Staff

Pastor Meyer graduated from Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN and received his Master of Divinity from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon, WI. Pastor spent a year during seminary at Living Word Lutheran Church in Johnson City, TN and another 2 years as a tutor, dormitory supervisor and basketball coach at Luther Preparatory School in Watertown, WI.

After graduating from Seminary, Pastor received a call to Resurrection Evangelical Lutheran Church. He has led our new work on our Life Campus. Stephen met and married Erika, his wife, here in Rochester. God has blessed them with seven children – Noah, Eliana, Seth, Joselyn, Ethan, Isaiah, and Sophia.

Ben Haferman was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He attended and graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran High School in 2011. After graduation, he continued his education at Martin Luther College where he studied to be a pastor. He completed that Pre-Seminary program in 2016. However, he decided not to continue with Seminary training. Instead, Ben pursued other career options with the longest time spent as a manager and dispatcher for UPS. After some years at UPS, he returned to the public ministry. This time as a Staff Minister. Ben and his family moved to New Ulm, Minnesota. Ben resumed studying at Martin Luther College where he completed his Staff Ministry Certification in May of 2024.

Ben met his wife, Dorothee, while serving on a mission trip to Las Vegas, Nevada. Ben & Dorothee have been married since July 2016. They have been blessed with two children: Thea and David. In his free time, Ben enjoys watching and playing sports, cooking, and spending time with his family.