Dean H. Nelson graduated from the University of Oregon in 1974. While there he was active in various Christian groups and was chaplain of Philo House. He received a M.Div. from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN in 1979. While serving as a parish pastor in South Dakota for twenty-seven years and in California for five years he has continued to study and preach the Bible. Pastor Nelson now serves a Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC) congregation in the Central Valley of California.