Board of Directors
Rev. Aaron Baughman is an accomplished pastor and environmental educator, currently serving in urban ministry in Toledo, OH, where he enjoys tending his congregation’s community gardens and serves on the board of Sacred Grounds, which is part of the World Wildlife Foundation. Rev. Aaron has been ordained for over 10 years and has served congregations in Metro New York, Olympia, Washington, and Ohio.
Rev. Baughman has worked at over 15 camps and environmental education centers across the United States. He has flown bald eagles while teaching ornithology in Alabama, has taught how to compost in the mountains of North Carolina, and led night hikes in upstate New York. Before his current position, Rev. Baughman was the director of a Methodist Retreat Center. During his time as a director he was awarded the prestigious Rising Star Award from the American Camp Association.
Rev. Baughman attended Trinity Lutheran Seminary and holds a degree in Environmental Education from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina. He has also studied abroad, in Mexico, El Salvador, and Thailand. In 2022, he was honored to be one of only 20 participants selected globally for the World Council of Churches’ School on Governance, Economics, Environment, and Management (G.E.M.) in Berlin, Germany, where he focused on building an Economy of Life.
When Rev. Aaron is not hiking or biking with his dog Acorn, he is folk dancing with his two children or traveling the world with his spouse, Patty. Rev. Aaron is honored to serve on the Lutherans Restoring Creation board and is excited to share his passion of educating others about the importance of cultivating unity within the biodiversity of God.