Rev. Dr. Mundt celebrates 50th ordination anniversary

CHILLIWACK, B.C. – On March 23, 2025, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church had the joy of commemorating the 50^th anniversary of the ordination of Rev. Dr. William Mundt. West Regional Pastor Robert Mohns was the special guest and brought greetings and a commemorative certificate from Lutheran Church–Canada. 

Dr. Mundt was ordained on March 23, 1975, at his home congregation in Crete, Nebraska. He studied at Lutheran seminaries in Springfield, Illinois, and Oberursel, Germany, receiving a Master of Divinity degree in 1974. He later obtained a doctorate from Utrecht University in the Netherlands. He served a vicarage in Connecticut before being called to Grace Lutheran Church (St. Catharines, Ontario) and then Bethel Lutheran Church (Kitchener, Ontario). 

Dr. Mundt was active in the formation of Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary in St. Catharines, first in preliminary meetings leading to its formation, and then as an adjunct faculty member. He entered full-time service at the seminary in August 2000, when he joined the faculty to teach dogmatics and evangelism. During his 15 years of teaching at CLTS, he also served at various times as Academic Dean, Dean of Students, Director of Field Education, Vicarage, and Placement, and Director of Development, and taught courses in Ukraine, Thailand, and Cambodia. 

Dr. Mundt retired from full-time service at the seminary in 2015, though not from ministry to the church in Canada. He continues to serve regularly as a relief pastor not only for the congregation at St. Paul’s, but also for other congregations throughout southwestern B.C. 

As part of the anniversary celebration, the St. Paul’s congregation held a Mission Lunch with all proceeds going to support the work of one of Dr. Mundt’s former students, Vicar Nikolaj Pohiliy, who serves in the Bashtanka region of Ukraine. 

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