Ben Patterson

Campus Pastor at Westmont College

The Reverend Ben Patterson is the Campus Pastor at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California. He served previously as the founding pastor of Irvine Presbyterian Church (California), senior pastor of New Providence Presbyterian Church (New Jersey), and Dean of the Chapel at Hope College from 1993 to 2000. He is a contributing editor to "Christianity Today" and "Leadership Journal," and the author of several books, including "Serving God: The Grand Essentials of Work & Worship," "Waiting: Finding Hope When God Seems Silent," and "Deepening Your Conversaion with God." His most recent work, a "Prayer Devotional Bible," was released this past spring. Ben earned his bachelor's degree from La Verne University in 1966 and his master's of divinity from The American Baptist Seminary of the West in 1972.