St. Michael Lutheran Church in Blacksburg is welcoming a new pastor, Rev. James Henricks, who comes to the area from the South Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church In America (ELCA) where he was the Director of Evangelical Mission (DEM).
He served in that position since 2021. Prior to accepting the call as DEM he served Summer Memorial Lutheran Church in Newberry, SC, 2017 to 2021. He also served as Vicar at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church in Sarasota, Fla. During his college years he served as Area Director at Lutherock Camp and Conference Center in Newland, N.C., and as an instructor at Mountain Trail Outdoor School in Hendersonville, N.C.
Henricks received his undergraduate degree in Communication from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 2010, a Master of Divinity from Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, S.C. in 2015, and a Master of Theology from the University of Helsinki’s Religion, Conflict and Dialogue program in 2017.
Rev. Henricks is married. He and his wife Christina have a new baby daughter, Dianna, who was born in February of this year. Previously, Rev. Henricks and his wife served as foster parents and had 18 children come through their home.
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