Staff & Officers

Our Redeemer's Pastor

Rev. Matthew D. Ruesch, Pastor

Pastor Matt Ruesch has served as pastor of Our Redeemer since November 2017, when he came to Kingsford after three years of serving as a church planter for The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Pastor Ruesch is a native of the Iron Mountain-Kingsford area and a son of the congregation. He attended Kingsford High School (1996) and then received his Bachelor of Arts from Concordia University Wisconsin (2000) and a Masters of Divinity from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (2005). He has served parishes in Garrison, Minnesota (Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church) and Bear Creek, Wisconsin (Grace & Trinity Lutheran Churches).

Pastor is married to Heather, a youth ministry author and speaker originally from Florence, WI, and they have three children: Isabella (a senior at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay), Paul (a freshman at Michigan Tech University) and Sofia (a freshman at Kingsford High School). The Ruesches reside in Kingsford and enjoy time together as a family and with their boxer: Rosco, and cat: Marley.

Our Redeemer's Ministry Staff