Meet the Pastor

Here is a little biography to give you a glimpse of who I am.

I was born on Feb 22, 1968, in Minneapolis, MN. The Almighty Father drew me to faith in Christ at a young age, and I grew up in the Fourth Baptist Church of Minneapolis under the ministries of Dr. Clearwaters and Dr. McLachlan before entering an Evangelical Covenant Church at the age of 18. My wife faithfully followed me through a spiritually circuitous route in my twenties as I earned a BS in Chemistry from the U of MN, then an MBA from the Carlson School of Management while I spent ten years as a police officer and supervisor in a suburb of Minneapolis, and then two years as a programmer.

God worked powerfully in my life over these years, blessing me with a wonderful wife and two children and graciously chastising me in various ways. In 2000 I started part-time at Bethel seminary but then tranferred to Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis full-time in 2001, the same year I returned to Fourth Baptist with my family. I completed the Master of Divinity program at Central in 2005.

On January 29, 2006, First Baptist Church of Granite Falls, MN extended a pastoral call to me, and by God’s grace I continue to serve in that capacity.

I consider myself (among other things):

• a Christian
• a Separatist
• a Baptist
• a Conservative

In order to grow in the faith, I need to be knitted together in the church of Christ just like every other member of the body. Will you join me so that we can help one another serve God for his glory? I earnestly hope that if you can, you will.

Respectfully,

Todd Mitchell