Rev. Lisa Ann Arrington

Born: April 10, 1971

Hometown: Dayton, Ohio

Family: Linda and Roger Arrington

Two younger sisters who live in Ohio with their family.

Education: Miami University, BA in Political Science 1989

Ohio University, MA in Political Science 1995

Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Master of Divinity 2000

Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Doctorate of Divinity, 2007

Ministry Experience: Lutheran Campus Christ Lutheran Church

Ministry Athens, OH (1993-1995)

Intern Frederick Ev. Lutheran Church

Reformation Lutheran Church

St. Thomas, USVI (1998-1999)

Youth Director Clinton Heights Lutheran Church, Columbus, OH (1999-2000)

Associate Pastor Ascension Evangelical Lutheran Church

Baltimore, MD (2000-2004)

Pastor St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church

Baltimore, MD (2005-present)

Call Story: Growing up in Dayton, I was involved in a city congregation called St. Marks Lutheran Church. My grandmother and mother attended this church their whole life. When I went to college I was aiming for law school but a Lutheran Campus Pastor asked if I ever considered seminary. I laughed. However the “s”-word (seminary) kept coming up. Years later an invitation to visit a seminary and a psalm changed my life. Psalm 32 “I will teach you and instruct you in the way you should go…do not be stubborn like a horse or mule!”

Ministry Style: People have noticed my approach to ministry relies on team and congregational partnership, shared discernment and trusting God with “new doors.”

Gifts for Ministry: I have growing gifts for preaching, confirmation, diverse worship, invitational ministry, and social ministry that involves hands and hearts.

Hobbies: running, reading, listening to music, visiting Ohio, and playing with others!

Project Connect is an initiative of the Eastern Cluster of Lutheran Seminaries. Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, and the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Funded by a generous grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc.