Rev. Quast Accepts Call for Director of Domestic Missions

WINNIPEG, MB – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is pleased to announce that Rev. Jacob Quast has accepted the call to the position of Director of Domestic Missions. LCC’s Board extended the call on behalf of the Member Congregations of LCC in January.

As Director of Domestic Missions, Rev. Quast will be primarily responsible for providing oversight and coordination of current mission and works of mercy programs of LCC within Canada alongside LCC’s Regional Mission and Ministry Councils (RMMCs), exploring new mission opportunities and strategies in the country, and encouraging the Members of Synod in our collective mission work in Canada.

Rev Quast has a B.A. from Concordia University and a B.Ed. (Indigenous focus) from Queens University. He received his MDiv. from Concordia Lutheran Seminary, Edmonton in 2003. After his vicarage at Redeemer, Kitimat, BC, he was placed at Prince of Peace, Peace River, Alberta where he served for five years before accepting the call to his current congregation, Church of the Lutheran Hour, Fort Frances, Ontario. In 2012, the Fort Frances congregation entered into a dual-parish arrangement with St. Paul Lutheran Church, International Falls, Minnesota.

Rev. Quast will serve alongside Rev. Mark L. Smith, LCC’s Director of International Missions who has also served as Interim Director of Domestic Missions since 2019. Rev. Smith will now return to a focus on international work, which was his original focus when he began service with LCC in 2018. The two Directors will collaborate with each other, acknowledging the interconnectedness of domestic and international work in our church and world, where local and global cultures interact more than ever before.

The timing of Rev. Quast’s transition into this new role has yet to be determined. Please keep him, his wife Jolene, and the people of the Church of the Lutheran Hour and St. Paul Lutheran Church in your prayers.

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