 2010 to 2015, Terry held multiple roles, including Manager, Secretary, Treasurer, and Music Director at the United Methodist Churches of Lakefield and Heron Lake, focusing on staff transitions and choir engagement. From 2001 to 2010, Terry worked at First National Bank as a Sales Manager, Loan Officer, and Personal Banker, ensuring excellent client experiences. Terry has also held the position of Financial Planner at American United Life from 1997 to 2001 and served as Sales Manager at Kleven Broadcasting of Minnesota from 1990 to 1996. Terry holds a degree in Radio and Television Broadcasting from Brown College.
1517 Media
For more than 200 years 1517 Media has been committed to helping Christian communities and individuals encounter a loving, gracious God and grow in faith, understanding, and response. We create resources for Christian worship and faith formation, for academic study and professional development, and for individual edification and spiritual growth. We have always embraced the media of the day to meet people where they are, in their lives and in their communities. 1517 Media has five publishing imprints: AUGSBURG FORTRESS, serves Lutheran churches with resources that support worship and music, faith formation, and congregational life. FORTRESS PRESS, publisher of scholarship that matters for the academy, for the classroom, and for the church across the categories of theology, biblical studies, history, religion, and ministry. SPARKHOUSE, develops resources that engage and inspire children, youth, and adults in Christian communities. BEAMING BOOKS, publisher of high-quality children’s books that help kids thrive emotionally, socially, and spiritually. BROADLEAF BOOKS, publisher of books on religion, culture, social justice, spirituality, and personal growth that inspire transformation in readers and their communities to foster a more open, just, and compassionate world.