# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2010_S 4
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CONVENTION FLOOR COMMITTEES

Committee 3: THEOLOGY AND CHURCH
RELATIONS

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS:
C = Chairman; SVP = Synod Vice President; DP = District
President; VOM = Voting Ordained Minister; VL = Voting
Layperson;
AOM = Advisory Ordained Minister; ACM = Advisory Commissioned Minister

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:

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)

Committee 2: DISTRICT
AND CONGREGATIONAL SERVICES
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)

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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 (IN)

Committee 4: ADMINISTRATION AND
FINANCE
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: SEMINARY AND UNIVERSITY
EDUCATION
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)

Committee 6: 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)

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)

Committee 8: SYNOD STRUCTURE
AND GOVERNANCE
C:
SVP:
DP:

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)

Committee 9: 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 10: 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)

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