# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S41 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION At Election Results Officers President: Dr. J. A. O. Preus First Vice-President: Dr. R. P. Wiederaenders Second Vice-President: Dr. Theo. F. Nickel Third Vice-President: Dr. Victor L. Behnken Fourth Vice-President: Dr. Edwin C. Weber Fifth Vice-President: Dr. Paul W. Streufert Secretary: Dr. Herbert Mueller Treasurer: Dr. Milton Carpenter Boards and Commissions Board of Directors: Alvin W. Mueller, Gerhardt E. Nitz, Walter F. Steinberg, Harry G. Barr, Walter F. Hinck, Robert W. Hirsch Commission on Theology and Church Relations: Norbert H. Mueller, Lyle Saeger, John E. Jass Board for Missions: Paul W. F. Harms, Will L. Herzfeld, Herman R. Mayer, Lorman M. Petersen, Alfred E. Jordan, Walter W. Kayser Church Extension Board: Herman F. Zehnder, Vance H. Hinrichs, Martin Kahle, A. W. Krieger Board of Stewardship: Paul A. Koehneke, Robert M. Demske, Martin F. Littmann Board of Parish Education: Erich C. Peterson, Justus P. Kretzmann, H. James Boldt, Howard Lawonn, Charles Lawrence Board of Youth Ministry: Michael J. Stelmachowicz, Paul G. Brill, Alvin W. Graef, Philip Volkman, John D. Fritz Commission on Mission and Ministry in the Church: Victor G. Albers, Roy Suelflow, Donald L. Kell, Vernon Nuss, Walter Rugland Board of Appeals: Jack T. Robinson, Lorenz Wunderlich, Herbert H. Gross, Kenneth H. Beckenhauer, Ernest Verges Committee for Convention Nominations: George H. Beider- wieden, Walter Beltz, Harry G. Coiner, Walter W. Koenig, Eugene L. Krentz, Alfred E. Thiem, Helmut H. Wiech- mann, Duane Hingst, William E. Ludwig, Carl T. Schoes- sow, Wendell Grauer, Gilbert R. Heine, Russell ‘H. Heu- ton, Gus Melde, Ivan J. Shields Board of Directors, Concordia Publishing House: Kenneth R. Hoffmann, Art Linnemann, Richard Bock, Enno T, Sauer Boards of Control Concordia Seminary, St. Louis: George A. Loose, August E. Beckemeier, Eugene E. Fincke, Charles Burmeister Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield: Milton J. Nauss, Martin F. Wessler, Harold M. Olsen Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne: Henry Blanke, Herbert C. Moldenhauer, Alex H. Guebert, Robert C. Moellering, Kenneth Vogt Concordia Teachers College, River Forest: Roland F. Egger- ding, Ralph Brauer, Lawrence W. Forster, A. R. Kretz- mann, Kurt E. Vragel Concordia Teachers College, Seward: Elmer Luessenhop, Raymond W. Petersen, Bill M. Baird, Lee Lohrberg Concordia, Ann Arbor: Richard H. Bernthal, Martin F. Rummel, Edward P. Staubitz Concordia, Austin: Howard H. Klein, Albert Jesse Concordia, Bronxville: George H. Mueller, Frank W. Mueller, Robert C. Haupt St. Paul’s, Concordia, Mo: Francis E. Roschke, Orville Bopp Concordia, Milwaukee: Felix H. Kretzschmar, Emil Seefeldt Concordia, St. Paul: Harold F. Schweigert, Paul H. Seltz Concordia, Edmonton: Arnold R. Dyke, Edward Schultz California Concordia, Oakland: Ottomar H. Tietjen, Walter A. Uffelman, Robert Daetz Concordia, Portland: Erwin A. Gerken, Burton Bosch, Ken- neth Lien Alabama Lutheran, Selma: Albert Dominick, Grover C. Dixon, Jr., Percy Herzfeld St. John’s, Winfield: Norbert R. Wodtke, Eugene M. Bickel, Walter Helberg Concordia, Argentina: Federico Elseser, Victor Miiller, Ro- dolfo Schewe, Gerardo Kroeger, Arturo Schneider Teologico, Brazil: Martim Doege, Rubem Becker, José Carlos Jochims, Johannes Engel, Antonio Oliveira Escola Normal, Brazil: Arno Schelp, Francisco Krueger, Arno Goerl, Siegfried Mueller Pre-Teologico, Brazil: Adolfo Cassel, Alberto Mattis, Her- berto Liechti, Benjamin Jandt, Paulo Raschke