Rev. Dr. Ken Jones

Ken Sundet Jones, a native South Dakotan, is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. His pastoral call is to serve as a professor in Grand View's Theology and Philosophy Department. He holds a Ph.D. in Luther Studies and Reformation history. He and his wife, Mary, live in Urbandale, Iowa.

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Education

• Doctor of Philosophy in Church History at Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota (2003)
• Master of Divinity, Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota (1990)
• Bachelor of Arts in German, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota (1982)

Start Date at Grand View

• August 2003

Areas of Expertise

• Reformation history
• Lutheran theology
• Life and thought of Martin Luther
• Lutheran preaching and proclamation
• Lutheran confessional writings
• Luther's catechisms
• Ethics
• Ancient and medieval philosophy
• Vocation

Awards

• 2016 Grand View faculty prize for scholarship
• 2009 Grand View inaugural prize for excellence and innovation in teaching
• 2006 Grand View prize for excellence in teaching

Grants

• Team member, $1 million endowment grant to fund the Lutheran Bible Institute in California Chair (2017)
• Team member, three-year $600,000 youth theology institute grant from the Lilly Foundation, Indianapolis, Indiana, to form the Nexus Youth Theology Institute at Grand View University, Des Moines, Iowa (2016)

Recent Publications

• "Introduction" and "The Ten Commandments: Under the Skin and Into the Heart" in By Heart: Conversations with Luther's Small Catechism, SparkHouse (2017)
• "Death and Dying" in Dictionary of Luther and the Lutheran Traditions, Baker Academic Publishing House (2017)
• The Essential Lutheran Handbook, 500th Anniversary Even Smaller Pocket Edition, SparkHouse (2017)

Personal Interests

• Family time
• Creative activities
• Movies
• Project Runway
• Cooking
• Restaurants

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