# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2010_S23
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

NOMINEE BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Name:
Address:
		

Lawrence R. Rast Jr.
6 Martin Luther Drive
Fort Wayne, IN 46825

Birth Date:
Birth Place:

September 13, 1962
Chicago, Illinois

Wife’s Maiden Name: Amy Engelbrecht
Number of Children: Three
College:
Seminary:
Other Degrees:
		

Concordia, River Forest (1986)
Concordia Theol. Sem., Fort Wayne (1990)
S.T.M., Concordia Theol. Sem., Fort Wayne
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Nominee for Other Vice-President

Member of Synod Congregations:
Rostered Member of Synod:		
Year of Ordination:			

47 years			
18 years			
1992				

Pastorates
Congregations									
Ascension Evangelical Lutheran Church, Madison, TN				

Years
1992–96

Other Full-Time Positions
Position					
Employer				
Graduate Assistant			
Concordia Theol. Sem., Fort Wayne		
Professor, Historical Theology
Concordia Theol. Sem., Fort Wayne		
Academic Dean			
Concordia Theol. Sem., Fort Wayne		

Years
1990–91
1996–Present
2007–Present

Other Synod Offices
Position										
Board of Governors, Concordia Historical Institute					
Commission on Doctrinal Review							
Commission on Theology and Church Relations					

Years
1995–2010
1998–2001
2006–Present

Other District Offices
Position 										
Archivist, Mid-South District, LCMS						

Years
1992–96

Other Significant Service or Experience
Type of Service									
Author, numerous scholarly articles, CPH curricula, Associate Editor CTQ		
Essayist/Presenter, various LCMS district conventions/conferences			
Thrivent Fellows Leadership Training						
New Church Development Task Force						

Years
1992–Present
1993–Present
2006–07
2007–Present

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