Our PastorPastor Karlis Zols is from Latvia. Pastor Zols was ordained in 1996 in the Latvian Evangelical Church in Latvia where he served until 2000.
Karlis Zols has since been a part of the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Worldwide. Here Karlis Zols was a dean at Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Western District where he served the Latvian parishes in California for 15 years. Returning to Latvia in 2016 Karlis Zols was elected dean of the Latvian district (2016-2019) and also served in two parishes in Sweden. Currently pastor Zols is serving in Ilzu Church in Sofia parish on the rural border area of Latvia and Lithuania, is a chaplain at the care center for disabled children in Riga and is a music teacher in brass and woodwind flutes. Karlis Zols has been serving ICV since June 2024 |