Terri Elton

The Rev. Dr. Terri Martinson Elton, Ph.D., is Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Leadership at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota. She began teaching at Luther Seminary in 2004.

She is the author of Journeying in the Wilderness: Forming Faith in the 21st Century (Fortress Press, 2020), and co-author with the Rev. Mike Foss What Really Matters, a book for congregational leaders.

Elton holds a B.A. (1986) in Communications from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. She earned both M.A. (1998) and Ph.D. (2007) degrees in Congregational Mission and Leadership from Luther Seminary.