# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1998_S 2 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) DIRECTORY—OFFICERS AND BOARDS OF THE SYNOD OFFICERS OF THE SYNOD President Rev Alvin L Barry, MTh, DD, 1333 S Kirkwood Rd, St Louis, MO 63122—314/965-9000 (1998) President Emeritus: Rev Ralph A Bohlmann, STM, PhD. DD, 12836 Stump Rd, Des Peres, MO 63131—314/821-7781 First Vice President Rev Robert T Kuhn, DD, 1333 S Kirkwood Rd, St Louis, MO 63122—314/965-9000 (1998) Second Vice President Rev Robert King, PhD, 901 Roland Coun, Jefferson City, MO 65101—573/635-6538 (1998) Third Vice President Rev Dale A Meyer, PhD. DD, 2185 Hampton Ave, St Louis, MO 63139—3 14/95 1-4104 (1998) Fourth Vice President Rev Eugene W Bunkowske, PhD, LittD, DD, 5724 Lan- cashire Court, Ft Wayne, IN 46825—219/482-1783 (1998) Fifth Vice President Rev Wallace Schulz, LLD, 4751 Chateau Lane, Pacific, MO 63069-2942—3 14/27 I -2030 (1998) Secretary: Rev Walter L Rosin, ThD, LHD, 1333 S Kirk- wood Rd, St Louis, MO, 63122—314/965-9000 (1998) Vice President Finance-Treasurer: Mr Norman D Sell, LLD. 1333 S Kirkwood Rd, St Louis, MO 63122—314/965-9000 (1998) Church Information Center 1-888-THE-LCMS LCMS Home Page hitp://www.icms.org E-mail InfoCenter@Lems.org BOARD OF DIRECTORS Officers: Chairman: Rev Richard L Thompson (1998) Secretary: Dr Walter L Rosin (1998) Clergy Members: Dr Alvin L Barry, 1333 S Kirkwood Rd, St Louis, MO 63122-7295—3 14/965 -9000 (1998) Dr Kar! L Barth, 13330 W Bluemound Rd #3, Elm Grove. WI 53122—414/789-5 184 (1998) Dr Donald K. Muchow, 5725 Galsworthy Ct, Austin, TX 78739—S 112/301-0431 (2001) Rev Ulmer Marshall, Jr, 6405 St Thomas Court, Mobile, AL 36618-3242—334/343-7273 (2001) Dr Walter L Rosin, Secretary, 1333 S Kirkwood Rd, St Louis, MO 63122-7295—3 14/965-9000 (1998) Rev Richard L Thompson, 1611 E Main St, Watertown, WI $3094—414/261-2570 (1998) Teacher Member: Mr Clifford A Dietrich, 6014 Andro Run, Ft Wayne, IN 468 15—219/486-8881 (2001) Lay Members: Mr Donald J Brosz, 2304 Hillside Dr, Laramie, WY 82070 —307/742-6565 (1998) Mr John L Daniel, 849 Robin Hood Dr, Allentown, PA 18103—610/437-9365 (1998) Mr Emest E Garbe, RR1, Box 99, Dieterich, IL 62424— 217/739-2243 (1998) Dr Jean Garton, 2005 Fox Trail, Benton, AR 72015— 501/776-0879 (2001) Mr Oscar H Hanson, PO Box 16852, South Lake Tahoe, CA 9615 1-6852-9 16/544- 1889 (1998) Mr Richard D Peters. 873 White Pines Trail, Amery, WI 5400 1-5360—7 1 5/268-8782 (2001) Mr Christian Preus, 16205 Sth Ave N, Plymouth, MN 55447—612/475-0561 (2001) Dr Edwin A Trapp, Jr, 7624 Glenn Albens Circle, Dallas, TX 75225—214/368-2876 (2001) Non-Voting Members: Dr Robert T Kuhn, First Vice President, 1333 S Kirkwood Rd, St Louis, MO 63122-7295—3 114/965-9000 (1998) Dr Norman D Sell, Vice President Finance/Treasurer, 1333 S Kirkwood Rd, St Louis, MO 63122-72953 14/965-9000 (1998) Staff Officer: Dr John P Schuetke, Executive Director Legal Counsel Pranschke and Holderle, L.C., 1611 Des Peres Rd, Suite 300, St Louis, MO 63131-1850—FAX 314/966-2144 314/965- 6455 International Center Chaplain Dr Herbert A Mueller (As of January 1, 1998) ELECTED PROGRAM BOARDS Board for Mission Services Chairman: Rev James P Johnson (see Ordained Section for Address) Board: Revs Donald Bendewald (1998), James P Johnson (2001), Albert Wingfield (1998), Rev Warren H Davis (2001): Teacher : Laurence Meissner (2001): Laypersons: Betty Duda (1998), Herman W Jensen (2001). Emily Moore (2001). John W Vessey Jr (1998). Staff: Rev Glenn O’Shoney. Executive Director, Rev David Bimer, Area Secretary for Asia; Mr Rick Blythe, Assistant Co- ordinator for Volunteer Ministries: Rev Allan Buckman. Director for World Areas; Mr Curt Connolly. Counselor for Laborers for Christ; Rev William Dingler, Coordinator for sending Church Relations (part-time): Rev Earl Feddersen, Mission Staff Writer: Rev Kenneth Greinke, Area Secretary for Africa/Middle East: Rev Paul M Heerboth, Editorial Assistant (part-time), Rev B Steve Hughey, Director for Mission Partnership and Involve- ment; Rev Daniel Mattson, Director for Theological Studies; Mr Wayne Meyer, Manager for Mission Partnership: Rev John W Mueller, Director for Personnel: Mr Neal Rabe, Assistant to the Executive Director. Mr Kenneth Reiner, Counselor for Personne] Services: Dr Douglas Rutt, Area Secretary for Latin America: Rev Rodney Rynearson, Counselor for Blind/Deaf Mission, Rev Frederick Schielke. Area Secretary for Europe/Central Asia: Rev Edward A Schmidt, Planning Coordinator (part-time), Mr Les Schmidt, Coordinator for Volunteer Ministries: Mrs Karen Schrader, Manager for Mission Administration and Program De- velopment, Rev Mark Schroeder. Missionary Training Program Coordinator, Ms Susan Strom, Counselor for Recruitment: Rev Robert Scudieri, Area Secretary for North America: Mr Ross A Suoh, Director for Budget and Finance: Rev Rodger Venzke. Di- rector for Ministry to the Armed Forces; Mrs Kari Vo, Counselor for Mission Interpretation and Education: Rev Emest Wentzel. Assistant to Director for Ministry to Armed Forces (part-time); Vacant. Research Assistant (part-time); Vacant, Counselor for Hispanic Ministry: Vacant, Counse!or for Campus Ministry. Standing Committees Ministry Among American Indians Revs Dennis Bauer, Clark Gies, Richard Latterner, Layper- sons: Billy Huber, Marilu Johnson, Theodore C Krenzke, Bill Mason, Wiley Scott, Bill Terrio. Ministry to the Armed Forces Revs Jacob A O Preus Ill. Max W Wilk: Layperson: CH John Shaud. Ministry to the Blind Revs David Andrus, John Fajen, Robert Wahl: Lavpersons: Harvey Lauer, James Lee, Marcella Stangeland. Campus Ministry Revs Paul Biegner, Todd Jenks, Bernard Worral. Layper- sons: Jeanette Lagrange. Augusta Mennelt, Heidi Queck. Ministry to the Deaf Revs Martin Hewitt, Jerald Munz: Laypersons: Dennis Konkel, Carol Seeger, Paula Willig. Ministry Among Hispanics Revs Aurelio Magarino, Luis Ortiz. Ange] Perez: Layper- sons: Marilu Orozco, Aurora Ortiz. Laborers for Christ John F Corkill Jr, Annetta Dellinger, Gilbert Heine, Ed Holderle, Fred Neilsen, Dale Vogt. FAX: 314/965-0959 Board for Higher Education Concordia University System Chairman: Rev John Meyer (1998) (see Ordained Section for Address) Revs Steve Briel (2001). Paul Maier, PhD (2001): Teach- ers: Ralph Reinke, LittD (1998), William Ludwig (2001); Laypersons: James C Holste. PhD (1998), David Kaufmann, PhD (1998), Darrel Meinke, EdD (1998), Gerhard Mundinger, MD (1998), Orvil Roetman JD (2001), Dr Lowell Schoer (1998). Mr Berne Schepman (2001). Norman D Sell, LLD: Advisory. Rev George Heider PhD, (1999). Ralph Schultz, SMD (1998), Rev Dean Wenthe PhD (1999). Staff. Rev William F Meyer. PhD, Executive Director/ Pres- ident; Rev Alan Steinbach. PhD, Youth Systems Manager: Rev Alan Borcherding. PhD, Executive Assistant to the President: Linda Lehr. Administrative Assistant. Standing Committees Colloquy for the Pastoral Ministry Rev Dr John Johnson: Rev Dr Dean Wenthe: Rev Robert Kuhn. Advisory: Rev Dr William F Meyer. Colloquy for the Teaching Ministry Rev Dr Orville Walz. Dr Ralph Schultz. Rev Dr Robert Kuhn. XV Committee for Pastoral Ministry Rev Ralph Blomenberg, Rev Dr John Messmann. Rev Dr Dean Wenthe. Rev Dr John Johnson, Rev Dr David Zersen, Rev Steve Briel, Mr James Ralls Staff: Rev William F Meyer, PhD, Rev Alan W Borcherd- ing. PhD. Boards of Regents Seminaries (US), Colleges/Universities Seminaries Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne, IN: Chairman: Rev Raymond A Mueller (1998) (see Ordained Section for Address) Revs David L. Anderson (2001), Mark Grunst (2001), Robert Kuhn (ex officio), David Belasic (COP Rep); Teacher: Louis Herring (2001): Laypersons: Melvin W. Bredemeier (1998), Johnny Buck (1998), Walter C Dissen (2001). Concordia Seminary—St Louis, MO: Chairman: Rev Eugene Oesch (1998) (see Ordained Sec- tion for Address) Dr Robert King (ex officio), Dr Arleigh Lutz (COP Rep- resentative), Edward Westcott, Jr (2001), Richard Schlecht (2001): Teacher: Allen H Loesel (2001); Laypersons: Dale Korth (1998), Dr Conrad Kercher (2001), C R Montz (1998). Ad- visorv: Rev James Kalthoff. Colleges/Universities Concordia College—Ann Arbor, MI: Chairman: Rev Martin Hagenow (2000) (see Ordained Section for Address) Revs C William Hoesman DP, Douglas Christian (1998): Teachers: Edwin Kuerschner (1998), John Rolf (2000); Layper- sons: Donald Bennett (1999), Leslie Fyans (1999), Walter Kayser (1998), Richard Krueger (1998), Gerald Kluck (1998), Karl Kreft (1999) Mrs Karol Selle (2000), Mrs Janice Wendorf (2000). Concordia University—Austin, TX: Chairman: Herbert Nelson (1999) Revs Stephen Wagner (1998), Harold Fleischhauer (1997), Gerald Kieschnick (ex officio); Teachers: Curtis Riske (2000), Wayne Kramer (1998): Lavpersons: Leonard Martens (1999), Derrell Bulls (1998), Puddin’ Krueger (1998), David Howard (1999), Curtis Mickan (1999), Jim Burghard (1998), Mr Billy B Moore (D) (2000). Concordia College—Bronxville, NY: Chairperson: Rev Dr James Zwernemann (1997) (see Or- dained Section for Address) Revs Timothy Knapp (1998), David Benke (ex officio): Teachers: Ben Herbrich (1997), Waldon Endorf (1998); Layper- sons: Alice Bruening (1998), Gary Praetzel (1998), Herbert Is- rael (1998), William Bergman (1999), Mrs Judith Wiegand (T), John Pietruski. Jr (1999), Donald Krenz (1999), Gary Muller (1999). Concordia University—Irvine, CA: Chairman: To be elected Revs Dr Loren Kramer (ex officio), Richard Allsing (1998), Thomas Meyer (1997): Teachers: Paul Hillmann (1998), Dr. Kenneth Ellwein (1997); Laypersons: Eleanor Kruse (1998), Delbert Glanz (1999), Barbara Grimm (1999), Daniel Krueger (1998). Mr Donald Tietjen (L) (2000), C Neil Ash (1999), Melvin Olsen (1998), Paul Lehman (1999). Concordia University Wisconsin—Mequon, WI: Chairman: Rev Dr Ewin Suelfow (1997) (see Ordained Section for Address) Revs Edwin Suelflow (1997), James Herbolsheimer (1998). Teachers: Frank Wegner (1998) Donald Rohde (T) (2000): Laypersons: John Jaeger (1998), Gordon Lofgren (1999), Chris Schmidt (1999), Donna Streufert (1998), Jon Schumacher (1997). Loraine Schuffler (1999), Robert Gehrt (1998), Eugene Groth (1999), Concordia University—Portland, OR: Chairman: Charles Brondos (1998) Revs Warren Schumacher (ex officio). Dan Wehrspann (2000), Philip Streufert (1998); Teachers: Gary Gable (1998), Robert Christian (2000); Laypersons: Mrs Gloria Edwards (1999), Mr Robert Boyer (1999), Char Kroemer (1998), Richard Hyde (1998). Marilyn Ludke (L) (2000). Concordia University--River Forest, IL: Chairman: Richard Hocking (1999) Rev William Ameiss (2000), Dr Martha Dawkins (2000), Rev Thomas Nierman (2000) (ex officio), David Steuernagel (1998). Teachers: David Krause (1998), Melba Hanssen (1997): Laypersons: John Duda (1999), Ronald Dietrich (1999), Alan Klaas (1998), Dorothy Hildebrandt (1998). Connie Strand (1998). Concordia University—St. Paul, MN: Chairman: Sharon Wheeler Revs George Krueger (P), (2000), Daniel Decker (1998), Lane Seitz (ex officio): Teachers: Dennis Dirks (1998), Loma