Pastor John Jameson was born in 1962, in Santa Monica, California, and was brought into God’s family through the water and Word of Holy Baptism the next month. He moved to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1967 and returned to California in 1970. He lived most of his early life in Torrance, California, graduating from West Torrance High School in 1980. In 1984 he graduated from the University of California, San Diego, with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. He received his Master of Divinity degree from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, in 1990.
Pastor John and Vicki (nee Buesking) were married in 1986. Their children are: Michael, David, Johnny and Jade.
Pastor John’s first Call was to King of Kings Lutheran Church in Chesterfield, Missouri. He served there as Assistant Pastor from 1990-1992. He then took a Call to be Mission Developer and Pastor of Resurrection Lutheran Church in Crown Point, Indiana, from 1992-1997. For the last 17 ½ years, Pastor John has served as Associate (1997-2005) and Lead (2005-2014) Pastor of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Eureka, Missouri.
Pastor John’s life-verse from the Bible is John 3:30 – “He must become greater; I must become less.”