# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S330 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) living apart from that secular world. The future of our church depends on the quality of its leaders who will be in training today and tomorrow. The educational programs for our children and youth of all ages must be supported and strengthened to maintain the unique Christian philosophy present. Marvin H. Zastrow 1. Higher education in our church is one of my concerned interests. I have children whom I would like educated in synodical schools. As a college graduate, I am somewhat knowledgeable of the workings of a college system. Being in education keeps me abreast of the trends in education. 2. Seeing the Missouri Synod stronger than ever is certainly a joy. The love and joy which the people of the Synod show for each other and other people makes me happy. Our schools and colleges are show- ing growth in a declining educational climate. This gives me joy! 3. The Synod must remain strong in its stand on the purity of the Gospel. The Great Commission is a directive to reach and save all people. The Synod can not give in to social forces to weaken the principles of the Ten Commandments and the teachings of Christ. We can only achieve by offering Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow to the people of the world. Only the true Gospel can save the world for the Lord. BOARD FOR MISSIONS 4 pastors, 1 teacher, 2 laypersons to be elected. PASTORS Eugene R. Bertermann, 65, Orange, CA: St. John (SC); pastor/Lutheran Bible Translators. S. Bd. for Miss. 4; Bd. of Foreign Miss. 4; Luth. TV Bd. 20. D. Conv. Com. 2. O. LCMS Found. 8; Bldg. for Christ Offering 2; LLL 36. Ph.D., Litt.D., and LL.D. degrees. Thomas H. Glammeyer, 50, Youngs- town, OH: St. Mark (OH); pastor. D. LWML Cslr. 4; Yth. Bd. Area Rep. 5; Dist. Yth. Pastoral Adv. 4; Young Adults Pastoral Adv. 6. C. Pastor 25. O. LWML Zone Csr. 8. Peter R. Hunt, 75, Selma, AL: Trinity (SO); pastor. S. Cir. Rider 14; Dean of Students- AL Luth. College 25. D. Cir. Cslr. 8; Synodical Conf. Miss. Com. 6. C. Pastor 45. O. D.D. degree. Harley L. Kopitske, 49, Brillion, WI: St. Bartholomew (SW); pastor. C. Pastor 21. O. Missionary, New Guinea 14. Bernhard W. Lutz, 45, Bozeman, MT: First (MT); pastor. S. Bd. for Miss. 4; Chm. Muslim Ad Hoc Com. D. LWML Pastoral Adv. 4. C. Pastor 12; Teacher 5; Missionary 8. O. Prof., Synod College 4. Shang Ik Moon, 44, Irvine, CA: Abiding Savior (SC); pastor academic dean. D. Adv. to Miss. Bd. 4. C. Pastor 15.O. Academic Dean 4. Ph.D. degree. Paul C. Mueller, 58, Sioux City, IA: Redeemer (IW); pastor. D. First Vice-Pres. 10, Second Vice-Pres. 5; Chm. Dist. Ed. Com. 4; Cir. Calr.; Dist. Miss. Com.; Dist Yth. Com. C. Pastor 35. O. Bd. of Dir., Medical Center. Wilbert J. Sohns, 46, Cheyenne, WY: Trinity (WY); pastor. S. Chm. Bd. for Miss. 6; Bd. for Miss. 8; Intl. LLL Pastoral Adv. 4. D. Dir. Cslr. 6; Dist PR Dir. 5; Miss. Lecture Bur. Dir. 6; Dist. LLL Pastoral Adv. 5. C. Pastor 22. O. Chm. LBT 10th Anniv. 2; Mass Media Ministry Work 6; American Soc. of Missiology 6. D.D. degree. TEACHERS Walter D. Haas, 47, Milwaukee, WI: Gospel (SW); teacher. S. Bd. for Miss. 4; Multi- cultural Ed. Com. 5. D. Inner City Com. 5; Multicultural Educ. Consultant 2; Early Child- hood Educ. Consultant 3. C. Teacher 27; Bible NOMINATIONS Class Teacher 25. O. WI Assoc. of Nonpublic Schools 3; State Title I Com. 5. Wilbert H. Rusch Sr.,67, Ann Arbor, MI: St. Paul (MC); professor emeritis. S. College Prof. 44; Nom. Com. 6. D. School Com. 3; Com. on Doctrine & Church Relations 3. C. Elder 3, Bd. of Christian Educ. 2; Chm. Bd. of Evang. 2. O. Treas. Library Bd. 6; Steering Com. MI Energy Educators Forum 2; Creation Research Soc. Bd. 17. LL.D. degree. LAYPERSONS Richard W. Henningfield, 46, Council Bluffs, IA: Faith (IW); retirement center admin- istrator. S. Lay Miss. to Taiwan 8. D. Chm. Soc. Ministry Com. 3; Wheat Ridge Dist. Rep. 4. C. Chm. Educ. Com. 2; Treas. 2; Elder 1. William J. Jorns, 49, Manhattan, KS: St. Luke (KS); university professor and admini- strator. S. Agricultural Miss. Guatemala 5. C. Yth. Activities Bd. Chm. 1; SS Supt. 1; Elder 3. O. LLL officer. Ed.D. degree. Dorothy Rosin, 55, Fort Wayne, IN: St. Paul (IN); housewife/teacher. S. Bd. for Miss. 8; Synod Aux. Study Com. 1; Wheat Ridge Found. Bd. of Dir. D. Student Center Bldg. Com. 1. O. LCUSA Div. of Miss. & Ministry; Rec. Sec. Intl. LWML 5; Assoc. Editor LVWML Quarterly 6; LWML Bible Study Editor 3; Intl. LWML Christian Growth Chm. 5. Litt.D. degree. H. David Thurston, 54, Ithaca, NY: Trinity (EA); university professor. D. Conv. Dele. 1. C. Chm. Bd. of Stewp. 2; Elder 1; Chm. 1; Bd. of Miss. 2; Bd. of Univ. & College Affairs 2; Bd. of Miss. & Stewp. 2. O. Ph.D. degree. Eugene R. Bertermann 1. Ihave been privileged to serve for 45 years in Gospel broadcasting. Served on the Board of Foreign Missions 1956—59. Served on the synodical Board for Missions 1978 to the present. Served as chairman, then executive secretary of Lutheran Television Board 1951—71. I am teaching course in missions at Christ College Irvine. 2. I praise God for the church’s loyal adher- ence to the inspired, infallible, inerrant Word of God. I praise Him for the splendid mission resolutions and missions thrust of the recent St. Louis convention. And I praise Him for the $40 million offering to undergird missions. 3. I pray that the Lord of the church will continue to lead our beloved Synod in the direction of carrying out the Great Commis- sion as set forth in the fine convention mission resolutions. Under His grace we shall continue to be a poweful instru- mentality for the salvation of preciously bought souls. Thomas H. Glammeyer 1. I have always been a strong supporter for missions at home and abroad. J served Black congregations in Mobile, AL, and Pittsburgh, PA, for almost 16 years. I have been both zone and District counselor of the LWML for a number of years. 2. My greatest joy is knowing that our Synod is remaining faithful to the inerrant, inspired, and infallible Word of God. I am proud to be a pastor in our Syond. 3. I believe that our Synod should expedite the Great Commission of our Lord with all urgency, but not to the extent of giving up any of our beliefs of the other doctrines of the Holy Bible as are so clearly explained in our confessions. I believe God has guided the formulators of the ‘‘Forward in Remembrance” project and we should give it our full support, because IJ believe this is the response we all need. Peter R. Hunt 1. Because of my experience as circuit rider. As a member of the Synodical Conference Mission Committee. My privilege of having 329 the opportunity to organize two mission congregations in the Southern District. 2. My greatest joy is that Synod today has a greater concern and outreach to all people, especially to the Hispanics and Blacks. 3. Ido feel thatin the last few years Synod has been moving in the right direction, here at home and in the world. However do feel that we should intensify our efforts in all areas of mission work in the world. Harley L. Kopitske 1. I don’t feel particularly qualified. I have had 14 years of service under the Board for Missions as an evangelistic missionary and Bible translator. I continue to have a great interest in the worldwide spread of the Gospel. 2. My greatest joy is in her evident purpose to remain faithful to the Scriptures and Lutheran Confessions. I have been dis- appointed with the slow and hesitant response to the neo-Pentecostalism being embraced and even preached by many. 3. Synod should make every effort to ground and found her own people in the faith in order that such commitment to Christ and to the spread of the Gospel would be forth- coming as would enable her to: (a) support and increase the work she has already undertaken (home and foreign); (b) increase her expansion into new fields (via mass media too); (c) and continue to participate in the ministries of sister and daughter churches. Bernhard W. Lutz * 1. The Board for Missions needs persons who have experienced work both at home and overseas. I am the only member on the present board who has served overseas within the last five years. I have been a teacher, coach, athletic director, instructor, counselor, pastor, and missionary. I love missions. 2. The greatest joy is putting missions first, that is Jesus Christ and proclamation. Along with this the seminary training, the evangelism thrust, and the very clear con- fessional witness given to liberals in the Synod or Christian churches that God’s word is authoritative! We have often sat on our hands while souls go to hell. We must move with the Gospel. 3. The Great Commission Convocation is my idea of how we should be moving. Synod in 1979 in resolve clearly set the pace for the decade of the ’80s. These goals can be reached and surpassed easily. Work with Hispanic, Black, and ethnic groups in this hemisphere is critical. God Opens Doors... is a part of my life as a member of the Synod. If the Synod does not enter the doors that God opens, this is sin. Shang Ik Moon * 1. I was born in Korea, appreciated the work of missionaries, brought to Christianity through a missionary effort, received the ministerial training in America (Concordia Seminary, St. Louis), and came to appre- ciate the centrality of the Great Commis- sion, and havea personal interest in foreign missions. My graduate study in sociology of religion and anthropology enabled mein teaching several summers for the Summer Institute for Missions. 2. Renewed emphasis on new mission fields and encouragement of the Mission Board for the Great Commission. 3. Methodologically sound analysis of the mission fields which would explain the past performances and increase the predict- ability of the future development, taking into consideration all the pertinent socio- cultural, economic, and political factors.