Paul E. Hoffman

Pastor Paul E. Hoffman has been an Lutheran Pastor for over thirty years, currently serving at Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church in Seattle. Throughout his ministry, he has been active in worship renewal and evangelization, a combination that finds its intersection in bringing new Christians to baptism which is, of course, the subject of Faith Forming Faith. Paul and his wife, Donna, have lived in Seattle for 16 years and love it that their kids Jacob (wife, Laurie) and Lauren are just across the ship canal on Capital Hill. Paul has lectured and taught about Phinney Ridge's process of bringing new Christians to baptism in such diverse places as St. Petersburg, Russia; Gettsyburg Seminary; the Calvin College Institute for Worship; in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia; at the Catholic Institute in Paris; and at countless congregations and synodical gatherings across the United States. He is available to assist your congregation, cluster, or large church gathering in learning about and instituting faith formation for children and adults as a way of renewing the church for mission in the world. When not preaching, teaching, or writing, Paul's is passionate about gardening, cooking, traveling, and walking around Green Lake with Donna, just five blocks north of of their home in the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle.