# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S 7
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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]).
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.

Committee 1: National Witness
C:

DP: Lee Hagan (MO);

VC:

SVP: Christopher Esget (SE);

DP:

Paul Linnemann (NOW);
Anthony Steinbronn (NJ);

VOM:

Paula Krueger (NW);

Committee 10: Ecclesiastical Supervision
and Dispute Resolution

Donald Schult (NW).

C:

(NOW); Dennis Karius (MNS);

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS:
ACM:

DP: John Wille (SW);

Committee 5: Theology and Church Relations VC:

DP: Dwayne Lueck (NW);

C:

SVP: Scott Murray (TX);

DP:

VC:

DP: Brian Saunders (IE);

VOM:	James DeLoach (NEB); Roger Gallup (NI);

DP:

David Maier (MI);

VOM:

James Douthwaite (SELC);
Adam Koontz (EN);

VL:	Clara Ball (MI); Stephen Jarvis (MT); 		

Michael Holmen (IE); Arthur Litke (EA);
VL:	Timothy Hanusa (MDS); John Lang (OH);
Jared Piepkorn (RM);
ACM:

ACM:

Lawrence Rast (IN); Richard Serina (NJ);

C:

DP: Terry Forke (MT);

John Wilke (OK); Roland Ziegler (IN);

VC:

DP: Michael Newman (TX);

David Buchholz (MO).

DP:

Gregory Walton (FG);

VOM:

Jason Bredeson (CNH); Timothy

Committee 6: Pastoral Ministry
and Seminaries
C:

DP: John Hill (WY);

VC:

DP: Daniel Brege (IN);

SVP:

Nabil Nour (SD);

VOM:

Greggory Coop (MNN);

VL:

J Justin Benson (MNS);
Paul Edmon (NE); Earl Elowski (MI);

AOM:

Edward Kettner (KS); Max Phillips (IW);

ACM:

Tiffany Manor (NE);

AL:

Leo Mackay (SE).

Mueller (SI); Michael Schuermann (CI);
VL:

Harry Reinhardt (SE); Bruce Schultz (KS);

ACM:

Adele Totsky (SW).

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

DP: Roger Paavola (MDS);

VC:

DP: Kevin Wilson (OH);

DP:

John Denninger (SE);

VOM:

Jared Melius (RM); Tab Ottmers (TX);
Heath Trampe (NEB);

VL:

Committee 7: University Education

Kevin Karner (NE); Bruce Lucas (MI);

Ruth Otten (NI).

Committee 11: Church and Culture

Joshua Miller (MNS); Terry Miller (EA);
AOM:

Barrie Henke (OK);

Gladys Brown (SO); Kevin Fredrickson
(KS); Christan Moen (MT);

ACM:

Christopher Cody (SW); Alan Freeman

Richard Woelmer (IN);

C:

DP: Timothy Scharr (SI);

Mark Bartlett (PSW);

VC:

DP: Lucas Woodford (MNS);

(MO); Rhonda Mohr (IW).

Dennis Patschke (TX);

SVP:

John Wohlrabe (SW);

AOM:

Steven Briel (MNS); Ernie Lassman (NOW); VOM:

George Kirkup (AT);

Committee 13: Registrations,
Credentials, and Elections

ACM:

Connie Soso-Goines (MDS).

VL:

Committee 2: International Witness
C:

DP: Peter Lange (KS);

VC:

DP: Roger Schlechte (RM);

SVP:

Daniel Preus (MO);

VOM:

Bruce Scarbeary (CI);

VL:

Stephen Hernandez (TX);

VL:

Dominic Salvino (NI); Richard Schaefer

C:

DP: Scott Sailer (SD);

(AT); Mark Stern (NI);

VC:

DP: Chris Wicher (EA);

AOM:

Patrick Ferry (SW);

VOM:

Timothy Ahlman (PSW); Donald

ACM:

Janet Muth (SI);

AL:

Gerhard Mundinger (IN);

VL:

John Riley (ND); Rhoda Reilly (FG);

Christian Preus (MNS).

ACM:

Samantha Brown (MI);

Anthony (SE); Charles Henrickson (MO);

Sarah Elliott (NOW).

Committee 8: Finance

Gene Valett (MO); James Wolf (EN);

C:

DP: Mark Miller (CI);

AOM:

Daniel Johnson (IE); Theodore Krey (EN);

VC:

DP: Steve Turner (IW);

ACM:

(Legend: C = Chairman; VC = Vice-Chairman;

David Fiala (MO).

DP:

Richard Snow (NEB);

S = Secretary; DP = District President;

VOM:

Scott Klemsz (CNH); Bradley Stoltenow

O = Ordained Minister; L = Layperson).

(RM); Daniel Thies (SO);

C:

O: Benjamin Ball (SI);

Daniel Buman (NEB); Dean Mustonen

VC:

L: Gregg Hein (MT);

(MNN); Stanton Ullerich (IW);

S:

DP: Chris Wicher (EA);

Louise Weber (FG).

O:

Mark Brandt (MI); Jared Melius (RM);

Committee 3: Mercy
C:

DP: Jamison Hardy (EN);

VC:

DP: Eric Johnson (SO);

DP:

Derek Lecakes (AT);

VOM:

Everette Greene (OH); Preston Paul (NW);

ACM:

VL:

Alexander Clark (MI);

Committee 9: Structure and Administration

Steven Timmerman (SD);
Mark Wanamaker (PSW);
AOM:

Paul Cain (WY);

ACM:

Remkea Ockander (NEB).

VL:

C:

DP: Donald Fondow (MNN);

VC:

DP: Timothy Yeadon (NE);

DP:

Michael Lange (CNH);
Waldemar Vinovskis (SELC);

Committee for Convention Nominations

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 		

Committee 4: Life Together

VOM:

Benjamin Ball (SI); John Berg (SW);

C:

DP: Allan Buss (NI);

VL:

Elmer Leimkuehler (MO);

VC:

DP: Arie Bertsch (ND);

DP:

Michael Gibson (PSW);

AOM:

Daniel Galchutt (KS);

VOM:

Mark Love (OH); Daniel Ognoskie (IE);

ACM:

Wendy Morris (MO);

Benjamin Ball (SI); Patricia Kym (TX);

VL:

Larry Barringer (SI); Virginia Collison 		

AL:

Eric Hiller (NI).

John Rasmussen (NE).

Vernon Nelson (NEB);

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Schmidt (NJ); Linda Stoterau (PSW); 		
Larry Zehnder (MDS).

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