Since August 2018, Rev. Lisa Ishihara has served as Seattle Pacific University’s chaplain after a nationwide search.

Director of chapel programs at Biola University for 10 years prior to coming to Seattle Pacific, Ishihara has done extensive speaking and teaching, and she has contributed to the book, Leading Change Through Diversity in Spiritual Development.

Ishihara is also an ordained clergyperson in the Pacific Coast Japanese Conference of the Free Methodist Church and so understands both SPU’s Wesleyan heritage and the changing dynamic of the student body on our campus. In her role, Ishihara leads University Ministries.

Rev. Ishihara received a BA in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing from California State University at Fullerton, as well as an MDiv and MA in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care from the Talbot School of Theology.