Pastor Bob Benke is a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A graduate of Concordia College High School, Concordia University Wisconsin (A.A.), Concordia University Nebraska (B.S. in Ed.) and, after teaching 3^rd grade at Zion Lutheran School in Belleville, IL,  Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO (M.Div).  Pastor Bob has had the honor of teaching every grade from Pre-K through University students.  In addition to serving Faith Lutheran Church he has also taught as an Adjunct Professor of Theology for Concordia University – St. Paul, MN for 17 years. 

In 30 years of pastoral ministry Pastor Bob and wife Mary have lived in St. Louis, MO, Meriden, Connecticut, Butler, AL, Maywood and Forest Park, IL and St. Paul, MN.  In those years he has served as a Jail Student Chaplain, Vicar, Assistant, Associate and Senior Pastor, Campus Pastor for Concordia University – St. Paul and sole pastor.  He is in the 1^st edition of Who’s Who Among American’s teachers and has published several articles in the Lutheran Education Association Journal. 

Mary is a native of Colorado, a graduate of Valparaiso University and spent 17 years working with children from Pre-K -6^th grade at Central Lutheran School in St. Paul 

The Benkes have three children: Jacob (Laura) a high school teacher at Walther Christian Academy in Melrose Park, IL, Katie, a service specialist for Health Partners in Bloomington, MN, and Nathaniel a senior at Concordia University Wisconsin.