Gerald B. Kieschnick
Lutheran pastor, President of the LCMS (born 1943)
Gerald Bryan Kieschnick (born January 29, 1943, in Houston, Texas) was the 12th president of The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS), being elected to three terms, in 2001, 2004, and 2007. He was defeated in his bid for a fourth term by Matthew C. Harrison on July 13, 2010, at the 64th Regular Convention of the LCMS, and his presidency ended on August 31, 2010.2
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Born Jan 29, 1943.1
About
He later became the chief executive officer of Legacy Deo (formerly known as the Lutheran Foundation of Texas) until his retirement in 2025.
Kieschnick and his wife, Terry, have two grown children and two grandchildren, all of whom live in Texas.
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Companies
- Lutheran Church – Missouri SynodChair 2001 to 201011
Early life and education
Career
Occupation: pastor.7
- 2001 to 2010President of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod4
- 2001 to 2010Chair, Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod6
- 1998 to 2001Chair, Commission on Theology and Church Relations5
Kieschnick attended Texas A&M University, graduating with a bachelor of science in 1964. He is a 1970 graduate of Concordia Theological Seminary (CTS) in Springfield, Illinois (now located in Fort Wayne, Indiana), obtained his Master of Divinity in 1977 from CTS in Fort Wayne, and received an honorary doctor of laws degree in 1996 from Concordia University in Austin, Texas.
After his ordination in 1970, Kieschnick served as pastor at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Biloxi, Mississippi, until 1973; at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Beaumont, Texas, from 1973 to 1981; and at Faith Lutheran Church in Georgetown, Texas, from 1981 to 1986.
He served the Texas District of the LCMS as a circuit counselor from 1978 to 1981 and as director of public relations from 1977 to 1986. Kieschnick was director of development at Lutheran Foundation of Texas from 1986 to 1988 and then served as its executive director from 1988 to 1991.
In 1991, Kieschnick was elected president of the LCMS's Texas District and served in that position until 2001. In addition, from 1998 until his election as LCMS president, Kieschnick chaired the LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations and served on the program committee of the LCMS Council of Presidents.
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Personal life
- CitizenshipUnited States8
Awards
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