Carol R. Jacobson

Assistant Professor of Christian 

Education and Youth Ministry

The challenge facing Christian education in our church today is the same as it has always been: namely to empower the whole people of God, both lay and ordained, to embrace the Gospel life by deepening their relationship with God and by offering their lives in service to the world in which they live. Such empowerment comes primarily from ongoing engagement of mind, heart, and spirit with Jesus and the story of Jesus, in whom we come to know about God's love for us and for the whole world in a tangible way. Thus, Christian education cannot be confined only to what occurs in the education hour before worship on Sunday. Rather, Christian education is education about and into a way of life — a life of faith which is practiced in Christian communities, grasped ever more fully by the heart, and willingly poured out in love for the sake of the world.

Academic and Professional History

BA, Whitworth College; MA, Graduate Theological Union and Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary; PhD, Graduate Theological Union; Director of Christian Education and Youth Ministries, Salem Lutheran Church, 1979-1983; PLTS Adjunct Faculty in Systematic Theology and Christian Education 1994-1998; PLTS Dean's Associate for Community Life and Lecturer in Christian Education, 1998-1999. Assistant Professor of Christian Education, 1999 - ; Director, "Life Together:" Theological Programs for High School Youth, 1999 - .

Special Service

Member, Candidacy Committee, Sierra Pacific Synod, 1988-1993; PLTS Teaching Assistant in systematic theology and church history, 1991-1996; Board President, Resurrection Lutheran Church; Chair, Christian Education Committee, Resurrection Lutheran Church; Sunday School Teacher Training Workshop leader in Sierra Pacific Synod; PLTS representative to Eastern Washington/Idaho Synod.

Contact

cjacobson@plts.edu
(510) 559-2762