Chad Rimmer
- Ph.D., Theological Ethics, University of Edinburgh Divinity School
- M.Th., Theological Ethics, University of Edinburgh
- M.Div., Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg
- B.S., Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
The Rev. Dr. Chad Rimmer joined Lenoir-Rhyne as rector and dean of Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, S.C., in April 2023. In this role, Rimmer serves as the lead academic and church administrator for LTSS and works to further develop the seminary to an exemplary status within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.
His vocation as a teaching theologian has led him and his family on a global, ecumenical path of theological education and formation with people of diverse contexts, in cultures, countries and bio-regions across the Lutheran communion.
Before joining LTSS, Rimmer was program executive for theology and practice at the Lutheran World Federation Department for Theology, Mission and Justice in Geneva, Switzerland. This role included guest lecturing and teaching across the seven regions of the Lutheran World Federation Global Network for Theological Education and Formation. He played a key role in planning the 13th Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation, scheduled in Krakow, Poland in September 2023. The assembly is the highest body of the global Lutheran Communion and meets every six to seven years.
Rimmer is rostered in the ELCA NC Synod, has been an adjunct lecturer at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and at the United Lutheran Seminary, served congregations in Copenhagen, Denmark and York, Pennsylvania, and is the author of many books and journal articles.
Photo credit: Albin Hillert, courtesy of Lutheran World Federation