Our Pastor
Pastor Luke Boehringer was born a sinner in April 1978 in Fresno, California; he was baptized into Christ early May 1978 at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Fresno. He attended the preaching of Christ in his childhood in Lutheran churches in Japan and then in northern California (Living Word Lutheran Church). He received Holy Communion for the first time in May 1992 at Christ Lutheran Church, and gratefully continues to frequently receive the true body and blood of Christ ever since, as he was attending Luther Preparatory School and Martin Luther College.
He was graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary and ordained in the office of the holy ministry in 2004. He worked for two years as a teacher and dorm supervisor at Michigan Lutheran Seminary (a Lutheran prep school in Saginaw). Following his time in Saginaw, he was assigned as the associate pastor of Salem Lutheran Church in Owosso, Michigan. In 2009 he received and accepted the divine call to serve as the pastor of Gethsemane Lutheran Church.
He was married to his bride Sarah in 2008. All seven of their children have been born and baptized in Iowa. Pastor and his family are grateful for their extended church family at Gethsemane, their friends across the Mighty Mississippi over at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Moline, Illinois, and all their friends across the Quad Cities and eastern Iowa.
Below you can see several of his favorite podcasts and books. He doesn't endorse everything written or produced by these sources, but he has found them to be helpful in thinking about what we believe and why we believe it.
He was graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary and ordained in the office of the holy ministry in 2004. He worked for two years as a teacher and dorm supervisor at Michigan Lutheran Seminary (a Lutheran prep school in Saginaw). Following his time in Saginaw, he was assigned as the associate pastor of Salem Lutheran Church in Owosso, Michigan. In 2009 he received and accepted the divine call to serve as the pastor of Gethsemane Lutheran Church.
He was married to his bride Sarah in 2008. All seven of their children have been born and baptized in Iowa. Pastor and his family are grateful for their extended church family at Gethsemane, their friends across the Mighty Mississippi over at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Moline, Illinois, and all their friends across the Quad Cities and eastern Iowa.
Below you can see several of his favorite podcasts and books. He doesn't endorse everything written or produced by these sources, but he has found them to be helpful in thinking about what we believe and why we believe it.