LCMS Runoff Shock: Can Biermann Beat Harrison?

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The episode discusses the runoff in the LCMS presidential election and its implications for the church's future.

The LCMS presidential election is heading to a runoff — and the numbers are impossible to ignore. President Matthew Harrison received 43.8% on the first ballot. Dr. Joel Biermann received 39.0%. For the first time in this election cycle, the Synod is now moving into a second round of voting, and the future direction of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod is very much in the balance. In this special joint episode of Lead Time and Red Letter Living, Tim Ahlman and Zach Zehnder unpack what this...

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Hosts: Tim Ahlman, Zach Zehnder

Topics covered

• LCMS presidential election
• runoff voting
• Lutheran Church
• church leadership
• election analysis

Keywords

• LCMS
• presidential election
• runoff
• Matthew Harrison
• Dr. Joel Biermann
• Lutheran Church

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Organizations: Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod

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