# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S335
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other nations before they return and work
in the US.

Stephen Hartman

1. I feel 1 am qualified for the position because
I understand problems that Christian
youth face every day. I experience the same
persecution that other fellow Christian
youth have to endure because of their faith.
I also realize the temptations that are before
them in school and other surroundings. I
have enjoyed planning campouts and
lock-ins.

2. I like the way we have preserved the Scrip-
tures so that we have a solid foundation on
which to base our ministry.

3. Weshould stay involved in evangelism and
world missions.

Jan Hoyer

1. Iam thoroughly enjoying my service on the
Board of Youth Ministry. It is a tremendous
experience to help plan programs for the
youth in our Synod. Also, it takes awhile to
understand how our meetings and material
work. It would bea shame to quit just when
I’m starting to understand!

2. I think it is just great that the LYF has
gotten off to such a booming start! It is
wonderful to know the youth of the Synod
care about contact with each other.

3. I firmly believe the future of our church lies
in the youth. Anything that can be done to
promote Lutheran schools and youth
groups (LYF) would be a big step in the
right direction. In order to share our belief
with others we must first know what we
believe. I think this is of vital importance!

Mark A. Joachim

1. You have to have a person that knows how
things should be run and in what direction.
I also know the problems and pressures
that plague the young people of today.

2. I’m disappointed that the Synod is moving
toward liberalism. When you are liberated
you have less restrictions and eventually
have no restrictions. When you have no
restrictions you will eventually have no
church.

3. The Synod should stay conservative and
believe all parts of the Bible. When you
doubt one part, you are doubting the whole
Bible, committing the greatest sin against

od.

Trudi Rateike

1. I have been involved in youth ministry for
five years. Of those five years, I have been
actively involved in my congregation on
various committees and for the past two
years have been active in my District,
serving on the Youth Standing Committee
and Board of Parish Services. I plan to
enter college, majoring in education and,
with God’s will, becoming a DCE.

2. My greatest joy in Synod is seeing the
interest in youth growing tothe pointit is at
now, and no doubt will increase in future
years. I see the Synod caring greatly about
youth and this is so very important in the
growth of our Synod.

3. I really feel that Synod should continue
with its financial and prayer support of our
missionaries, not only in foreign countries,
but also here in the U.S. Many times we
tend to include too much politics in our
work and often lose sight of our Lord’s
Great Commission. I would like to see less
politics in Synod in that we may better
serve our Lord.

S. T. Williams Jr.

1. Because of my past experience with working
with youth in my city, District, and Synod,
I feel I have much to offer my Synod’s youth
board. I am willing to work up to the best
abilities that God has blessed me with.

2. I feel Synod is moving to the direction that

NOMINATIONS

our God wants it. Synod is doing a good job
in many areas of the church, epecially in
the area of youth, foreign ministry and
black ministries.

3. I faithfully believe our Great Commission
in the LCMS should be youth orientated.
The future church is today’s youth. We
have a great number of our congregations
with little or no youth in them. If we are to
havea future church, we should prepare our
future church today. They (we) hold the key
to the door of tomorrow’s church. Our Synod
has opened its eyes to this need, but I
believe they can be open wider. (This is one
of the directions for our Synod.)

COMMISSION
OF ADJUDICATION

2 pastors, 2 laypersons to be elected.

PASTORS

Cecil A. Klages, 61, Grand Haven, MI:
St. John (MC); pastor. D. Bd. of Adj. 3; Bd. of
Miss. 4. C. Pastor 36.

Ronald R. Reisdorf, 44, Winnipeg, MB,
Canada: Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
(MS); pastor. D. Social Ministry Chm. 8; Cir.
Cslr. 4; LWML Pastoral Adv. 2. C. Pastor 20.

Ottis L. Sauls,54, Seymour, IN: Redeemer
(IN); pastor. S. Com. of Adj. 8, D. Cir. Calr. 3.
C. Pastor 31.

Harry D. Smith, 56, Cincinnati, OH:
Concordia (OH): pastor. S. Miss. to India 7. D.
Bd. Appeals 10; Cir. Cslr. 3. C. Parish pastor
23.

LAYPERSONS

Edward H. H. Garber, 57, York, PA: St.
John (SE); attorney. S. Com. of Adj. 1. C. Elder
3; Pres. 2; Deacon 8. L.L.B. degree.

Grant Glatt, 40, Arnold, MO: St. John
(MO); Mgr. Bell Telephone. C. Bd. of Finances
6; Treas. & Church Council 6; Bd. of Elders 6.

Walter C. Miller, 67, Plankinton, SD: St.
Paul (SD); Attorney. S. Conv. Dele. 1. C. All
congregational offices. B.S. & LL.B. degrees.

Walter F. Tesch, 51, Milwaukee, WI: Mt.
Olive (SW), attorney. S. Com. of Adj. 8. D. Bd.
of Trustees 8. C. Pres. 1; Treas. 4; Trustee 8.
Bach. of Business Admin. & Dr. of Laws
degrees.

Cecil A. Klages

1, Haveserved on both the District and Synod
Boards of Adjudication.

2. Greatest joy is the new emphasis on
evangelism.

3. Make courses in evangelism required
courses in colleges and seminaries.

Ronald R. Reisdorf
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2 —
3, —

Ottis L. Sauls

1. With 30 years of pastoral experience in a
variety of areas and with 8 years on the
commission I feel that I have the back-
ground and experience to serve my Synod
in this capacity.

2. To see the Synod returning to a more
historic posture as a Bible-centered church
body. The historic conservative Lutheran
posture is certainly cause for joy.

3. At the St. Louis convention we adopted
some thrilling resolutions regarding
missions and evangelism. Don’t let these
die. The church can only remain a church
as it reaches out to all people with the
message of Jesus Christ.

Harry D. Smith

eONr

Edward H. H. Garber

1. I believe that by reason of professional
training and practical experience of 30
years as a practicing attorney, mature
judgment could be given to the problems
coming before the commission.

2. Same as 3.

3. The commission of “go teach” dictates that
the church continue to train its pastors and
teachers in the unadulterated truths of the
Bible—believing and holding inviolate all
of the teachings of the Word.

Grant Glatt

1. Being a manager requires a person to work
closely with union employees. You must
regard the “contract” as a guideline at all
times. I make my final decision based on
the question: Keeping in mind respect to the
company, how would I feel if I were in the
shoes of the employee.

2. The solid Christian stand not to render to
Seminex idealism.

3. Minister to the youth, because they are the
upcoming leaders of our Synod, church and
nation.

Walter C. Miller

1. Ihave had 40 years experience as a lawyer;
a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran (Missouri
Synod) of Plankinton, SD, since birth;
served in all the offices of my congregation;
been very active in our Circuit, especially
during the years when ELIM was trying to
take over Synod. I was a national delegate
from my Circuit to the Anaheim conven-
tion, and served on the synodical nomina-
tions committee in the spring of 1975.

2. I am satisfied with the present direction of
Synod, except I do not believe that our
President of Synod should engage in a
running adverse controversy with the more
conservative members of Synod.

3. Synod should always maintain a strong
Biblical Synod, with emphasis, that the
Bible is the inspired Word of God, and that
there must be no compromise, though the
pressures of contemporary thinking are
making every effort to compromise this
doctrine. If our leadership or its commis-
sions start departing from this doctrine,
they should be removed. Also Synod and its
congregations must stand united, or we will
lose our direction and dissipate our efforts
on division.

Walter F. Tesch

1. I have diligently served eight years on the
Commission of Adjudication and pledge
my best efforts in the future should I be
reelected to the Commission of Adjudi-
cation.

2—

3.

COMMISSION ON THEOLOGY
AND CHURCH RELATIONS

1 parish pastor, 1 teacher, 1 layperson
to be elected.

PASTORS

Carl L. Bornmann, 51, Luxemburg, WI:
St. John (NW); pastor. S. Episcopal Lutheran
Dialogue Team 3; Hermeneut. Dialogue Team
2. D. Floor Com. Chm. 2; Cir. Cslr. 6; Lecturer
at Conf. C. Pastor 21. O. Visiting lecturer,
Concordia Sem., St. Louis 2; LLL Pastoral
Adv. 6.

George Dolak, 47, Natrona Heights, PA:
St. John, Brackenridge (S); pastor. S. CTCR 2.
D. Miss. Bd. 3; Annuity Bd. 6; Forward in
Remembrance 1. C. Pastor 24. O. Chm. Bd.
Dir. Lutheran Welfare 3.

TEACHERS

Marvin R. Erdman, 33, Ceylon, MN: St.
Paul (MNS); teacher. S. CTCR 4; Conv. Floor