Our Mission
We are a community for the community. And we are here to share and to show the forgiveness of God and the love of Jesus.
Our Team
God has blessed us at the Mount with ministry team that loves Jesus and wants to share him with you.
Nate Bourman, lead pastor
ABOUT:
There are a lot of things that I could and will tell you about myself, but I’m not sure they help you know who I really am.
I could tell you that I've been a pastor at the Mount since April of 2018. I could tell that I really enjoy working out. I could tell you that I've been married to my sweetheart, Ruth, since 2002 and that God has blessed us with five children.
I could tell you that as a pastor some of my favorite moments happen at coffee shops over a cup of coffee, God’s Word and prayer. I could tell you about some of my favorite things about being a pastor, but that’s not who I really I am.
If you want to know who I really am, you have to listen to my Grandpa Monthie. He wrote a poem about me when I was born. It goes something like this: What’s he gonna be? A preacher, a teacher, a farmer just like me? What’s he gonna be? We’ll have to wait and see. What’s he gonna be? I’ll tell you, a Christian, just like you and me.
That’s who I am. I am a child of God, adopted by my baptism, cleansed in his blood. That’s who I really am.
And what do I want? I want to share Jesus with you. I'll bend over backwards and do whatever it takes so that I can share Jesus wherever you're at in life. He is the world's Savior - mine and yours. And I want you to know it, believe it, and then live it. I want this truth to change and transform you.
That's my prayer for you, for this church, for this community.
Pastor Nate Bourman
contact:
414-210-6167
Chris Johnson, Mission Pastor
Chris began his ministry in 2001 after graduating from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. His first call was to St. Paul's in Algoma, WI where he served for 6 years as their youth and outreach pastor before accepting a call to St. Mark Lutheran Ministries in De Pere, WI. He served St. Mark as their outreach and young
adult pastor for 12 1/2 years before accepting the call to serve CrossWalk Lutheran Ministries in Phoenix, AZ as their connections and Midtown campus pastor for the past 4 years. Now that he has accepted the call to Mount Lebanon, he is excited to be joining the Mount Lebanon ministry team!
Chris has been blessed in his marriage to his wife, Jamie, for the past 25 years. Jamie serves as a Spanish 1 and Algebra 1 teacher at Arizona Lutheran Academy and is excited to continue her ministry at Kingdom Prep Lutheran High School next year as their new Spanish teacher.
Chris and Jamie have been blessed with four boys and two daughters-in-law. Kyler and Millie were married in June of 2022 and reside in Milwaukee. Brady and Eva were married on December 31, 2023, and reside in Las Vegas. Ryan is a junior at Arizona Lutheran Academy. Aidan is an 8th grader at Emmanuel Lutheran School.
When not serving in ministry, Chris and Jamie both love D-I-Y home projects, hiking, hanging out with friends, making memories up at their family cabin, and enjoying travel adventures to new places around the country!
Pastor Chris Johnson
contact:
920-660-2698