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DR. JOHN NUNES, DIRECTOR OF LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF
COMING TO GRACE MARCH 28, 2010
The Rev. John Arthur Nunes, 46, became the fourth president of Lutheran World Relief (LWR) on July 1, 2007. LWR is a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), individuals and parish groups in international relief, development, advocacy and social responsibility.
Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, Nunes has been assistant professor of theology at Concordia University, River Forest, Ill., pastor of Bethany Lutheran Church (LCMS), Chicago, and staff associate for urban ministry research at Wheat Ridge Ministries, Itasca, Ill. Nunes also writes and presents on topics ranging from social theology to ministry among youth. Nunes served as director for church resource development at Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, and he was a Research Fellow for the Acton Institute, Grand Rapids, Mich. Nunes earned a bachelor’s degree from Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Mich. He earned a Th.M. degree from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and an M.Div. from Concordia Seminary, St. Catharines, Ontario. He received an honorary doctorate from Concordia University and is a Ph.D. candidate at LSTC. Author of the book, Voices from the City, Nunes is a contributing scholar for Modern Reformation magazine and a member of the American Academy of Religion. Nunes and his wife Monique, principal at St. John Lutheran School, Forest Park, Ill., have four daughters and one son.
Information about Lutheran World Relief is available at http://www.lwr.org.
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