Pr. Strawn with a student in Nigeria
Paul Strawn has been the pastor at Prince of Peace for 20 years. Along with his pastoral duties at Prince of Peace, he has translated and edited a number of works of Martin Luther, and lectured and taught at seminaries in the United States, Germany, Nigeria and Ghana. He has been married for 31 years to his wife Kristi, an elementary school teacher, and the two have been blessed with six children, and eight grandchildren.
Pr. Gehlbach
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church for the Deaf is served by the Rev. Daryl Gehlbach. Pr. Gehlbach grew up in Central Illinois. He graduated from Illinois State University and attended Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. He vicared at Gallaudet University and Christ Lutheran Church for the Deaf in Washington, DC. Upon his graduation and ordination in 1983 he began serving Lutheran Church for the Deaf, West Hartford, CT. In 1991 he accepted the call to serve Prince of Peace Lutheran Church for the Deaf in the Twin Cities. From 2002 until 2010 he also served Trinity Lutheran Church, Arden Hills.
In addition to serving as pastor for the deaf, he is the instructor for two video courses for the Deaf Institute of Theology. He also serves on a committee producing a series of children’s Bible stories for the Deaf. He has also served as District Secretary in both the New England and Minnesota South districts.
He and Janet have been married for over 30 years. They have been blessed with adopted children.