Welcome Pastor Stein!
After serving Christ Lutheran Church in Alvord, IA for more than six years, Rev. Andreas Stein began his
ministry at Immanuel Lutheran in Coleridge in May of 2004. He was raised in Hannover, Germany, and
studied theology at the Theological Seminary of the Conference of Evangelical Free Churches and the
Lutheran University of Hamburg. In September of 1997 he moved to Sioux Falls, SD, where he completed
his theological education at Sioux Falls Seminary and graduated with a Masters degree in Divinity.
“My approach to ministry is based upon my own personal experience of how God reached out to me and
literally turned my life around” says Rev. Stein. The foundations of this ministry are the message of
encouragement and hope that is called the Gospel of Jesus Christ. “I believe that as individual believers and
the church of Christ we have been called to be a light in this world of darkness. We are called to reach out
to everyone, because Christ has died for everyone”.
Rev. Stein has also completed extensive class work in the Ph.D. program in Counseling and Psychology in
Education at the University of South Dakota. He has a special commitment to working with families
through hope-oriented and Christ-based counseling. “There is nothing more rewarding than seeing a
marriage or a family that was at the verge of the abyss recover and grow again”.
Rev. Stein has been married to his wife Daniela since August of 1993. His wife, a native of Romania, is
currently working as a Psychiatric Social Worker at the Human Services Center in Yankton, SD. Over the
years she has worn many professional hats: Midwife, Private Practice Charge Nurse, Family Therapist/Case Manager, Social Worker and Adjunct Faculty at Northwest Iowa Community College.
