Biography: Gerald F. Sittser

Jerry Sittser attended Hope College and Fuller Theological Seminary. He served as an associate pastor at Emmanuel Reformed Church, in Paramount, Calif., for four years, then as chaplain at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, for six years before returning to school, this time at the University of Chicago, to earn his Ph.D. in the history of Christianity under Martin E. Marty. He has been teaching in the theology department at Whitworth University since 1989. He also serves as chair of the theology department, the Certification for Ministry Program, and the M.A. in Theology Program.

Sittser has written eight books: The Adventure and Loving Across Our Differences (both published by InterVarsity Press; the latter recently released under a new title, Love One Another), A Cautious Patriotism: The American Churches and the Second World War (University of N. Carolina Press), A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss (Zondervan), The Will of God as a Way of Life (Zondervan), and When God Doesn't Answer Your Prayer (Zondervan).  One of these books, A Grace Disguised, is a best-seller and has been translated into nearly 20 languages. His Water from a Deep Well: Christian Spirituality from Early Martyrs to Modern Missionaries, was released in late 2007 under the IVP label, and in 2012, Zondervan released A Grace Revealed: How God Redeems the Story of Your Life, which earned an Award of Merit from Christianity Today.

Married to Patricia since 2010, Sittser has three married children, two stepchildren, and a grandson.