Meet Pastor Gawel

Adam studied for the pastoral ministry at Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minnesota. After graduating from MLC in 2004, Adam went to East Asia for one year, teaching English and doing evangelism. Adam then resumed his training for the ministry at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, graduating in 2009. He also served as a summer-vicar in Hong Kong and East Asia in 2006, as a vicar in Hong Kong and East Asia during the 2007-2008 school year, and as a senior-vicar at St. John, Wauwatosa, during the 2008-2009 school year (his final year at WLS). Upon graduation from WLS, Adam was assigned to serve as missionary in East Asia, where he continued to serve until 2016.