# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1998_S19
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

CONVENTION FLOOR COMMITTEES
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS

Committee 4

Committee 8

C = Chairman; CM = Commissioned Minister; L = Layperson;
O = Ordained Minister

PROGRAM AND FINANCE

STRUCTURE

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District Abbreviations
AT = Atlantic; CNH = Cal.-Nev.-Hawaii; CI = Central Illinois;
EA = Eastern; EN = English; FG = Florida-Georgia;
IN = Indiana; IE = Iowa East; IW = Iowa West; KS = Kansas;
MI = Michigan; MDS = Mid-South; MNN = Minnesota North;
MNS = Minnesota South; MO = Missouri; MT = Montana;
NEB = Nebraska; NE = New England; NJ = New Jersey;
ND = North Dakota; NW = North Wisconsin; NI = Northern
Illinois; NOW = Northwest; OH = Ohio; OK = Oklahoma;
RM = Rocky Mountain; S = SELC; SD = South Dakota;
SW = South Wisconsin; SE = Southeastern; SO = Southern;
PSW = Pacific Southwest; SI = Southern Illinois; TX = Texas;
WY = Wyoming

Committee 1
MISSIONS
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Committee 2
CONGREGATIONAL SERVICES

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Ray Hartwig (SD).
David Bode (MNN); Carl Fickenscher II (TX); Roger
Gallup (NI); James Jenson (NOW); Herb Mueller (SI);
Daniel Ognoskie (IE); Dale Sattgast (SD); William Weedon (SI); George Wollenburg (MT).
Charles Gifford (KS).
Charles Abel (RM); Mark Bauer (MNS); Leslie Fyans
(CI); Richard Lindig (MNN); Joel Weiss (SW); Art
Widiger (SO).

Norman Sincebaugh (ND).
Robert Dargatz (PSW); Joel Elowsky (SELC); Roger
Krause (RM); Daniel Myers (NEB); Mark Pflughoeft
(IN); Jeffrey Pulse (NOW); David Ritt (EN); Warren
Schumacher (NOW); Paul Terhune (PSW).
David Geidel (RM).
Art Dallman (EA); Roger Friedrichsen (IW); David Harmon (NW); James Haug (SW); Gene Scheiter (MO); Ron
YaDeau (CI).

Committee 9

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Eugene Gierke (NEB).
William Ameiss (NI); Kevin Bergmann (SELC); Bryan
Borger (EA); Gary Carstens (AT); Lane Seitz (MNS);
Darrell Stuehrenberg (FG).
Donald Weber (NEB).
Robert Bennett (SE); Karen Jones (NJ); William Mahlke
(PSW); Eunice Recoulle (NE).

Committee 10

HUMAN CARE

COMMITTEE FOR CONVENTION
NOMINATIONS
(Elected by Districts)

Arleigh Lutz (NW).
Ron Bergen (OH); Paul Jilg (MDS); Robert Krueger
(MNS); Norman Laesch (PSW); Howard Patten (KS);
Steven Rempfer (IE); Walter Tietjen (CNH).
Robert Foerster (SE); Daniel Barz (MI).
Elaine Blyden (EA); Marty Hoffman (SI); Linda Johnson (MI); Hugo Stockman (OH).

Committee 7
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REGISTRATION, CREDENTIALS,
AND ELECTIONS

Committee 6

PLANNING, AND ADMINISTRATION

Committee 3
THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS

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James Kalthoff (MO).
Dean Bell (MNN); Carl Krueger (SELC); Cameron
MacKenzie (IN); Donald Sandmann (NJ); Timothy
Scharr (NOW); Arthur Scherer (SE); Arthur Schudde
(CI); Larry Vogel (EN).
Richard Hannebutt (MO).
Victor Breininger (MO); Ron Henrichsen (IW); Louise
Livingood (MT); Harvard Schulz (SD); John Wittenmyer
(TX).

Committee 5

Richard Kapfer (IW).
Phill Andreason (IW); David Belasic (EA); Daniel
Harmelink (PSW); Michael Korte (OH); Loren Kramer
(PSW); Larry LaDassor (MNN); Gerhard Michael (FG).
Robert Libka (NI); William Sharpe (ND).
Karen Curry (FG); David Kuhfal (EN); Curtis Lehn
(NEB); Mary Smith (MI).

David Callies (MDS).
David Benke (AT); Allan Buss (NI); Charles Froh
(CNH); William Diekelman (OK); C. William Hoesman
(MI); David Reed (MI); Paul Rhode (RM); Bradford
Scott (EN); Kevin Vogts (KS).
Ralph Kohrs (SW); James Vandercook (TX).
Karl Baumann (MNS); John Dellinger (OH); David Garwood (NEB); Ted Kober (MT); August Paxson (AT);
Jack Stover (MDS).

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HIGHER EDUCATION

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Timothy Sims (IN).
Gary Brandt (OK); Mark Hein (NI); James Keurulainen
(NE); Gerald Kieschnick (TX); David Lofthus (SO);
Orval Mueller (SO); Richard Radtke (IN); Christian
Schonberg (NJ).
Curtis Riske (TX); E. Jeff Wittcop (FG).
Donald Dennis (NW); Elmer Reiner (ND); Roy Schmidt
(MI); Dorothy Semmler (CNH); Lloyd Wardley (AT).

Ron Garwood (WY).
David Bueltmann (CI); J. Thomas Foelber (SE); George
Gude (SI); Howard Jording (ND); Ron Meyer (SW);
Curtis Moermond (IE); Richard Moore (MO); Richard
Neugebauer (WY); J. Richard Sawyer (SO); Edwin
Suelflow (SW); David Wollenburg (MDS).
William Dunk (MNS).
Donald Brinkman (KS); John Buck (MT); Roland Erck
(SD); Robert Noland (CNH); Ray Pralle (IE); Russell
Reck (OK).

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Albert Marcis (SELC).
John-Paul Meyer (CNH); Ronald Fink (FG); Albert
Buelow (IW); James Kalthoff (MO); Paul Weber (NW);
Roland Kauth (NOW); Warren Davis (SO).
Marie Meyer (AT); Marlin Roos (CI); Gene Novack
(IN); Glen Meints (MNS); ElRoy Bartels (NEB); William
Mitchell (NI); Karl Abel (OK); Gerhardt Stegeman (SD);
Jeff Kruger (WY).