Jeff is a professor at Concordia Theological Seminary (CTSFW), Fort Wayne. He joined the faculty in 2007 and currently serves as associate professor of Exegetical Theology, director of Certification and Placement, and director of Continuing Education.

Following graduation from Concordia Teachers College in Seward, Nebraska, with a B.S. in Elementary Education (1980), he attended CTSFW, completing his M.Div. in 1984. He completed his S.T.M. from CTSFW while in the parish in 1990. Jeff is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Durham, England, in the area of Old Testament, specifically, Concepts of the Afterlife in the Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism.

His 22 years in the parish were served in St. John’s Lutheran Church, Burt, Iowa, and Peace Lutheran Church, Bremerton, Washington.