Image
About
The Rev. Benjamin T. Ball is second vice-president and a member of the Praesidium of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS). He was elected sixth vice-president in 2019, and re-elected and ranked second vice-president in 2023, representing the church's Central Region.Ball is the senior pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church and School in Hamel, Ill., where he was called in 2012. He previously served St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Dedham, Mass. (1999-2004), and St. Paul's Lutheran Church and School, Brookfield, Ill. (2004-2012).
He has served as the second vice-president of the LCMS Southern Illinois District (2018-2019), several terms as a circuit visitor in both the Northern Illinois and Southern Illinois districts, and as chairman of the Synod's Committee on Nominations (2019--2022).
Ball currently serves on the Board of Regents of Concordia University, Nebraska, Seward, Neb. He formerly served as a member of the Board of Directors of Metro-East Lutheran High School of Edwardsville, Ill. (2017-2019). He is a frequent presenter at conferences discussing preaching, liturgy, the fraternal bonds of pastors, and the pastoral task in the Lutheran school. Ball is also the head coach of the St. Paul Lutheran Squires boys basketball team.
Originally from Richmond, Mich., he is a product of LCMS schools since kindergarten. He received a B.A. from Concordia University, River Forest, Ill., in 1995, and in 1999 was granted the M.Div. from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.
An avid outdoorsman, he resides in the church parsonage with his wife, Serena, and their five children.