Joel Otto
Biography:
Joel Otto served in the pastoral ministry for 16 years before accepting the call to Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in 2011 to teach church history and education. Since 2016, he has been the dean of students. He served parishes in Midland, MI; Manitowoc, WI; San Diego; and Minocqua WI. He has been a regular contributor to Meditations and Forward in Christ and served on the WELS Commission on Lutheran Schools, WELS Commission on Worship, the hymnody committee for the new WELS hymnal, and the new catechism project. Currently, he serves on the WELS Commission on Inter-Church Relations and chairs the board of the WELS Historical Institute. He has also been serving as chairman for the committee planning the WELS 175h anniversary.