Rev. Christopher J. Patterson was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  He entered the Director of Christian Outreach (DCO) program at Concordia University, St. Paul, MN, interned at First Lutheran Church, Windsor, Ontario, and graduated in 1994.  He returned to First Lutheran as their full time DCO and served there until 1999.  He accepted a call to serve as DCO to Community of Christ Lutheran Church, Bowling Green, Ohio, in early 1999.  He left Christ Lutheran in 2001 to begin his studies for full time parish ministry at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN.  He served his vicarage at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Oviedo, FL, then returned to Fort Wayne for graduation in 2005.  Pastor Patterson was assigned a call to Greenwood Lutheran Church, Greenwood, SC, where he was ordained and installed in 2005.  He served Greenwood until accepting the call to Concordia Lutheran Church in 2008.

 Pastor Patterson is married and the father of three children.

Rev. Christopher Patterson