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Meadowbrook Church414.453.7278
Our History
Meadowbrook Church is a congregation of about 500 people, located in Wauwatosa just beyond the City of Milwaukee’s western boundary. Our roots began in one of the largest churches in the area, Elmbrook Church.
Elmbrook's rapid growth resulted in their vision to start like-minded daughter congregations throughout the Milwaukee area and they began to launch new congregations in the east, far west, north, and south suburbs of Milwaukee.
The vision to start Meadowbrook in its location was in recognition of a large unchurched population in a 3-mile radius around a center point located at about 76th Street and Burleigh Road. Meadowbrook’s core group began meeting for prayer in 1987, holding holding weekly prayer meetings at Hart Park. In the fall of 1988, while holding worship services at the West Suburban YMCA, it became apparent that there was a sufficient nucleus committed to establishing a new church. In 1989 they called Mark Seversen, a director of university ministries in the area, to be Meadowbrook’s first pastor. Mark led the church through a 13-year period of growth and maturation. During those years, John Mackett was invited to join the staff as an associate pastor, and later Mark Werner came on board to work with the youth.
In 2001 Mark Seversen accepted a pastoral position at a church in Kansas City. In 2002 the church Council and membership affirmed John Mackett as God’s choice to take over the reins as Senior Pastor. Mark Werner moved from youth pastor to overseer of adult ministries. In 2006 Tom Slye joined our team as an associate pastor to oversee youth ministry and men's ministry. Shortly after that Tom enlisted Mark Matuszak to fill the position of Student Ministries Intern. Jen Akin joined the Meadowbrook Staff as the Director of Children's Ministry in 2009.
Our most recent historical landmark was the culmination of a three-year building fund drive that took place concurrently with the search for a suitable property in the target area mentioned above. In 2003 the current building located at 70th and Maple Terrace was purchased.
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1025 N. 70th Street Wauwatosa, WI 53213 • Phone: 414.453.7278 Fax: 414.479.2140 • Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM and Friday 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM web design by starkmedia