Who We Are
Rev. Bo Graham
SENIOR PASTOR
Welcome to Saint Paul Lutheran Church! For over 100 years, Saint Paul has been a part of the fabric of Mount Prospect. We have changed from a little Lutheran church surrounded by farms to a neighborhood church next to the heart of downtown Mount Prospect. We used to have German services, and now we have services in English and Spanish. The humble beginnings of our school have grown into a thriving, vibrant school that prepares students to flourish academically and spiritually. We’ve kept the ancient traditions and truth of our Christian heritage but continue to make it relevant to today. Through all this change, one thing has remained the same: Saint Paul is a place where you will find Jesus. Or, maybe better said: it’s a place where He will find you.
At Saint Paul we are:
CALLED TO FAITH • EQUIPPED TO LOVE • SENT TO SERVE
NATIONAL AFFILIATION
Tracing our roots back to 1st Century Christianity and the Lutheran Reformation of the 16th Century, we are a local church family of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (“synod” literally means “walking together”). With international headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, the LCMS is made up of more than 6,000 congregations “walking together” in the United States with mission partners throughout the world. Through our affiliation with the LCMS, we support mission work in over 35 foreign countries and train pastors, missionaries, church workers, and teachers to staff the largest Protestant system of parochial grade schools and high schools in the United States.
Our History
The roots of Saint Paul Lutheran Church & School are an integral part of early Mount Prospect area history. Five years before the village was incorporated, the congregation was organized with seventeen families signing the constitution on July 7, 1912 with a heart to reach the community with the love of Jesus. The Rev. J.E.A. Mueller was installed as founding pastor in January 1913. Eight days after his installation, he gathered the children of the new church community together in a cottage on Main Street and thus began Saint Paul Lutheran School. Since that time the school has continued to provide a quality Christian education for families of our community with incredible excellence. After over 100 years much has changed, but God’s faithfulness remains the same!
