The Pastors who have served Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church:
These are the pastor that have served Gethsemane since its formation in 1963.
| Senior Pastors of Gethsemane |
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Associate Pastors of Gethsemane |
| Nathan Sager |
1996-present |
| Leonard Anderson |
1992-1995 |
| Carroll Marohl |
1983-1990 |
| Melvin Johnson |
1969-1983 |
| Herman Soderberg |
1963-1968 |
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| Darin G.E. Elvemo |
2003-present |
| Lilette Johnston |
1993-1995 |
| Jack Koch |
1990-1993 |
| Steve Smith |
1990-1993 |
| Dennis Speetzen |
1987-1990 |
| Thomas Wright |
1984-1987 |
| Carroll Marohl |
1980-1983 |
| Glenn Johnson |
1979-1980 |
| Thomas Carlson |
1975-1978 |
| LeRoy Holmes |
1968-1972 |
| Melvin Johnson |
1965-1968 |
| Thomas Kuusisto |
1963-1965 |
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Did you ever wonder who served our predecessor church bodies? Here is a list of the pastors who were called to serve at First Lutheran and Zion Lutheran from the time of their beginnings until they joined to become Gethsemane Lutheran Church in 1963.
| First Lutheran Church Pastors |
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Zion Lutheran Church Pastors |
| L.A. Hokanson |
visit. pastor |
| J.A. Krantz |
vice pastor |
| Theodore Seashore |
visit. pastor |
| E. Edstrom |
visit. pastor |
| P.O. Hanson |
1899-1909 |
| H.J. Kallberg |
1909 |
| Hugo Thorene |
1910-1917 |
| Samuel E. Johnson |
1917-1929 |
| Christian Swenson |
1929-1930 |
| Clarence Anderson |
1930-1935 |
| Theodore B. Nordale |
1935-1936 |
| Hjalmer Olson |
1936-1941 |
| F.M. Eckman |
vice pastor |
| N. Edward Vickberg |
1941-1957 |
| O.E. Olmon |
1957-1958 |
| Douglas Pearson |
1958-1962 |
| Herman E. Soderberg |
1962-1963 |
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| Henry Sarvela |
1894-1896 |
| John Back |
1896-1897 |
| Henry Sarvela |
1898 |
| Mikko Havukainen |
1898-1901 |
| Henry Sarvela |
1901-1905 |
| K.F. Salovaara |
1906-1907 |
| John Wargelin |
1907-1909 |
| Peter Keranen |
1909-1914 |
| Victor Kuusisto |
1914-1918 |
| K.H. Mannerkorpi |
interim |
| M.E. Merjarvi |
1918-1922 |
| Victor Kuusisto |
1922-1945 |
| Douglas Ollila |
1946-1947 |
| Herman Matero |
1947-1950 |
| Viljo Puotinen |
1951-1958 |
| Thomas Kuusisto |
1958-1963 |
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