Glenn M. Wagner (born 1953) is an American United Methodist pastor and author. Throughout his 40-year pastoral career, Wagner served congregations in four states and two countries, most notably in Freeport and Harvard, Illinois and North Muskegon, Holt, and Grand Haven, Michigan. Wagner announced his retirement from the United Methodist Church of the Dunes in Grand Haven in October 2016. Education Rev. Dr. Glenn M. Wagner was born in Elmhurst, Illinois, but moved to Michigan in 1971 to attend Hope College in Holland, Michigan. Wagner graduated with a B.A. with honors from Hope College in 1975. The year before he graduated from Hope College, Wagner attended the American University of Beirut and the Near East School of Theology. While there, he was the starting forward for the 1973 Lebanese National Championship basketball team for the university. He went on to receive the Mersick preaching prize in 1976 and earned his Master of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School in 1978. Wagner completed his Doctor of Ministry degree in 1986 from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois following an associate pastorship in Freeport. In 2000 and 2009, Wagner traveled to Jerusalem to further his education in the history and geography of the Bible. Wagner married his wife Nancy (Oosting) on August 30, 1975, in Fremont, Michigan. Career After graduating from Hope College, Wagner taught English and Biblical texts in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. While he was working on his masters of divinity degree at Yale Divinity School, Wagner interned as a chaplain in a drug and alcohol unit and hospital in Connecticut and later at Pine Rest Hospital in Grand Rapids. Wagner began his work in ministry as an associate pastor in Freeport, Illinois while studying to complete his Doctor of Ministry degree at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. His degree focused on developing leadership for small groups in the church. Following graduation, Wagner became the pastor of 800-member First United Methodist Church in Harvard, Illinois from 1986 through 1992. In 1992, Wagner moved back to Michigan to lead the congregation of Community United Methodist Church in North Muskegon. While in North Muskegon, Wagner graduated from the Muskegon Area Leadership Academy and acted as the vice president for several health project initiatives including the Community Mental Health board for Muskegon County and of Hospice of Muskegon-Oceana. Wagner also served as vice chair of the North Muskegon Charter Commission that wrote a new