JeffreyBurkart

Jeffrey E. Burkart, Associate Dean of the College of Vocation and Ministry and Professor of Educational Media/Communications at Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota, is a nationally known teacher, author, speaker, dramatist, and musician who has given over 2,000 presentation and has more than 100 publication to his credit including books, articles, plays, Christian musicals, spiritual songs, hymns, CD recordings, videos and films.

Dr. Burkart earned his BA degree at Concordia Teachers College (now Concordia University, Chicago), his MA at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and his PhD at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. In addition to his teaching and administrative duties at Concordia—St. Paul, he has served as organist at King of Kings Lutheran Church in Roseville, Minnesota for the past 30 year and is a frequent guest organist and hymn festival leader.

In 2004 he received the Alumnus of the Year (Officiam ab Ducere—Leader by Service) Award from Luther High School North, Chicago, Illinois, and on May 7, 2005, Concordia University, Chicago conferred upon him an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree in recognition of his service to the church, society, and the university.

He has composed numerous hymn texts and tunes and is often commissioned to write hymns for church anniversaries and other special occasions. In 1999, the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML) commissioned Dr. Burkart to write a musical setting of the Common Table Prayer and a new LWML theme song titled, “In League with Our Lord.”

Before coming to Concordia University, St. Paul in 1977, Dr. Burkart taught in LCMS elementary, junior high, and secondary schools in Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. He and his wife, Martha, reside in Roseville, Minnesota.

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