Biography
Rev. Jeffrey Thormodson is the Assistant Director of Vicarage and Internships and the Assistant Director of the Ethnic Immigrant Institute of Theology at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. He joined Concordia Seminary in 2005 and served as the Director of the MissionShift Institute for five years (2012-2017). Before coming to the Seminary, Thormodson served eight years as an Evangelical Missionary in Siberia, Russia (1995-2003). Thormodson is also the Executive Director of the Lutheran Society for Missiology (2012 to present) and a member of the Editorial Board that publishes their journal Lutheran Mission Matters. Thormodson lives in St. Louis with his wife, Yvonne.
Education
- STM Concordia Seminary (2011)
- M.Div. Concordia Seminary (1995)
- BA, Concordia College, St. Paul (1991)
Publications
- Advent 2, 2 Peter 3:8-14, December 7, 2014,” Concordia Journal, Vol. 40: No 4.
- “Diaspora: A New Paradigm for Mission,” The Lutheran Layman (Nov-Dec 2012): 4-6.
- “Christian Worship in the Context of Cultures,” Missio Apostolica 40, Vol. XX No. 2, (Nov 2012): 126-134.
Courses Taught
- TPRC 541 Mission Planting Institute