Roland D. Martinson
Academic Dean, Professor of Children Youth and Family Ministry

Roland D. MartinsonEmail:
rmartins@luthersem.edu

Personal Website:
http://www.luthersem.edu/rmartins/

Office:
651-641-3471    NW220C

Education:

S.T.D.San Francisco Theological Seminary
San Francisco, CA		1978
OrdainedELCA
1968
B.D.Luther Theological Seminary
St. Paul, MN		1968
B.A.Concordia College
Moorhead, MN		1964

Biography:

Roland Martinson came to Luther Seminary as assistant professor in 1977 and was named professor of pastoral theology and ministry, pastoral care, in 1982. He chaired the committee which created the new curriculum introduced at Luther Seminary in 1993. In May, 2000, Martinson was installed as Carrie Olson Baalson Professor of Children, Youth and Family Ministry.

Ordained in 1968, he was pastor of Salem

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Profile:

"I teach pastors and lay leaders to be pro-active in shaping families for life and faith and responsive in ministering to families in crisis."

According to Roland Martinson, the church faces a multi-dimensional challenge. "In our time, all primary relationships—the family, parenting, singleness, gender, and old age—are being re-invented. Consequently, people feel a great sense of dislocation." [more...]

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