The founder of Focus on the Gospel, the Rev. Steven L. Anderson, has a background in education and theology and is an accomplished and in-demand speaker and teacher.
In 1981 Rev. Anderson graduated from Concordia Teachers College, River Forest, IL, (now Concordia University Chicago) with a B.A. in Education. He continued his education at Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, IN, earning a Masters of Divinity degree in Exegetical Theology in 1985.
Upon matriculation from seminary, he served for sixteen years as a sole parish pastor at churches in Wisconsin, Missouri, and Kansas before moving to Colorado, where for two years he worked in a Lutheran high school. While at that school he served as Dean of Students, Director of Recruitment, Instructor, as well as Associate Pastor at the church that ran the school.
In the fall of 2002 he began working at Christ Lutheran High School, Rock Island, IL as the Administrator, Principal and an Instructor. In the spring of 2010 he began working full-time for Focus on the Gospel. He is currently booked for pulpit supply through August, but is available beginning in September. Contact Rev. Anderson to schedule pulpit supply.
Rev. Anderson is the author of several periodical articles, as well as My Last Sermon Was Better Than My First, available here.
He and his wife of thirty-one years have three grown children and live in Sherrard, IL.
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