'''Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus II''' (January_8 1920 – August_13 1994) was a Lutheran pastor, professor, author, and church president. He served as the president of the Lutheran_Church_-_Missouri_Synod from 1969-1981. He was a major figure in the Seminex affair which resulted in a schism in the Missouri Synod. Preus attended Luther Seminary in Minneapolis,_Minnesota, graduating in 1945. He was ordained a pastor and served several congregations in Minnesota. He received a Ph.D. from the University_of_Minnesota in 1951. In 1958, he moved to Concordia_Theological_Seminary, then in Springfield,_Illinois. He became the president of the seminary in 1962. In 1969, Preus was elected president of the Missouri Synod, upsetting the incumbent, Oliver Harms. Preus represented a theologically more conservative wing of the Missouri Synod, and his administration worked to reverse the policies of the more moderate administrations preceding his. In 1973-74, a battle over teachings at the Missouri Synod's flagship seminary, Concordia_Seminary in St. Louis, resulted in the suspension of the president of Concordia Seminary, John_Tietjen, and a walkout of seminary professors and students commonly referred to as Seminex. This resulted in a schism in the Missouri Synod, with a small group leaving the synod to form the Association_of_Evangelical_Lutheran_Churches. The AELC served as a catalyst for the merger of the moderate and liberal Lutheran churches in the United States into the Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_America in 1988. Preus was named President Emeritus of the Missouri Synod in 1992. Preus was known as a scholar of the Orthodoxy period of Lutheran history, especially of Lutheran theologian Martin_Chemnitz. He translated many of Chemnitz's works into English, and wrote a biography of Chemnitz, ''The Second Martin: The Life and Theology of Martin Chemnitz''. Preus' father, J._A._O._Preus, was a politician and served as Governor_of_Minnesota from 1921-1925. Preus' brother, Robert_Preus, was a professor at Concordia Seminary and later president of Concordia Theological Seminary. Preus' son, Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus III, was a professor at Concordia Seminary and is currently the president of Concordia University in Irvine,_California. ==External links== *Concordia Historical Institute {{start box}} {{succession box| before=Oliver Harms| title=Eighth President
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