Eldon is an ordained minister with the Lutheran (ELCA) church. In addition to his years as a pastor, for eleven years he served as the Director of Consultation to Clergy for the ELCA and LCMS of the Northwest. Though officially retired since 2004, he is a Consultant to Denominational Systems (Episcopal, Methodist, and Presbyterian) focusing on healing historically troubled and traumatized congregations, clergy sexual boundaries, and pastoral care to clergy.