Senior Pastor Kevin Kritzer has served at Bethany Lutheran Church Long Beach since September of 2002; prior to serving Bethany he served as Senior Pastor in Tucson AZ and Sole Pastor in Bishop CA.  He is a graduate of Christ College/Concordia University Irvine CA and received his Master's of Divinity from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis in 1992.  He and his wife Connie have three children.