StephenStarke

Stephen Paul Starke, born in 1955 in Bay City, MI, is pastor at St. John Lutheran Church-Amelith in Bay City. He graduated from Concordia University in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1975 and from Concordia University Chicago in 1977.  He received his Master of Divinity degree from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1983.  He has also served Lutheran parishes in Chicago and Middletown, CT.

From 1996-1997, Pastor Starke served on the Hymn Selection Committee for Hymnal Supplement 98, and from 1998-2006 he served as the Chairman of the Hymnody Committee for the Lutheran Hymnal Project which culminated in the release of Lutheran Service Book in 2006. In 2005, CPH released a book of 122 of his hymn texts entitled, O Sing of Christ.
 
He and his wife Pat, a physical therapist, were married in 1978 and have four children.

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