Having studied economics in his home state of Kerala, Jacob’s subsequent studies in theology led him to America and the Divinity School at Harvard.
Following completion of his doctoral studies in missiology, Jacob was appointed as Assistant Professor of Christian Social Ethics at Union Biblical Seminary in Pune, where he also served as Academic Dean. An ordained minister of the Church of South India, Jacob joined the College in 2005 where he teaches and writes in the area of missiology. The author of From Lausanne to Manila: Evangelial Social Thought (ISPCK), Jacob teaches and ministers to Indian Christians around the world. He and his wife Elizabeth have three children.
