Our Pastors

Pastor M. Todd Zill has spent nearly all of his 29 years as an LCMS pastor serving and supporting campus ministry and the young people of the Church.

He served for almost 16 years as the full-time campus pastor at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church and Campus Center in Laramie, Wyo., working with students at the University of Wyoming. During that time, he also helped found Higher Things, a youth-oriented Recognized Service Organization, and served for seven years as its Christ on Campus Executive.  

He also served as the most recent LCMS director of Campus Ministry and was the creator of LCMS U, during which time he also hosted a campus ministry related radio program through KFUO called The Student Union.

Please contact Pastor Zill for anything, but most especially if you are a new student. Just click on the red “I’m a New Student” form in the upper right corner of every page or drop him a note at either toddzillarising@gmail.com or (520) 400-3470.

Why is Pastor Zill is now using his middle name?Learn why here! . :-)

Pastor Isaac Wirtz is a 2020 graduate from Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft Wayne, IN and remains at his first call to Mt Olive Lutheran Church in Tucson AZ.

His background before the ministry includes work in California as a video game tester, a teacher in China for English as a Second Language, 6 years in the Marine Corps as an enlisted Marine, and 6 years in the Arizona Army National Guard as a Chaplain.

In addition to the work in his parish, he enjoys sharing theology online through his personal Youtube/Podcast, “Christian Combatives”. Through this and other online interactions he has developed a passion for bringing Christ’s love to communities and individuals of all kinds.

Pastor Wirtz has 3 young children,  as well as a few cats and dogs, and lives south of Tucson in Vail.