Jane Holslag
c/o LCC International  University
Kretingos 36
LT92307 Klaipeda
Lithuania
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After a three-year hiatus during which she worked on her doctorate in Germany, Jane returned to LCC International University in August 2008. She immediately assumed responsibility as interim chair of the Department of Theology. She is now completing a dissertation on East German and Presbyterian Church history.

Jane Holslag began her service at the LCC in Klaipeda, Lithuania, in 1997. She teaches in both the English and Theology departments. She is also working cooperatively with congregations in the Evangelical Reformed Church of Lithuania and the theological faculty at the University of Klaipeda.

From 1990 until 1997, she was working with the Berlin Fellowship Program in Berlin, Germany and as Coordinator for Ecumenical Fellowship in central and eastern Europe to establish relationships between congregations in the United States and congregations in eastern Germany and Poland.

Klaipeda, population 220,000, is the only port city in Lithuania, the largest and southern-most of the three Baltic states. Bordered by the Kaliningrad Oblast and Poland to the south, Belarus to the south and east, and Latvia to the north, Lithuania is a rather flat and primarily agricultural land dotted with lakes and forests. In Lithuania, the predominant Christian tradition is Roman Catholicism, although Lutheran, Reformed, Methodist, and Baptist churches persisted through the Soviet era. Since independence in 1992, some free churches and charismatic movements have also established themselves in the country.

LCC International University (originally as Lithuania Christian College) was founded in 1991. It is an independent, four-year liberal arts school owned by the Lithuania Christian Fund. With funding help from a Canadian foundation and voluntary donations, the college offers business, English, and theology majors. A master's of arts in TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language) is also offered.

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Letters from
Jane Holslag

• October 2009
• June 2009
• January 2009
• September 2008
• April 2008
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• September 2007
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• December 2006
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• August 2005
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• December 2000
• October 1999
• March 1999

The international student body is made up of young men and women from 15 countries, including study-abroad students from the United States and Canada. The general education curriculum seeks to integrate the liberal arts tradition with Christian faith. The faculty come from a variety of church backgrounds; most of them are volunteers from the West, some of whom are Presbyterians.

A native of Denver, Colorado, Jane received her BA in English and education from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and her MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. Jane worked with youth and students at First Presbyterian Church in Colorado Springs and served as associate pastor of Irvine Presbyterian Church in Irvine, California, before her appointment to Central Europe in 1990. She is a member of the Presbytery of Los Ranchos.

Birthday: May 7