Immanuel Lutheran Church is a center for Reformation theology in the Inland Empire, offering a variety of resources for equipping the saints.

Immanuel is one of the largest Lutheran churches and schools in the Inland Empire. We have a number of teachers and professors who are members of our congregation, as well as close ties with Concordia, CBU, and La Sierra. We can leverage these to provide a venue for community programs that include performing arts, workshops, and presentations from guest speakers on important faith topics.

Joel Oesch is an associate professor of theology at Concordia University, Irvine and the Director of Graduate Studies for Christ College. He was a director of Christian education for ten years at congregations in Hawaii and Texas. After marrying his wife, Tiffany, in 2005, he completed graduate degrees at Yale University and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. His doctoral work examined claims of community in social networks, offering a Lutheran response grounded in the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. His academic interests include postmodernism, digital technology, and embodied Reformation theology. He lives with his wife and three children in Laguna Hills.