Pastor Ben fischer
About Ben
Ben Fischer is a 4th Generation preacher and minister of the Gospel. He grew up in the home of a Lutheran pastor and possessed a great love for God and a devotion to Jesus as a small child. But at age 17, Ben backslid and fell away from the Lord. He went on to spend 5 years in a lifestyle of drugs and alcohol. Nevertheless, through the prayers of his parents, Ben came back to the Lord in his early twenties.
On October 22nd, 1998, Ben had a powerful encounter with the person of the Holy Spirit. Since then, his life has never been the same. Though he never underwent chemical dependency treatment, he has been sober for almost 25 years. Since that time, Ben has served the Lord in full-time ministry.
In 2008 Ben completed both his Bachelors from Concordia College Bronxville NY and his Masters from The Master's Institute Seminary in White Bear, Minnesota. Ben holds a BA in music and an MDiv which he completed in preparation for pastoral ministry.
Since then, Ben has ministered significantly in churches throughout the upper mid-west. He began his pastoral ministry by serving as an associate Pastor at North Heights Lutheran Church in Roseville, MN, before being moved on into the work of full-time domestic mission. He now labors as an evangelist and a church planter in the Twin Cities area. As an ordained pastor with the Assemblies of God, Ben is involved in the work of preaching and teaching. He has also traveled, speaking at numerous churches on the beauty and simplicity of the gospel.
Ben is best known for delivering God's Word with passion and clarity, and has a desire to see a generation raised up to minister Jesus to skeptics. His life’s mission is to minister the gospel of Jesus Christ to skeptics and to Christians with Fire and Passion for his Return.
Ben believes strongly in the role that apologetics will play in the "new evangelization" of America, seeing it as a key solution to revitalizing a nation lost in disbelief. Ben also lectures as an adjunct faculty member at Teen Challenge Leadership Institute, and Minnesota School of Ministry, which focuses on theological preparation for pastors within the Assemblies of God.