# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2016_S21
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2016 CONVENTION FLOOR COMMITTEES
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS:

Committee 7: UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

Committee 15: REFORMATION

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

C:
Timothy Scharr (SI)
SVP:
Vice chair: John Wohlrabe (SW)
VOM:	Steven Briel (MNS); Steven Washington (SO); Keith Witte
(OH)
VL:	David Hawk (IN); Mark Stern (NI); Charmayne Zieziula
(EA)
ACM: Ruth Otten (NI)
AL:
Gerhard Mundinger (IN)

C:
Peter Lange (KS)
DP:
Vice chair: Scott Sailer (SD)
VOM:	
Mark Bersche (OK); Dallas Dubke (CNH); Kevin Martin
(SE); Richard Serina (NJ)
VL:
David Mietzner (PSW)
ACM: Ashley Jensema (KS)

Committee 8: PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS

C:
Timothy Yeadon (NE)
DP:
Vice chair: Robert Newton (CNH)
VOM:	
Raymond Connor (NW); Justin Panzer (KS); Jay Winters
(FG); Philip Zielinski (OH)
VL:
Rebecca Mayes (MO)
AOM: Jacob Gilbert (SW)
ACM: Jonathon Pickelmann (SW)

DISTRICT ABBREVIATIONS:
AT = Atlantic; CI = Central Illinois; CNH = CaliforniaNevada-Hawaii; EA = Eastern; EN= English; FG = FloridaGeorgia; 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:
Mark Miller (CI)
DP:
Vice chair: Derek Lecakes (AT)
VOM:	Roy Coats (SE); Eloy Gonzalez (TX); Thomas Harries
(KS); Eric Linthicum (SE); Thomas Park (MNS)
VL:
Dennis Eickhoff (IN)
ACM: Peter Keyes (MNN)

C:
Dean Nadasdy (MNS)
SVP:
Vice chair: Christopher Esget (SE)
VOM: Peter Bender (SW); Mark Nebel (SI); David Speers (CI)
VL:
David De Young (NI)
ACM:	Heather Judd (WY); Darin Koenemann (IN); Michael
Staub (TX)

Committee 9: FINANCE
C:
Daniel May (IN)
DP:
Vice chair: Barrie Henke (OK)
VOM:	Brian Noack (AT); Terrence O’Brien (CI); Aaron Richert
(MI)
VL:	Dennis Melstad (SD); James Tuell (RM); Robert Wurl
(ND)
ACM: William Sharpe (ND)

Committee 2: INTERNATIONAL WITNESS

Committee 10: STEWARDSHIP: FUNDING
THE MISSION

C:
Donald Fondow (MNN)
SVP:
Vice chair: Nabil Nour (SD)
VOM:	Robert Roegner (EN); Matthew Wurm (SD); Karl Ziegler
(NEB)
VL:	Clara Ball (MI); Donald Hutchinson (SI); Ann Winkler
(NOW)
ACM: Lucas Tanney (IE)

C:
Dwayne Lueck (NW)
DP:
Vice chair: Andrew Dzurovcik (SELC)
VOM:	
Kenneth Bomberger (MI); David Kuhfal (NEB); Derek
Roberts (MDS)
VL:	Jason Gehrke (SW); Timothy Gibson (OH); Loren Johnson
(IW)
ACM: James Scriven (NOW)

Committee 3: MERCY

Committee 11: STRUCTURE & ADMINISTRATION

C:
Lee Hagan (MO)
DP:
Vice chair: Kurtis Schultz (SO)
VOM:	Douglas Christian (IN); Christopher Stout (SE); Bruce von
Hindenburg (PSW)
VL:
Deochand Bhagwatprasad (AT); Robert Hering (NEB)
AOM: Bernard Seter (ND)
ACM: Ruth McDonnell (MO)

C:
Terry Cripe (OH)
DP:
Vice chair: Jamison Hardy (EN)
VOM: W. R. Rains (OK); Joshua Willadsen (MDS)
VL:	Frank Delgado (MT); Paula Krueger (NW); Ben Rolf
(MNS); Marvin Schulteis (KS)
ACM: Mark Bender (MO)

Committee 16: FAMILY, YOUTH & YOUNG ADULTS

Committee 17: PREACHING & CHURCH WORKER
CONTINUING EDUCATION
C:
DP:
VOM:
VL:
ACM:

Brian Saunders (IE)
Vice chair: Larry Stoterau (PSW)
Paul Beisel (IE); John Telloni (SELC); Richard Zeile (MI)
Gary Euren (MNN); Steve Hunt (NOW); Mark Polzin (FG)
Leann McClain (TX)

Committee 18: WORKER WELLNESS
C:
David Maier (MI)
DP:
Vice chair: Paul Linnemann (NOW)
VOM:	
Allan Buss (NI); John Fleischmann (AT); Russell Johnson
(MI); Jonathan Manor (NE)
VL:
Jeffery Albright (FG)
ACM: Betsy Karkan (NI)

Committee 19: REGISTRATION, CREDENTIALS &
ELECTIONS
C:
Gregory Walton (FG)
DP:
Vice chair: Chris Wicher (EA)
VOM:	Paul Biber (SELC); Bradley Stoltenow (RM); David Zirpel
(IW)
VL:
Jon Dhuse (PSW); Jay Meyer (KS)
ACM: Caren Vogt (NJ)

Committee 20: COMMITTEE FOR CONVENTION
NOMINATIONS

Committee 4: LIFE TOGETHER

Committee 12: ECCLESIASTICAL SUPERVISION
& DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Committee 20 Legend: C = Chairman; O = Ordained Minister; L =
Layperson

C:
Dan Gilbert (NI)
DP:
Vice chair: Richard Snow (NEB)
VOM:	Christopher Amen (SW); Ronald Bogs (TX); Paul Egger
(IW); Scott Schilbe (MNS)
VL:
Peggy Beyer (NEB); Kent Seetin (IW)
ACM: Allen Piepenbrink (MDS)

C:
John Wille (SW)
DP:
Vice chair: Steven Turner (IW)
VOM:	
Steven Billings (SW); Jeffery Grams (WY); David Mumme
(MNS); Bruce Timm (MNN)
VL:
Eric Held (SO); Jon Kohlmeier (IE); Craig Timm (NW)
ACM: Martha Milas (CI)

C:
Ronald Garwood (WY)
O:	
Vice chair: Russell Sommerfeld (NEB); Secretary: Martin
Noland; Roger Gallup (NI); Dennis Heiden (MNS); Marvin
Henschel (OK); William Meyer (AT); Mark Miller (CI);
Dale Sattgast (SD);
L:	Dennis Coerber (NOW); Lee Dreyer (IW); William Gaik
(FG); Gregory Miller (MO); Thelma Myers (SELC); David
Piehler (NW); Richard Parker (CNH); Stan Weir (SO).

Committee 5: THEOLOGY & CHURCH RELATIONS

Committee 13: ROUTES TO MINISTRY

C:
Scott Murray (TX)
SVP:
Vice chair: Daniel Preus (MO)
DP:
Kenneth Hennings (TX)
VOM:	Stewart Crown (CNH); Sean Daenzer (ND); Daniel
Galchutt (KS); Ryan Wendt (MT)
VL:	Roni Grad (EN); Willis Myers (SO); Andrea Pitkus (NI);
Bill VanEss (SW)
ACM: David Buchholz (MO)

C:
Roger Paavola (MDS)
DP:
Vice chair: Allen Anderson (RM)
VOM:	Paul Clark (MI); Roger Gallup (NI); Kent Schaaf (CNH);
Aaron Schian (EA)
VL:
Donald Pugh (RM); George Trammell (SI);
AOM: Bruce Keseman (SI)
ACM: David Berger (MO)

Committee 6: SEMINARIES
C:
James Baneck (ND)
DP:
Vice chair: John Hill (WY)
VOM:	Benjamin Ball (SI); Daniel Grams (EN); Herbert Mueller,
III (IE); Jacob Sutton (IN)
VL:
Charles Randow (SE); Leslie Sramek (SI)
ACM: Dale Fish (MI)

“Convention Floor Committees”

Committee 14: CHURCH & CULTURE
C:
Terry Forke (MT)
DP:
Vice chair: John Denninger (SE); Anthony Steinbronn (NJ)
VOM:	
Paul Gregory Alms (SE); Adam Filipek (MO); Paul Undlin
(MI)
VL:
Alan Brodbeck (NEB); Paul Lagemann (EN)
AOM: John Pless (IN)
ACM: Erik Ankerberg (TX)

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