Carla Long

Carla Long is from a small town in Kansas (682 people small, well, now 681 people small). After growing up on a hobby farm and excelling in FFA (Future Farmers of America) in her high school, Carla went to Graceland University and graduated with a BA in Mathematics. That is when the teaching profession called her into its ranks. After three (long) years of teaching high school mathematics, Carla realized that she felt a call to ministry in Community of Christ and decided to volunteer for a long-term assignment with World Service Corps. She was sent to Binalonan, Pangasinan, The Philippines, where she preached her first sermon (half in English and half in Tagalog, simply put, it was terrible) and taught in a local school. After the assignment was over, Carla volunteered again for World Service Corps, but this time in Australia, where she learned what a caffeine addiction looked like, as well a deep desire to serve God and the church for the rest of her life.

Upon returning from Australia, Carla started seminary (Masters of Arts in Christiana Ministries) with Graceland University and also taught in a local university for a year before accepting a positon as a Financial Officer for the Sierra Pacific Mission Center in Northern California. After six years of blonder hair and a deep love of the weather (and the church!) in California, Carla accepted another job as a Financial Officer for the Eurasia Mission Field. After five years of wandering around Europe and developing a deep love of Dutch mayonnaise (and the church!) in Europe, Carla accepted a call to be a Latter-Day Seeker minister in Salt Lake City, UT, where she now resides with her husband, Kuzma.