Reverend Randall Schlak was born in Cleveland Ohio to Ron and Gerry Schlak. As a youth, he attended Lutheran elementary and high schools, then earned a college degree at Concordia College in Ann Arbor. There he met his wife Andrea. They were married after graduation in 1986, in her hometown of Richmond Michigan. Randy then pursued his seminary studies at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and was ordained in June of 1990 at his home church in South Euclid, Ohio. He was then called to Saint John’s Lutheran Church in Mattoon Illinois, where he was installed as assistant pastor in July 1990. In 1994 he accepted the call to be senior pastor there. He remained in Mattoon until the Lord called him to Redeemer where he was installed as assistant pastor in 1998. In 2001, he accepted the call as senior pastor at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. Pastor Randy and Andrea have three children, Megan, Stephanie and Jacob.
Pastor Randy may be reached via email at rschlak@redeemerbirmingham.org or at 248-644-4010 x119.