Spiritual Life Team
Meet the Chaplain
Sara Barton
University Chaplain
As the University chaplain of Pepperdine University, Sara provides pastoral care in the community and leads the staff of the Hub for Spiritual Life, who together seek to cultivate a spiritually formative environment for the Pepperdine community.
Sara holds a doctor of ministry from Hazelip School of Theology and a master's degree in spiritual formation from Spring Arbor University. She authored A Woman Called, a memoir about her call to ministry. Sara also teaches adjunct courses in New Testament for Pepperdine and in ministry for Lipscomb University. Sara and her husband, John, have two children, Brynn and Nate, and one daughter-in-law, Falon.
Meet the Staff
