SPU Theology Professor Katherine Douglass receives $1 million grant to study faith in families. She will work with fellow professors, students, staff and local congregations.

How do churches support families in the faith formation of children? How do church leaders navigate topics of disability, mental health, and sexuality through a Christian lens, and move toward racially conscious ministries? How do parents understand the scriptures on these topics and how do they read them with their children?

These questions and more will be the focus of a research project led by Katherine Douglass, Seattle Pacific University associate professor of educational ministry and practical theology. She received a $1 million grant from Lily Endowment Inc. as part of the Christian Parenting and Caregiving Initiative to study faith socialization in families. The grant will also bring together ministry leaders and parents for a trip to Hawaii to learn about the impact of disease, family, religion, and government within the former leper colony on Moloka’i.

Douglass will be working with undergraduate and graduate students along with four SPU professors and staff in theology, psychology, and multi-ethnic programs

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Posted: Monday, December 18, 2023