The Mid-South District - LCMS

Installations of Croom and Granado

The installations of Rev. Michael Croom as Senior Pastor and Rev. Ricardo Granado as the Associate Pastor for Trinity Lutheran Church and Hispanic Ministries was held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Memphis on Sunday, November 29, 2020. Pastor Granado is from our sister synod in the Lutheran Church of Venezuela. He will be developing a church plant and outreach to the Hispanic community in the greater Memphis area.

Front Row (L-R) Rev. Sawyer Meyer, Beautiful Savior, Olive Branch, MS; President Roger Paavola; Rev. Ricardo Granado; Rev. Michael Croom. Back Row (L-R): Rev, Mark Goble, Circuit Visitor and Associate Pastor at Christ the King Lutheran, Memphis, TN; Rev. Don Schmidt, Messiah Lutheran, Memphis, TN; Rev. Clarence Martin, Emeritus, Memphis, TN; and Rev. Brandon Martin, Salem Lutheran Ministries, Springdale, AR.