Gender	Male
Industry	Religion
Occupation	Pastor
Location	Brooklyn, NY, United States
Introduction	Daniel James Meeter grew up in Manhattan, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Jersey, and Long Island. He was ordained to the Reformed Church ministry in 1980, and has served churches in Jersey, Michigan, and Ontario. He earned a Ph.D. from Drew University in 1989, and has published two technical books in theology as well as many articles. He is married to Rev. Melody Takken Meeter, the Director of Pastoral Care at the Lutheran Medical Center of Brooklyn. They have two married children. The Old First Mission Statement: Old First Reformed Church is a community of Jesus Christ in Brooklyn. We welcome persons of every ethnicity, race, and orientation to worship, serve, and love God, and to love our neighbors as ourselves. We embrace the following missions: 1. To offer God's word, prayer, the sacraments, and discipleship; 2. To offer outreach, education, fellowship, and music; 3. To offer sanctuary to anyone seeking spirituality and hope; 4. To offer hospitality to community groups and the arts; 5. To care for the gifts we have been given through our Reformed Church, including our historic sanctuary and building.
Interests	classical music, architecture, languages, geography, Brooklyn, everything
Favorite movies	Blade Runner, Babette's Feast, Sophie's Choice, The Passion of Andrei Rublev, Kieslowski's Red White and Blue
Favorite music	Bach, Bruckner, Nielsen, Shostakovich, Puccini, Chicago Blues, primitive Gospel
Favorite books	Tolkien, N T Wright, Van Ruler, Lee Smith

What reason do you have to believe the earth is flat?

I'm the same height up north in the Canadian Shield as I am in Brooklyn.