Austin
Lueck
Resonate Church Missoula
College Pastor
Growing up, I was driven by achievement, independence, and living life on my own terms. After high school, I moved to Phoenix, Arizona to pursue a degree in Electrical Engineering while attending South Mountain Community College and later Arizona State University. At the time, my life revolved around the typical college lifestyle — chasing success during the week and partying on the weekends. Even though I was surrounded by people and constantly pursuing the next experience, I still felt empty and without lasting purpose.
Everything changed in 2017 when I encountered Jesus through a full-time campus minister at Arizona State University. In the middle of attending what was known as the number one party school in America, God completely transformed the direction of my life. Through the gospel, I began to understand that fulfillment would never come through performance, achievement, or temporary pleasures, but only through knowing and following Christ. God used faithful discipleship and authentic Christian community to open my eyes to the hope and identity found in Him, and I surrendered my life to Jesus.
Not long after coming to faith, I sensed God calling me back home to Montana. In 2018, He connected me to Resonate Church, an urgent college church planting movement focused on reaching students across the Northwest with the gospel. What began as a simple step of obedience quickly became a deep passion for ministry, discipleship, and helping others experience the same transformation that God had worked in my own life.
In 2019, I joined a small team helping plant Resonate Church at the University of Montana. Watching God grow the church and draw college students to Himself strengthened my conviction that college campuses are some of the most strategic mission fields in the world. In 2020, I stepped into full-time ministry with Resonate Church, committing my life to helping students know Jesus, grow in biblical community, and become disciple-makers themselves.
Everything changed in 2017 when I encountered Jesus through a full-time campus minister at Arizona State University. In the middle of attending what was known as the number one party school in America, God completely transformed the direction of my life. Through the gospel, I began to understand that fulfillment would never come through performance, achievement, or temporary pleasures, but only through knowing and following Christ. God used faithful discipleship and authentic Christian community to open my eyes to the hope and identity found in Him, and I surrendered my life to Jesus.
Not long after coming to faith, I sensed God calling me back home to Montana. In 2018, He connected me to Resonate Church, an urgent college church planting movement focused on reaching students across the Northwest with the gospel. What began as a simple step of obedience quickly became a deep passion for ministry, discipleship, and helping others experience the same transformation that God had worked in my own life.
In 2019, I joined a small team helping plant Resonate Church at the University of Montana. Watching God grow the church and draw college students to Himself strengthened my conviction that college campuses are some of the most strategic mission fields in the world. In 2020, I stepped into full-time ministry with Resonate Church, committing my life to helping students know Jesus, grow in biblical community, and become disciple-makers themselves.
Over the years, God has continued to grow not only the ministry but also our family. My wife Abigail and I have had the privilege of serving together while learning what it means to pursue Jesus faithfully in marriage and ministry. In 2023, we welcomed our first child and experienced a new season of trusting God as we balanced family life with serving college students. Through every season, God has remained faithful and has continued using our family to love and disciple students at the University of Montana.
In 2025, I joined the National Guard as another opportunity to expand the mission field God had placed in front of me. Through serving alongside other Guard members — many of whom are also college students — I’ve had the opportunity to build relationships, share the gospel, and walk alongside men who are searching for identity, purpose, and direction. It has been incredible to watch God work not only on the college campus, but also within the Guard community.
Today, my passion is helping students and young men build their lives on the truth of God’s Word and experience authentic transformation through the gospel. I love walking alongside people as they grow in spiritual discipline, fight sin, deepen their intimacy with Christ, and learn to faithfully follow Him in every area of life. My hope is to spend my life raising up resilient, mission-minded disciples who love Jesus deeply and boldly make Him known wherever God sends them.
Outside of ministry, I enjoy hunting, working out, smoking meat, tackling home projects, and spending time outdoors in Montana with Abigail and our family.
In 2025, I joined the National Guard as another opportunity to expand the mission field God had placed in front of me. Through serving alongside other Guard members — many of whom are also college students — I’ve had the opportunity to build relationships, share the gospel, and walk alongside men who are searching for identity, purpose, and direction. It has been incredible to watch God work not only on the college campus, but also within the Guard community.
Today, my passion is helping students and young men build their lives on the truth of God’s Word and experience authentic transformation through the gospel. I love walking alongside people as they grow in spiritual discipline, fight sin, deepen their intimacy with Christ, and learn to faithfully follow Him in every area of life. My hope is to spend my life raising up resilient, mission-minded disciples who love Jesus deeply and boldly make Him known wherever God sends them.
Outside of ministry, I enjoy hunting, working out, smoking meat, tackling home projects, and spending time outdoors in Montana with Abigail and our family.
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