# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S324 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) NOMINATIONS 323 10-02 Report of Committee for Convention Nominations The Committee for Convention Nominations, elected at the St. Louis convention in 1979, consists of seven pastors, three teachers, and five laypersons, plus the chairman and the corresponding secretary of the previous committee as advisory members. Specific procedures and duties of the committee are set forth in Bylaws 2.139—2.145. Four meetings, extending over a total of 10 days, were held to establish policies and procedures and to evaluate nearly 2,000 names that had been submitted for consideration as candidates. Requests for names of possible candidates were directed to District Presidents, college presidents, pastors, and congregations through the Circuit Counselors, school princi- pals, minority groups, the District executives, the church periodicals, and others. Evaluations of those being considered by the committee were requested from various sources, includ- ing chairmen of boards and commissions, executive secre- taries, college presidents, local pastors and teachers, Circuit Counselors, and District Presidents. In an effort to provide more complete information on all nominees the committee asked all candidates to furnish the usual biographical information. As a means of increasing data for evaluation, the committee also invited candidates to answer several questions. Responses to these questions will be made available and distributed to the voting delegates. Regarding additional nominations from the floor, Bylaw 2.145 states: “Any delegate making a nomination from the floor shall have secured prior written consent of the candidate whom he wishes to nominate. He shall immediately submit to the chairman of the Committee for Convention Nominations this document and written pertinent information concerning his nominee as detailed in 2.143 e.” The committee asks that this “pertinent information” include the nominee’s response to the questions asked. Final selection of candidates was made by the committee after much prayer, careful evaluation, and with consideration for broad geographic presentation where possible. According to Bylaw 2.143 e of the synodical Handbook, the report on final nominees for synodical office “shall contain pertinent information concerning each candidate, such as age, occupation, or profession, District affiliation, residence, specific experience and qualifications for the office in question, and ifthe candidate so desires, also a brief personal statement.” To give the nominees opportunity to provide such a statement, they were invited to respond to the following three questions: 1. Please state why you feel you are particularly qualified for the position for which you are being considered (50 words or less). 2. Please state your greatest joy or disappointment in the direction the Synod is moving (50 words or less). 3. Please state, as a responsible churchman, the direction in which the Synod should move in response to the Great Commission of the Lord (75 words or less). The statements of the nominees are printed with the numbers 1, 2, or 3, indicating the question to which they are responding. An asterisk (*) next to a name indicates the statement has been cut because it exceeded the word limit. Recommendations 1. By means of a separate overture, the committee recom- mends that the Argentine District be permitted to elect members of the Board of Control of Buenos Aires. 2. By means of a separate overture, the committee recom- mends that this convention change the deadline for submitting names to the Committee for Convention Nominations. Eldor W. Meyer, Chairman Key to Abbreviations Past and Present Service to the Church S—in the Synod OQ—in other positions C—in the Congregation D-—in the District The numbers after the name refer to age and those after positions refer to years of service. exec.—executive ext.—extension fin.—financial FIR—Forward in Remembrance LLL—Lutheran Laymen’s League LWML—Lutheran Women’s Missionary League mgr.—manager miss.—missions, missionary nom.—nominations PR—public relations pres.—president princ.—principal adv.—advisor, advisory assoc.—association asst.—assistant bd.—board chap].—chaplain chm.—chairman com.—commission, committee community cong.—congregation conv.—convention convoc.—convocation cslr.—counselor DCE—Director of Christian Education rep.—representative dele.—delegate SS—Sunday school dir.—director(s) stewp.—stewardship dist.—district supt.—superintendent educ.—education WL—Walther League evang.—evangelism Yth—youth SECRETARY Richard A. Krogen Districts of Synod AB —Alberta and British Columbia NE —New England ARG —Argentina NEB —Nebraska AT —Atlantic ND —North Dakota CNH —California- Nevada-Hawaii NJ —New Jersey CI —Central Illinois NW —North Wisconsin CO —Colorado NI —Northern Illinois EA —Eastern NOW —Northwest EN —English OH —Ohio FG -—Florida-Georgia OK —Oklahoma IN —lIndiana ON —Ontario IE —Iowa East NS) —SELC IW —Iowa West SD —South Dakota KS —Kansas SW —South Wisconsin MS —Manitoba and Saskatchewan SE —Southeastern MC —Michigan SO —Southern MDS —Mid-South SC —Southern California MNN—Minnesota North SI. —Southern Illinois MNS —Minnesota South TX —Texas MO —Missouri WY —Wyoming MT —Montana mation of Jesus Christ as Lord from our 1. 1 pastor to be elected. Richard A. Krogen, 45, Coon Rapids, MN: King of Glory, Blaine (MNS); pastor. S Conv. Dele. 2, Floor Com. 2, 1. D. Sec. 2; Managing Editor the Wyoming Lutheran 3. C. 2. Parish Pastor 15. O. Chapl. Naval Res. 10; Pastoral Adv. WY WL 4. Herbert A. Mueller, 65, St. Louis, MO: Holy Cross (MO); pastor, Sec. of Synod. S. Sec. 3. 15; Asst. Sec. 6; BHE 5. D. Sec. 15; Cslr. 3. O. Pres., Vice-Pres., Sec. of LCUSA 7; Chm. Task Force, IT, 2. Experience as District Secretary; experience as administration officer in my Naval Reserve Career; I am well read in the Handbook; if the Lord should call meto this position through the church, that is qualifi- cation enough. My greatest joy is and has always been that my church body has as its first priority the proclamation of the living Christ, because that is my first priority, too. Direction? Forward is our only option. Ifthe question is How? then my response is: Strengthen the work of the local parish. Maintain (restore?) sound Biblical procla- pulpits; strengthen and increase Bible study—we don’t have any source of direc- tion apart from the Holy Scriptures. Help each other focus on the Christ crucified and risen. ‘Cause, brethren, we have nothing else to offer! Herbert A. Mueller 1. I have never felt comfortable “campaign- ing” in any sense for an office. Would prefer to have the electorate determine for itselfon the basis of my performance. 2 — 3 ~—