About Pastor Christina
Pastor Christina De La Cruz came to House of Prayer Lutheran Church in October, 2021. She was born and raised in Uniontown, near Akron, Ohio. Before seminary, she studied Psychology at the University of Akron. After graduating with her bachelor’s degree, she had what she likes to call her “midway-to-midlife crisis.” Instead of pursuing a job in her field, she moved to Jacksonville, Florida and joined a L’Arche community, where she lived as a caregiver alongside folks with and without disabilities. After a year, she moved to the Dominican Republic, where she taught English and facilitated youth programs among marginalized communities. She was in the D.R. for two years. When she returned to the States, she spent some time with a migrant community in Immokalee, Florida.
She attended the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago for seminary and received her Master’s degree in Divinity. Before coming to House of Prayer, she trained in a bilingual congregation in West Chicago and later in a Spanish congregation in Santiago, Chile. All of these experiences have given her a passion for building authentic, diverse, and affirming communities that live out the Gospel.
Contact: pastorchristinadelacruz@gmail.com
Pastor Christina De La Cruz came to House of Prayer Lutheran Church in October, 2021. She was born and raised in Uniontown, near Akron, Ohio. Before seminary, she studied Psychology at the University of Akron. After graduating with her bachelor’s degree, she had what she likes to call her “midway-to-midlife crisis.” Instead of pursuing a job in her field, she moved to Jacksonville, Florida and joined a L’Arche community, where she lived as a caregiver alongside folks with and without disabilities. After a year, she moved to the Dominican Republic, where she taught English and facilitated youth programs among marginalized communities. She was in the D.R. for two years. When she returned to the States, she spent some time with a migrant community in Immokalee, Florida.
She attended the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago for seminary and received her Master’s degree in Divinity. Before coming to House of Prayer, she trained in a bilingual congregation in West Chicago and later in a Spanish congregation in Santiago, Chile. All of these experiences have given her a passion for building authentic, diverse, and affirming communities that live out the Gospel.
Contact: pastorchristinadelacruz@gmail.com