We are stewards
of the Word of God & His gifts.
We are founded on Christ
& focused on community.
Grace Lutheran is affiliated with the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, which accepts without reservation the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the written Word of God and the only rule and norm of faith and practice. We believe, teach, and confess that Jesus Christ is our Savior and Lord and that through Him we receive forgiveness of sins, eternal life and salvation. We believe that there is only one holy Christian church on earth which is made up of all believers in Jesus Christ wherever they are to be found. This one church, which is not to be identified with any institution or denomination, is to be found wherever the Gospel is preached and the Sacraments administered.
We invite you to learn more about what We Believe and more about the LCMS.
Our Mission
Rev. Myles R. Schultz
Rev. Schultz was born March 26, 1949, in Manning, Iowa. His family moved to Rathdrum, Idaho shortly after his birth where he was raised and graduated from Lakeland High School in 1967. He married Sharon Turk in November of 1968 and they have been blessed with three children and 8 grandchildren.
After serving 4 years in the U.S. Navy and three tours of duty off the coast of Vietnam Rev. Schultz was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy in 1972. After working in both retail and wholesale branches of the building and lumber industry Rev. Schultz started his own remodeling company, M.R. Schultz Company.
Once he decided to enter the ministry he returned to college and graduated in 1985. He then entered Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana in the fall of 1985. From September 1988 through August 1989, he served as Vicar at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Rev. Schultz graduated from the seminary in May of 1990 with the Master of Divinity degree. He was ordained into the office of the holy Ministry on June 17, 1990, at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and was installed as Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, on July 8, 1990. He served Trinity Lutheran Church Okmulgee until he retired on May 31, 2015. Following retirement Rev. Schultz and Sharon moved to Holiday Island, Arkansas where they have lived since retirement.
Following retirement, he continued to serve the church doing Pulpit Supply in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. He has also served as vacancy Pastor in Arkansas and Missouri. In 2022 Grace Lutheran Church in Holiday Island, Arkansas issued a Solemn Call to serve as their Pastor. He was Installed as Pastor of Grace Lutheran Church on January 9, 2023.
