LCMS reelects its president: Kieschnick holds on
The incumbent president of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod has been reelected to another three-year term—essentially ending a long debate over his backing of a New York minister who took part in a post–September 11 event that some church leaders said violated LCMS rules against participation in interfaith and ecumenical services.
Some members of the 2.5-million-member denomination had thought Gerald B. Kieschnick should be ousted from his position after he supported the participation of David Benke in the nationally televised ceremony at Yankee Stadium.