Our Shepherd Lutheran Church

Earl L. Janssen, Jr., Senior Pastor

Email Address:pastorearl@ourshepherd.com elj


Pastor Janssen's Biography

       Earl is a 1977 graduate of Wartburg College, Waverly, IA with a Bachelor degree in Social Work and Psychology. From 1977 - 1986 he worked as a Substance Abuse Therapist in Iowa.

      In 1986, Pastor Earl entered Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, IA and graduated in 1990. He served St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Huntsville, AL for internship and at the Dartmouth Medical Center in Hanover, NH for Clinical Pastoral Education. His thesis work at seminary on building community within congregational settings was accepted with high honors. In 1990 Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Fairmont, WV issued a call for Pastor Janssen to serve as its pastor. He served this congregation until August 1, 1996 when he began serving Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Johnstown, PA. He accepted a call to Our Shepherd Lutheran Church as Senior Pastor, where he started March 1, 2004.

       Pastor Earl and his wife Lori are the parents of two daughters, Megan and Kirstin.

       Pastor Earl has a passion for ministry, reaching the unchurched, and communicating the Gospel in innovative ways which connect the hearer to the story in personal and intimate ways.

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