# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2023_S23
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CONVENTION FLOOR COMMITTEES

Floor committees are appointed by the President in consultation with the Council of Presidents and Praesidium (Bylaw 3.1.7).
Appointments are made from among the voting delegates, advisory delegates, and advisory representatives (Bylaw 3.1.7 [a]).

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS
C = Chairman; VC = Vice Chairman; S = Secretary; SVP
= Synod Vice-President; DP = District President; VOM
= Voting Delegate Ordained Minister; VL = Voting
Delegate Layperson; AOM = Advisory Delegate or
Representative Ordained Minister; ACM = Advisory
Delegate or Representative Commissioned Minister;
AL = Advisory Delegate or Representative Layperson;
O = Ordained; C = Commissioned; L = Lay

DISTRICT ABBREVIATIONS
AT = Atlantic; CI = Central Illinois; CNH = CaliforniaNevada-Hawaii; EA = Eastern; EN = English; FG =
Florida-Georgia; IE = Iowa East; IN = Indiana; IW =
Iowa West; KS = Kansas; MI = Michigan; MDS = MidSouth; 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:
Eric Johnson (DP, SO)
VC:
David R. Nehrenz (DP, OK)
VOM: Jonathon J. Bakker (MI); Alan D. Borcher
(RM); Ryan J. Fehrmann (NW); Sawyer A.
Meyers (MDS); Daniel C. Ross (OK)
VL:
Pete Duncanson (MDS); Laura Leistico (EN);
Mark A. Wanamaker (PSW); Kristen M.
Waterstram-Rich (EA)
AOM: Steven C. Briel (MNS); Samuel Gomez (PSW);
Ken R. Schurb (CI); Dien A. Taylor (DP, AT)
ACM: Cheryl Honoree (MO)

Committee 2: International Witness
C:
Robert L. (Lee) Hagan (DP, MO)
VC:
Arie D. Bertsch (DP, ND)
VOM: Todd R. Jerabek (NW); Vue Lee (MNS)
VL:
Obed Gonzalez (SELC)
AOM: Kenneth J. Bomberger (MO); Theodore M. R.
Krey (EN); Eli J. S. Lietzau (RM); James B.
Maxwell (DP, RM)
ACM: David A. Fiala (MO)
AL:
John W. Edson (MNS); Jesse Yow Jr. (CNH)

Committee 3: Mercy
C:
Brady L. Finnern (DP, MNN)
VC:
Waldemar R. Vinovskis (DP, SELC)
VOM: Christopher P. Asbury (NEB); Christopher W.
Brademeyer (ND); Keith A. Lingsch (FG);
Richard A. Zeile (MI)
VL:
Caroline Ill (SI); Dean R. Mustonen (MNN);
Yolonda W. Wornner Prevost (SO)
AOM: William A. Harmon (DP, SE)
ACM: Katherine E. Rittner (IN); Raquel A. Rojas (AT)

Committee 4: Life Together
C:
Christopher S. Esget (SVP, EN)
VC:
Allan R. Buss (DP, NI)
VOM: Peter Bender (SW); Jessten P. Heimer (IW);
John E. Wackler (OK); Sean A. Willman (MI)
VL:
Jonathan Busarow (EN); Mattias Gugel (SW);
Craig V. Timm (NW); Stephen F. Weller (KS)

Convention Floor Committees

AOM: Philip D. Bartelt (AT); Paul A. Linnemann (DP,
NOW); Nabil S. Nour (SVP, SD)
ACM: Thomas A. Nummela (MO); Amy L. Vande
Voort-Schweim (NOW)

Committee 5: Theology
and Church Relations
C:
Brian S. Saunders (DP, IE)
VC:
John C. Wohlrabe Jr. (SVP, SW)
VOM: Peter J. Brock (IN); Eloy S. Gonzalez (TX);
Peter F. Gregory (NE); Marcel L. Kohlmeyer
(NEB)
VL:
Stevin H. Gehrke (KS); Mark O. Stern (NI)
AOM: Naomichi Masaki (IN); Michael W. Newman
(DP, TX); Richard L. Snow (DP, NEB); Roland
F. Ziegler (IN)
ACM: Matthew C. Janssen (MO)

Committee 6: Pastoral Ministry
and Seminaries
C:
John E. Hill (DP, WY)
VC:
Justin A. Panzer (DP, KS)
VOM: Lloyd D. Gaines Sr. (SE); Jason E. Gullidge
(NOW); Richard L. Ramirez (SELC)
VL:
David L. Daniels (SE); Leo Mackay (EN)
AOM: David A. Davis (DP, MI); Thomas J. Egger
(MO); William M. Mons (IE); John L. Pingel
(DP, EA); Cory J. Rajek (SD); Lawrence R. Rast
Jr. (IN)
ACM: Ruth A. Otten (NI)

Committee 7: University Education
C:
Scott R. Murray (SVP, TX)
VC:
Jamison J. Hardy (DP, EN)
VOM: John M. Berg (SW); Jason J. Bredeson (CNH);
Mark K. De Young (TX); Bernard J. Schey (TX)
VL:
Robert A. Denkert (SW); David K. Hawk (IN);
Gerhard H. Mundinger Jr. (IN)
AOM: Brian L. Friedrich (MNS); Jay A. Winters (FG);
Lucas V. Woodford (DP, MNS)
ACM: Russell P. Dawn (NI)
AL:
Christian A. Preus (MNS)

Committee 8: Finance
C:
Roger C. Paavola (DP, MDS)
VC:
Steven D. Turner (DP, IW)
VOM: Alan R. Stahlecker (KS)
VL:
David Mellem (NW); Richard C. Robertson
(FG)
AOM: James H. Rockey (DP, FG); Luke T.
Zimmerman (EN)
ACM: Donald C. Schult Jr. (NW)
AL:
Jason A. Paradis (ND); John L. Powers (SW);
Rick H. Stathakis (MI); Tamara J. Ulland (ND)

Committee 9: Structure
and Administration
C:
Timothy J. Scharr (DP, SI)
VC:
Robert D. Beinke (DP, NE)
VOM: David M. Behm (MT); John C. Drosendahl
(SO); Daniel E. Grams (EN); Timothy J.
Winterstein (NOW); Philip E. Zielinski (OH)
VL:
Cindy L. Cwynar (EA); Michael D. Grooms
(SD); Jan A. Krampitz (NE)
AOM: Paul J. Cain Jr. (WY); Michael W. Mohr (DP,
CI)
ACM: Joel P. Landskroener (MNS)

Committee 10: Ecclesiastical Supervision
and Dispute Resolution
C:
John C. Wille (DP, SW)
VC:
Dwayne M. Lueck (DP, NW)
VOM: Kirk M. Clayton (SI); Roger B. Gallup (NI);
Aaron M. Hambleton (IE); Richard A.
Mittelstadt (TX); Robert J. Pase (TX); Adam
Stetson (PSW); Allen K. Strawn (WY)
VL:
Jeffrey E. Elbert (IE)
AOM: Mitchell W. Gowen (CNH); Michael R. Lange
(DP, CNH); James A. Moshier (NEB)
ACM: Kevin H. Brockberg (IN)

Committee 11: Church and Culture
C:
Terry R. Forke (DP, MT)
VC:
Kevin A. Wilson (DP, OH)
VOM: Paul M. Clark (MI); Shiu M. Lau (CNH);
Michael P. Schuermann (CI); Charles P. St
Onge (SELC)
VL:
Geraldine G. Gibney (NJ); Melanie A.
Standiford (NEB)
AOM: David W. Loy (PSW); Preston A. Paul (NW);
Max A. Phillips (IW); Don R. Stuckwisch Jr.
(DP, IN)
ACM: Jeffrey A. Fick (SI)

Committee 12: Schools, Family,
Young Adults, and Youth
C:
Benjamin T. Ball (SVP, SI)
VC:
Michael E. Gibson (DP, PSW)
VOM: Duane R. Bamsch (CNH); John M. Bussman
(SO); Brian L. Kachelmeier (TX); Aaron D.
Uphoff (CI)
VL:
Wayne M. Hittinger (PSW); Coralie Miller
(MI)
ACM: Deanna L. Cheadle (OH); Christopher B. Cody
(SW); Eun Chu Kim (PSW); Jan W. Lohmeyer
(TX); Janet J. Muth (SI)

Committee 13: Registration,
Credentials, and Elections
C:
Scott C. Sailer (DP, SD)
VC:
Stephen A. Gewecke (DP, NJ)
VOM: Anthony J. Gerber (NEB); Charles M.
Henrickson (MO); Kelly D. Todd (MI); L
Richard Vossler Jr. (NJ)
VL:
Paul Lubell (SE)
ACM: Thomas P. Kosche (MT)
AL:
Kimberly A. Myers (NEB)

Committee for Convention Nominations
*Standing Committee on Nominations (Bylaw 3.2.5)

C:
VC:
S:
O:

L:

Christian A. Preus* (AL, MNS)
Samuel M. Powell* (O, MO)
Mark O. Stern* (VL, NI)
Victor J. Belton (FG); James A. Douthwaite
(SELC); Todd R. Jerabek (VOM, NW); Paul A.
Linnemann (AOM, DP, NOW); Robert D.
Newton (CNH); Jonathan R. Riggert (IW);
Kevin M. Wendt (SO)
Mark A. Franke (VL, IN); Byron Hansen (NEB);
Jeffrey Maltz (AL, OK); Matthew W. Putnam
(CI); Richard G. Schaefer (AT); John F. Schmall
(VL, WY); Steven J. Timmerman (VL, SD)

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