# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S731
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CONVENTION ROSTER 88

New Members

By accepting the report of Committee 16, Synod received
: a number of congregations, pastors, and teachers into. membership
’ with the respective Districts. The following report was submitted
f..and, adopted: ,

1, Congregations

The following congregations have applied for membership in Synod:
a 1. Grace Lutheran Church, Grass Valley, Calif., into the California
f: and Nevada District.
; 2. First Lutheran Church, Willows, Calif., into the California and
y Nevada District.
3 3. The Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, St. Paul, Minn., into the
F. English District.
4. Redeemer Lutheran Church, San Bernardino, Calif., into the Eng-
R lish District.
a 5. Grace Lutheran Church, Grand Rapids, Mich., into the English
District.
a 6, Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jefferson City, Mo., into the
=. Western District.
- - 1%, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Fargo, N. Dak., into the North Dakota
&. District. Constitution approved with suggested minor changes in the
k by-laws.
; The constitutions of these congregations had been examined and
approved by the respective District Committees on Constitutions.

The revised constitution and by-laws of Trinity Lutheran Church,
Faribault, Minn., was ratified at this convention. :

2. Pastors and Teachers
__The respective District Presidents recommend the following pastors
and teachers to be received into Synod:
Atlantic District. Pastor: Clarence Kuehn.

California and Nevada District. Pastors: Melvin Bittner, Orval
Oswald.

English District. Teacher: Clarence Goldenstern.

Minnesota District. Pastors: Eugene Eckhardt, Wilbur Franzmeier,
Ottis Sauls.

Northern Illinois District. Pastor: Robert Schroeter.

Northern Nebraska District. Pastors: Donald A. Christiansen, Robert
Hackler, James W. Mack, Robert W. Olson, Marcus Zill. Teacher: Richard
E. Gibeson.

Southern Nebraska District. Pastors: William Fischer, Walter E.
Holm, E. George Becker. :

Western District. Pastors: Edward L. Schneider, Martin Keck,
E. Pennekamp, Walter Gauger, David R. Williams, James Fehner,
Antonio Gianvittorio, William Wittrock, Jr., David L. Voorhees.

a Pastors transferred from Slovak Synod: Jaroslav Pelikan, Ph. D.,
® Thomas Urban. ‘

Officers and Boards Elected for Three Years

A. GENERAL OFFICERS
President: The Rev. J. W. Behnken, D.D.
First Vice-President: The Rev. H. Harms, D. D.
Second Vice-President: The Rev. F. A. Hertwig