Jerry Eugene Horn was born on December 5, 1938, in Roseburg, Oregon, to Jerry E. Horn and Catherine E. Matthews Horn. His family background was connected with Oregon, where he later served in parish ministry.
Before entering ordained ministry, Horn served with the United States Army from 1961 to 1963 in the Federal Republic of Germany. His earlier scientific training in organic chemistry preceded his theological education and later Episcopal career.
Horn received a Bachelor of Science degree in organic chemistry from Portland State University in 1966. Portland State, located in Portland, Oregon, developed as an urban public university serving the educational and professional needs of the Pacific Northwest.
He studied at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, from 1969 to 1972. The Church Divinity School of the Pacific is an Episcopal seminary, while the Graduate Theological Union is an interinstitutional center for advanced theological education in Berkeley. His theological studies preceded his ordination as an Episcopal deacon in 1972 and as a priest in 1981.
Horn served with the United States Army in the Federal Republic of Germany from 1961 to 1963. After completing theological study in Berkeley, he received a research grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for work in Berkeley in 1973–1974.
He entered parish ministry as an assistant at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Sacramento from 1976 to 1979 and then served as an assistant at St. George's Episcopal Church in Roseburg from 1979 to 1982. These positions placed his early ordained work in Episcopal congregational ministry in California and Oregon.
From 1982 to 1985, Horn was vicar of St. Mathias' Episcopal Church in Cave Junction, Oregon. Beginning in 1985, he served as rector of the Church of the Holy Spirit and its Diocesan Renewal and Training Center in Albany, Oregon. From the same year, he also served as interim president and secretary of Episcopal World Mission, Inc., in Forest City, North Carolina.
Horn was an Episcopal priest whose religious life was rooted in Christianity and the Anglican tradition. The Episcopal Church is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion, whose worship combines historic Christian liturgy, sacramental practice, scripture, and a tradition of episcopal governance.
His ministry included service as a deacon from 1972 and as a priest from 1981, followed by parish leadership and involvement in renewal-oriented Episcopal organizations. His documented association with the Order of St. Luke and Episcopal Renewal Ministries places his work within forms of Christian practice that emphasized prayer, healing ministry, spiritual renewal, and congregational service.
Horn was identified with the Republican Party. The party is one of the two major political parties in the United States and has historically included currents emphasizing constitutional government, individual responsibility, private enterprise, national defense, and limited government, alongside differing positions on social and economic policy.
His documented party affiliation is distinct from his Episcopal ministry and professional work. No further political office or public political program is established in the supplied biography.
Horn was associated with the Order of St. Luke and Episcopal Renewal Ministries. The Order of St. Luke is an Episcopal religious and healing ministry organization, while Episcopal renewal ministries work within the church's broader tradition of spiritual formation, prayer, and congregational renewal.
Horn was the son of Jerry E. Horn and Catherine E. Matthews Horn. He married Diane L. Bailey on August 23, 1974. Their children were Zara S. Horn and Rebeka D. Horn.
