# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S356
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866 Officers and Boards Elected for Three Years

tary, the pastors W.E.Pankow and G.E. Boettcher; the Eastern
District of the American Lutheran Church, assembled in conven-
tion at Fordham Church, New York; the Texas District of the
American Lutheran Church; the Luther Conference of Louisiana
and Mississippi assembled in Augustana Evangelical Lutheran
Church at Alexandria, Louisiana.

Next Synodical Convention

Report of Committee 18:

Since invitations for the synodical convention in 1941 have
been received from the Chamber of Commerce in Houston, Texas,
and also from the Lutheran congregations of our Synod in the Fort
Wayne area, your Committee recommends that

1. The invitation from the Lutheran Churches in Fort Wayne,
Indiana, for the 1941 convention be gratefully accepted;

2. Synod’s Secretary send a letter to the Houston Chamber of
Commerce thanking them for the courtesy of their invitation.

Action of Synod: This report was adopted.

Officers and Boards Elected for Three Years

A. GENERAL OFFICERS

President: The Rev. J. W. Behnken, D.D.

First Vice-President: The Rev. F. J. Lankenau, D.D.
Second Vice-President: The Rev. K. Kretzschmar.
Third Vice-President: The Rev. H. Grueber.

Fourth Vice-President: The Rev. H. Harms.
Secretary: The Rev. M. F. Kretzmann.

Treasurer: Dr. E. Seuel.

Corresponding Secretary for Foreign Connections:
Prof. L. Fuerbringer, D. D.

Statistician and Chronologist: The Rev. S. Michael.
Editor of “Lutheran. Witness”: Prof.M.S. Sommer, Litt. D.
Transportation Secretary: The Rev. E. G, Nachtsheim.

Board of Directors: The President, the Secretary, and the Treasurer,

ex officio; Revs. G. Chr. Barth and Paul Schulz; Messrs. A. H. Ahl-
brand, Henry W. Horst, E. J. Gallmeyer, W. H. Schlueter.

B. BOARDS OF CONTROL

Ex officio, the President of the respective District

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.: Revs. A. Doerffler, R. Jesse, and
L. J. Sieck; Messrs. Wm. Drees, Richard Waltke, Emil Hartmann,
O. Huesemann, and E. Schuettner.

Concordia Seminary, Springfield, Ill.: Rev. B. Selcke; Messrs. J. Roden-
burg, O. Droste, and E. W. Schulze.