Pauline Joyce Meyer (née Hutchison; June 4, 1943) is an American Charismatic Christian author, speaker, and president of Joyce Meyer Ministries. Her ministry is headquartered near the St. Louis suburb of Fenton, Missouri. Early life Meyer was born Pauline Joyce Hutchison in South St. Louis, on June 4, 1943. Her father went into the army to fight in World War II the day she was born. She has said in interviews that he began sexually abusing her upon his return, and discusses this experience in her meetings. A graduate of O'Fallon Technical High School in St. Louis, she married a part-time car salesman shortly after her senior year of high school. The marriage lasted five years. She maintains that her husband frequently cheated on her and persuaded her to steal payroll checks from her employer. They used the money to go on a vacation to California. She states that she returned the money years...