Senior Pastor Bo Bannister

My name is Stratford Cuthbert Bannister V, and I go by simply “Bo” and have since birth. Somewhere along the way, people started calling Pastor Bo. My Superhero name is Captain Sunshine. I am an Air Force ‘brat,’ and moved around a lot as a kid. I consider myself to be from Florida, and that is where my parents currently live. I enjoy all types of music and love to play guitar and sing. My wife Annette and I have been married for 22 years, and we have four children – Joy (16), Strat (15 – he’s the VI), Elizabeth (11 – “Beth”) – and Benjamin – (10 – “Ben”). I come from non-Lutheran traditions, but have fallen in love with Lutheran thought and worship. My main goal as a pastor is to help Christians be instruments of God’s peace, kindness, and grace in a world that so desperately needs just that..

Pastor’s Email: pastorbo@sjlch.org