R. Lee Hagan

Rev. Dr. R. Lee Hagan serves as president of the Missouri District-LCMS and as chairman of the LCMS Council of Presidents. He is a 1992 graduate of Concordia College (now University), Seward, Nebraska. He graduated from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis with a Master of Divinity in 1996 and Doctor of Ministry in 2011. Dr. Hagan served as associate pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Evansville, Indiana from 1996-2002. In 2002, he was called to serve as senior pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Concordia where he served until his election as district president in 2015. Additionally, he served as the Interim Director of LCMS Rural and Small Town Mission from 2011-2012 and as an advisory member of the Concordia University System from 2019-2022. He has written articles for Lutheran Witness, Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly, Concordia Pulpit Resources and Missio Apostolica. Dr. Hagan is married to Jill, who works as a speech-language pathologist. They have two children and one grandchild.