Headshot portrait of the Rev. Dr. Scott Murray

The Rev. Scott Murray, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod fourth vice president, is senior pastor of Memorial Lutheran Church in Houston. Photo courtesy of LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford

(RNS1-oct16) Headshot portrait of the Rev. Dr. Scott Murray, LCMS Fourth Vice-President, at the International Center of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, in Kirkwood, Mo. For use with RNS-MURRAY-COLUMN, transmitted on October 16, 2014, Photo courtesy of LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford