Joe Gawel began serving as a pastor in Saginaw, Michigan, in 2013 as an instructor and wrestling coach at Michigan Lutheran Seminary. In 2015, Joe was reassigned to Victory Lutheran Church in Lexington, Kentucky, and served there as pastor for almost eight years. Joe began his service to Mount Olive in January 2023 as the…
After graduating from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in May 2019, Pastor Priewe received his first assignment to serve at Mount Olive. He served as a vicar (intern) at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Verona and Monroe, WI. “Recently, I was able to visit the Mount of Olives outside Jerusalem where Jesus ascended into heaven. There he commissioned his disciples, “You will be my…
Pastor Joel Zank has been in the ministry since 1987. He has served Mount Olive since 1996. His ministry began in the classroom. Pastor Zank served as a religion teacher at Shoreland Lutheran High School near Kenosha, Wisconsin. He entered parish ministry when he was called to serve a congregation in Rochester, Minnesota. In 2014 he was elected President of the…
After serving an exploratory mission in Houghton, Michigan, for nine years, Pastor Robert Raasch was called to serve at Mount Olive in 1995. His current congregational responsibilities include administration, member ministry and stewardship. He also serves the WELS as a circuit pastor and the chairman of the Chairman of the Asia One Team Administrative Committee (AOTAC). “I believe that Mount Olive…