# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2010_S13
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

NOMINEE BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Name:
Address:
		

Matthew C. Harrison
580 Spragues Mill Court
Ballwin, MO 63011

Birth Date:
Birth Place:

March 14, 1962
Sioux City, Iowa

Wife’s Maiden Name: Kathy Schimm
Number of Children: Two
College:
Morningside College, Sioux City (1984)
Seminary:
Concordia Theol. Sem., Fort Wayne (1989)
Other Degrees: S.T.M., Concordia Theol. Sem., Fort Wayne
		
Graduate Studies, Conc. Sem., St. Louis
								
Member of Synod Congregations:
48 years			
19 years			
Rostered Member of Synod:		
Year of Ordination:			
1991				

Nominee for President
Nominee for First Vice-President
Nominee for Other Vice-President

Pastorates
Congregations										
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Westgate, IA							
Zion Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN							

Years
1991–95
1995–2001

Other Full-Time Positions
Position					
Missionary to Native Canadians		
Graduate Assistant				
Exec. Dir., World Relief/Human Care

Employer					
Luth. Assoc. Missionaries & Pilots		
Concordia Theological Seminary		
LCMS 						

Years
1983–84
1990–1991
2001–Present

Other Synod Offices
Position											
Board for Missions									
Founding President, Nat’l. Lutheran Housing Support Corporation				

Years
1998–2001
2004–Present

Other District Offices										
District Task Force on Rural Ministry							
Synod Nominations Committee								

Years
1993–95
1994–95

Other Significant Service or Experience
Type of Service							
			
Co-Founder, St. Peter’s/Zion Project for Neighborhood Renewal				
Project Renew (Neighborworks Housing) Board						
Fort Wayne Urban League Building Committee						
Catholic/Lutheran Dialogue; LCMS President’s Church Relations Cabinet			
Lutheran Services in America Board; Lutheran World Relief Board				
Missouri Area Bluegrass Committee Member (Five-String Banjo)				
Author/Trans./Ed. of numerous publications; most recently A Little Book
		 on Joy; At Home in the House of My Fathers; Christ Have Mercy			
Managed Synod’s nat’l. responses to Haiti, Asian Tsunami, Katrina, etc.			

12

Years
1995–2001
1995–2001
1999
1996–2001; Present
2001–Present
2005–08
2000–Present
2001–Present