# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2010_S22
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

NOMINEE BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Name:
Address:
		

Jacob A. O. Preus
600 Hoffmann Drive
Watertown, WI 53094

Birth Date:
Birth Place:

March 20, 1953
Luverne, Minnesota

Wife’s Maiden Name: Sherry Bender
Number of Children: Three
College:
University of Missouri, Columbia (1975)
Seminary:
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (1980)
Other Degrees: S.T.M, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
		
Th.D., Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
								
Member of Synod Congregations:
51 years
30 years
Rostered Member of Synod:		
Year of Ordination:			
1980

Nominee for Other Vice-President

Pastorates
Congregations									
Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA				
Holy Sacraments Lutheran Church, St. Louis, MO					

Years
1980–83
1983–86

Other Full-Time Positions
Position				
Dean of Faculty			
President				
Executive Vice-President		

Years
1986–98
1998–2009
2009–Present

Employer					
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis			
Concordia University, Irvine, CA		
Bethesda Lutheran Communities		

Other Synod Offices
Position										
Commission on Adjudication							
Commission on Theology and Church Relations					
Commission on Doctrinal Review							

Years
1984–94
1994–98
2002–09

Other District Offices
Position 										

Years

Other Significant Service or Experience
Type of Service									
Chaplain, U.S. Navy Reserves							
Board of Directors, The Luther Institute, Washington DC				
President, Concordia Mission Society						

Years
1984–98
2000–06
1994–Present

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