David Lowry

David Lowry served as pastor of St. Thomas Lutheran Church on Chicago's southside for over twenty-eight years, a congregation with a strong outreach to children in crisis, a ministry to recovering addicts, and active in addressing issues of social justice. He has been involved in developing lay leaders for southside congregations through Liberating Leadership Diaconal Training. Pastor Lowry received a Ph.D. in theology from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. His doctoral dissertation, entitled, "The Prophetic Element in the Church As Conceived in the Theology of Karl Rahner," was published in a revised version by University Press of America (1990) and focuses on the timely word of God. He is the author of "Released Outward: Liberating Congregations To Do Justice, Love Mercy, and Live Faithfully," "Following Jesus In An Age of Hypocrisy," and "Participation: Being In Christ."