Lead Pastor Martin J. Russell
Lead Pastor Martin J. Russell begins serving at Our
Redeemer's Lutheran Church in November 2011. He graduated from Midland
Lutheran College, and received a Master of Divinity degree in 1990 from Lutheran
Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Pa. He previously served as
assistant to the bishop in the Nebraska Synod and as a pastor in Nebraska,
Pennsylvania and Texas.
In 2003, Pastor Russell was married to Lori Davis
Russell, who is a speech/ language pathologist. They have a daughter, Grace.
Associate Pastor Kendra Wilde
Pastor Kendra Wilde was called from Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa, to
Our Redeemer's as her first pastoral call in 2008. She is
married to Ben Spiger, a dentist in Helena. Both are graduates of Carroll College.
As associate pastor, Pastor Kendra is a minister of the Word, which means calling us to attend to the question:
"What
is God saying to us here and now?" Pastor Kendra considers this question through teaching, preaching
and being a spiritual
leader. She also is a minister of the sacraments, which calls her to the
responsibility and honor of presiding at worship.
