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The Rt. Rev. James Heiser is the Bishop/Superintendent of the Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America.

Bishop Heiser earned his B.A. in Political Science from George Washington University in Washington D.C., Beginning in 1987, he worked as a Research Associate of the National Center for Public Policy Research in Washington D.C. and as a Media Analyst for the Media Research Center in Alexandria, Virginia.

In 1995, Heiser earned his M. Div. from Concordia Theological Seminary (Fort Wayne, Indiana). He served as a Graduate Assistant for Systematic Theology at Concordia (1995–6), and as an Assistant Professor at Luther Bible College in Rockford, IL (1996–1998), during part of which time he also served as the ordained Deacon of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church (Forsyth, IL).

Since 1998, Heiser has served as Pastor of Salem Lutheran Church in Malone, Texas, while maintaining his responsibilities as publisher of Repristination Press, which he established in 1993 to publish academic and popular theological books to serve the Lutheran Church.

In addition to his service at Salem Lutheran Church, Heiser has also served since 2005 as the Dean of Missions for The Augustana Ministerium and in 2006 was called to serve as Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America (ELDoNA).

An advocate of manned space exploration, Heiser serves on the Steering Committee of the Mars Society. His publications include two books; The Office of the Ministry in N. Hunnius' Epitome Credendorum (1996) and A Shining City on a Higher Hill: Christianity and the Next New World (2006), as well as dozens of journal articles and book reviews.

He resides in Hillsboro, Texas with his wife and children.