Meet our Staff

Pastor Aaron West

Pastor Aaron West joined St. Matthew in April 2018.  He serves as the pastor at our Spokane site.  He and his wife Kelly have four children:  Laura (12), Leah (10), Mark (7), and baby Paul.  

Aaron grew up in Johnson City, Tennessee.  After a year at the College of Charleston, SC, he decided to pursue full-time ministry and transferred to Martin Luther College where he was soon engaged to his wife Kelly.  In 2005 they graduated, were married, and moved to Ningxia, China, for a year where they taught English.  After that, Aaron enrolled in seminary in Mequon, WI and graduated in 2010, having spent his vicar year in Covington, Georgia.  With two daughters born, the family moved to Madison, WI, where Aaron studied for an MA degree in Hebrew from the University of Wisconsin.  

In 2012, he received a divine call to Asia Lutheran Seminary in Hong Kong where he taught Hebrew and Old Testament until accepting the call to St. Matthew.

Aaron is thrilled to be in the Inland Northwest and excited to learn about life here and how to share the gospel in Spokane. He lives near the church and is usually available to meet in person, talk on the phone, email, or text about anything on your mind. Whether it is a marriage problem, a Bible history question, or a bigfoot sighting, he is happy to meet you, hear your story, and try to apply God's Word to your situation. Please say hello!

​Pastor Kevin Schultz

Pastor Schultz joined St Matthew in June of 2014 with his wife, Miriam, and their two grown children: Caleb & Tabitha.  He currently lives and serves as the lead pastor at our church site in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, called “The Vine.”

Pastor Schultz grew up in Wisconsin and went to high school at Wisconsin Lutheran High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  While there, he began his pastoral studies.  After graduating he attended Northwestern College in Watertown, WI, where he studied Greek & Hebrew along with theology and Biblical history and received a bachelor’s degree in Biblical languages.  From there he went on to Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon, WI, and received a Master of Divinity degree in theology.  While studying at the seminary, he served an internship for one year at St John’s Lutheran Church in Burlington, WI. 

Upon graduating from the Seminary, he married his wife Miriam Westendorf and served as pastor of Abiding Word Lutheran Church in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada for 20 years, and also president of WELS-Canada.  In 2007 he moved to San Diego, California, and served Reformation Lutheran Church for 6 years, before moving to Spokane and then to Coeur d’Alene in 2016 to serve as pastor at The Vine.

Pastor Schultz loves the Lord and is passionate about reaching people for Christ and seeing their lives changed for the better.  He is available to you at his office in Coeur d’Alene and would love to meet you.  You can call him, e-mail him, or text him if he can be of any service to you or if you would like to discuss a personal or religious concern.