Past Pastors

Below is a listing of Pastors who have served at St. Philip's over the years. Photos and current information are provided if available.

Pastors Name	Position Then/Now	Years
Mandus A. Egge	Pastor The Rev. Egge is deceased.	1957-1962
Richard Pierson	Student Pastor The Rev. Pierson is retired and living in Saginaw, MI	1958-1959
Norman D. Eitrheim	Senior Pastor The Rev. Eitrheim is retired and living in Sioux Falls, SD. He was the former South Dakota Synod ELCA Bishop and currently Bishop Emeritus of the South Dakota Synod.	1963-1976
Chester Swanson	Assistant Pastor	1964-1965
Omar C. Nelson	Intern Pastor The Rev. Nelson is retired and living in Chippewa Falls, WI.	1965-1966
Leslie G. Svendsen [See below]	Intern Pastor	1966-1967
Arnold L. Anderson	Visitation Pastor The Rev. Anderson is deceased.	1967
Leslie G. Svendsen [See below]	Associate Pastor	1968-1976
Leslie G. Svendsen	Senior Pastor The Rev. Dr. Svendsen is currently the Senior Pastor at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls, SD.	1976-1985
Donald O. Jacobson	Associate Pastor The Rev. Dr. Jacobson is retired and currently living in Arizona.	1972-1985
Charles R. Lane	Associate Pastor The Rev. Charles R. Lane now has a call to ELCA Churchwide, with the title of Director for Stewardship Key Leader. Stewardship Key Leader is a program that provides programs and consultants for congregations doing capital fund appeals. debt reduction appeals, and annual stewardship response programs. He is the director of the program.	1977-1984
Todd W. Nichol	Associate Pastor The Rev. Nichol is currently Professor of Church History at Luther Seminary.	1984-1986
Orville K. Wold	Interim Pastor The Rev. Wold is retired and living in Saint Paul, MN.	1985-1986
Philip Heidi	Interim Pastor	1986
Mark S. Flaten	Associate Pastor The Rev. Flaten is a Pastoral Counselor in the Minneapolis Area Synod.	1985-1992
Paul T. Lindstrom	Senior Pastor The Rev. Lindstrom is retired and living in Kittery, ME.	1986-1991
Connie Kleingartner	Associate Pastor The Rev. Dr. Kleingartner is currently the Director of the Contextual Education at the Lutheran Seminary in Chicago.	1987-1995
Steven D. Tangen	Associate Pastor **The Rev. Tangen is Senior Pastor at St. John Lutheran Church, Dickinson, ND.**	1987-1989
Warren L. Broughton	Interim Pastor The Rev. Broughton is Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Laporte, MN.	1989-1991
Warren Schultz	Interim Senior Pastor	1991-1992
Del Schnaidt	Interim Pastor	1993
Allan J. Schoonover	Senior Pastor The Rev. Allan Schoonover is currently on the staff of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Aberdeen SD.	1993-1998
Rebecca Otto Thurman	Intern Pastor The Rev. Thurman is currently on Study Leave.	1993-1994
David C. Helgen	Visitation Pastor The Rev. Helgen is retired and living in Maple Grove, MN.	1994-1997
Jeffry Lervik	Youth & Family Pastor	1994-1997
Liane S. Rock	Interim Pastor The Rev. Rock is retired and living in Anoka, MN.	1995-1996
Janice J. Hartsook [See below]	Associate Pastor	1997-2003
Susan M. Eidahl	Intern Pastor The Rev. Eidahl is Pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, Stratford, WI.	1997
Curtis Peter	Interim Pastor	1997-1998
LeRoy A. Erlandson	Visitation Pastor The Rev. Erlandson is retired and living in Fridley, MN.	1998-1999
Robert H. Kriesel	Interim Senior Pastor The Rev. Kriesel is retired and living in Stillwater, MN.	1998-1999
Joseph A. Lambert	Youth & Family Pastor The Rev. Lambert is the Pastor of Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Stanhope, IA	1998-2000
Erik R. Saxvik	Senior Pastor	1999-2002
Carl A. Jensen	Visitation Pastor The Rev. Jensen is retired and living in Minneapolis, MN.	2000
Ryan D. Brodin [See below]	Intern Pastor	2000-2001
Ryan D. Brodin [See below]	Student Pastor	2001-2002
Gerald J. Hoffman	Interim Senior Pastor The Rev. Hoffman is retired and living in Columbia Heights, MN.	2002-2003
Janice J. Hartsook	Co-Pastor The Rev. Hartsook is currently Co-Pastor of St. Philip's Lutheran Church.	2003-Present
Ryan D. Brodin	Co-Pastor The Rev. Brodin is currently Co-Pastor of St. Philip's Lutheran Church.	2003-Present