About Us

Our Beliefs

Bible Centered

The Bible is the true and inspired message from God, right down to its words.
It is the only source and standard for Christian teaching and living.
We may have different opinions about many subjects, but we are to believe and follow all that the Bible teaches.
"The word of the Lord stands forever." 1 Peter 1:25

Christ Centered

Jesus Christ is really God and really a man.Through his death on the cross he received the punishment for our sins.
Jesus physically rose from the dead. He defeated death and proved he is God.
Forgiveness of sins and life in heaven are God's free gifts. All who believe in Jesus as their personal Savior have those gifts.
Jesus Christ will return to end the world and to judge all people. Believers in him will live in heaven for eternity.

For more information about our beliefs, visit What About Jesus and our resources page.

St. Mark Pastors

Pastor Herb Prahl
Pastor Herb Prahl grew up in Germantown, WI as one of three children of an excavating contractor. He graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran High School, Northwestern College (Watertown, WI) and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (Mequon, WI).

The LORD called him to serve at St. Mark in the spring of 1973. For the first twenty years of his ministry, he served as the WELS campus pastor for UW-Eau Claire and Chippewa Valley Technical College. Since 1993, he has served as the president of the Western Wisconsin District of the WELS.

He and his wife, Charlotte, have three children.

Pastor Aaron Mueller

St Mark's newest Pastor, Aaron Mueller, was born in Waukesha and grew up in Mequon Wisconsin. His father is a Pastor and his mother a nurse. After graduating high school at Northwestern Prep in Watertown [1995], he attended Martin Luther College in New Ulm Minnesota [1999]. After returning to Mequon for one year of graduate training, he accepted an emergency call to teach History and Government at Luther Prep in Watertown. Following the year and a wedding to his wife Sarah, he returned to Mequon for his second year of school. The road to ministry brought him to Thornton, Colorado for his vicar year. Pastor Mueller finished his schooling in Mequon [2004] and was then called to Saginaw, Michigan to teach 10th grade religion. After teaching one year, the Lord lead the pair to Eau Clair [2005].

Our Purpose

As men, women and children, united with faith in Christ, we follow his command to "go and make disciples."

We therefore will proclaim God's Law and Gospel to one another, the community, campus and the world.

We will teach God's truth to help each other grow in the faith and so serve Christ now and forever.

"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations..." Matthew 28:19

Our Lutheran Church

We belong to a Lutheran church body called the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Our synod began in 1850 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and has since expanded into all fifty states. Our synod supports missions for sharing God's word overseas, as well as a school system for training full-time church workers.