Thomas R. Ahlersmeyer
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Thomas R. Ahlersmeyer is a Lutheran educator and minister
Minister of religion
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with the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod is a traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 2.3 million members, it is both the eighth largest Protestant denomination and the second-largest Lutheran body in the U.S. after the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Synod...
denomination in the United States
United States
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. From 2005 to 2009, he was the president of Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Concordia University is a private liberal arts university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Its campus sits on the banks of the Huron River, about ten minutes outside downtown Ann Arbor. Concordia is affiliated with the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod and is a college of the Concordia...
and was previously interim president. He presently serves as Senior Pastor of Holy Cross Lutheran Church and School in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Previous to Ann Arbor, Ahlersmeyer was the Executive director of the Cleveland Lutheran High Schools.