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Rev. Steve Schulz

Onsite Host and Pastoral Advisor — Mission Central (Mapleton, Iowa)

About

The Rev. Steve Schulz is pastoral advisor at Mission Central in Mapleton, Iowa. Schulz grew up in Edgeley, N.D. After graduating from high school, he served four years in U.S. Army Intelligence. He then attended North Dakota State University (NDSU) in Fargo, where he met and married his wife, Sue.

Schulz received his Master of Divinity degree from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, in 1991 and served 20 years as a pastor in Iowa District West at St. John Lutheran Church, Fenton, (1991-1998) and Grace Lutheran Church, Storm Lake (1998-2011). He then spent 12 years in LCMS campus ministry at NDSU and as associate pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Fargo (2011-2023). He also served as first vice-president and chairman of the Board of Directors for the North Dakota District.

After serving as a parish pastor for 32 years, Schulz accepted the divine call from LCMS Mission Advancement in St. Louis to serve alongside Gary Thies at Mission Central. There, he and Thies are engaged in the important work of raising mission awareness in support of LCMS missionaries around the world.

Schulz and his wife have four grown children and three grandchildren.