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Matthew Harrison was born on 14 March, 1962 in Sioux City, Iowa, is a 21st-century American Lutheran Church official. Discover Matthew Harrison's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?

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Age 62 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 14 March, 1962
Birthday 14 March
Birthplace Sioux City, Iowa
Nationality United States

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1947

He is the first LCMS president elected to a fifth term since 1947.

Harrison had previously served as the Executive Director of the Department of LCMS World Relief and Human Care, and as founding president of the LCMS Housing Corporation (also known as Lutheran Housing Support).

1962

Matthew Carl Harrison (born March 14, 1962 in Sioux City, Iowa) is the 13th and current president of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS).

Harrison was born in Sioux City, Iowa, on March 14, 1962.

He was baptized at Bethel Lutheran Church in Lawton, Iowa, and grew up in Sioux City, where his family belonged to Redeemer Lutheran Church.

1980

He graduated from Sioux City East High School in 1980 and Morningside College in 1987.

1989

Harrison then attended Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, from which he earned a Master of Divinity in 1989 and a Master of Sacred Theology degree in 1991.

1991

Harrison's first parish was at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Westgate, Iowa, where he served from 1991 to 1995.

1995

Harrison served as pastor of Zion Lutheran Church of Fort Wayne, Indiana, from 1995 to 2001.

During his ministry at Zion, the urban decay around the church moved him to join with St. Peter Catholic Church and community leaders to revitalize the Hanna-Creighton neighborhood.

This joint effort recruited investors to clear many dilapidated homes, restore others, and build new ones in the ten block area.

The effort was a success and led to the construction of a new branch of the Allen County Public Library and an office for the Fort Wayne Urban League in the neighborhood.

This initiative continues in the City of Fort Wayne's Renaissance Pointe project.

2001

In Harrison's role as head of LCMS World Relief beginning in 2001, he made several trips to work with those in need among the slums of Kibera, Kenya, and in other East African countries.

2004

He worked in Asia following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami and in Louisiana in 2005 following Hurricane Katrina.

2010

He was first elected to the presidency on July 13, 2010, at the synod's 64th regular convention in Houston, Texas.

Harrison officially took office on September 1, 2010, and was formally installed in a service on September 11, 2010, at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis.

He was elected by a 54–45% margin on the first ballot.

He also spent several months in early 2010 coordinating LCMS aid in Haiti following the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

2011

In 2011, he received honorary doctorates from Concordia Theological Seminary and from Concordia University Ann Arbor in Michigan.

2012

On February 16, 2012, Harrison testified in front of the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in opposition to contraceptive mandates imposed upon parachurch organizations by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

2013

He was elected to a second three-year term following a first ballot victory in the church body's first online presidential election in July 2013.

2016

He was elected to a third three-year term in June 2016, having received 56.96 percent of the vote on the first ballot.

2019

In June 2019, Harrison was elected to a fourth three-year term with 51.76 percent of the vote on the first ballot.

In June 2023, he was elected to a fifth term with 52.32% of the first ballot vote.