The Rev. Wayne A. Kofink, Ed.D

Wayne Kofink is a native of Chicago where he graduated from Lane Technical High School (Go, Lane!) and subsequently earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the Chicago Musical College of Roosevelt University. He taught in the Chicago Public Schools and worked as choir director of Ascension Lutheran Church before receiving a Master of Divinity degree from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.

Ordained by the Lutheran Church in America in 1977, Wayne served as pastor of Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church in Miami, Florida, and in 1998 was called as pastor of Our Saviour, Ocala. He has taught philosophy and religious studies at Florida International University, the South Florida Center for Theological Studies, and Florida Southern College.

An irrepressible student, he also earned the degrees of Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Master of Science in Adult Education, and Doctor of Education from Florida International University and somewhere in between studied art and architectural history.

Wayne is a member of the Greater Ocala Ministerial Association, the Marion Oaks Civic Association, the Society for Biblical Literature, Spiritual Directors International, and is an Oblate of Saint Leo's Abbey.

Among his joys in life are buying more books than anyone should have, singing far too loudly, engaging in serious discussions of Harry Potter, and very amateur acting with the Golden Troupers where he portrays all the odd-ball characters.

Pastor Kofink performs all pastoral acts for the church-baptism, first communion, confirmation, marriage, funerals-and is available for prayer, spiritual direction, individual confession and forgiveness, anointing of the sick, visitation and communion of the homebound and hospitalized, and in general to share with you the joys and sorrows of life.