The Rev. Dr. Scott R. Murray is a vice-president and a member of the Praesidium of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS).  He has served as a vice-president of Synod since 2010. He represents the church’s West-Southwest Region.

He was senior pastor of Memorial Lutheran Church, Houston, Tx. where he was called in 1996 until retiring in 2025. Murray also served St. Paul Lutheran Church, Cobourg, Ontario, Canada (1983- 1985), and Salem Lutheran Church, Gretna, La. (1985-1996). He served on the LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations — as a member from 1995 to 2001 and as a vice-chair from 1998 to 2001. He has served as chairman of the Board of Directors of Luther Academy from (2012-2015), an organization that promotes confessional Lutheran theology. He has served on the Board of Regents of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana since 2010 and as chairman since 2021.

Born in Kitchener, Ontario, Murray graduated with a B.A. from Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1980 and earned a M.Div. from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1983. He also holds a M.A. from Loyola University and a Ph.D. from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Murray wrote a devotion every weekday called “Memorial Moments,” which is based on the church fathers for 23 years. He also is the author of Law, Life, and the Living God (Concordia Publishing House, 2001), A Year with the Church Fathers (Concordia Publishing House, 2011), has edited a number of books including The Gates of Hell (Concordia Publishing House, 2018), provided chapters for several books, and has written numerous journal articles.

Murray and his wife, Maryann, live in Houston. They have two daughters and five grandchildren.