About Zion Lutheran
Zion Lutheran Church was founded in 1854 and is a member of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. We are a small, rural congregation, who consider all members of the church to be family. We have two services every Sunday with Sunday School for all ages in-between, and have a variety of ways to get involved.
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Pastor Mark R. Eddy was installed as the pastor of the Evangelical Zion Lutheran Church of Taylor Ridge, Illinois on July 30, 2006.
Before that he served at Holy Cross Evangelical Lutheran Church in Golden, Illinois since July of 1991. In addition, he served as the pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Bowen, Illinois since January of 2000.
Before that he served as pastor of Faith Lutheran Church in Shumway, Illinois (5 years) and Trinity Lutheran Church outside Hartford, South Dakota (3 years), and his vicarage was at Calvary Lutheran Church in Carson City, Michigan.
He graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana with a Master of Divinity degree in 1983. He also earned a Master of Sacred Theology degree from Concordia Theological Seminary in 1993. His major was Old Testament Exegesis with a minor in Systematic Theology.
Pastor Eddy's wife Nancy can often be found playing the organ during church services, and together, they have six children.
