Rev. Colin Ford was ordained on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Wecota, SD, and installed as the pastor of Immanuel and Concordia Lutheran Church in Cresbard, SD.

Pastor Ford was born in 1990 in Traverse City, Mich., to David and Tressa Ford. He has an older brother, Madison Ford.

Pastor Ford attended Trinity Lutheran School, East Middle School, and Central High School, all in Traverse City. After high school, he attended Concordia University Wisconsin where he received a degree in theology. He attended Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Ind., where he did his field work at Zion Lutheran Church in Edgerton, Ohio, and his vicarage at Ascension Lutheran Church in Huntsville, AL. He graduated in 2019 with a Master of Divinity degree.

​Pastor Ford enjoys reading, brewing cider or wine, board games, movies, football, painting models, and hunting.