My name is Pastor Kevin McLeod, I was born November 20,1953. I have lived in New Jersey, Florida, Texas, Indiana and now Ohio. My Elementary through High Schooling was in Orlando, Fl. I attended Concordia Lutheran College in Austin, Texas, studying in the Pre-Seminary program and received his AA in 1974. Then attended I Concordia Senior College Fort Wayne, Indiana from 1974-76 and received his BA. I was married Sandra Honoree from 1976 until her death in 2005
I attended Seminary at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN from 1976 to 1980 when I left school, without completing my studies.
I became a Radio Shack manager in 1980. In 1985 we moved to Orlando, Florida where I got a position with Martin Marietta as a Project Controls Engineer. We lived in Orlando for nine years, I have served many positions at the Lutheran Churches we attended, elder, treasurer, youth director, and Sunday School teacher.
In 1994, we moved with Lockheed Martin Energy Systems Portsmouth, Ohio. We moved to Chillicothe, Ohio and began to attend Our Savior Lutheran Church there. I was promoted to Manager of Project Controls at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Site in Piketon, OH in June 2005 and served in this position until my early retirement. During this time I was involved with Our Savior as head elder and bible study teacher. I also served as a lay preacher, preaching his Pastor's sermons at our sister congregation in Portsmouth,Ohio once a month for nearly 10 years.
I decided to apply and was accepted at Concordia Theological Seminary in February 2009 and took early retirement in May 2009. I moved back to Fort Wayne in May 2009 and began my studies to be a Pastor in June. Due to the time away from school, no credit could be given for my earlier studies. I was accepted into the Alternate Route program, based on my Church experience.
I served as Vicar of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Leadville, Colorado. My service as vicar began in July 2011 and finished in mid-July 2012.
In July 2012, I received a call from Resurrection Lutheran Church Malvern, Ohio. I was ordained at my home congregation in Chillicothe, Ohio (Our Savior) on July 22, 2012, and was installed as the Pastor of Resurrection on July 29, 2012.