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Gerald Bryan Kieschnick (born January 29, 1943 in Houston, Texas) is the Presidential Ambassador for Mission Advancement at Concordia University Texas. Kieschnick served as the 12th president of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. He served three terms starting in 2001, being re-elected in 2004 and again in 2007. He was defeated in his bid for a fourth term by the Rev. Matthew C. Harrison on July 13, 2010 at the 64th regular convention of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, and his presidency ended on August 31, 2010. Kieschnick and his wife, Terry, have two grown children and two grandchildren, all of whom live in Texas. ==Early career== Kieschnick attended Texas A&M University, graduating with a bachelor of science in 1964. He is a 1970 graduate of Concordia Theological Seminary in Springfield, Illinois (now located in Fort Wayne, Indiana), obtained his Master of Divinity in 1977 at Concordia in Fort Wayne, and received an honorary doctor of laws degree in 1996 from Concordia University in Austin, Texas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://locator.lcms.org/nworkers_frm/w_detail.asp?W7735 )〕 After his ordination in 1970, Kieschnick served as pastor at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Biloxi, Mississippi until 1973; at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Beaumont, Texas from 1973–1981; and at Faith Lutheran Church in Georgetown, Texas from 1981-1986.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lutheranhistory.org/presidents/pres_kieschnick.htm )〕 He served the Missouri Synod's Texas District as a circuit counselor from 1978–1981 and as director of public relations from 1977-1986. Kieschnick was director of development at Lutheran Foundation of Texas from 1986–1988 and then served as its executive director from 1988-1991.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://blogs.lcms.org/2004/synod-re-elects-kieschnick-elects-diekelman-first-vice-president )〕 In 1991, Kieschnick was elected president of the Synod's Texas District and served in that position until 2001. Under Kieschnick's lead, membership in the Texas District grew by approximately 12 percent, even as LCMS membership numbers slipped nationally. In addition, from 1998 until his election as LCMS president, Kieschnick chaired the LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations and served on the program committee of the LCMS Council of Presidents. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gerald B. Kieschnick」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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