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Presidential Nominations

Presidential Nominations

Recommended Nominees for LCMS President
and Vice Presidents

The deadline for President and Vice President
nominations is Tuesday, February 28, 2023.

Click HERE for nomination information.

For a video tutorial on the 2023 nominations process click HERE.

 
PRESIDENT
The Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison – 13th President of the LC-MS (2010-present). With President Harrison’s guidance and support, the LCMS has nearly doubled the number of missionaries in the field to about 100 full-time career missionaries and 144 military service chaplains; has launched the Global Seminary Initiative with $3.8 million to send our seminary professors overseas and bring overseas students here to our seminaries; has renewed a focus on outreach with Everyone His Witness (evangelism), re:Vitality (congregational renewal), and church-planting resources; begun the Set Apart to Serve church-worker recruitment initiative; through Making Disciples for Life has offered resources and conferences addressing contemporary issues facing congregations; and is expanding international relations with more churches like ours.
 
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
The Rev. Peter K. Lange – First Vice-President of the LCMS (2019-present). Previous full-time service: District President LCMS Kansas District (2015-19); parish pastor in Topeka, KS (1999-2015) and Concordia, MO (1990-99). Other service: Secretary to the LC-MS Council of Presidents (2018-2019); Synod think-tank for the Koinonia Project (2015); Kansas District Board of Caring Ministry (2012-15); LCMS Task Force for National Youth Gatherings (2005); author of CPH Sunday School Materials (2004); Lutheran Layman’s League Zone Advisor, MO District.

 

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VICE-PRESIDENT EAST/SOUTHEAST
The Rev. Christopher S. Esget – East/Southeast Regional Vice-President (2015-present). Full-time service: parish pastor in Alexandria, VA (2001-present) and DuQuoin, IL (1998-2001). Other service: Sanctity of Human Life Commission (2009-17); Board of Regents, Concordia College, New York (2017- 21); Southeastern District Life Coordinator (2014-present); LCMS Washington, D.C. Life Conferences and March for Life chaplain (2002-present); instructor, Liturgical Theology and Church Music, EECMY (Ethiopia).
 
 
VICE-PRESIDENT CENTRAL
The Rev. Benjamin T. Ball – Central Regional Vice-President (2019-present). Full-time service: parish pastor in Hamel, IL (2012-present), Brookfield, IL (2004-12) and Dedham, MA (1999-2004). Other service: Pastor-in-Residence, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (2002); supervisor of Field Workers, Concordia Seminary, Saint Louis (2015-present); chairman, Comm. for Convention Nominations (2019- present); Board of Directors, Metro-East Lutheran High School, Edwardsville, IL (2017-present).
 
 
VICE-PRESIDENT GREAT LAKES
The Rev. Dr. John C. Wohlrabe – Great Lakes Regional Vice-President (2013-present). Full-time service: Chaplain, U.S. Navy (1987-2009); parish pastor in Geneseo, IL (2009-12) and Fort Lupton, CO (1982-84); instructor, Concordia Seminary, Saint Louis (1984-86); and Assistant Director, Concordia Historical Institute, Saint Louis (1986-87). Other service: editor-in-chief, Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly (2012-present); adjunct professor, Concordia University, Wisconsin (2013-present). Thirty-two military awards.
 
 
VICE-PRESIDENT GREAT PLAINS
The Rev. Nabil S. Nour – Great Plains Regional Vice-President (2013-present). Full-time service: parish pastor in Hartford, SD (2015-present) and Armour, SD (1994-2015). Other service: LCMS Conflict Resolution Officer (2008-present); South Dakota District 1st Vice-President (2012-13); South Dakota District 2nd Vice-President (2006-12); leading tours of the Holy Land (1994-present). Vice-President Nour is a native of Nazareth, Israel.
 
 
 
VICE-PRESIDENT WEST/SOUTHWEST
The Rev. Dr. Scott Murray – West/Southwest Regional Vice-President (2010-present). Full-time service: parish pastor in Houston, TX (1996-present), Gretna, LA (1985-96), and Coburg, ON (1983-85). Other service: LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations (1995-2001), Vice-Chair (1998-2001); board member of the Lutheran Education Association of Houston (2001-07); Board of Regents, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne (2010-present).