Theresa Latini

Rev. Theresa F. Latini, Ph.D. holds the George C. Weinman Chair in Pastoral Theology and Ministry and serves as associate professor of Congregational and Community Care Leadership at Luther Seminary (Saint Paul, MN). She previously taught pastoral and congregational care at Western Theological Seminary (Holland, MI). A teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA), Theresa is the parish associate at Lake Nokomis Presbyterian Church (Minneapolis, MN).

Theresa is the author of The Church and the Crisis of Community: A Practical Theology of Small- Group Ministry(Eerdmans, 2011) and co-author of Transforming Church Conflict: Compassionate Leadership in Action (Westminster John Knox, 2013). She has received over 800 hours of intensive training in Nonviolent (or, Compassionate) Communication, which she describes as a life-giving set of practices for transforming conflict and connecting across differences. She offers workshops and consultation on these topics for churches throughout the United States.