But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
Dan Holst
Vocational Elder; Pastor for Worship & Vision; Campus Pastor, North Campus
Campus: North
- Ministry Assistant: Scott Cornish (612-455-0804)
With an unbridled passion to know God in word and worship, Dan serves full-time at Bethlehem as Pastor for North Campus Worship & Vision.
Born into a Christian home in suburban Minneapolis in 1961, Dan was born again as a child of 4 or 5 at his mother’s knee. When he was 10, Dan’s parents sensed God’s call to missionary service in southern Africa. “As a child, I saw in my parents a passionate commitment to Christ which resulted in radical middle-aged steps of obedience to go and spread the gospel.” After finishing high school in Zimbabwe, Dan returned to the U.S. to attend Bethel College in St. Paul. Graduating from Bethel in January 1983, with a degree in English Literature, Dan married Liz in February of the same year. They have four children, Anika, Erik, Mariana, and Anders. They currently live in Mounds View. Dan was employed by Northwest Airlines as a flight attendant for 20 years and has been involved in leading worship since high school. He has been on staff at Bethlehem since October 2002, serving and shepherding the body of believers at the North Campus.
Whether leading worship in small groups or at the North Campus during weekend services, Dan is aware of the twin pillars on which Godward worship rests: “In worship, we seek to inform the mind with biblical truths about God so that the heart will rightly respond to his greatness and glory.”