BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
PAUL B. JANKE, D.Min. 

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Paul B. Janke, D.Min. (Doctor of Ministry), retired Area Director of Lutheran Social Services of Northern California, has over 30 years experience in human service delivery, 21 years of which were related to agency administration.  His program expertise has been in health/mental health/life enrichment education and consultation, marriage preparation and marital well-being, child abuse prevention and crisis intervention, parenting education, as well as resettlement and acculturation services for newcomer populations.  He is the author of a primary grade level faith-based curriculum program on self-esteem and relationships, and he co-authored a large parenting education and support curriculum for Southeast Asian families, with nation-wide distribution.  Since 1974, he has been a member and officers in the Association of Mental Health Clergy, a national organization affiliated with the American Psychiatric Association, and it’s successor organization, the Association of Professional Chaplains, in which he  served as Secretary of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee member, and is currently a Life Member. 

Since his retirement in April, 2001, he served as a part-time consultant with Sacramento Healthcare Decisions Inc., and as a volunteer on the Steering Committee of the California Coalition for Compassionate Care, and continues as a volunteer with the Compassionate Care Alliance of the Greater Sacramento Region, working with faith communities and other community organizations around end-of-life decision-making/care activities.  He has been an active clergy participant in the End of Life movement since 1994. 

Prior to his social services ministries, Rev. Janke interned in a large Wisconsin congregation and served congregations in Arkansas and Rancho Cordova, CA.  He also was called by his church body to serve as a chaplain in mental health ministry at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, where he continues to serve as a clergy member on the hospital Bioethics Committee.  In his retirement years, he has also served area Lutheran congregations in interim and vacancy pastoral roles, as well as serving as a pulpit supply pastor.