Our Pastor

Rev. Anthony T. Bertram

In the name of Jesus!
I have been a pastor at St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church and School since 2006. God has blessed me with Deb, my wife, mother of our children, Grace and Sasha (Alexander). I have served God as a pastor since 1989, in St. Cloud first and then Litchfield, Minnesota, before coming to Fairmont.  I am the son of an LCMS pastor, who was a missionary to Taiwan where I was born, and a Lutheran school teacher. Wherever God has called me to serve, I am always amazed at the loving and supporting people in His Church. I give thanks for the faithful and dedicated pastor, teachers, and staff here at SPL and the privilege to serve God and these people with them.
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. (Hebrews 10:23-25 ESV)

Faithful Servants of St. Paul Lutheran

1875-1883 - Rev. H. J. Mueller
1884-1889 - Rev. Theodore Maesse
1890-1891 - Rev. H. Dahlke
1891-1903 - Rev. Leonard F. Frey
1903-1945 - Rev. Otto H. Zemke
1945-1967 - Rev. Otto F. Krause
1959-1963 - Rev. Park G. Frederick
1967-1983 - Rev. Vernon H. Harley

​1974-1976 - Rev. Donavon R. Huwe
1977-1981 - Rev. Steven C. Briel
1982-1999 - Rev. Douglas K. Janetzke
1983-1988 - Rev. Samuel B. Reith
1989-1991 - Rev. Gregory J. Schultz
1992-2005 - Rev. Roger G. Abernathy
2000 - 2022 - Rev. Thomas E. Fast
2006 - Present - Rev. Anthony T. Bertram