{"id":237,"date":"2026-05-06T17:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nwdproduction.com\/peacesite\/?page_id=237"},"modified":"2026-07-08T13:19:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T13:19:51","slug":"pastors-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nwdproduction.com\/peacesite\/pastors-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastor\u2019s page"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-text--c16985e1-e0d6-4022-964d-e2bfc04fa633\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1><b>Pastor\u2019s Bio<\/b><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_3_5 et_flex_column_3_5_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-text--b327cbe4-b1d5-4b66-ad37-40c8f2f061ba\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>About the Pastor<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-text--1f09816e-184e-4ce5-a4cf-b39c52c423ca\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rev. Jon Rathjen has been serving as pastor of Peace Lutheran since July of 2021.\u00a0 The Peace congregation recognized his 30<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> year as a pastor in 2025.\u00a0 He came to the Northwoods after serving a congregation in Nebraska for a little over 20 years.\u00a0 Before that, he served as an assistant pastor of a congregation in Minnesota for about 5 \u00bd years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pastor Rathjen\u2019s first career was in the oilfield.\u00a0 He has a petroleum engineering degree from the University of Tulsa and worked in Wyoming as an engineer and a production operator.\u00a0 After leaving the oilfield, Jon studied at Concordia University in Seward, NE in order to prepare for his seminary studies.\u00a0 He is a graduate of Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, MO.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jon is married to Lisa.\u00a0 She is a hospice nurse.\u00a0 They have three adult children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jon\u2019s hobbies include bicycling, grilling\/smoking meat, and doing projects around the house.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_3_5 et_flex_column_3_5_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nwdproduction.com\/peacesite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Rathjen.jpg\" title=\"Rathjen\" width=\"765\" height=\"808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nwdproduction.com\/peacesite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Rathjen.jpg 765w, https:\/\/nwdproduction.com\/peacesite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Rathjen-480x507.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 765px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-340\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-237","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwdproduction.com\/peacesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwdproduction.com\/peacesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwdproduction.com\/peacesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwdproduction.com\/peacesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwdproduction.com\/peacesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nwdproduction.com\/peacesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":341,"href":"https:\/\/nwdproduction.com\/peacesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions\/341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwdproduction.com\/peacesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}