Rev. Dr. Sarah Lund is a best-selling author, national advocate, and local pastor serving at the intersection of disabilities, mental health, and faith. Her mission is to partner with others to share hope, healing, and joy. She serves on the board of directors for the statewide Mental Health America Indiana, as well as the national board of Mental Health America, and was appointed to serve on the federal 988 Lifeline Marketing and Communications Committee for suicide prevention where she served as chair. Sarah is a highly sought after speaker and has consulted with Sesame Street on emotional learning resources for children and families and served on national task force with the White House Center for Faith Based Neighborhood Partnerships creating mental health toolkits.
Sarah is an ordained minister with standing in the United Church of Christ and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and has served as pastor to churches in Brooklyn, NY, Minneapolis, MN, and New Smyrna Beach, FL. She arrived in Indianapolis in 2014 to serve as Vice President for Advancement at Christian Theological Seminary. She earned degrees from Trinity University (BA), Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv), Rutgers University (MSW), McCormick Theological Seminary (DMin). She has certificates in Fundraising Management from the IUPUI School of Fundraising, Disability Ministry from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, OH, the Executive Leadership from Princeton Theological Seminary, and the Indiana University Fellowship for Leadership Education for Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND).
Sarah made history in 2018 when she was called as the first woman senior pastor of First Congregational United Church of Christ founded in 1857 in Indianapolis. She also serves the wider church on the National Staff of the United Church of Christ as the Minister for Disabilities and Mental Health Justice. Sarah’s awards include the Princeton Engle Preaching Prize and the Dell Award for Mental Health Education from the United Church of Christ Mental Health Network for “her outstanding authorship and leadership in breaking the silence about mental illness in family and in church and offering healing and hope.” She is the 2025 recipient of the Rev. Sheena Hunter Social Justice Award for her pioneering leadership in the field of mental health ministry.
Sarah is a proud Hoosier living in Indianapolis with her husband, son, and two dogs.