Wayne Jacobsen (born March 21, 1953) is an American author and former pastor, best known for his

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non-fiction book, ''He Loves Me!''. Jacobsen also collaborated with author

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on the writing of the novel "'' The Shack"'' and helped create the Christian publishing company Windblown Media. He has been a contributing editor to ''Leadership Journal'', and has authored numerous articles on spiritual formation, relational community, and engagement of culture.

Biography

Jacobsen attended

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, 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. Jacobsen began his full-time Ministry in 1975 as an Associate Pastor at Valley Christian Center in

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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. In 2023 Jacobsen resides in Newbury Park,

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with his wife Sara. They have two children, Julie (b. 1978) and Andrew (b. 1980), and three grandchildren.

Major works

Jacobsen has written and co-authored several books, including; ''He Loves Me!'', ''In My Father's Vineyard'', ''Authentic Relationships'', ''So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore'' (coauthored with Dave Coleman, using joint pseudonym Jake Colsen), ''The Naked Church'', ''Beyond Sundays'', ''Finding Church'', ''Live Loved Free Full'', ''In Season'', ''A Language of Healing'' and ''Tales of the Vine''. Jacobsen cohosted a weekly podcast at TheGodJourney.com, and was a mediator on governmental issues involving church and state in educational issues.

References

External links

Lifestream
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