Our Pastors
Senior Pastor - Currently vacant
We are in the process of calling a new pastor.
Pastor Urbach is our local retired pastor who still preaches occasionally. Pastor Urbach's entire ministry has been in the South Dakota District. Following his graduation from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, MO, he was called to Bethesda Lutheran in Marion, SD and Zion Lutheran in Hurley, SD. In 1974 Pastor Urbach was called to Faith Lutheran in Pierre where he would serve for 41 years. Following his retirement in 2014 he would serve as a vacancy Pastor and provide pulpit supply for parishes in Central South Dakota. Pastor Urbach and his wife Susan, a registered nurse, have a blended family of six children and sixteen grandchildren. Pastor Urbach's son Jonathan and his family live in the Twin Cities of Minnesota and his daughter Jennifer and her family live in the Denver area.