BACKGROUND:

Stephanie Lutz Allen combines her experience as a social scientist, theologian and church leader to enable congregations to fulfill their calling. Trained as a social science researcher, she bases her assessment not just on skills of intuition, but also disciplined rigor gained in the academic setting. She is a leader who knows the joys and hardships of leading change within a congregation. Ordained as Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1990, she brings experience from serving two churches who sought to reconnect the gospel within their context, that of a University community in urban Minnesota, and that of young families in a California suburb. She successfully enabled the California congregation to reverse their aging trend, and attract a new generation of young families, who are involved in the church's leadership today. Active in business consulting, Stephanie adds the dynamic of coaching and training leaders/managers in a variety of settings.

EDUCATION:

M.S., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
M. Div., Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA
B.A., Communications & Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA