Rev. Douglas L. Meyer is pastor of Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit in Lincolnshire, Illinois.  Having served Holy Spirit for the past 19 years. Since 1970, the congregation has been involved in the resettlement of over 35 refugees to the greater Chicago area, having  recently assisted a family from Bhutan.

Pastor Meyer currently serves as Dean of the North Conference of the Metropolitan Chicago Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and has been a coordinator of Jewish-Christian dialogue and Jewish-Lutheran dialogue.

Pastor Meyer has been ordained for 33 years and has served parishes on the south side of Chicago and in the southwest suburbs.  He has a Master of Divinity from Luther Theological Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota and a Bachelor’s degree in English and Philosophy from Augustana College in Rock Island, IL.  He is married to the Rev. Christine Nelson Meyer and has three grown sons.