# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S23
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CONVENTION FLOOR COMMITTEES
Floor committees are appointed by the President in consultation with the Council of Presidents and Praesidium (Bylaw 3.1.7). Appointments
are made from among the voting delegates, advisory delegates, and advisory representatives (Bylaw 3.1.7 [a]).
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS: C = Chairman; VC = Vice Chairman; SVP = Synod Vice-President; DP = District President; VOM = Voting Delegate Ordained
Minister; VL = Voting Delegate Layperson; AOM = Advisory Delegate or Representative Ordained Minister; ACM = Advisory Delegate or Representative
Commissioned Minister; AL = Advisory Delegate or Representative Layperson;
DISTRICT ABBREVIATIONS: AT = Atlantic; CI = Central Illinois; CNH = California-Nevada-Hawaii; 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
VOM: James DeLoach (NEB); Roger Gallup
Richard Serina (NJ); John Wilke (OK);
Committee 1: National Witness
(NI); Michael Holmen (IE); Arthur Litke
Roland Ziegler (IN);
C:
DP: Lee Hagan (MO);
(EA);
ACM: David Buchholz (MO).
VC:
SVP: Christopher Esget (SE);
VL:
Timothy Hanusa (MDS); John Lang
Committee 6: Pastoral Ministry
DP:
Paul Linnemann (NOW); Anthony
(OH);
Steinbronn (NJ);
and Seminaries
ACM: Ruth Otten (NI).
VOM: Kevin Karner (NE); Bruce Lucas (MI);
C:
DP: John Hill (WY);
Committee 11: Church and Culture
Richard Woelmer (IN);
VC:
DP: Daniel Brege (IN);
VL:
Mark Bartlett (PSW); Dennis Patschke
C:
DP: Terry Forke (MT);
SVP: Nabil Nour (SD);
(TX);
VC:
DP: Michael Newman (TX);
VOM: Greggory Coop (MNN);
AOM: Steven Briel (MNS); Ernie Lassman
DP:
Gregory Walton (FG);
VL:
J. Justin Benson (MNS); Paul Edmon
(NOW);
VOM: Jason Bredeson (CNH); Timothy
(NE); Earl Elowsky (MI);
ACM: Connie Soso-Goines (MDS).
Mueller (SI); Michael Schuermann (CI);
AOM: Edward Kettner (KS); Max Phillips
VL:
Harry Reinhardt (SE); Bruce Schultz
Committee 2: International Witness
(IW);
(KS);
ACM: Tiffany Manor (NE);
C:
DP: Peter Lange (KS);
ACM: Adele Totsky (SW).
AL:
Leo Mackay (SE).
VC:
DP: Roger Schlechte (RM);
SVP: Daniel Preus (MO);
VOM: Bruce Scarbeary (CI);
VL:
Stephen Hernandez (TX); Gene Valett
(MO); James Wolf (EN);
AOM: Daniel Johnson (IE); Theodore Krey
(EN);
ACM: David Fiala (MO).

Committee 3: Mercy
C:
VC:
DP:
VOM:

DP: Jamison Hardy (EN);
DP: Eric Johnson (SO);
Derek Lecakes (AT);
Everette Greene (OH); Preston Paul
(NW);
VL:
Alexander Clark (MI); Steven
Timmerman (SD); Mark Wanamaker
(PSW);
AOM: Paul Cain (WY);
ACM: Remkea Ockander (NEB)

Committee 4: Life Together
C:
VC:
DP:
VOM:
VL:

DP: Allan Buss (NI);
DP: Arie Bertsch (ND);
Michael Gibson (PSW);
Mark Love (OH); Daniel Ognoskie (IE);
Larry Barringer (SI);
Virginia Collison (NOW); Dennis Karius
(MNS); Paula Krueger (NW);
ACM: Donald Schult (NW).

Committee 5: Theology
and Church Relations
C:
VC:
DP:
VOM:

SVP: Scott Murray (TX);
DP: Brian Saunders (IE);
David Maier (MI);
James Douthwaite (SELC); Adam
Koontz (EN);
VL:
Clara Ball (MI); Stephen Jarvis (MT);
Joshua Miller (MNS); Terry Miller (EA);
AOM: Lawrence Rast (IN);

Convention Floor Committees

Committee 7: University Education

C:
VC:
SVP:
VOM:
VL:

DP: Timothy Scharr (SI);
DP: Lucas Woodford (MNS);
John Wohlrabe (SW);
George Kirkup (AT);
Dominic Salvino (NI); Richard Schaefer
(AT); Mark Stern (NI);
AOM: Patrick Ferry (SW);
ACM: Thomas Nummela (MO);
AL:
Gerhard Mundinger (IN); Christian
Preus (MNS).

Committee 8: Finance
C:
VC:
DP:
VOM:

DP: Mark Miller (CI);
DP: Steve Turner (IW);
Richard Snow (NEB);
Scott Klemsz (CNH); Bradley Stoltenow
(RM); Daniel Thies (SO);
VL:
Daniel Buman (NEB); Bryce Cramer
(SI); Stanton Ullerich (IW);
ACM: Louise Weber (FG).

Committee 9: Structure and
Administration
DP: Donald Fondow (MNN);
DP: Timothy Yeadon (NE);
Michael Lange (CNH); Waldemar
Vinovskis (SELC);
VOM: Benjamin Ball (SI); John Berg (SW);
VL:
Elmer Leimkuehler (MO); Vernon
Nelson (NEB);
AOM: Daniel Galchutt (KS);
ACM: Wendy Morris (MO);
AL:
Eric Hiller (NI).

Committee 10: Ecclesiastical Supervision
and Dispute Resolution
DP: John Wille (SW);
DP: Dwayne Lueck (NW);
Barrie Henke (OK);

C:
VC:
DP:
VOM:

DP: Roger Paavola (MDS);
DP: Kevin Wilson (OH);
John Denninger (SE);
Jared Melius (RM); Tab Ottmers (TX);
Heath Trampe (NEB);
VL:
Gladys Brown (SO); Kevin Fredrickson
(KS); Christan Moen (MT);
ACM: Christopher Cody (SW); Alan Freeman
(MO); Rhonda Mohr (IW).

Committee 13: Registrations,
Credentials, and Elections
C:
DP: Scott Sailer (SD);
VC:
DP: Chris Wicher (EA);
VOM: Timothy Ahlman (PSW); Donald
Anthony (SE); Charles Henrickson
(MO);
VL:
John Riley (ND); Rhoda Reilly (FG);
ACM: Samantha Brown (MI); Sarah Elliott
(NOW).

Committee for Convention Nominations

C:
VC:
DP:

C:
VC:
DP:

Committee 12: Retention: Schools,
Family, Young Adults, and Youth

(Legend: C = Chairman; VC = Vice-Chairman; S =
Secretary; DP = District President; O = Ordained
Minister; L = Layperson).
C:
O: Benjamin Ball (SI)*;
VC:
L: Gregg Hein (MT);
S:
DP: Chris Wicher (EA);
O:
Mark Brandt (MI); Jared Melius (RM);
John Diefenthaler (SE); John
Rasmussen (NE)*; Timothy Rehwaldt
(MNN); Joshua Reimche (ND);
L:
Rick Crain (EN); C.J. Cross (KS); Carl
Hinderer (OH); Patricia Kym (TX)*;
Catherine O’Donnell (SW); William
Schmidt (NJ); Linda Stoterau (PSW);
Larry Zehnder (MDS).
* Bylaw 3.2.5 “Standings Nominations” Committee

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