Starting the Church Planting Conversation

People don’t talk about church planting if they know nothing about
it. In this episode, Rev. Dr. Ken Schurb — Executive for Evangelism
and Missions, Stewardship and Human Care at the Central Illinois
District-LCMS, joins host Rev. Dr. Mark Larson, Manager of Church
Planting in the Mission Field: USA initiative, to explore tools
that are available to provide basic information to get the
discussion started in your congregation. About Dr. Ken Schurb: The
Rev. Dr. Ken Schurb has been an Administrative Assistant to the
President of the Central Illinois District of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod since the summer of 2017. Previously he
served as a parish pastor for a total of 19 years in two
congregations: Peace Lutheran Church in Berne, Indiana and Zion
Lutheran Church in Moberly, Missouri. The Rev. Schurb was trained
to be both a pastor and a Lutheran high school teacher. He
graduated from Concordia Teachers College, Seward, Nebraska with
B.A. and B.S.Ed. degrees. Then he attended Concordia Theological
Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, from which he holds not only an
M.Div. degree but also an S.T.M. He studied the Reformation with
Dr. James Kittelson at The Ohio State University, where he received
his M.A. and Ph.D. Dr. Schurb taught at Concordia College, Ann
Arbor, Michigan from 1992 to 1994. For the next seven years he
worked as an assistant to LCMS President A. L. Barry at the Synod’s
International Center in St. Louis. Within the Synod, over the years
he has also been a member of the (now defunct) Board for Youth
Ministry, the Commission on Theology and Church Relations, the
Committee on Convention Nominations, and the Concordia Historical
Institute Board of Governors. While a parish pastor in Missouri, he
served as a Vice-President of that District. He is currently the
Book Review Editor of the Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly,
and occasionally teaches on an adjunct basis for Concordia
Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne. Pastor Schurb and his wife Lana
met in church in Columbus, Ohio. They have two children, a
son-in-law, and three grandchildren. Sign up to receive email
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