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Gold firefighter badge with "BTFD" at the top, "Fire" on the left, "Rescue" on the right, "Est. 1978" at the bottom, and a center image of a tree, water, and sunset. Text within says "Devoted to Duty Above Personal Risk.
The image displays the word "BLUFFTON" in capital letters with a gold-colored serif font on a white background.

Erik Janke

Serves As Chaplain

A bearded man in a formal firefighter’s dress uniform holds his hat and stands in front of an American flag and a Bluffton Township Fire District emblem.

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Erik Janke is the planting pastor at May River Lutheran Church, started in 2019. He is a graduate of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. Before serving as pastor in Bluffton, he served in Pooler, GA; Atlanta, GA; Eagle River, AK; and Tomsk, Russia.