Wayne Jacobsen
 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
'Wayne Jacobsen is an American author and former pastor, best known for He Loves Me!, a Christian nonfiction book. He also collaborated with the author William P. Young on the writing of the novel The Shack and helped create the Christian publishing company Windblown Media.[1] He was also a contributing editor to Leadership Journal, and has authored numerous articles on spiritual formation, relational community, and engagement of the culture.
Biography
Jacobsen attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, graduating in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in Biblical Literature. Upon graduation, he married Sara Fought of Urbana, Ohio, who graduated that same year.[2]
Jacobsen began his full-time ministry in 1975 as an Associate Pastor at Valley Christian Center in Fresno, CA—a Foursquare church. In 1994, he left the ministry to found the Christian website Lifestream ministries, as well as the organization BridgeBuilders, through which he does public presentations and conflict mediation.[3]
Jacobsen currently[when?] resides in Newbury Park, California with his wife. He has two children, Julie (b. 1978) and Andrew (b. 1980), and three grandchildren.
Major works
Jacobsen's books include He Loves Me!,[4] In My Father's Vineyard,[5] Authentic Relationships,[6] So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore (coauthored with Dave Coleman, using joint pseudonym Jake Colsen),[7] The Naked Church,[8] and Tales of the Vine.[9]
Jacobsen cohosts a weekly podcast at TheGodJourney.com,[10] and is a mediator on governmental issues involving church and state in educational issues.[11][12][13]
References
- ^ "Aim at 'spiritually interested' sparks 'The Shack' sales". USA Today. 2008-05-01.
- ^ "Wayne Jacobsen shares God's love at Hope Builders International". www.assistnews.net. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21.
- ^ "Who is Wayne Jacobsen?". Lifestream. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Jacobsen, Wayne (2000). He Loves Me! (1st ed.). Lifestream Ministries. ISBN 1-930027-04-4.
- ^ Wayne Jacobsen, In My Father's Vineyard, ISBN 978-0-8499-5296-8
- ^ Wayne Jacobsen, Authentic Relationships, ISBN 978-0-8010-6451-7
- ^ Wayne Jacobsen, So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore, ISBN 978-0-9647292-2-3
- ^ Wayne Jacobsen, The Naked Church, ISBN 978-0-9647292-1-6
- ^ Wayne Jacobsen, Tales of the Vine, ISBN 978-0-9647292-0-9
- ^ "Wayne's Bio". The God Journey. The God Journey. 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
- ^ "BridgeBuilder President: Wayne Jacobsen". www.bridge-builders.org. Archived from the original on 2001-01-28.
- ^ tp://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=16612&printer-friendly=y
- ^ Haynes, Charles C. (2006-03-19). "A moral battleground, a civil discourse". USA Today.
External links
- Lifestream, author's website
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |
- 21st-century American novelists
- American Christian writers
- Living people
- Oral Roberts University alumni
- American male novelists
- People from Selma, California
- People from Newbury Park, California
- 21st-century American male writers
- Novelists from California
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- American male non-fiction writers