New Head of Lutheran Synod Wins Dispute
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From Associated Press
KIRKWOOD, Mo. — The Rev. Gerald Kieschnick, new president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, has emerged the winner in an internal spat over another clergy member’s participation in an interfaith prayer service.
Two pastors wanted Kieschnick’s church membership revoked because he tolerated a third pastor joining with non-Christians at a Yankee Stadium interfaith service following the Sept. 11 attacks.
But a panel ruled in Kieschnick’s favor, saying only the next church convention could take any action.
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