Rev. Brandon Koble

Greek Instructor for The Institute for Classical Lutheran Education

Rev. Brandon Koble is the pastor of Oklahoma Avenue and Trinity Lutheran Churches in the greater Milwaukee area and headmaster of Trinity Lutheran Classical High School. He was born and raised in Fort Wayne, IN, a mile from the Seminary. He attended Concordia Lutheran High School and, upon graduating, received a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps scholarship to Purdue University, where he graduated in 2004 with a B.A. in history. He then spent the next seven years as a Marine Corps Officer, including two tours in Iraq. He worked in the motorcycle industry as a salesman, parts department manager, mechanic, and crew chief for two racing teams on the AMA circuit before returning to Fort Wayne in 2012 to begin his MDiv at CTSFW. He graduated in 2015 but stayed an additional year for his STM, writing a thesis entitled “Verus Modus Loquendi: A Summary of the Role of the Carmen Christi in the Formation of Christology.” He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Marquette University, writing his dissertation entitled “The Defender of Schwabian Christology: The Christological Development of Jakob Andreae in the Pursuit of Concord.” 

He is the headmaster of Trinity Lutheran Classical High School in Milwaukee, where he teaches grammar, logic, rhetoric, history, literature, philosophy, theology, composition, and physical education. Pastor Koble is married to his high school sweetheart, Trisha. They have been together for 26 years and married for 19. God has blessed them with eight children: Kayla, Kylee, Kadyn, Kael, Kian, Killian, and two babies the Lord called home before birth.