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Michael Binder


Michael Binder
Dr. Michael Binder is an assistant professor of congregational mission and leadership at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. His teaching focuses on starting new congregations, leading change, and practicing Christian witness and evangelism amidst secular cultures.
Binder was a founding pastor of Mill City Church in northeast Minneapolis. He was the director of preaching for Bethel University from 2006-2013 and worked as a young adult pastor for Woodridge Church before that.
He has worked as a consultant with hundreds of congregations and denominations in the U.S. and Canada. Binder is a graduate of Carleton College, Bethel University (M.Div., 2008), and Luther Seminary (Ph.D., Congregational Mission and Leadership, 2017).
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