# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2010_S14
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

NOMINEE BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Name:
Address:
		

Gerald B. Kieschnick
8847 Gladlea Drive
St. Louis, MO 63127

Birth Date:
Birth Place:

January 29, 1943
Houston, Texas

Wife’s Maiden Name: Terry Lee Roos
Number of Children: Two
College:
Seminary:
		
Other Degrees:

Texas A&M University (1964)
Concordia Theol. Sem., Springfield (1970)
Concordia Theol. Sem., Fort Wayne (1977)
Doctor of Laws, Concordia, Austin (1996)
Nominee for President

Member of Synod Congregations:
Rostered Member of Synod:		
Year of Ordination:			

67 years
40 years
1970

Pastorates
Congregations									
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Biloxi, MS					
Redeemer Lutheran Church, Beaumont, TX						
Faith Lutheran Church, Georgetown, TX—Mission Developer and Pastor		

Years
1970–73
1973–81
1981–86

Other Full-Time Positions
Position				
Employer					
Director of Development Lutheran Foundation of Texas				
Executive Director		
Lutheran Foundation of Texas				
President			
Texas District, LCMS					
President			
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod			

Years
1986–88
1988–91
1991–2001
2001–Present

Other Synod Offices
Position										
Program Committee, Council of Presidents						
Chairman, Commission on Theology and Church Relations				
Executive Committee, LCMS Board of Directors					

Years
1994–Present
1998–2001
2001–Present

Other District Offices
Position 									
Director of Public Relations, Texas District						
Circuit Counselor, Texas District							
Task Force on Campus Ministry, Texas District					

Years
1977–86
1978–81
1982–83

Other Significant Service or Experience
Type of Service									
Chairman of Board, Southeast Texas Crisis Telephone Hotline			
President, Georgetown, TX, Lions Club						
Exec. Com., International Lutheran Council; Chairman, ILC (2009)			
Committee on Inter-Lutheran Cooperation						

Years
1975–81
1984–85
2001–Present
2001–Present

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