# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1977_S18
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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CONVENTION FLOOR COMMITTEES

C—Chairman

Key to Abbreviations

P—Paators L—Laypersons

T—Teachers

AB—Alberta and Brit. Col. En—English MdS—Mid-South NJ—New Jersey SW—South Wisconsin
Ar—Argentine FG—Florida-Georgia MnN—Minnesota North NW—North Wisconsin SE—Southeastern
At—Atlantic In—Indiana MnS—Minnesota South NI—Northerm Illinois So—Southern

Br—Brazil IE—Iowa East Mo—Missouri Nw—Northwest SC—Southern California
CN—California and Nevada IW—Iowa West Mt—Montana Oh—Ohio SI~Southern Illinois
Cl~—Central Mlinois Ks—Kansas Ne—Nebraska Ok—Oklahoma SELC—SELC District
Co—Colorado MS—Manitoba and Sask. ND—North Dakota On—Ontario Tx—Texas

Ea—Eastern Mc—Michigan NE—New England SD—South Dakota Wy—Wyoming

Committee 1
REGISTRATION
AND CREDENTIALS

C: A. Stanfel (On)

P: R. Elener (En), M. Lieske (MnS), H. Sorensen
(CN)

T: R. Bode (SW), H. Teschler (Oh)

L: O. Johnson (En), D. Rossow (IW)

Committee 2—MISSIONS

C: L. Behnken (FG)

P: M. Dienst (NE), J. Gedrat (Br), E. Grese (Mo),
J. Heck (Ne), W. Holt (CN), J. Hoppes (IW), J. Horn
(Ar), T. Koepke (En), B. Lutz (MnS), P. Meyer (In), R.
Plagens (Ea), F. Riedel (Nw), G. Wollenburg (Mt), T.
Zeile (Mc)

T: D. Schaar (NI)

L: R. Heuchert (ND), R. Jesse (Tx), R. Kath (NI), N.
Kleinschmidt (CD, E. Muller (IW), G. Wallace (In), E.
Weise (CN), T. Wolkos (SW)

Committee 3
THEOLOGY AND CHURCH
RELATIONS

C: E. Happel (NI)

P: D. Bell (Oh), G. Bornemann (En), C. Born-
mann (Mc), A. Boysen (MdS), J. Domach f. P. Fry
(MS), R. Goodsman (IW), S. Hein (NI), J. Jacobsen
(Ka), P. Littmann (NE), K. Reidenbach (SE), D. Ritt
(Ea), L. Rucki (MS), A. Simcak Jr. (Tx), E. Zimmer-
mann (In)

T: D. Gade, (Mo), J. Schumacher (Mc)

L: A. Freitag (Nw), R. Gangelhoff (MnN), A.
Happel (IE), L. Menking (FG), H. Senkpiel (En), N.
Zarnke (NW)

Committee 4—ADMINISTRATION

C: W. Griesse (MdS)

P: L. Butz (In), E. Gruell (FG), I. Janssen (SC), R.
Knoll (On), G. Krengel (IW), A. Kuntz (SC), J.
Schuelke (MS), H. Simon (NW), E. Wessling (Co), J.
Zimmermann (IE)

T: E. Bredehoeft (NI), C. Dietrich (Mc)

L: A. Behnke (MdS), K. Behrens (Tx), D.
Borchard (SD), K. Brashear (Ne), M. Donaho (At), F.
Liekweg Jr. (Mo), H. Schelp (Br), J. Weber (Mc)

Committee 5
CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

C: R. Schlecht (Mc)

P: P. Behling (At), L. Elgert (NE), A. Fedder (NI),
A. Kollmann (SI), A. Kuehnert (CI), E. Meyer (Ne)

T: C. Egloff (SW), R. Zielake (Mc)

L: G. Drews (MnN), D. Fischer (MnS), R. Rauscher
(Mo), L. Redick (SE), P. Snider (Nw)

Committee 6
HIGHER EDUCATION

C: A. Mennicke (MnN)

P: K. Barth (SW), E. Blomquist (MnN), A. Bruns
(Ks), R. Fink(At), C. Heckmann (Tx), E. Jaech (Nw), D.
Mann (SD), E. Neitzel (SW), R. St. Pierre (So), W.
Schmelder (Mo),H. Schweigert (MnS), T. Wegener (IE),
E. Weis (Mo)

T: G. Gable (NW), V. Soeken (CI)

L: G. Becker (NJ), W. Bell (AB), W. Busch (ND), W.
Floetke (Mc), H. Grueber (SW), J. Kaylor (SE), W.
Meilander (Oh), J. Nickerson (MnS), M. Tietjen (CN)

Committee 7—PARISH SERVICES

C: W. Zeile (NJ)

P: H. Brockhoff (Ok), D. Jung (En), D. Meyer
(MnN), C. Nelson (Oh), H. Niermann (Wy), W. Priebe
{MnS),_ G. Rode (AB), L. Saeger (CI), W. Schroeder
(Nw). Bnrinak (MnN), D. Wuertz (IW)

R. Bultemeyer (In), W. Kirchhoff (NI), L. Sohn
sw, s. Sonnenberg (Ks )

L: K. Abel (IW), A. Barthel (In), W. Becker (MnS),
N. Henke (SI), G. LaHaine (Mc), R. Paul (CN), D.
Poertner (Mo), J. Wiederanders (Tx)

Committee 8-SOCIAL MINISTRY

C: A. Marcis (SELC)

P: J. Costello (SE), D. Fus (NW), W. Johnson
(Tx), T. Mowry (Mc), C. Mueller (SE), R. Phipps (Co),
E. Rakow (SI

tL n Dammann (SC), M. Patterson (CN)

Franks (CN), R. Heins (Ne), D. Ramirez
(son S. Aone Shepherd (SC), J. Teer (NI)

Committee 9 ;
SPECIAL AND SUNDRY MATTERS
C: A. Bahr (Ea)

P: C. Gade (NW), D. Hakes (Mc), W. Krueger
(SW), O. Oswald (CN), E. Pflug (At), M. Suhr (SC)

T: R. Hoffmann (MnS), R. Nieting (SW)

L; T. Erickson (NW), J. Jaques (Mc) V. Meyers
(FG), E. Seifferlein (Mc)

Committee 10—ETHNIC CONCERNS

C: B. Clancy (SE)

P: A. Bodley (NI), A. Crosmer (SD), J. Ellermann
(So), W. Feh! (Mo), E. Mickan (Tx), £. Thompson (At)

T: H. Miller (Mc)

L: J. Davis (So), L. Diggs (En), B. Hill (SE), J.
McCants Sr. fm, J. Outlaw (SW), A. Pankow (ND), J.
Smith (ND, A. Yancey (Ks)

Committee 11—NOMINATIONS

C: A. Mennicke (MnN)

P: P. Barth (En), H. Fry (MnS), E. Klug (In), J
Lavalais (Ea), E. Mather Jr. (At), J. Zimmermann (IE)

T: R. Beckmann (NE), R. Laesch (SW), W. Rusch
Sr. (Mc)

L: R. Culley (Nw), A. Samuel (Tx), I. Shields (SC),
E. Ziegler (MnS), M. Meyer (At)

Committee 12—ELECTIONS
C: A. Ziegler (Oh)

P: B. Bauer (En), H. Reiss (Co), H. Scherer (Mo),
J. Wessel (CN)

T: L. Loomans (Mo), R. Scheele (SC)

L: C. Arends (NI), H. Schroeder (OK), L. Schultz
(NW), R. Volz (Mc)

Committee 13
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

C: P. Zimmerman (NI)

P: K. Behnken (CN), J. Bollmann (NI), T.
Grassinger (SD), N. Groteluschen (MdS), H. Koepchen
(At), L. Kramer (SC), J. Kucera (SELC), C. Losser (Nw),
M. Maltz (SI), V. Marxhausen (MnS), M. Nausa (En), F.
Niedner (Ne), E. Nieting (IW), G. O’Shoney (Tx), W.
Petrich (Oh), A. Reimnitz (ND), G. Rentz (AB), C.
Schinnerer (Mc), N. Sincebaugh (ND), E. Vetter (NW)

T: D. Koopman (MnN)

L: J. Bruss (SW), L. Campbell (OK), C. Cun-
ningham (Ks), J. Fecht (FG), J. Gaebler (Mo), G.
Gleichman (Co), D. Goertz (On), D. Goldhammer (CI),
R. Guess (Wy), E. Hall (NE), A. Kurk (In), C. Rullman
Sr. (SE), E. Tewes (So), W. Toenjes (IW), W. Urbom
(Ne), R. Williams (Mt), T. William (MS), B. Wolfanger
(Ea), E. Yerha (NJ)

Tellers

Norman Sell, ch., E. Barrioz, Richard Bode, Roy Knoll,
Virginia Kohtz, Ray Petersen, Muriel Pingel, Joel
Schmidt, Keturah Thunder, Ruth Trautmann, Ruth
Wondrasch