Pastor
Rev. Mike Burdick is our pastor. He loves Jesus Christ, loves his family, and has a passion for serving as pastor of Immanuel. He and his wife, Kathy, have four children - two boys and two girls, ranging in age from 12 to 18. They came to Macomb in August of 1997, and it was a homecoming of sorts. Mike and Kathy met at WIU when they were students here in the early eighties, and were active in the ministry of The Lutheran Student Center.

Pastor Burdick earned his Master of Divinity Degree from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis in 1988, and then served Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Marshall, Minnesota for over nine years. His return to Macomb was an opportunity to continue in a congregational setting while also working with young people in campus ministry - a real source of joy for him.