Arthur A. Preisinger was ordained on July 27, 1958 in the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. In 1988 he became a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Pastor Preisinger was educated at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, graduating with a Master of Divinity in 1958. He earned a Master of Arts degree in Reformation History at the University of Oklahoma and the Doctor of Philosophy in Modern European History at Texas Tech University.
Pastor Preisinger served churches in Elk City and Midwest City in Oklahoma. He was campus pastor at Texas Tech University where he was also instructor in the Department of Biblical Literature and chair of the department. He was director of the Lutheran Institute for Religious Studies for the three ELCA Synods of Texas and Louisiana while teaching at Texas Lutheran University. He was at first assistant professor in the Department of Theology and Philosophy and later associate professor with a joint appointment in the Department of History. Pastor Preisinger was a Chaplain, United States Air Force Reserves with extended active duty in 1961-62. After retiring in 1998, he taught at Umpumulo Lutheran Seminary, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa and later at the Near East School of Theology (NEST) in Beirut, Lebanon.
Pastor Preisinger is currently a member of the Gulf Coast Synod’s Task Force on Immigration, and the Synod’s Global Mission Team. He is a member of Jewish-Christian Forum of the Texas Conference of Churches.
Art was married to Mitzi Prange Preisinger, who died on July 26, 2006. They had four children, Elizabeth, John, Katherine and Andrea. Elizabeth was a member of Christ the King Church while attending the Shepherd School of Music, the Rice University Science Department, and Baylor School of Medicine. Andrea, her son Miles and daughter Erin are members of Christ the King Church.