Rev. Dr. Joel Lehenbauer
Executive Director, LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations
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The Rev. Dr. Joel D. Lehenbauer is executive director of the LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations, a position he has held since 2008.He was born in Fort Wayne, Ind., and spent his formative years in Fort Wayne; St. Louis; and Chicago Heights, Ill. He attended Valparaiso University (Christ College) from 1976-1978 and graduated from Concordia College, Ann Arbor, Mich., with a B.A. degree in 1980. In 1984, he received his M.Div. from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. Following a year of graduate studies at the seminary, he was ordained into the ministry in 1985. He served as pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Hillsdale, Mich., from 1985 until 1990. In January 1991, Lehenbauer accepted a call to serve on the executive staff of the LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations.
Lehenbauer received his Master of Sacred Theology degree (S.T.M.) from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, in May 1991 and earned the Doctor of Philosophy degree (Ph.D.) from the seminary in November 2004. He is a frequent speaker at pastoral conferences and other church gatherings and a contributor to various publications.
Lehenbauer and his wife, Hope, live in Union, Mo., and have four grown children and six grandchildren.
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