Pastoral Calls
About the process of calling a pastor
Please note that the District needs to be notified:
- every time a call is issued by a congregation, school, RSO, etc.
- when a rostered worker receives a call
- and when a worker accepts or declines a call
Learn more about calling a pastor; compensation and benefits for pastors; and requesting and compensating supply (guest), intentional interim, and vacancy pastors at this link.
Call activity updated 11/22/24
Calls Accepted
Mark Hannemann, Good Friend Ministries, Traverse City, MI, to GracePoint Institute for Relational Health (Director of Advancement), Lincoln
Scott Kirchoff, Immanuel, Osmond, to Holy Lamb, Myrtle Beach, SC
David Muench, Emeritus, Nebraska District, to GracePoint Institute for Relational Health (Director of Advancement), Lincoln
Installations
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Calls Declined
Brent Simek, Trinity, Hilbert, WI, to St. John, McCook
Pending Calls
Douglas Bauman, St. Paul (senior), Columbus, IN, to First Trinity, Bloomfield
Calvin Kapels, Christ (associate), Norfolk, to Word of Life, Lincoln
Victor de la Rosa, Chapel of the Cross (assistant), Mission Hills, CA, to Hope (associate), South Sioux City
Todd Kollbaum, Trinity, Madison, to Lutheran Family Service (Director of Partner Engagement), Fort Dodge, IA
Lawson Short, St. Peter, North Bend, to Immanuel, Gaylord, MN
Tim Wells, Cross of Christ, Aurora, to St. Paul’s, Holtville, CA
Glen Wurdeman, Office of International Mission (Army chaplain), St. Louis, to Trinity/Zion, Blue Hill/Red Cloud
Status Changes
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