Pastor Koopman grew up in South Dakota working on his parents’ fruit and vegetable farm. He attended college at Concordia University Nebraska where he met his wife Brittany. Following college he attended seminary at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN. Following seminary graduation in 2016 he served a dual parish at St. Paul, Emmetsburg and Peace, West Bend in Iowa, before accepting the call to serve here at Our Savior’s in 2024.
Pastor and Brittany have six children, David, Gideon, Lydia, Phineas, Elizabeth, and Magdalena. In pastor’s free time he enjoys working in his garden.