Our Pastor

Pastor Mandile was born in Queens, NY and grew up in Scranton, PA. He earned a B.S. in Accounting and an MBA from Concordia University Wisconsin. From there he underwent theological study and pastoral formation at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN graduating with a Master of Divinity degree in 2022. For the 2020-2021 academic year of seminary, he served as Vicar under Rev. Robert Kieselowsky at Logos Lutheran (an inner-city church plant of Philadelphia Lutheran Ministries) and St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church of Springfield, PA. He met his wife, Michala, while serving in Philadelphia. He and Michala were married in Fort Wayne, IN shortly after his graduation from seminary. From the seminary, he was called to serve the Saints of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Hartford, CT. In 2025, he received and accepted the call to serve the Saints here in Strongsville at St. John.