Our Pastors
The Rev. Dr. Michael Kumm is serving as our Vacancy Pastor while we search for a new pastor. He has most recently been serving as Assistant Pastor of Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Dakota Dunes.
Following graduation from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis in 1999, Dr. Kumm was called to serve Blessed Redeemer Lutheran Church in Brandon, SD, where he also served his vicarage. Between his service in Brandon and Dakota Dunes, he served parishes in Illinois, on the staff of Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, interim general manager of KFUO Radio in St. Louis, as well as chairman of the International Lutheran Society of Wittenberg — a joint corporation of the LCMS and our partner Lutheran church in Germany. Dr. Kumm completed 13 years on the LCMS Board of Directors, having served 10 of those years as the chairman.
Dr. Kumm has completed Master of Divinity and Master of Arts degrees at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, and completed a Ph.D. degree in pastoral care and theology from Trinity Theological Seminary, Newburgh, Indiana. Pastor Kumm is a native of Sioux City, Iowa. He has served in the U.S. Air Force, and the SD Air National Guard, retiring as a Chief Master Sergeant. He is a former resident of Pierre, having held positions in state government, as a Pierre City Commissioner and as a Director with Hofmeister Funeral Chapels.
He is married to Janet (Wessel) Kumm, and has four grown step-children, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.