The Reverend Rafał Nowak was born in Krakow, Poland. He's lived in the United States since 1999.

Rev. Nowak studied at the seminaries in Chicago and Stuttgart. He was ordained in 2015 in Stuttgart and has since worked with congregations in Darmstadt, Germany, Sacramento, and most recently Los Angeles. Since 2022, he has been a visiting priest at the Christian Community affiliate in Austin, TX.
 
He is the director of Camp Tamarack, a summer children’s camp of The Christian Community in Sierra Nevada. For more information please see the camp's website below:
Camp Tamarack​