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Rev. Hollie Holt-Woehl Ph.D.

Adjunct professor serving Christ's church with guidance from the Holy Spirit

Biography

Guided by the Holy Spirit, supporting Christ’s church and all God’s people.

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A warm classroom setting with attentive students and a professor speaking passionately.
A warm classroom setting with attentive students and a professor speaking passionately.
A serene chapel with sunlight streaming through stained glass windows.
A serene chapel with sunlight streaming through stained glass windows.
A small group gathered in a circle, sharing and learning together in a cozy room.
A small group gathered in a circle, sharing and learning together in a cozy room.

Pastor Holt-Woehl also serves as an intentional interim pastor in the Southwestern Minnesota Synod (ELCA). Hollie dedicates her work to supporting all of God's people, fostering connection and spiritual growth in every interaction.

Dr. Holt-Woehl is an Adjunct Professor at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN, since 2008, teaching the course, "Ministry with Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families," and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology at St John's School of Theology and Seminary, Collegeville, MN, since 2021. She also serves a lecturer in Pastoral Care and Mental Health at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Umphumulo, South Africa.

The Rev. Dr. Hollie Holt-Woehl holds a Ph.D. in Pastoral Care and Counseling with particular emphasis on the congregation. Her dissertation, "Congregations as Trinitarian Communities: Accepting, Welcoming, and Supporting People with Chronic Mental Illness," explores congregations who have welcomed people with mental illness into the life of the congregation. Ordained in 1993 in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), she has served congregations in rural, urban, and suburban settings.