Rich Schoenert – Associate

Rich Schoenert served as a senior pastor for 43 years before moving into interim pastor ministry. The last 24 of those years were spent at Calvary Church, Roseville, Minnesota, a multi-site congregation. Since “retirement,” he has served numerous churches as an intentional interim pastor. Rich also continues to train and equip pastors and other church leaders in Ukraine, something he’s done for over 30 years. Rich graduated from Gordon-Conwell Seminary with both the M.Div. and D.Min. degrees. He and his wife have three adult children and many grandchildren.

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