Meet The Pastor

Pastor Marcus Mackay
Rev. Mackay was installed as Senior Pastor for Advent Evangelical Lutheran Church LCMS December 9, 2018.  Rev. Mackay’s education includes a Bachelor of Arts from Concordia University, WI, and a Master of Divinity from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. He spent three years at Friends in Christ Lutheran Church in Bryant, Arkansas, and then eleven years as Sole/Senior Pastor at Peace Lutheran Church in Hastings, NE. Mackay and his family reside in Zionsville, IN.  He is married to wife Jena and they have four sons:  Malachi, Matthias, Micah, and Marc. In a message to the congregation regarding his work, Mackay quoted John 15:16 - Jesus said, “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.”