The Reverend Matthew C. Harrison is the 13th person to serve as president of the 2.3-million-member Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Before becoming president, Harrison served for nine years as the executive director of LCMS World Relief and Human Care. He has also served as a parish pastor at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Westgate, Iowa, and Zion Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He later founded the National Lutheran Housing Support Corp. - a faith-based housing organization that helps revitalize communities and renew neighborhoods across the country. Harrison and his wife Kathy spent a year as missionaries in a remote
Canadian Cree Indian village with the Lutheran Association of
Missionaries and Pilots. He received a Master of Divinity degree from
Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., and a Master of
Sacred Theology degree from the same institution. He has authored,
edited and translated several articles and books, including The Lonely
Way: Selected Essays and Letters by Hermann Sasse; At Home in the
House of My Fathers; A Little Book on Joy; and Christ Have Mercy:
How to Put Your Faith in Action.
Harrison and his wife live in Ballwin, Mo., and are members of
Village Lutheran Church in Ladue, Mo., where he also serves
as assistant pastor. They have two sons.
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February 9-10, 2012
