Martin Luther Church and School

Pastor Berg is a native of LaCrosse, Wisconsin born January 28, 1953 to Angus and Betty Berg. He received baptism and confirmation at Mount Calvary Lutheran in LaCrosse. He attended Mount Calvary Lutheran Day School and Onalaska Lutheran High School graduating in 1971. From 1971 to 1976 he attended and graduated from Northwestern College in Watertown, Wisconsin. He attended Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, Mequon, WI from 1976 to 1980. On June 18, 1978 Pastor Berg and Karen Schlicht of LaCrosse, WI were united in marriage at First Evangelical Lutheran Church, LaCrosse, WI. During his vicar year at the Seminary he served at Bethlehem Lutheran, Oshkosh WI. (1978 - 1979). Upon graduating from the Seminary he was assigned in 1980 to St. John's Lutheran of Vesta, MN. In June 1984 he accepted a call to serve Pilgrim Evangelical Lutheran Church and School at Menomonee Falls, WI. He served at Pilgrim until June, 1994 when he accepted the call to be Co-Pastor and Acting Principal at Martin Luther, Oshkosh, WI. When Martin Luther called a Principal beginning with the 1996-1997 school year, Pastor Berg concentrated on the pastoral ministry at Martin Luther. The Lord has blessed the Bergs with seven children. Karen Berg is the Pre-Kindergarten teacher at Martin Luther, Oshkosh. Pastor Berg has served the Synod on various Circuit and District committees and taught one year as an emergency religion teacher at Kettle Moraine Luther High School, Jackson, WI.