Faculty

Rev. Shawn Barnett

Associate Pastor/Teacher

Rev. Shawn Barnett accepted the call to be Redeemer’s Associate Pastor in 2024. He studied at Concordia University Chicago, earning a B.A. in theological languages. Additionally, he studied for one year at the Lutherische Theologische Hochschule in Oberursel, Germany. He also obtained a Master of Arts in Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, as well as a Master of Divinity at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne.  Previously, Rev. Barnett served as a schoolteacher at Immanuel Lutheran School, Alexandria, Virginia. He and his wife Molly have been blessed with three young children.  As a hobby, Rev. Barnett translates 19th century theological works from German. He has published articles online for the CiRCE Institute and the Ancient Language Institute.

Nicole Boyle

Teacher

Mrs. Boyle comes to Redeemer Classical with a Master’s degree in Theology from Concordia Theological Seminary and a Bachelor’s of Arts in Spanish from the University of Michigan.

Originally from Michigan, Mrs. Boyle is a recent transplant from Wichita, Kansas where she and her family lived for twelve years while her husband served as pastor of two congregations. The Boyles have five children, who keep them busy between quizzing Latin, reciting poetry, and running to and from basketball and soccer games. While in Wichita, they were blessed to have wonderful classical schools for their children. Mrs. Boyle enjoyed teaching grades K, 1, and 2 for several years at Christ the Savior Academy. Before that, she had taught Spanish language classes at both the grade school and high school levels, as well as courses in English as a Second Language. She relishes the chance to help shape children in their joy, faith, and love for one another. The Boyle family is very happy to find a church home at Redeemer and is thankful for a great school for their children to continue their love of classical education!

Nicole Busarow

Music Teacher

Nicole Busarow is a child of God, daughter, sister, wife, and mother of four. Mrs. Busarow holds a Masters of Sacred Music Degree from the University of Notre Dame and a Bachelor of Music Degree in Church Music – Organ from Valparaiso University. She has taught and played music for more than a decade in churches and schools in Michigan and Indiana. She also teaches private lessons.

Nathan Klumpp

Teacher

Nathan Klumpp is a husband and father of two children. He grew up in Michigan in a homeschooling family, and received his bachelor’s degree in history from Hillsdale College in 2004. He later returned to Hillsdale to study classical education, then worked as a kindergarten teacher’s aide, next as a second grade teacher for three years at a classical charter school in Texas, then at a classical school in Michigan.

Mr. Klumpp has high expectations for his students in both academics and behavior because he takes them seriously as children who need clear, firm direction, and as people made in the image of God. He believes that most children are capable of more than many adults expect, and that most subjects can be accessible and interesting if approached as things of beauty and wonder, reinforced by patient practice. He also believes that if children learn to love learning, their grades usually will take care of themselves.

Mr. Klumpp is a hobbyist blacksmith, tinsmith, and coppersmith. He’s studying several languages right now in addition to the usual Latin. He also enjoys historical fencing, home brewing, and singing very loudly. His favorite books include, but are not limited to, “Gawaine and the Green Knight,” “Pearl, “The Discarded Image,” “The Faerie Queen,” “Albion’s Seed,” “The Jungle Book,” and “Smith of Wooton Major.”

Kirsten Nus

Teacher

Kirsten Nus has loved the classics since childhood, and studied Latin from middle school through college. In 2020, she earned her B.A. in Parish Music with a minor in Philosophy from Concordia University Wisconsin. When not in the classroom, you can find Kirsten playing the organ at Bethany Lutheran Church, calling English Country dances, experimenting in the kitchen, re-reading Jane Austen, or playing her violin. She feels so incredibly blessed to be at Redeemer Classical, and is excited to guide and grow with her students in wonder of God and His creation!

Aaron Fosse

Teacher

Rev. David Petersen

Pastor, Theology Instructor

Rev. David H. Petersen became pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in 2000. He leads matins each school day and provides students’ theology instruction. He earned a B.S. in history from Central Michigan University; and a master of divinity degree, master of sacred theology degree, and and a doctor of ministry from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne. He and his wife Jacqui have three grown children and seven grandchildren. He is a regular guest on Issues, Etc, a contributing editor to Gottesdienst: The Journal of Lutheran Liturgy, where he writes both for the print journal and the blog, and a frequent blogger at the Lutheran Witness. He has served on the English District Board of Directors and is currently on the Commission on Theology and Church Relations for the LCMS. A collection of Pastor Petersen’s teaching ministry in various media forms is available at Theological Commonplaces: Spiritual Renewal for Pastors and Laity.

Nathaniel Pullmann

Headmaster, Teacher

Nathaniel Pullmann is a husband and the father of six children. He and his wife are both graduates of the finest liberal arts college in the country, Hillsdale College. He has spent more than a decade developing classical, Christian education options in Fort Wayne. In 2012, he founded the first Classical Conversations group in the area, starting a movement that has grown into half a dozen classical homeschool communities in the area, educating hundreds of students.

In 2014, he enrolled in graduate studies at Hillsdale College, earning a master’s degree in 2016. While there, he apprenticed with Kenneth Calvert at Hillsdale Academy and learned the fine points of running a classical school. He was awarded a fellowship with the college’s Winston Churchill Project, which is archiving the personal papers of one of the greatest statesmen ever. He graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa — the nation’s most prestigious honor society — and earned high marks on his graduate thesis on Americans’ natural rights.

In 2017, he founded and opened Redeemer Classical School, the first classical Christian school in the Fort Wayne area. He is the headmaster of the school and a teacher there. Under his leadership, the school has grown every year since opening, quadrupling the number of students and faculty. He has also consulted with several other schools that are in the process of making their education more classical and with several groups that are trying to start new classical, Christian schools.

Nicole Schulert

Librarian

Nicole Schulert is wife to Arthur and mother of four children. She grew up attending Trinity Lutheran Church in Whittier, California. Nicole earned a Master of Library and Information Science from San Jose State University and a Master of English from California State University, Fullerton. She worked in the public library system for over twenty years before moving to Fort Wayne in 2019. She loves working in the Redeemer Library where the purpose of the collection is to help form the hearts and minds of God’s image-bearers and each book chosen for the shelves is truly good and beautiful.

Meghan Schultz

Art Teacher

Meghan Schultz is a wife, mother of four children, and artist. She has always loved fine art and went to school for graphic design. She has a background working in advertising as a graphic designer and currently serves as the Marketing Coordinator for the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir. She has completed many commissioned paintings and custom hand-lettered pieces. In recent years, she has enjoyed creating theologically based artwork for her church. Mrs. Schultz is the designer of Redeemer Classical’s school crest.