# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2007_S18
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

CONVENTION FLOOR COMMITTEES
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS:

Committee 4

Committee 8

C = Chairman; DP = District President; VOM = Voting Ordained Minister; VL = Voting Layperson; AOM = Advisory Ordained Minister; ACM = Advisory Commissioned Minister; AL
= Advisory Layperson

PROGRAM AND FINANCE

SYNOD STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE

District Abbreviations:
AT = Atlantic; CI = Central Illinois; CNH = California-NevadaHawaii; 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
MISSIONS
C:
DP:

Robert Newton (CNH)
Vice-chair: Paul Sieveking (IW);
David Bueltmann (CI); Ken Hennings (TX)
VOM: James Guelzow (FG); Timothy Knapp (NE);
John Sharp (KS)
VL: Noel Bartlett (SELC); Brad Persinger (MT);
Nikki Rochester (SE)
AOM: Jerry Kosberg (PSW)
ACM: Allen ZumHofe (MNS)

Committee 2
DISTRICT AND CONGREGATIONAL SERVICES
C:
DP:

Kurtis Schultz (SO)
Vice-chair: Randall Golter (RM);
Paul Hartman (OK); David Stechholz (EN)
VOM: Ronald Burcham (IW); Marvin Griffin (EA);
Michael Walther (SI); Kevin Westergren (TX);
Dean Zemple (SW)
VL: James Kahre (IN); John List (FG);
Michael Onnen (NEB); Jesse Yow (CNH)
ACM: Carolyn Sims (PSW); Gene Ladendorf (SW)

Committee 3
THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS
C:
DP:

Gerhard Michael, Jr. (FG)
Vice-chair: William Hoesman (MI);
Joel Hoelter (NW); Ray Mirly (MO)
VOM: Thomas Eckstein (ND); Ken Krause (NI);
Todd Jenks (IW); Jeffrey Jordan (CNH);
Charles Schmidt (NEB); Douglas Stowe (MI);
Paul Terhune (PSW)
VL: Karl Brunner (NOW); Kirk Farney (NI);
Karen Little (SO); Ray Moldenhauer (MNN)
ACM: Eloise Kuhlmann (TX)

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C:
DP:

Keith Kohlmeier (KS)
Vice-chair: Kenneth Lampe (MDS);
Gary Arp (IE); James Keurulainen (NE)
VOM: Roger Carlisle (IW); Thomas Gudmundson (SW);
Mark Hoelter (NOW); Dale Kern (OH)
VL: Rae Fangmeier (SE); Carol Olson (MNS);
Louis Pabor (TX); Marvin Swan (NEB);
Jerald Wulf (SD)
AOM: Vernon Gunderman (MO)
ACM: David Frank (MO)

C:
DP:

Lane Seitz (MNS)
Co-chair: Larry Stoterau (PSW);
Dan Gilbert (NI); Dale Sattgast (SD)
VOM: Joel Danner (NW); John Gierke (MDS);
Jim Hallman (PSW); Jeffery Schrank (EN);
Daniel Teller (NI)
VL: Paul Crumb (AT); R. Neely Owen (SE);
Dave Schilling (NOW); Don Snyder (EA);
Kent Warneke (NEB)
ACM: David Kusch (MI)
AL: William Arndt (FG)

Committee 5
SEMINARY AND UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
Jon Diefenthaler (SE)
Vice-chair: Carl Krueger, Jr. (SELC);
Richard Boche (WY); John Wille (SW)
VOM: Allen Behnke (SE); Philip Kaufmann (CI);
Chris Kellogg (RM); Michael Redeker (IN)
VL: John Bahr (AT); Kathy Meier (MNS);
Janice Nafzger (MO)
AOM: Arleigh Lutz (NW); Ronald Wiese (MDS)
ACM: Ron Bork (NEB); Jonathan Laabs (NI)

Committee 9

C:
DP:

Committee 6

REGISTRATION, CREDENTIALS, AND
ELECTIONS
C:
DP:

Larry Harvala (ND)
Vice-chair: Russell Sommerfeld (NEB);
William Klettke (NJ)
VOM: David Doroh (SO); Andrew Spallek (MO);
Daniel Torkelson (SW)
VL: Ivan Grimm (KS); Dale Ortloff (MNS);
David Weinhold (TX)
ACM: Martha Milas (CI)

HUMAN CARE
David Benke (AT)
Vice-chair: Herbert Mueller, Jr. (SI);
Terry Forke (MT)
VOM: Kristian Kincaid (IE); Mark Maas (WY);
Lance O’Donnell (OH)
VL: Mark Brewer (KS); Richard Steinke (NW);
Diane Stelling (NJ)
AOM: Matthew Nix (SD)
ACM: Sheila Peterson (MNN)

Committee 10

C:
DP:

Committee 7
PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION
C:
DP:

Daniel May (IN)
Vice-chair: Donald Fondow (MNN);
Terry Cripe (OH); Warren Schumacher (NOW)
VOM: Paul Cloeter (MNN); Thomas Meyer (MI);
W.R. Rains (OK); Eric Stumpf (IN);
Waldemar Vinovskis (SELC)
VL: Harold Bohlmann (MO); Robert Fischer (EN);
Ed Moerbe (TX); John Schuelke (RM)
ACM: Richard Cohrs (MI); Jean Weidler (NI)

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NOMINATIONS (Elected by Districts)
(Committee 10 Legend: C = Chairman; DP = District President;
O = Ordained Minister; L = Layperson)
C:
O:

L:

John Brunner (EA)
Vice-chair: Roger Krause (RM);
Carl Anton (NE); Mark Buchhop (ND);
Robert W. Jarvis (MNN); John Lukomski (SI);
Roy Maack (SE); Dean F. Rothchild (IE);
Paul D. Theiss (MI)
Diana Alexander (PSW); Robert Becker (OH);
Michael Besch (EN); Patricia Bokenkamp (TX);
Jean Garton (MDS); John Jaeger (SW);
Marvin Kohlmeier (KS); Keith Meier (MT);
Ray Visbeck (NJ)