Pastor Stephen Becker was born and raised in Sacramento.  His parents were immigrants from Germany, who taught him German, and so just like many in the Greenhaven/Pocket area, Pr. Becker grew up in a true cross-cultural environment.  Being local here in the Pocket, Greenhaven Lutheran was his home church growing up.  He graduated from John F. Kennedy High School and then five years later he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English at California State University Sacramento.  He attended Trinity Theological Seminary in Newberg, Indiana, receiving his Master of Divinity in Pastoral Ministry in 2007 and then a PhD in Christian Education.  He and his sweetheart Vanessa have been married for nearly 20 years.  They are parents to twins, Stephen and Ingrid, and to their German daughter, an exchange student from Germany, Annika.

Pastor Stephen Becker

Pastor Stephen Becker

A favorite Bible verse:

 “The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” –1 Timothy 1:15