M.A., M.Div. & D.Min.
THE REVEREND DOCTOR IVAN E. GREUTER, SENIOR MINISTER
A native of Nebraska, Ivan grew up on the Great Plains, where he received his call to the ministry at an early age. After graduating from high school, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ottawa University. He immediately enrolled in two master’s degrees as a presidential scholar at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Lombard, Illinois, before being ordained in 1999.
Ivan faithfully ministered to Baptist churches in Illinois before joining the staff at West Side Baptist Church, Topeka, Kansas. He is a leader in the global mission movement, ecumenical cooperation, and regional and national denominational work.
Ivan is an advocate for education, hunger relief, human development, and hands-on humanitarian work. He facilitates short-term mission trips to Arizona, Oklahoma, and Alaska, as well as international trips to Mexico, Costa Rica, and Liberia, Africa. Ivan is an adjunct professor for Biblical history, church history, ethics, philosophy, religion, theology, liturgy and worship, missiology, spirituality, and major world religions.
In 2014, Ivan graduated with a Doctor of Ministry degree from the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, Iowa. His dissertation was: “Searching For God When You Have Lost Your Dogma: The Promise of New Life for an American Baptist Congregation by Increasing Passionate Spirituality through Devotional Consideration of the Doctrine of the Trinity and Natural Church Development.” He enjoyed post-doctoral studies in European Religious History at Christ Church, Oxford University, UK.
Updated 21 DECEMBER 2025
