Rev. Travis Kleinschmidt was born and raised in the
Champaign, IL area. He attended the University of Illinois
and received a B.A. in Economics. He worked as a loan
officer at a small town bank in Illinois before attending
Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN. He
graduated in May 2008. He was ordained into the office of
the Holy Ministry on June 16, 2008 and installed as pastor
of St. Jakobi Lutheran Church on June 22, 2008.
Pastor Kleinschmidt married Noël (nee Evenson) on July 31,
2004 and they have four sons, Joseph, who was born
February, 2008, Nolan who was born October, 2009, Adam
who was born January, 2013 and Luke who was born May,
2017
Pastor Kleinschmidt can be reached at: (715) 524-7239
