Megan Torgerson

Megan Torgerson has been ordained in the ELCA since 2008 and currently serves as Lead Pastor at Easter Lutheran Church, a large congregation in the Twin Cities suburb of Eagan, MN. She has also served at congregations in West St. Paul, MN and Las Vegas, NV.

She earned her Master of Divinity from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN where she received the John Milton Prize in Old Testament. She also received the Graduate Preaching Fellowship which afforded her the opportunity to study and serve in Rome and London for a year. 

As a writer and theologian, she has contributed to projects like “Crazy Talk”, the Spark Bible, and “Sundays and Seasons: Preaching”. Her articles have appeared in publications including Cafe, Young Clergy Women International, and Church Anew. She is passionate about Old Testament theology, love as a central tenant of Christianity, and acting out of God’s abundance to all. 

She is well-known as a former Miss Minnesota, having competed at Miss America in 2003. She is also a Minnesota State Fair super fan, with appearances in the St Paul Pioneer Press, Minnesota Public Radio, and KARE 11 television. While perhaps less glamorous, her most treasured work comes as a beleaguered and bemused soccer and dance mom to her two daughters and loving wife of over 20 years to her very patient husband.