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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Pastor
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.