Minnard Hojem has been the associate pastor at Living Waters for the past 15 years. Pastor Hojem and his wife, Edith, were active in church and took their six children to church and Sunday school. After going into the Insurance business, he began to drink, and this led to serious marriage problems. One evening their daughters were upstairs praying for their parents. He could not sleep and calling the girls downstairs from their time of prayer, Pastor Hojem and his wife Edith renewed their commitment to the Lord in their home praying with their children. God also turned a hopeless financial situation around preserving and restoring their family.
Pastor Hojem leads a weekly bible study at his home, a monthly meeting of Promise Keepers at the church and monthly outreach to the St Croix County jail. Minnard and Edith, who have been married for fifty five years, still find time to visit their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren spread out over many states.
Pastor Hojem has one grandson who is very special who committed a crime was sent to prison and later received Jesus as his personal Savior. Pastor Minnard and Edith Hojem on a weekly basis have not ceased to pray for and visit this grandson in prison. They know the power of forgiveness and salvation.