Pastor Dan Long, the son of The Rev. Edward  V. and Christine Long, is a graduate of Texas Tech University and Luther Seminary (St. Paul, MN).  Ordained into the Lutheran ministry in 1973, Pastor Long has served as Senior Pastor of Christ the King Lutheran Church in Kenner, Louisiana (suburb of New Orleans); as Assistant to the Bishops in Texas and Louisiana with responsibilities for developing Hispanic Ministries; as a missionary in El Salvador; as the World Council of Churches representative to a diplomatic group accompanying the return of Guatemala Refugees from Mexico to their homeland; as Associate Pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in the city of Lancaster; as Senior Pastor of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in East Petersburg. and as the Executive Director of the Inner City Group, implementing economic development and community revitalization projects in the Southeast community of the city of Lancaster. Along with Fr. Peter Hinde and Paddy Lane, he founded Christians For Peace in El Salvador in 1985, an organization which sponsors educational and transformational seminars in El Salvador.  Pastor Long currently is serving as Interim Pastor at Zion Lutheran, Etters, Pa.

Pastor Long is married to Kirsten Helin, of Danish nationality, and together they have a daughter, Sara Helin-Long ,who currently is pursuing a Phd at University College Cork.