From 1969 to 1977, he was pastor of a Presbyterian church in Durban, South Africa.[2] In 1977 he returned to the United States where he worked for the next three decades as a pastor in various Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations.[3] He served as the senior pastor at the Pleasant Hills Community Presbyterian Church in Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania, more than nine years, between January 1977 and August 1986.[5]
He was notably the senior pastor at Bel Air Presbyterian Church from 1995 to 2001. There he developed a close relationship with church members Ronald and Nancy Reagan.[4] He notably conducted President Reagan's interment service on June 7, 2004, following the latter's death and state funeral.[3]
^ abc"Michael Wenning Obituary". Legacy.com. The Associated Press. 30 June 2011. Archived from the original on Mar 4, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2015.