Pastor joyce meyer biography abuse

Joyce comes from a background of being sexually abused by her father, and her mother knew what was happening and did nothing about it.

Learn about how God restored Joyce Meyer after years of abuse and how He can restore you from your hurts too....

Joyce Meyer

American author (born 1943)

Joyce Meyer
Meyer speaking in 2015
Born	Pauline Joyce Hutchison (1943-06-04) June 4, 1943 (age 81) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation	Bible teacher, author, speaker
Spouse	Dave Meyer (m. 1967)
joycemeyer.org

Pauline Joyce Meyer (née Hutchison; June 4, 1943^[1]) is an American Charismatic Christian author, speaker, and president of Joyce Meyer Ministries.

Joyce and her husband, Dave, have four grown children and live outside St. Louis, Missouri.

Her father, a factory worker and machinist, was mean and controlling and began to sexually abuse her shortly after his return from fighting in.

You can do anything God asks you to do.

Learn about how God restored Joyce Meyer after years of abuse and how He can restore you from your hurts too.

Joyce Meyer was repeatedly abused by her father sexually.

It didn't seem fair for God to require me to totally forgive my father, who sexually abused me, and even go to the extreme of taking care of.

Her ministry is headquartered near the St. Louis suburb of Fenton, Missouri.

Early life

Meyer was born Pauline Joyce Hutchison in south St. Louis in 1943.^[1] Her father went into the army to fight in World War II soon after she was born.

She has said in interviews that he began sexually abusing her upon his return, and discusses this experience in her meetings.^[2]

A graduate of O'Fallon T