Bruce Wurdeman
Director—United States Ministries
Lutheran Hour Ministries

Bruce Wurdeman serves as director of the United States Ministries division at Lutheran Hour Ministries, a position he has held since February 2008. In his current position, Wurdeman oversees the production of The Lutheran Hour® and Woman to Woman® radio programs, seasonal television specials, and print materials. His division also manages ministry fulfillment and referral services.

Wurdeman previously worked at Lutheran Hour Ministries from 1994 through 2002 in the Volunteer Opportunities department as an assistant director and manager, positions that allowed him to recruit and train more than 100,000 volunteers throughout North America.

He most recently served as a mission and ministry facilitator for the Texas District of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), where he was a resource person for 100 congregations in West and South Texas. Prior to his first stint at Lutheran Hour Ministries, Wurdeman filled a variety of roles throughout Lutheran circles, including principal and director of adult education at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Eureka, Missouri, director of campus ministry for the North Dakota District of the LCMS, director of youth ministry at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Fargo, North Dakota, and a math/science teacher and youth director at Zion Lutheran Church in Bethalto, Illinois.

Wurdeman has a bachelor's degree in Education and School Administration from Concordia University in River Forest, Illinois, and a master's degree in Exegetical Theology (Old Testament) from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. He is a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Lubbock, Texas. He and his wife, Marijane, have three children and one grandchild.

Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) is a Christian outreach ministry supporting churches worldwide in its mission of Bringing Christ to the Nations—and the Nations to the Church. It is also a volunteer movement more than 100,000 people strong. LHM produces Christian radio and TV programming for broadcast, as well as Internet and print communications, dramas, music, and outreach materials, to reach the unchurched in more than 40 countries. LHM's flagship program, The Lutheran Hour, is the world's longest-running Christian outreach radio program. It airs weekly on more than 800 stations.

For more information, please contact:
Chad Fix
(800) 944-3450, ext. 4193