“Many of the pastors and congregants I knew were wrestling with the difficulty of trying to live what they read in their Bibles. Some, like me, waffled between either faking it, grinding it out, taking it for granted or giving up entirely—few if any appeared to live in such a way that others would want the kind of life they lived. And now my own life ‘for God’ was distancing me from my family. I couldn’t go back, I was ready for more.”

—Excerpt from Whole Life Transformation by Keith Meyer

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After 12 years as a pastor, Keith Meyer had tried countless programs and strategies to stimulate church growth. He worked tirelessly to minister to others. But when his young son asked a question that felt entirely deeper than the simple words—“Daddy, are you home yet?”—Keith began to wonder if something was missing.

It was the start of a journey that transformed him from the inside out.

Now Keith is passionate about sharing his experience and learnings with other leaders, and especially pastors. He has seen what real transformation can do. Join Keith for a retreat or a series of consultations, and discover Whole Life Transformation for yourself.

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Keith, the author

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Keith has written two books and is working on a third:

  • Whole Life Transformation: Becoming The Change Your Church Needs (InterVaristy Press,  June 2010)
  • The Kingdom Life: A Practical Theology of Discipleship and Spiritual Formation (NavPress, April 2010)
  • Practicing Jesus’ Rhythms With Each Other (tentative title, coming soon from InterVarsity Press)

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    He is a contributing editor to:

  • Talbot Seminary’s Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care
  • Leadership Journal

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    He writes for:

  • Conversations Journal
  • Thin Places
  • and other publications


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    Keith, the ministry leader

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  • Keith was senior pastor at three evangelical churches between 1978 and 1991. He then served as the executive pastor of Church of the Open Door in Maple Grove, Minnesota, for 17 years.


  • He is an adjunct professor in spiritual formation with the Denver Seminary Doctor of Ministry Program, a senior teaching fellow with The Renovare Institute for Christian Spiritual Formation, and a member of the Evangelical Scholars in Christian Spirituality ESCS.

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  • Along with Dallas Willard and others, Keith is a founding member of the Theological and Cultural Thinker’s group (TACT), an evangelical formation think tank of Christian leaders.

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  • Keith has served on the boards of The Spiritual Formation Forum, Hospitality House (a Minneapolis ministry to urban youth), Trinity Western University, and the north-central district of the Evangelical Free Church. He is also a founding board member of the Sanctuary Community Development Corporation, an urban Minneapolis ministry.

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    Keith, the husband and father

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    • Keith has been married since 1978 to Cheri, a junior high P.E./health teacher. He and Cheri live in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota, and have two grown children, Kyle and Cara, and one son-in-law, Cara’s husband Mike Perszyk.

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