Pastor Jared E. Rudolph was born in Waseca, Minnesota and attended St. Paul Lutheran Church during his childhood. He was baptized as a baby on November 5th, 1996 and was confirmed at St. Paul in 2011. He graduated from Waseca High School in 2015. Pastor Rudolph then moved to Fargo, North Dakota to attend North Dakota State University. He graduated from NDSU in 2020 with Bachelor of Science degrees in Mathematics, Statistics, and Quantitative Economics. During his college summers, he worked at Camp Omega in Southern Minnesota (a Lutheran summer camp like Camp Lutherhaven in Albion, IN). There he met his wife, Tirzah. After a few years they were married at Concordia Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne on March 5th, 2022.

     Pastor Rudolph attended Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, serving as Fieldworker at St. John Lutheran Church in Sherwood, Ohio and as Vicar at First Lutheran Church in Lake Elsinore, California. While on vicarage, he and Tirzah were blessed with a son, Ezra, who was born in April 2023. Pastor Rudolph then graduated with his Master of Divinity in the spring of 2024 before being ordained and installed here at Peace as Associate Pastor on July 28th, 2024.

     Pastor Rudolph enjoys spending time with his family by hiking at Pokagon State Park, playing card games or board games, and going out for a round of golf.