May 17. 1990. of liver and kidney failure following a massive heart attack and triple bypass surgery in Hackensack. NJ. He headed 1 of the 11 voluntary agencies which resettle refugees in the United States. He became Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service [LIRS] executive director in 1985 after nearly a year as the agencys director for policy and program. Last November he completed a 2year term chairing the Committee on Migration and Refugee Concerns of the American Council for Voluntary International Action (InterAction]. From 1964 to 1988. Pastor Larsen was an executive with the National Lutheran Council [NLC] and its successor. the Lutheran Council in the USA [LCUSA. At the NLC he worked in urban church planning. After also directing LCUSA programs in church planning and mission research. he became executive director of the LCUSA Division of Mission and Ministry. The division included the department of immigration and refugee services. With the end of the Lutheran Council in 1988 due to the merger creating the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. he guided the departments formation into a separate agency [LIRS]. Pastor Larsen received a bachelor of divinity degree from Concordia Seminary.
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