David Benke

David H. Benke
Born	May 5, 1946 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Occupation	Pastor; Atlantic District President
Spouse(s)	Judith (Platt) Benke (m. 1968)
Parent(s)	Raymond and Dorothy Benke

David Benke is a Lutheran pastor and the former president of the Atlantic District of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.

Benke was born on May 5, 1946 in Milwaukee, WI as the first child of Raymond and Dorothea Benke. He attended Lutheran schools in Milwaukee and earned an Associate of Arts degree from Concordia College, Milwaukee (now Concordia University Wisconsin) in 1966. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Concordia Senior College in Fort Wayne, Indiana. On August 17, 1968, he married Judith Platt, a teacher who graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Benke earned his Masters of Divinity degree from Concordia Seminary and was ordained a pastor at his boyhood church in Milwaukee on June 15, 1972. His career as an ordained pastor included time as an assistant pastor at Zion Lutheran Church in St. Louis and a religion teacher at Martin Luther High School in New York City. He became pastor of St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Brooklyn, and he served as pastor there from 1975–1991 and from 1998–present. While at St. Peter's, Benke earned his Doctor of Ministry degree from the New York Theological Seminary in May 1983.

Benke was elected president of the Atlantic District of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod in 1991 and has been re-elected seven times, most recently in 2012.

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