Call Report – August 12, 2019
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Pastor, teacher, and staff minister call report
8/6/2019 – 8/12/2019
The call report details when pastors, teachers, and staff ministers change positions within WELS. The Conference of Presidents oversees and coordinates the calling process.
Correction: The call report posted on 8/5/2019 showed that Rev John Cook accepted a call to St Paul LC, West Bend WI. It should have been listed as a dual parish call, which includes St Peter LC, West Bend WI. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.
NO DECISION REPORTED
Pastors | Current call | New call | Date issued |
Rev David Kapler | Trinity LC Mountain Home AR |
Beautiful Savior LC Topeka KS Pastor |
7/2/2019 |
Rev Joshua Shandor | King of Kings LC Little Rock AR |
St Peter LC Brodhead WI Pastor |
7/7/2019 |
Rev Mark Rieke | CRM | First LC La Crescent MN Pastor |
7/9/2019 |
Rev Joseph Fricke | St Paul LC Mauston WI |
Board for Home Missions Mission Counselor |
7/9/2019 |
Rev Darren Knoll | Shepherd of the Hills LC West Bend WI |
First German LC Manitowoc WI Associate Pastor |
7/14/2019 |
Rev Eugene Andrus PhD | Trinity LC Johnson MN Mt Olive LC Graceville MN |
St Peter’s LC Balaton MN Pastor |
7/18/2019 |
Rev Scott Schultz | Cross of Christ LC Portage WI |
Good Shepherd LC Benton Harbor MI Pastor |
7/18/2019 |
Rev Daniel Lindner | St John’s LC Minneapolis MN |
One Africa Team Missionary |
7/18/2019 |
Rev John Bortulin | St John LC Mukwonago WI |
Good Shepherd LC Fond du Lac WI Associate Pastor |
7/21/2019 |
Rev Matthew Hennig | Christ LC North St Paul & Hugo MN |
Faith LC Excelsior MN Pastor |
7/22/2019 |
Rev Chris Cordes | St John’s LC Sleepy Eye MN |
Multi-Language Publications TELL Pastor |
7/22/2019 |
Rev Henry Koch | Friedens LC New Prague MN |
Our Savior LC Sun City AZ Pastor |
7/24/2019 |
Rev Matthew Mueller | Living Hope LC Peoria IL |
Faith LC Dexter MI Pastor |
7/25/2019 |
Rev David Bitter | St John LC Milwaukee WI |
Bethlehem LC Hortonville WI Associate Pastor |
7/28/2019 |
Rev Nickolas Haasch | Trinity LC Sturgis SD |
Peace LC Green Lake WI Pastor |
7/28/2019 |
Rev Philip Kiecker | Gethsemane LC Raleigh NC |
Trinity LC Marshfield WI Pastor |
7/28/2019 |
Rev Peter Sulzle | St John LC Redwood Falls MN |
Bethany LC Fort Atkinson WI Associate Pastor; Academy President |
7/29/2019 |
Rev Kendall Cook | Shepherd of Peace LC Norfolk NE |
Trinity LC Crete IL Associate Pastor |
7/29/2019 |
Rev David Frey | Living Word LC Mission Viejo CA |
St Paul LC (ELS) Escondido CA Pastor |
7/29/2019 |
Rev Jacob Haag | Redeemer LC Ann Arbor MI |
Prince of Peace LC Yuma AZ Pastor |
7/31/2019 |
Rev Karl Schultz | First LC Lake Geneva WI |
Zion LC Rhinelander WI Associate Pastor |
8/4/2019 |
Rev Caleb Kurbis | Living Savior LC Asheville NC |
St Luke LC Watertown WI Associate Pastor |
8/4/2019 |
Rev Robert Wilke | Retired | St John LC Wrightstown WI Associate Pastor; Retirement Call |
8/4/2019 |
Rev Paul Ibisch | St Peter’s LC Larsen WI |
St Paul LC Dale WI St Peter Larsen WI Pastor; Dual Call |
8/4/2019 |
Rev Stephen Meyer | Resurrection LC Rochester MN |
St Paul’s LC North Mankato MN Associate Pastor |
8/5/2019 |
Rev Jeffery Drake | Trinity LC Hartford WI |
St Paul’s LC Mound City SD Zion LC Akaska SD Pastor |
8/5/2019 |
Prof Paul Wendland | Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Mequon WI |
Hmong Asian Missionary |
8/6/2019 |
Rev Daniel Lange | Light of Life LC Covington WA |
Bethany LC Gibsonia PA Pastor |
8/7/2019 |
Rev Benjamin Schmudlach | First LC La Crosse WI |
St John (Slades Corners) LC Burlington WI Pastor |
8/8/2019 |
Rev Thad Bitter | Grace LC Portland OR |
Grace LC Vail AZ & Benson AZ Associate Pastor |
8/11/2019 |
Teachers | Current call | New call | Date issued |
Mrs Anita Krienke | Mt Olive LS Mankato MN |
Mt Olive LS Overland Park KS Teacher; Grade 1 & Grades 7 & 8 |
7/12/2019 |
Mrs Brennan Buth | Reformation LS San Diego CA |
Reformation LS San Diego CA ECM Director |
7/28/2019 |
Ms Linda Elliot | Promised Land Preschool St Paul MN Director & Teacher; Provisional Call |
7/28/2019 | |
Mrs Emily Suedmeier | Good Shepherd Early Childhood Center Sioux Falls SD ECM Director |
8/4/2019 | |
Ms Jessica Roberts | Abiding Love Preschool Cape Coral FL ECM Director |
8/4/2019 | |
Mrs Kathryn Schlomer | Abiding Love Preschool Cape Coral FL ECM Teacher; Less than Half-Time Call |
8/4/2019 | |
Staff Ministers | Current call | New call | Date issued |
Mr Joshua Numrich | Calvary LC Chandler AZ Staff Minister |
8/11/2019 |
CALLS ACCEPTED
Pastors | Current call | New call | Date accepted |
Rev Joel Jaeger | Retired | Good Shepherd LC Beaver Dam WI Pastor; One-Quarter Time Call |
8/4/2019 |
Teachers | Current call | New call | Date accepted |
Mrs Kathryn Olson | First LS La Crosse WI |
St Paul LS Onalaska WI Teacher; Grade 8 |
8/5/2019 |
Mrs Kathleen Kolell | Fox Valley Lutheran High School Appleton WI |
Fox Valley Lutheran High School Appleton WI Teacher; One-Year Call, Social Studies |
8/6/2019 |
Mrs Joanne Mattes | Northdale LS Tampa FL ECM Director & Teacher; One-Year, Part-Time Call |
8/11/2019 |
CALLS DECLINED
Pastors | Current call | New call | Date declined |
Rev Michael Neumann | St Paul LC Alexandria MN |
Zion LC Marathon WI St John LC Edgar WI Pastor |
8/2/2019 |
Rev Stephen Apt | Divine Savior LC-Liberty Hill Liberty Hill TX |
Peace LC Kokomo IN Pastor |
8/8/2019 |
Rev Mark Rieke | CRM | Good Shepherd LC Kearney NE Pastor |
8/9/2019 |
Rev John Werner | Christ LC Mindoro WI |
Immanuel LC Kewaunee WI Pastor |
8/10/2019 |
Rev Brian Krueger | Bloomington LC Bloomington MN |
St John’s LC Pardeeville WI Pastor |
8/10/2019 |
Rev Peter Korthals | St Paul LC Amherst NH Beautiful Savior LC South Portland ME |
Good Shepherd’s LC West Allis WI Associate Pastor |
8/10/2019 |
Rev Matthew Kiecker | St John LC Lomira WI |
St John LC Maribel WI Pastor |
8/10/2019 |
Rev Jonathan Fischer | Resurrection LC Chesapeake VA |
Trinity LC Nicollet MN Pastor |
8/10/2019 |
Rev Philip Hunter | Bethel LC Menasha WI |
Our Savior’s LC Zion IL Pastor |
8/10/2019 |
Rev Scott Mosher | Hosanna LC Monclova OH |
St John LC Frontenac MN Immanuel LC Lake City MN Pastor |
8/11/2019 |
RESIGNED
Teachers | Current call | Date resigned |
Mrs Abby Truss | Risen Savior LS Milwaukee WI |
8/9/2019 |
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