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Reverend
Earl R. Schafer

Born November 8, 1948 in Spring Valley, Illinois

Baptized, Confirmed, and Ordained in Immanuel Lutheran Church, rural Peru Illinois.  

Received Bachelor of Arts with a major in Sociology from Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin 1970  
 
Received a Masters of Divinity degree from Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary (now Trinity Lutheran Seminary) in Columbus, Ohio in 1974  
 
Ordained into the ministry of Word and Sacrament on June 30, 1974
 
Married Sandra Lee Gahn on December 19, 1971 in Port Clinton, Ohio 

Father of two adult children, The Rev. Jason Schafer, Pastor/Developer of Crossroad Lutheran Church, Fort Mill South Carolina, and Matthew Schafer of Marietta, GA and grandfather to Ella Grace and Micah Andrew Schafer of Fort Mill, South Carolina
 
Pastor and Sandy have served Lutheran Congregations in Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida, and Georgia
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Address: Evangelical Lutheran Church  76 Seaboard Street,  Hiram, GA 30141         Map
 
Phone: 770-439-6323