Jeffrey H. Pulse
History: Born and raised in Iowa, spending the majority of childhood on a farm outside of Winterset, IA. Graduated from Winterset High School in 1976. Married Sara Bunz (Manning, IA) in 1985. Three children: Nathaniel (20) attending college at Central Washington University; Jonathan (18) attending Carroll High School in Fort Wayne Indiana; Mikal Soo (16) attending Carroll High School in Fort Wayne, IN. Sara has over 20 years experience as a music teacher.
Education: 1976-77 attended Iowa State University in the pre-vet program. Transferred to Concordia Teacher’s College in Seward, NE in 1977 and graduated with a BS in Elementary Education in 1980. Received M Div degree from Concordia Theological Seminary in 1984 and a STM in 1990. Currently working on a PhD at the University of Durham, England in the area of “Concepts of the Afterlife in the Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism” and writing a dissertation on “Joseph as a Death and Resurrection Figure in Old Testament and Second Temple times.”
Service: Graduate Assistant at Concordia, Seward in 1983-84; Graduate Assistant at Concordia Theological Seminary in 1984-85. 22 ½ years of Parish Ministry. 9 ½ years at St. John’s Lutheran in Burt, IA; 12 ½ years at Peace Lutheran Church and School in Bremerton, WA. In 2007 accepted a Call as Associate Professor of Exegetical Theology at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN.
Served 6 years as Chair of the Youth Committee of Iowa District West; 6 years on the Board of Directors of IDW; 8 years on the Board of Governors for Camp Okoboji; 7 years as Circuit Counselor in the Northwest District; 5 years as LWML District Counselor for Washington-Alaska; 3 years as Chair of the Puget Sound Pastoral Conference. Publications: A devotional book entitled, The Children (not the adults) of God, 2002.
Articles: Higher Things; Ten Things You Don’t Know About Your Pastor; Winter 2008. Concordia Pulpit; Two Sermons; 2009.
Presentations: Advent Workshop; Come to the Holy Mountain: Advent With Isaiah; Concordia Theological Seminary, 2008. Concordia Theological Seminary Symposia; The Old Testament Canon: A Rich Tapestry or a Collection of Threads?; 2009. LWML Grand Rapids Zone; Its All About the Relationship: Ruth and Naomi; 2009. Redeemer Lutheran Huntington Beach Distinguished Speaker Series; The Place of the Old Testament in the Life of the Congregation, and, Recognizing Christ in the Old Testament; 2009.