NETO, Rodolfo Gaede

NETO, Rodolfo Gaede. b. Ituêta, Minas Gerais, Brazil; 26 July 1951. Neto, a pastor in the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil (IECLB), is a composer and hymnwriter. The son of Herman Carlos Ludwig Gaede and Hilda Dummer Gaede, Gaede Neto pursued the Bachelor of Theology, master’s, and doctoral degrees from the Escola Superior de Teologia in São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul state.  From 1979 to 1985, Neto served congregations in the Parishes of Alto Jatibocas (Itarana, Espíritu Santo) and São João de Garrafão (Santa Maria de Jetibá, Espíritu Santo). He served at the Associação Diacônica Luterana (Serra Pelada) from 1987 to 1996, the last four years as the Association’s...