Peter Meier

The Rev. Dr. Peter Meier serves the FLGA District as Executive Director of Missions and Outreach. Prior to the FLGA District, Peter served as Executive Director of the Center for United States Missions, at Concordia University in Irvine from 2013 to 2019. From 2005 to 2013, Peter served the Minnesota South District, LCMS, as Executive Assistant to the President and Assistant to the President for Missions. He served as Senior Pastor of Zion Lutheran Church and School in Mayer, MN from 1982-2005.

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Peter is a lifelong Green Bay Packer fan and is a Packer Team Shareholder. He received his undergraduate education degree from Concordia Teachers College in River Forest, IL in 1978, and his Master of Divinity from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1982. His Doctor of Ministry degree was granted in 2011 by Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne. Peter’s research and doctoral thesis was on the topic of missional leadership in Lutheran Schools.

Peter met his wife Kathy at Concordia Chicago; they were married in 1979. Kathy earned her Master's in Special Education from Concordia St. Paul in 2009. The couple is blessed with three married children and seven very active grandchildren. His greatest joy, next to sharing Jesus, is spending time with them.

Peter’s life verse describes his greatest joy and passion, “Living and sharing the Life that is truly Life,” (1 Timothy 6:19).