Rev. Randy Rozelle - Teaching Pastor

My wife, Angie, and I grew up in Michigan. After one year at MSU, I transferred to Concordia, Ann Arbor, where I graduated in 1998 with a BA in secondary education. For two years I served as the social studies chair/teacher at Vail Christian High School in Edwards, CO, and as the youth leader at Gracious Savior Lutheran Church.

In 2000 we moved to Concordia Seminary in St. Louis so that I could study to be a pastor. I received my MDiv. in 2005. At that time God moved us to Buffalo, NY, where I served as a pastor at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Clarence for 10 years. In 2015 I pursued a doctorate at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, and in 2017 I received my DMin. in Expository Preaching. From my doctoral thesis I published a book in 2019 on preparing Christ-centered expository sermons "The Expository Diamond" which is available on Amazon, and I currently have a second book waiting for a publisher on Martin Luther's own journey toward expository preaching.

God moved us to Illinois in 2017, and I came to St. Peter in December 2019. We have been blessed with three children - Kayla (college in Tampa), Ethan (junior at Lake Park), and Adam (8th here at St. Peter). I love digging into Scripture, spending recreational time with family, and routing for our lowly Lions, our rebuilding Redwings, and our green/white Spartans.