Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Pastor, teacher, and staff minister call report
5/7/2024 – 5/13/2024
The call report details when pastors, teachers, and staff ministers change positions within WELS. The Conference of Presidents oversees and coordinates the calling process.
CALLS ISSUED
| Pastors | Current call | New call | Date issued |
| Rev Adam Gawel | St Andrew LC Chicago IL |
Apostles LC San Jose CA Associate Pastor |
4/7/2024 |
| Rev Matthew Westra | Living Promise LC Morristown TN |
Christ LC Pewaukee WI Associate Pastor; Outreach |
4/7/2024 |
| Rev Hernandez Daylo Jr | Michigan Lutheran High School Saint Joseph MI |
Divine Savior Academy Doral FL Theology |
4/9/2024 |
| Rev Jeffery Drake | Trinity LC Hartford WI |
St Paul LC Manchester WI & Marquette WI |
4/10/2024 |
| Rev John Koelpin | Calvary LC Dallas TX |
Asia Lutheran Seminary Board Professor; Asia Lutheran Seminary |
4/11/2024 |
| Rev Christopher Ewings | Faith LC Anchorage AK |
Risen Savior LC Mc Farland WI |
4/14/2024 |
| Rev William King | Good Shepherd LC Cedar Rapids IA & North Liberty IA |
New Life LC Rockford IL |
4/16/2024 |
| Rev William King | Good Shepherd LC Cedar Rapids IA & North Liberty IA |
St Paul LC Prescott WI |
4/16/2024 |
| Rev Jonathan Balge | St Matthew LC Milwaukee WI |
Hope LC Irmo SC |
4/17/2024 |
| Rev Jason Baldwin | Hope LC Saint Charles MI |
St Luke LC Winona MN |
4/18/2024 |
| Rev Paul Biedenbender | Christ LC Denver CO |
Crossroads Church Chicago IL |
4/21/2024 |
| Rev Matthew Brown | Abiding Word LC Houston TX |
Faith LC Antioch IL Associate Pastor |
4/21/2024 |
| Rev Joel Voss | Emanuel First LC Lansing MI |
Victory LC Jacksonville FL |
4/21/2024 |
| Rev John Stelter | St John LC Princeton WI |
First LC La Crescent MN |
4/23/2024 |
| Rev Nathaniel Winkel | Mountain Valley LC Eagle CO |
Peace LC Marshfield MO Zion LC Springfield MO |
4/24/2024 |
| Rev Frederic Berger | Christ LC Beatrice NE St Paul’s LC Plymouth NE |
New Mission Kronenwetter WI |
4/26/2024 |
| Rev Matthew Kuske | St Luke LC & St Paul LC Lomira WI |
St Paul LC Hillsboro WI & Wonewoc WI Associate Pastor |
4/28/2024 |
| Rev Albert Meier II | Peace LC Milbank SD St John LC Summit SD |
St Paul LC Crandon WI Christ LC Hiles WI St John LC Pelican Lake WI |
4/28/2024 |
| Rev David Salinas | Christ the Lord LC Houston TX |
Risen Savior LC Milwaukee WI |
4/28/2024 |
| Rev Tyler Shinnick | Martin Luther LC Neenah WI |
St Paul LC Friendship WI & Mauston WI Associate Pastor |
4/28/2024 |
| Rev Mark Voss | Immanuel LC Long Valley NJ |
Good Shepherd LC Burnsville MN Associate Pastor |
4/28/2024 |
| Rev James Werner | Reformation LC San Diego CA |
Life Lutheran Campus & Resurrection LC Rochester MN Associate Pastor |
4/28/2024 |
| Rev Luke Werre | Peace LC Sun Prairie WI |
St Paul’s LC Stevensville MI |
4/28/2024 |
| Rev Jason Schmidt | Shepherd of the Hills LC Tucson AZ |
Lord of Life LC Thornton CO |
4/29/2024 |
| Rev Thad Bitter | Grace LC Portland OR |
New Mission Bend OR |
5/5/2024 |
| Rev Stephen Kuehl | Shepherd of Peace LC Powell OH |
Minnesota Valley Lutheran High School New Ulm MN |
5/5/2024 |
| Rev Emile Burgess | Crown of Life LC Eagan MN & West Saint Paul MN |
St John LC Wauwatosa WI Associate Pastor |
5/7/2024 |
| Rev Aaron Steinbrenner | Peace LC Hartford WI |
Christ LC in North St Paul & Hugo, MN North Saint Paul MN Associate Pastor |
5/7/2024 |
| Teachers | Current call | New call | Date issued |
| Dean Benjamin Clemons | Martin Luther College New Ulm MN |
Asia One Team Team Leader |
4/11/2024 |
| Mr Richard Cody | St John LS Juneau WI |
Eastside LS Madison WI Principal |
4/14/2024 |
| Mr Nathan King | Manitowoc Lutheran High School Manitowoc WI |
Wisconsin Lutheran High School Milwaukee WI Director of International Admissions |
4/15/2024 |
| Mrs Bethany Mueller | Atonement LS Milwaukee WI Director of Special Education |
4/21/2024 | |
| Mr Stephen Biebert | Trinity LS Aberdeen SD |
Trinity LS Aberdeen SD Principal; Grades 4-5 |
4/28/2024 |
| Mrs Edith Menges | Divine Savior Academy – Sienna Missouri City TX Middle School Math |
4/28/2024 | |
| Ms Allison Stevens | Mt Olive LS Delano MN ECM Teacher |
4/28/2024 | |
| Mrs Cassandra Reinhard | Life LS Friendswood TX |
CrossLife Christian Academy Pflugerville TX Kindergarten |
5/3/2024 |
| Mrs Michaela Levich | Our Savior LS Wausau WI Grades 5-8 |
5/5/2024 | |
| Mrs Kelly Loberger | First German LS Manitowoc WI |
St John-St James LS Reedsville WI Grades 4-5 |
5/5/2024 |
| Ms Evodia Noel | Grace LS Grand Anse Saint George Grenada |
St John LS St John’s Saint John Antigua and Barbuda ECM Director |
5/5/2024 |
| Mrs Molly Taylor | Christ the Lord LS Brookfield WI |
St Jacobi LS Greenfield WI Grade 2 |
5/5/2024 |
| Ms Tara Widholm | Faith Lutheran Preschool Sussex WI ECM Director & Teacher |
5/5/2024 | |
| Mrs Natezia Fredrick | St Mark’s LS Watertown WI Grade 1 |
5/6/2024 | |
| Mrs Kirsten Larkin | Bloomington LS Bloomington MN ECM Teacher |
5/6/2024 | |
| Mrs Kelly Loberger | First German LS Manitowoc WI |
Trinity LS Brillion WI Grades 3-4 |
5/6/2024 |
| Ms Candace Greupink | Wisconsin Lutheran High School Milwaukee WI Digital Art & Videography |
5/8/2024 | |
| Mrs Lisa Gerhardt | St Paul LS Lake Mills WI |
St Paul LS Algoma WI Lower Grades |
5/12/2024 |
| Mr Mark Zoellner | Bloomington LS Bloomington MN Living Hope LS Shakopee MN |
Bloomington LS Bloomington MN Principal; Interim |
5/12/2024 |
CALLS ACCEPTED
| Pastors | Current call | New call | Date accepted |
| Rev Norval Kock | St Paul LS Howards Grove WI Manitowoc Lutheran High School Manitowoc WI |
St Paul LS Howards Grove WI Principal |
5/5/2024 |
| Rev Mark Voss | Retired | Resurrection LC Chesapeake VA |
5/5/2024 |
| Rev Thomas Mielke | Ministry of Christian Giving | Fox Valley Lutheran High School Appleton WI Mission Advancement Director |
5/9/2024 |
| Rev Julius Buelow | St Paul LC Saginaw MI |
Mt Olive LC Lincoln NE |
5/10/2024 |
| Rev Darin Warnecke | St John LC Sturgis MI |
St Paul LC Winneconne WI Associate Pastor |
5/10/2024 |
| Rev Nathan Cordes | St John LC Lake City MN |
Ministry of Christian Giving Christian Giving Counselor, Dakota-Montana, Nebraska, and Minnesota (south) Districts |
5/12/2024 |
| Teachers | Current call | New call | Date accepted |
| Mrs Shanna Kurbis | Living Hope LS Shakopee MN ECM Teacher |
5/7/2024 | |
| Miss Elizabeth Schwartz | Christ-St Peter LS-West Campus Milwaukee WI Grade 5 |
5/7/2024 | |
| Mrs MacCartney Durkee | First German LS Manitowoc WI Grade 2 |
5/8/2024 | |
| Mrs Michelle Free | Christ the Lord LS Brookfield WI ECM Teacher |
5/8/2024 | |
| Mr Jeffrey Powers | Good Shepherd LS Sioux Falls SD Grades 7-8 |
5/8/2024 | |
| Mrs Sarah Horn | St Matthew LS Iron Ridge WI |
Mt Calvary LS Waukesha WI Grade 4 |
5/9/2024 |
| Ms Melissa Kuehn | St John LS Redwood Falls MN Grade 1 |
5/9/2024 | |
| Mr Christopher Luebke | Emanuel LS New London WI |
Kingdom Prep Lutheran High School Wauwatosa WI Math |
5/9/2024 |
| Mrs Kathryn Luebke | Fox Valley Lutheran High School Appleton WI |
Kingdom Prep Lutheran High School Wauwatosa WI Math |
5/9/2024 |
| Dr Jeff Potratz | Wisconsin Lutheran College Milwaukee WI Professor of Biochemistry |
5/9/2024 | |
| Mrs Andrea Cherney | Redeemer Lutheran Preschool Yakima WA |
Ascension Lutheran Preschool Plymouth MN ECM Teacher |
5/11/2024 |
| Mrs Deborah Sonntag | Trinity LS Caledonia WI Extended Learning |
5/11/2024 | |
| Mrs Emily Brusenbach | Trinity-St Luke Western Ave Campus Watertown WI ECM Teacher |
5/12/2024 | |
| Mr Sherman Carstensen | Peace LS Hartford WI |
Peace LS Hartford WI Principal; Interim |
5/12/2024 |
| Prof Grace Hennig | Martin Luther College New Ulm MN |
Peace LS Hartford WI Grade 8 |
5/12/2024 |
| Mr John LeBlanc | Faith LS Fond du Lac WI |
Faith LS Fond du Lac WI Director of Student Services |
5/13/2024 |
CALLS RETURNED
| Pastors | Current call | New call | Date returned |
| Rev Seth Bode | Bethlehem LC Carmel IN |
St Paul LC Beverly Hills FL |
5/7/2024 |
| Rev Brian Roloff | Ascension LC Plymouth MN |
Bethany LC Manitowoc WI Associate Pastor |
5/7/2024 |
| Rev Jonathan Bauer | Good News LC Mount Horeb WI |
Wisconsin Lutheran College Milwaukee WI Assistant Professor of Theology |
5/8/2024 |
| Rev Matthew Vogt | Western Regional Mission Counselor Las Vegas NV |
Hope LC Chino Valley AZ Hope LC-Prescott Prescott AZ Associate Pastor |
5/8/2024 |
| Rev Shaun Arndt | Peace LC Sun Prairie WI |
Grace LC Waukesha WI |
5/9/2024 |
| Rev Michael Johnson | Good Shepherd LC Sioux Falls SD |
St John’s LC Jefferson WI Associate Pastor |
5/9/2024 |
| Rev Steven Hillmer | St Matthew’s LC Oconomowoc WI |
St John LC Wrightstown WI |
5/10/2024 |
| Pastor Nathan Loersch | Illumine LC Rock Hill SC |
Mt Olive LC Suamico WI |
5/11/2024 |
| Pastor Keith Schleis | Abiding Faith LC Smyrna TN |
St Paul LC Muskego WI Associate Pastor |
5/11/2024 |
| Rev Caleb Schultz | Cross of Life LC Mississauga ON Canada |
Lamb of God LC West Lafayette IN |
5/11/2024 |
| Rev Matthew Vik | St Paul’s LC Fort Atkinson WI |
Beautiful Saviour LC Carlsbad CA |
5/11/2024 |
| Rev Jason Strong | Light of the World LC Fairbanks AK |
Redeemer LC Yakima WA |
5/12/2024 |
| Teachers | Current call | New call | Date returned |
| Mr Joshua Arndt | Martin Luther LS Oshkosh WI |
Morrison Zion LS Greenleaf WI Grades 7-8 |
4/23/2024 |
| Mr Timothy Fischer | Fox Valley Lutheran High School Appleton WI |
Northland Lutheran High School Kronenwetter WI Science |
5/1/2024 |
| Mr Mark Kruse | Our Savior LS Grafton WI Grades 5-6, Departmentalized |
5/1/2024 | |
| Dr Mark Murphy | Wisconsin Lutheran College Milwaukee WI |
FVL Schools Inc Appleton WI Administrator; Executive Director & Director of Instruction |
5/6/2024 |
| Ms Alexandria Rivera | Good Shepherd Lutheran Academy Deltona FL |
St Matthew LS Iron Ridge WI ECM Teacher; 4K, 5K |
5/6/2024 |
| Mr Joshua Severeid | Arizona Lutheran Academy Phoenix AZ |
Wisconsin Lutheran High School Milwaukee WI Grade School Band |
5/7/2024 |
| Mrs Erin Laabs | Lakeside Lutheran High School Lake Mills WI English |
5/10/2024 | |
| Mr Nathan Reich | Redeemer LS Tucson AZ |
Trinity LS Waukesha WI Principal |
5/11/2024 |
| Staff Ministers | Current call | New call | Date returned |
| Mr Ryan Busman | Ministry of Christian Giving Christian Giving Counselor, Western Wisconsin District |
5/6/2024 |
RESIGNED
| Teachers | Current call | Date resigned |
| Mrs Sheryl Birsching | Trinity LS Bay City MI |
5/25/2024 |
| Mrs Tamara Leyrer | Wisconsin Lutheran High School Milwaukee WI |
6/30/2024 |
RETIRED
| Pastors | Current call | Date retired |
| Rev Rodney Pudell | Bloomington LC Bloomington MN Living Hope LC Shakopee MN |
6/30/2024 |
| Teachers | Current call | Date retired |
| Mr Jeffrey Koepsell | Minnesota Valley Lutheran High School New Ulm MN |
6/30/2024 |
| Dr John Kolander | Wisconsin Lutheran College Milwaukee WI |
6/30/2025 |
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