Grace alone. Faith alone. Scripture alone.
It is the single purpose of Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church to be a Christian church which strives to proclaim the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ as revealed in the Bible, by which alone man can know the true God and the way to eternal life.
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Christian Education Weekend
8th Sunday in the Season of Trinity
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6th Sunday in the Season of Trinity
5th Sunday in the Season of Trinity
4th Sunday in the Season of the Trinity
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Twin Steeples Podcast
The Twin Steeples Podcast
- August 20, 2025Devotion Ecclesiastes 7:7-10 Announcements Women Who Hike at Seven Mile Creek Church Council School Open House School Begins Board of Elders Evening Ambassadors Thursday night Bible Study on Colossians Men’s Breakfast Friday No Women’s Bible Study Rescheduled Adopt a Highway Johnson Property "Open House" on Sunday Board of Education Prayer List Pastor John […]
- Sermon - August 17, 2025This recording is a condensed version of the sermon preached at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, Minnesota on August 17, 2025. You can watch the full recording on our YouTube Channel. Psalm 147:12-13 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion! For He has strengthened the bars of your gates; He […]
- Hymn 283 - God's Word is our Great HeritageWe will be celebrating Christian Education in our worship this weekend. As we gather this weekend, our hearts and minds will be directed to the importance of God's Word which He has entrusted to His Church as a treasure. Because it is a treasure, Christians are called to pass that treasure of God's truth down […]
Read the Bible in 2025
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Joseph Naumann
pastor
Pastor Joe Naumann is a fifth generation pastor who grew up in Alaska and Wisconsin. He was baptized at Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Detroit Lakes, MN and was confirmed at Luther Memorial Church in Fond du Lac, WI. He attended high school at Immanuel Lutheran High School in Eau Claire, graduating in 2008.
In 2013, he graduated from Immanuel Lutheran College with an Associate of Arts Degree in Pre-Theological. In 2014, he vicared at Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Saginaw, MI. In 2015, he vicared at Berea Lutheran Church in Inver Grove Heights, MN. In 2016, he graduated from Immanuel Lutheran Seminary and was called to serve as Pastor at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato, MN.
He serves as vice-president of the Church of the Lutheran Confession.
Pastor Naumann married Rachel Sydow in 2014. He and Rachel have been blessed with four children: Eleanor, Olivia, Samson, and Adelaide.

Nathanael Mayhew
pastor
Nathanael Mayhew graduated from Immanuel Lutheran College (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) in May, 1998 with an Associate of Arts Degree in Pre-Theology. In 2001 he graduated from Immanuel Lutheran Seminary in Eau Claire.
In 2002 he accepted the call to serve Zion Ev. Lutheran Church in Lawrenceville, GA where he served for almost 12 years. In July 2014, he accepted the call to serve Grace Ev. Lutheran Church in Sleepy Eye, and Faith Lutheran Church in New Ulm, serving them for 10 years. In May 2024, he was installed as pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church.
He has served as a part-time missionary to East Africa and on the CLC Board of Missions.
Pastor Mayhew and his wife Debra have seven children: Luke, Katherine, Hope, Daniel, Julia, Mark, and Noah.
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421 North Second Street
Mankato, MN 56001