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As first vice-president and a member of the Praesidium of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), the Rev. Peter K. Lange assists the president in carrying out his responsibilities and chairs the colloquy committees for both the pastoral ministry and commissioned ministry. Lange was elected to this position in 2019 and re-elected in 2023. He also serves as an ex officio member of the LCMS Board of Directors and the LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations and is the Synod president's representative on the Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Board of Regents.Previously, Lange served as president of the LCMS Kansas District (2015-2019). Prior to that, he served as senior pastor at St. John's Lutheran Church, Topeka, Kan. (1999-2015), and associate pastor at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Concordia, Mo. (1990-1999).
Born in Houston, Texas, Lange graduated from Concordia University, River Forest, Ill., in 1984 and from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., with a Master of Divinity in 1988. Lange also earned a Master of Sacred Theology degree in 1998 from Concordia Theological Seminary.
Lange has also served the church as secretary of the Council of Presidents (2018-2019), a member of the 2016 Resolution 13-01A Task Force “To Extol and Equip the Blessed Partnership between the Royal Priesthood and the Office of the Public Ministry,” a chairman for Synod floor committees in 2016 and 2019, and a member of numerous boards and committees for the Missouri and Kansas districts from 1992-2015. Lange has also participated in short-term mission trips to England, Czech Republic, Germany and South Africa.
Lange and his wife, Marcia, live in St. Louis. They have four married daughters and 12 grandchildren.