Pastor Aaron Stinnett was installed as the pastor of
Redeemer Lutheran Church on May 31, 2009. Previously, he was pastor of
the dual parish of Zion Lutheran Church in St. Ignatius, Montana, and
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Polson, Montana, where he had served
since his ordination in July 2005. Pastor Stinnett received a Master of Divinity degree from Concordia Theological Seminary (Fort Wayne, Indiana) in May 2005. Previously, he received a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering from Tulane University (New Orleans, Louisiana) in 1991, a master's degree in health policy from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1993, and a Ph.D. in health policy from Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts) in 1996. In his previous career, he worked as Senior Manager of Health Economics for Johnson & Johnson (1996-1998) and as Associate Professor of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (1998-2001). Pastor Stinnett has served as a member of the Human Care Committee of the Montana District of the LCMS (2006-2008), pastoral counselor to the Montana District of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML) (2006-2009), and circuit counselor (2010-present). He also has been blessed with the opportunity to write for CPH publications "Concordia Pulpit Resources" and "Strength for the Day." |