Minister

Minister

Rev. Dr. Jeff Jacobson

Jeff, originally from Vancouver Island in Canada, moved to the UK in 2005. He has served as a minister at West Leigh Baptist Church since 2019, following eight years at Okehampton Baptist Church in Devon.

He is married to Antonia, originally from Germany, they have three children and a cat.

Jeff is passionate about discipleship and wants to see people come to faith in Jesus and grow deeper in that faith. He loves preaching and teachings about Jesus from the scriptures.

In 2025, he successfully completed a PhD in Baptist History & Theology, through Bristol Baptist College and the University of Aberdeen. His particular area of interest is British Baptist statements of faith.

You can read some of his work here:

‘An Exploration of the First Clause of The Declaration of Principle’ in Attending to the Margins: Essay in Honour of Stephen Finamore edited by Helen Paynter and Peter Hatton (Regents Park College, 2022) ‘The 1873 Declaration of Principle and the Downgrade Controversy’ Journal of Baptist Theology in Context, 9 (2023) 30-47.