# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2026_S 11
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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REGISTERED DELEGATES AND REPRESENTATIVES
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer

Evangelical Lutheran Church—Synod of France

Office of the President

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Almaty

KEMPEN, Mollie; Saint Louis, MO

ENDICOTT, Georgia; Saint Louis, MO
VARSOGEA, Charles Everett; Portsmouth, RI
VIEKER, Kim; Saint Louis, MO

Operations Support Services

GAMACHE, Meredith; Saint Louis, MO
KAMMEIER, Becky; Saint Louis, MO
KNIGHT, Jennifer; Saint Louis, MO
RAY, Chad; Saint Louis, MO
RIVERS, Joel; Saint Louis, MO
TRUSTY, Cheryl; Saint Louis, MO

Pastoral Education

ARMBRUST, Robyn Lynn; Manchester, MO
BANECK, James A; Saint Louis, MO
MANOR, Jonathan James; Saint Louis, MO

GUESTS

Essayists

BRUSS, Jon Steffen; Fort Wayne, IN
CLAYTON, Kirk M; Maywood, IL
EGGER, Thomas J; Saint Louis, MO
THOMAS, Michael Allen; Irvine, CA

Musician

BOURASSA, Rob; Wyandotte, MI

Preachers

BALL, Benjamin Thomas (Ben); Worden, IL
CHAN, Terrence C (Terry); San Ramon, CA
ESGET, Christopher S; Alexandria, VA
ESPINOSA, Alfonso O; Lake Forest, CA
FINNERN, Brady Lee; Sartell, MN
GIBSON, Michael Edward (Mike); Irvine, CA
LANGE, Peter Kristoff; Saint Louis, MO
NOUR, Nabil Subhi; Sioux Falls, SD
TAYLOR, Dien Ashley; The Bronx, NY

President Emeritus (and Wife)

KIESCHNICK, Gerald Bryan (Jerry); Georgetown, TX
KIESCHNICK, Terry; Georgetown, TX

HEINTZ, Garry (Vice-President)

Lutheran Church of Uruguay

BURTSEV, Aleksander (Bishop)

Lutheran Church of Venezuela

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya
OMOLO, Joseph Ochola (Archbishop)

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argentina
TRUENOW, Arturo (President)

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil
SCHULER, Geraldo Walmir (President)

CORONADO, Limberth Fernández (President)
FIGUEROA, Victor I (Rev.)

Sister Churches

Portuguese Evangelical Lutheran Church
HILLER, Adalberto (President)

Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church

SIMOJOKI, Tapani (Chairman)

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of England

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia

The Lutheran Church in Norway and Iceland

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Liberia

The Lutheran Church in the Philippines

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania

The Lutheran Church of Togo

GRANTS, Rinalds (Archbishop)
KOLLIE, James (Bishop)

SABUTIS, Mindaugas (Bishop)

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Paraguay
FIGUR, Alceu Alton (President)

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine
GETMANN, Olena (Wife)
MASCHEWSKI, Serge (Bishop)

Evangelical Lutheran Diocese in Norway
WITH, Thor Henrik (Bishop)

Evangelical Lutheran Free Church in Denmark
JENSEN, Leif G (President)

Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland
POHJOLA, Juhana (Bishop)

Free Evangelical Lutheran Synod in South Africa
PAUL, Helmut (Bishop)

Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church
VOIGT, Hans Jörg (Bishop)

India Evangelical Lutheran Church

TEUSCHER, Timothy (President)

Lutheran Church in Korea

KIM, Jun Hyun (Rev. Dr., Translator)
WON, Jong Ho (President)

Lutheran Church of Guatemala

China Evangelical Lutheran Church

Lutheran Church of Nigeria

Confessional Lutheran Church of Chile

Lutheran Church of Uganda

KINAS, Gerardo Omar (President)

GARZA MARTINEZ, Omar Marin (President)

RASKATOV, Evgenii (General Secretary)

Ceylon Evangelical Lutheran Church (Sri Lanka)
KO, Kevin (Vice-President)

Lutheran Synod of Mexico

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia

Lutheran Church in Southern Africa

ARULCHELVAN, Arumanayagam (Bishop)

FLORES, Eduardo (President)

LYTKIN, Vsevolod (Bishop)
STRELTSOVA, Elena (Translator)
STRELTSOV, Alexey (Rev.)

American Association of Lutheran Churches
LARSON, Cary (Presiding Pastor)

HOFFMANN, Christian (Rev.)

DONKOH, Bayiga (Wife)
DONKOH, John Shadrack (President)

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana

Ravi Chandranath (LCMS Coordinator)
CHURCH BODY REPRESENTATIVES JESUPATHAM,
SELVARAJ, Parameswaran Rajamma (Principal, CTSN)
New Sister Churches
Lutheran Church—Canada

Christian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bolivia

BAMEKA, Eve (Wife)

SITHOLE, Sibongiseni Elliot (Bishop)
JASINTO, Luis A (President)

MASVIE, Torkild (Bishop)

REYES, Antonio del Rio (President)
LARE, Kolani Lambon (President)

Associate Churches

Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sierra Leone
BUNDOR, John (President)

Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus
BEDASO, Awoke Chefa (Rev.)

Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession
DAMASEK, Martin (Interim Bishop)
DAMASEK, Shirley (Wife)

Lutheran Mission—Australia
ANKER, Matthew (President)

Lutheran Mission in Africa—Synod of Thousand Hills
SEBURIKOKO, Selestine Munyentwari (Bishop)

Malagasy Lutheran Church—Madagascar
RAKOTOZAFY, Denis (President)

Mission Province in Sweden
ADAHL, Bengt (Bishop)

South East of Lake Victoria Diocese
NZELU, Yohana (Bishop)

The Indonesian Christian Lutheran Church
PURBA, Junas (Translator)
SARAGIH, Jon Albert (Bishop)

Other Churches

Evangelical Lutheran Synod
RANK, Thomas (Rev.)

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
SCHROEDER, Mark (President)

EKONG, Christian (Archbishop)
BAMEKA, Charles I (Bishop)

2026 Convention Workbook