Bradn Buerkle
Originally from Montana, Bradn Buerkle was ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 2002. He served for over 20 years in parishes and in educational ministries of Russian-speaking Lutheran churches of the former Soviet Union. With his family, he left Russia after the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
He currently works with the Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Hermannsburg as Secretary of Theological Education in International Church Partnership.