Rev. James Baumgartner
Manager, LCMS Pastor Missionary Recruitment
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About
The Rev. James Baumgartner serves as manager of pastoral missionary recruitment for the LCMS Office of International Mission (OIM). He received his Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Colorado State University (2005) and his Master of Divinity degree from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (2009).Prior to accepting this position, he was pastor of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Chugiak, Alaska, where he also served as Alaska vice-president for the LCMS Northwest District. Before this, Baumgartner served with the OIM in the Asia region.
He and his wife, Deaconess Brittany Baumgartner, have one daughter: Nora.