Monday, July 11, 2016

“Upon This Rock: Repent, Confess, Rejoice”

Yesterday it was my honor and privilege to deliver an essay to the 66th Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod meeting in Milwaukee. A number of folks have asked if I might post it, a very humbling matter. And so, knowing all of the document's limitations, I place it here for those who might find some modest value in it.

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

LCMS Presidential Elections—Updated


The announcement today of the re-election of the Rev. Dr. Matthew Harrison to a third term as president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (http://blogs.lcms.org/2016/harrison-re-elected) led me back to a post I made in July 2013. In that post I tracked the results of LCMS presidential elections over the course of Missouri's "modern" history, 1973 to present (I use 1973 as the date, because in that year the LCMS changed its nomination procedure).  With the disclaimer that this is a first run through and I need to do some further fact checking, here are the results showing the top two vote getters.


1973 - New Orleans
1st ballot, JAO Preus 606, WIliam Kohn 340. 1,055 total votes.  57.44%
 
1975 - Anaheim 
No presidential election
 
1977 - Dallas
2nd ballot, JAO Preus 596, Charles Mueller 330.  1,083 total votes.  55.03%

1979 - Saint Louis
No presidential election
 
1981 - Saint Louis
4th ballot, Ralph Bohlmann 722, Charles Mueller 338.  1,110 total votes.  65.04%

1983 - Saint Louis
1st ballot, Ralph Bohlmann 844, Lloyd Behnken 95.  1,079 votes.  78.22%

1986 - Indianapolis
1st ballot, Ralph Bohlmann 576, Robert Sauer 447.  1,029 total votes. 55.97%

1989 - Wichita
1st ballot, Ralph Bohlmann 589, Robert Sauer 433.  1,124 total votes.  52.40%

1992 - Pittsburgh
4th ballot, Alvin Barry 580, Ralph Bohlmann 568.  1,148 total votes.  50.52%

1995 - Saint Louis
1st ballot, Alvin Barry 754, Richard Kapfer 290.  1,162 total votes. 64.88%

1998 - Saint Louis
1st ballot, Alvin Barry 657, Glen O’Shoney 343.  1,161 total votes.  56.58%

2001 - Saint Louis
4th ballot, Gerald Kieschnick 600, Dean Wenthe 582.  1,182 total votes.  50.76%

2004 - Saint Louis
1st ballot, Gerald Kieschnick 653, Daniel Preus 391.  1,237 total votes.  52.78%

2007 - Houston
1st ballot, Gerald Kieschnick 644, John Wohlrabe 514.  1,231 total votes.  52.31%

2010 - Houston
1st ballot, Matthew Harrison 643, Gerald Kieschnick 527.  1,170 total votes.  54.95%

2013 - Electronic balloting (Saint Louis)
1st ballot, Matthew Harrison 4,262, David Maier 1,906.  6,432 total votes.  66.26%

2016 - Electronic balloting (Milwaukee)
1st ballot, Matthew Harrision 3,507, Dale Meyer 2,257. 6,157 total votes. 56.96%