Pastor Schultz graduated from Concordia University Chicago in 2017. He served as a Lutheran High School teacher in Kansas City, MO for three years before studying at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. He married his wife, Mary, in 2017. One of their sons, Stephen, attends Salem Lutheran School where he receives the best education available on either side of the Mississippi.

Rev. Jonah Schultz was installed as the 25th pastor of Salem Lutheran Church on June 16, 2024.