Pastor Graham Blaikie's Bio
Graham has been in a lead role at LakeView for five years, plus or minus (math was never one of his favorite subjects).
He is a proud “Kiwi” (native New Zealander) who fell in love with his wife, Doreen (from Rockford Illinois), and theology, while attending Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. The diminutive couple were then on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ for 14 years. Graham was senior pastor of Auckland Bible Church in NZ for almost eight years.
He likes reading, family vacations, music, sharing Culver’s soups with his wife, and skyping with their oldest son who is a "postie" 8000 miles away in Auckland. Their daughter is a senior at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater; son #2 is a 4th generation Moody Bible Institute freshman; son #3 is a 7th grader. (You can see a family pic on the elder page).
He insists he feels “hugely privileged” to be at LakeView, despite the Wisconsin winter and the weird behavior known as ice fishing. His greatest buzz comes from seeing people exploring and getting excited about their relationship with God and biblical truth.
Graham goes back to school about every decade. He has an MA in Apologetics, a Th.M from Dallas Theological Seminary, and is pursuing a Doctor of Ministry Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, which he will finish when he is 93.
Check out Graham's blog, the Contemplative Kiwi.