# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2010_S21
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CONVENTION FLOOR COMMITTEES
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS:

Committee 4:

Committee 8:

C = Chairman; SVP = Synod Vice-President; DP = District
President; VOM = Voting Ordained Minister; VL = Voting
Layperson; AOM = Advisory Ordained Minister; ACM = Advisory Commissioned Minister .

ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE

SYNOD STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE

DISTRICT ABBREVIATIONS:
AT = Atlantic; CI = Central Illinois; CNH = California-NevadaHawaii; EA = Eastern; EN= English; FG = Florida-Georgia; IE
= Iowa East; IN = Indiana; IW = Iowa West; KS = Kansas;
MI = Michigan; MDS = Mid-South; MNN = Minnesota North;
MNS = Minnesota South; MO = Missouri; MT = Montana;
ND = North Dakota; NEB = Nebraska; NE = New England;
NI = Northern Illinois; NJ = New Jersey; NOW = Northwest; NW = North Wisconsin; OH = Ohio; OK = Oklahoma;
PSW = Pacific Southwest; RM = Rocky Mountain; SD = South
Dakota; SE = Southeastern; SELC = SELC; SI = Southern Illinois; SO = Southern; SW = South Wisconsin; TX = Texas;
WY = Wyoming .

Committee 1:
MISSIONS

C:
DP:

Don Fondow (MNN);
Vice chair: John Wille (SW);
Ken Lampe (MDS); Brian Saunders (IE);
VOM: Mike Ernst (EN); W . R . Rains (OK);
John Zeile (PSW);
VL:
George McAllan (SELC); Ronald Mischnick (WY);
Mark Richeson (IN); Robert Smith (EA);
ACM: David Frank (MO); Jonathan Laabs (NI) .

Committee 5:

Committee 2:
DISTRICT AND CONGREGATIONAL SERVICES

Committee 3:
THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS
C:
DP:

Jon Diefenthaler (SE);
Vice chair: Bob Newton (CNH);
Terry Cripe (OH); Terry Forke (MT);
VOM: Jon Dunbar (IW); Thomas Eckstein (ND);
Andrew Fields (FG); Scott Sommerfeld (MI);
VL:
Gregory Miller (MO); Damon Tobias (RM);
Jesse Yow (CNH);
AOM: John Kieschnick (TX);
ACM: Sara Cunningham

Committee 9:

C:
DP:

Kurt Schultz (SO);
Vice chair: Ray Mirly (MO);
Jim Baneck (ND); David Maier (MI);
VOM: Dan Eggold (IN); McNair “Tony” Ramsey (SO);
Mark Schulz (NI); James Strawn (OH);
VL:
Herman Arends (MI); Rebecca Kieschnick (TX);
Donal “Lucky” Pugh (RM);
AOM: Jonathan Dinger (NOW);
ACM: LuJuana Butts (AT) .

ELECTIONS
C:
DP:

Russ Sommerfeld (NEB);
Vice chair: Dan Gilbert (NI);
Greg Walton (FG);
VOM: James Ertl (SO); Mark Kliewer (CNH);
Daniel Torkelson (SW);
VL:
Jane Duffy (EN); Dave Mellem (NW);
Daniel Menze (MNN);
ACM: Wendell Robson (PSW) .

Committee 6:

Committee 10:

HUMAN CARE
C:
DP:

David Benke (AT);
Vice chair: Herbert Mueller, Jr . (SI);
David Bueltmann (CI); Jim Keurulainen (NE);
VOM: Mark Hannemann (NEB); Benjamin Haupt (FG);
Steve Hulke (NW); William Knippa (TX);
VL:
John Hall (MDS); Diane Stelling (NJ);
Gene Svebakken (NI); Dennis Winter (IE);
ACM: Sheila Peterson (MNN) .

C:
DP:

Keith Kohlmeier (KS);
Vice chair: Carl Krueger (SELC);
Barrie Henke (OK); Dale Sattgast (SD);
VOM: Lee Hagan (MO); Wilfred Karsten (CI);
Jeff Schubert (SW); Michael Walther (SI);
VL:
Kyle N . Chedister (NJ); Marvin Kading (MNN);
Andrea McDonald (PSW);
ACM: Bruce Braun (MI); Eva Fronk (EN) .

Larry Stoterau (PSW);
Vice chair: David Buegler (OH);
Joel Hoelter (NW); Bill Klettke (NJ);
Paul Linnemann (NOW);
VOM: Ron Burcham (IW); John Gierke (MDS);
Daniel Teller (NI);
VL:
David Hegert (NE); David Schilling (NOW);
Kent Warneke (NEB);
AOM: James Pragman (MNS);
ACM: Sally Hiller (SE) .

SEMINARY AND UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

C:
DP:

Ken Hennings (TX);
Vice chair: Randy Golter (RM);
David Stechholz (EN); Chris Wicher (EA);
VOM: Matthew Nelson (MT); Nabil Nour (SD);
Ron Rall (MO); Rex Rinne (MNS);
VL:
Charles Carroll (SW); Jim Jorns (KS);
Joel McFadden (EA);
ACM: Jeff Fick (IW) .

C:
SVP:
DP:

Committee 7:
ECCLESIAL MATTERS
C:
DP:

Lane Seitz (MNS);
Vice chair: Paul Sieveking (IW);
Richard Boche (WY); Dan May (IN);
VOM: Allan Buss (NI); Bill Lowrey (TX);
Henry Simon (SE); Edward Trost (KS);
VL:
R . Neely Owen (SE); Gene Schnelz (MI);
Glenn Van Velson (NEB);
AOM: Randy Raasch (SW);
ACM: Rachel Klitzing (PSW) .

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NOMINATIONS (ELECTED BY DISTRICTS)
(Committee 10 Legend: C = Chairman; O = Ordained Minister;
L = Layperson).
C:
O:

L:

Warren Schumacher (NOW);
Vice chair: Gerhard Michael, Jr . (FG);
John Karle (SO); Ken Schurb (MO);
Walter Tietjen (CNH); Steven Turner (IW);
Waldemar Vinovskis (SELC); Dennis Voss (NW);
Judith Benke (AT); Kermit Brashear (NEB);
James Carter (NI); Frank Craft (WY);
Ernest Garbe (CI); Dennis Herman (IN);
Gene Hollrah (OK); Michael Melchert (MNS);
Bill Snow (SD) .

2010 Convention Proceedings