Rev. Paul N. E. Teske has served as a “traditional” pastor and clergyman within a mainline denomination since 1976. A graduate of Baylor University and Concordia Theological Seminary, Rev. Teske’s training has also included time at the Lutheran Theological Institute in Oberursal, Germany, and Eastern Baptist Seminary in Philadelphia, PA. He served churches in the Republic of Panama and Ohio before serving as an active duty Navy Chaplain for twelve years (Navy Hospital Philadelphia; USS Reeves guided missile cruiser, Yokosuka Japan; Navy Chief of Chaplains Staff; Chaplain US Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT) and eight years in the Navy Reserves. He retired as a Navy Commander in 1997.
In 1989, Rev. Teske returned to parish ministry taking a call as the Senior Pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Westport, CT where served until he retired in 2017. Rev. Teske has traveled to teach and minister in over sixty countries on six continents. His book, Healing for Today (Bridge Logos Foundation) was released July 2010 and translated into Korean in 2013.
Rev. Teske founded a non-profit, REV 222, as a support platform for his domestic and global preaching, teaching, healing and mentoring ministry. He currently resides in Dallas, Texas.
His wife, Rivers Teske, founded Hidden Choices, Inc. (a non-profit) in 2003 to support women and children in crisis with an emphasis on unplanned pregnancies and human trafficking. He actively promotes Hidden Choices as part of his domestic and global travels.
