August 2025
On August 3, 2025, Reverend Michael Tanney was installed as pastor at St. John Lutheran Church in Island Lake, Illinois.
Rev. Tanney received a Bachelor of Science degree from Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska in 1975. He served as a teacher, missionary, and DCE for many years in Illinois, Nebraska, Venezuela, Iowa, and Puerto Rico before completing seminary studies at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri in 2011. He served as pastor at St. John’s Lutheran Church in St. Louis, Missouri until moving to emeritus status in 2024.
He and his wife, Catherine, have been married since 1983, and they have four adult children.
We welcome Rev. Tanney and his wife to his new call in the LCMS Northern Illinois District!
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