Meet The Pastor
Pastor Benjamin Meyer
Pastor Meyer is the fourth of six children, the son of a pastor and brother to two pastors. He has served as
missionary pastor in the boot heel of Missouri; pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church and School in Woodworth, IL; and was installed as Pastor at Hope on June 25, 2016. He attended Concordia University Texas, Austin, Texas, graduating with a communications major and Biblical languages minor, and then attended Concordia Seminary St. Louis, graduating in 2005. He has lived in Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Michigan, Texas, Oklahoma,
Missouri, Illinois. Pastor Meyer and his wife are blessed with four children.
In addition to regular pastoral duties, including leading Divine Services and Bible study on
Sunday mornings, teaching confirmation classes, and visiting homebound members, Pastor
Meyer also teaches: a young-adult Bible study for college-aged young men and women; ; Bible lessons at Hope's Anchored Summer Day Camps; and leads youth group meetings and events for our 1st-6th grade, and 7-12th grade youth groups. He produces a weekly video, Catechism Tuesday, on YouTube; writes frequently about Christian faith and life on his blog, ​Baptized into Christ; and ​serves our church body as a speaker for LCMS Rural and Small Town Missions conferences and webinars.