About Pastor Kratz

Pastor Benjamin Kratz is the pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church, located in Birmingham, AL.

Pastor Kratz attended Northwestern Preparatory School in Watertown, WI graduating in 1995. He then studied at Martin Luther College, and graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree. He continued his theological studies at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, where he thoroughly studied the individual books of the Bible, many in the original languages of Hebrew and Greek. After his studies of the books of the bible as well as preaching, doctrine, eduation, and pastoral counseling, he graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in 2003 with a Masters of Divinity degree.

Shortly after his graduation from the seminary, he began serving as the full-time pastor at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Birmingham, AL. His previous ministry experience includes an internship  at Mountain of the Lord Lutheran Church in Wausau, WI, a thriving mission church in north central Wisconsin and at St. John’s Lutheran Church, a large church in Milwaukee, WI.

Pastor Kratz is married and has four great and energetic children. His hobbies and interests include running (he completed his first marathon in 2007), geocaching, many sports, outdoor activities, anything technological, and most of all spending time with his wife and kids.