# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2010_S19
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

NOMINEE BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Name:
Address:
		

John Pless
1 Wycliffe Place
Fort Wayne, IN 46825

Birth Date:
Birth Place:

February 10, 1953
Hickory, North Carolina

Wife’s Maiden Name: NA
Number of Children: None
College:
Texas Lutheran College, Seguin, TX (1975)
Seminary:
Trinity Luth. Sem., Columbus, OH (1979)
Other Degrees:
Member of Synod Congregations:
Rostered Member of Synod:		
Year of Ordination:			

27 years
27 years			
1983

Nominee for Other Vice-President

Pastorates
Congregations									
University Lutheran Chapel, Minneapolis, MN					
Other Full-Time Positions
Position					
Chapel Staff, 				
Chapel of the Resurrection
Assistant Professor of Pastoral		
		
Ministry & Missions/
		
Director of Field Education		

Years
1983–2000

Employer				
Valparaiso University			

Years
1979–83

Concordia Theol. Sem., Fort Wayne

2000–Present

Other Synod Offices
Position										
Board for Youth Ministry								
Board for Congregational and District Services					
Sanctity of Human Life Committee							

Years
1989–95
1995–2004
2006–Present

Other District Offices
Position 										
Nominations Committee—Minnesota South District				

Years
1997–2000

Other Significant Service or Experience
Type of Service									
LBA Agenda Committee								
Co-President, International Loehe Society						
Book Review Editor, Logia: A Journal of Lutheran Theology

Years
1998–2007
2008–Present
1992–Present

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