Pastor Cordes was born in Coos Bay, Oregon, the sixth of seven children. He attended high school in Mobridge, South Dakota at Northwestern Lutheran Academy and Northwestern Preparatory School in Watertown, Wisconsin. Nathan graduated from Northwestern College in Watertown in 1985 and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon, Wisconsin in 1989.
From the seminary Pastor Cordes was assigned to Faith Lutheran Church in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He has also served Abiding Word Lutheran Church in Maineville (Cincinnati), Ohio and St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Niles (Chicago), Illinois.
Nathan and Beth Kae were married in 1987. Pastor Cordes says that “God decided to bless us with no children. We think of all the church’s children as ours!”
The Cordes’ enjoy playing musical instruments, walking and hiking, cutting wood, golf, and a variety of other activities.
For more information on Pastor Cordes’ installation, or to speak with him personally, please call the church office at 651-345-3523.