Pastor Scherner has served as Associate Pastor Augustana Lutheran Church, Washington, D.C.; Director of Congregational Development, Lutheran Social Services, LSS-Washington, D.C.; Director of the Race Institute, M.E.T.C. (Metropolitan Ecumenical Training Center), Washington, D.C.; Director of Communications, Industrial Chaplain, J.L.G. Industries, McConnelsburg, Pa; Interim Pastor at Lord of Life Church and at Fellowship Lutheran Church, both in Columbus, Ohio. 

Since March 1,2011, he has served as Interim Pastor at St. Paul Lutheran, Sulphur Springs, Ohio.  He was installed on February 12, 2012 as Pastor of St. Paul Lutheran, Sulphur Springs, Ohio.

Pastor Scherner received a B.A. from Harvard University; a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) from Wittenberg University (Hamma) after studying at Oberlin Graduate School of Theology; and, a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit College of Law. He is a member of various professional organizations such as the Christian Legal Society. Mr. Scherner practiced in the areas of civil trial and appellate litigation in state and federal courts.