Justin Lind-Ayres has been called as the Associate College Pastor at Augsburg and will 
work alongside College Pastor and Director of Ministries Sonja Hagander.
Pastor Justin has been serving in parish ministry for 10 years, most recently across the street (I-94) from Augsburg at Bethany Lutheran Church on E. Franklin in Minneapolis. He studied religion as an undergraduate at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN, and received his Master of Divinity from Luther Seminary in St. Paul.
In 2012, Justin received his Doctor of Ministry from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia, where he studied the power of biblical metaphor in worship and preaching. Justin is married to Melanie, who lives out her vocation as a pediatrician for Park Nicollet. They stay busy chasing their two young daughters around, Anya and Svea. Justin begins serving the campus community on August 19. Please welcome him! The community will formally celebrate his call here with a Service of Installation this fall.