LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1981, Sheet 338

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living apart from that secular world. The
future of our church depends on the quality
of its leaders who will be in training today
and tomorrow. The educational programs
for our children and youth of all ages must
be supported and strengthened to maintain
the unique Christian philosophy present.

Marvin H. Zastrow

1. Higher education in our church is one of my
concerned interests. I have children whom
I would like educated in synodical schools.
As a college graduate, I am somewhat
knowledgeable of the workings of a college
system. Being in education keeps me
abreast of the trends in education.

2. Seeing the Missouri Synod stronger than
ever is certainly a joy. The love and joy
which the people of the Synod show for
each other and other people makes me
happy. Our schools and colleges are show-
ing growth in a declining educational
climate. This gives me joy!

3. The Synod must remain strong in its stand
on the purity of the Gospel. The Great
Commission is a directive to reach and save
all people. The Synod can not give in to
social forces to weaken the principles of the
Ten Commandments and the teachings of
Christ. We can only achieve by offering
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today,
and tomorrow to the people of the world.
Only the true Gospel can save the world for
the Lord.

BOARD FOR MISSIONS

4 pastors, 1 teacher, 2 laypersons to
be elected.

PASTORS

Eugene R. Bertermann, 65, Orange,
CA: St. John (SC); pastor/Lutheran Bible
Translators. S. Bd. for Miss. 4; Bd. of Foreign
Miss. 4; Luth. TV Bd. 20. D. Conv. Com. 2. O.
LCMS Found. 8; Bldg. for Christ Offering 2;
LLL 36. Ph.D., Litt.D., and LL.D. degrees.

Thomas H. Glammeyer, 50, Youngs-
town, OH: St. Mark (OH); pastor. D. LWML
Cslr. 4; Yth. Bd. Area Rep. 5; Dist. Yth. Pastoral
Adv. 4; Young Adults Pastoral Adv. 6. C.
Pastor 25. O. LWML Zone Csr. 8.

Peter R. Hunt, 75, Selma, AL: Trinity
(SO); pastor. S. Cir. Rider 14; Dean of Students-
AL Luth. College 25. D. Cir. Cslr. 8; Synodical
Conf. Miss. Com. 6. C. Pastor 45. O. D.D.
degree.

Harley L. Kopitske, 49, Brillion, WI: St.
Bartholomew (SW); pastor. C. Pastor 21. O.
Missionary, New Guinea 14.

Bernhard W. Lutz, 45, Bozeman, MT:
First (MT); pastor. S. Bd. for Miss. 4; Chm.
Muslim Ad Hoc Com. D. LWML Pastoral Adv.
4. C. Pastor 12; Teacher 5; Missionary 8. O.
Prof., Synod College 4.

Shang Ik Moon, 44, Irvine, CA: Abiding
Savior (SC); pastor academic dean. D. Adv. to
Miss. Bd. 4. C. Pastor 15.O. Academic Dean 4.
Ph.D. degree.

Paul C. Mueller, 58, Sioux City, IA:
Redeemer (IW); pastor. D. First Vice-Pres. 10,
Second Vice-Pres. 5; Chm. Dist. Ed. Com. 4;
Cir. Calr.; Dist. Miss. Com.; Dist Yth. Com. C.
Pastor 35. O. Bd. of Dir., Medical Center.

Wilbert J. Sohns, 46, Cheyenne, WY:
Trinity (WY); pastor. S. Chm. Bd. for Miss. 6;
Bd. for Miss. 8; Intl. LLL Pastoral Adv. 4. D.
Dir. Cslr. 6; Dist PR Dir. 5; Miss. Lecture Bur.
Dir. 6; Dist. LLL Pastoral Adv. 5. C. Pastor 22.
O. Chm. LBT 10th Anniv. 2; Mass Media
Ministry Work 6; American Soc. of Missiology
6. D.D. degree.

TEACHERS

Walter D. Haas, 47, Milwaukee, WI:
Gospel (SW); teacher. S. Bd. for Miss. 4; Multi-
cultural Ed. Com. 5. D. Inner City Com. 5;
Multicultural Educ. Consultant 2; Early Child-
hood Educ. Consultant 3. C. Teacher 27; Bible

NOMINATIONS

Class Teacher 25. O. WI Assoc. of Nonpublic
Schools 3; State Title I Com. 5.

Wilbert H. Rusch Sr.,67, Ann Arbor, MI:
St. Paul (MC); professor emeritis. S. College
Prof. 44; Nom. Com. 6. D. School Com. 3; Com.
on Doctrine & Church Relations 3. C. Elder 3,
Bd. of Christian Educ. 2; Chm. Bd. of Evang. 2.
O. Treas. Library Bd. 6; Steering Com. MI
Energy Educators Forum 2; Creation Research
Soc. Bd. 17. LL.D. degree.

LAYPERSONS

Richard W. Henningfield, 46, Council
Bluffs, IA: Faith (IW); retirement center admin-
istrator. S. Lay Miss. to Taiwan 8. D. Chm.
Soc. Ministry Com. 3; Wheat Ridge Dist. Rep.
4. C. Chm. Educ. Com. 2; Treas. 2; Elder 1.

William J. Jorns, 49, Manhattan, KS: St.
Luke (KS); university professor and admini-
strator. S. Agricultural Miss. Guatemala 5. C.
Yth. Activities Bd. Chm. 1; SS Supt. 1; Elder 3.
O. LLL officer. Ed.D. degree.

Dorothy Rosin, 55, Fort Wayne, IN: St.
Paul (IN); housewife/teacher. S. Bd. for Miss.
8; Synod Aux. Study Com. 1; Wheat Ridge
Found. Bd. of Dir. D. Student Center Bldg.
Com. 1. O. LCUSA Div. of Miss. & Ministry;
Rec. Sec. Intl. LWML 5; Assoc. Editor LVWML
Quarterly 6; LWML Bible Study Editor 3; Intl.
LWML Christian Growth Chm. 5. Litt.D.
degree.

H. David Thurston, 54, Ithaca, NY:
Trinity (EA); university professor. D. Conv.
Dele. 1. C. Chm. Bd. of Stewp. 2; Elder 1; Chm.
1; Bd. of Miss. 2; Bd. of Univ. & College Affairs
2; Bd. of Miss. & Stewp. 2. O. Ph.D. degree.

Eugene R. Bertermann

1. Ihave been privileged to serve for 45 years
in Gospel broadcasting. Served on the
Board of Foreign Missions 1956—59. Served
on the synodical Board for Missions 1978 to
the present. Served as chairman, then
executive secretary of Lutheran Television
Board 1951—71. I am teaching course in
missions at Christ College Irvine.

2. I praise God for the church’s loyal adher-
ence to the inspired, infallible, inerrant
Word of God. I praise Him for the splendid
mission resolutions and missions thrust of
the recent St. Louis convention. And I
praise Him for the $40 million offering to
undergird missions.

3. I pray that the Lord of the church will
continue to lead our beloved Synod in the
direction of carrying out the Great Commis-
sion as set forth in the fine convention
mission resolutions. Under His grace we
shall continue to be a poweful instru-
mentality for the salvation of preciously
bought souls.

Thomas H. Glammeyer

1. I have always been a strong supporter for
missions at home and abroad. J served
Black congregations in Mobile, AL, and
Pittsburgh, PA, for almost 16 years. I have
been both zone and District counselor of the
LWML for a number of years.

2. My greatest joy is knowing that our Synod
is remaining faithful to the inerrant,
inspired, and infallible Word of God. I am
proud to be a pastor in our Syond.

3. I believe that our Synod should expedite the
Great Commission of our Lord with all
urgency, but not to the extent of giving up
any of our beliefs of the other doctrines of
the Holy Bible as are so clearly explained in
our confessions. I believe God has guided
the formulators of the ‘‘Forward in
Remembrance” project and we should give
it our full support, because IJ believe this is
the response we all need.

Peter R. Hunt

1. Because of my experience as circuit rider.
As a member of the Synodical Conference
Mission Committee. My privilege of having

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the opportunity to organize two mission
congregations in the Southern District.

2. My greatest joy is that Synod today has a
greater concern and outreach to all people,
especially to the Hispanics and Blacks.

3. Ido feel thatin the last few years Synod has
been moving in the right direction, here at
home and in the world. However do feel
that we should intensify our efforts in all
areas of mission work in the world.

Harley L. Kopitske

1. I don’t feel particularly qualified. I have
had 14 years of service under the Board for
Missions as an evangelistic missionary
and Bible translator. I continue to have a
great interest in the worldwide spread of
the Gospel.

2. My greatest joy is in her evident purpose to
remain faithful to the Scriptures and
Lutheran Confessions. I have been dis-
appointed with the slow and hesitant
response to the neo-Pentecostalism being
embraced and even preached by many.

3. Synod should make every effort to ground
and found her own people in the faith in
order that such commitment to Christ and
to the spread of the Gospel would be forth-
coming as would enable her to: (a) support
and increase the work she has already
undertaken (home and foreign); (b) increase
her expansion into new fields (via mass
media too); (c) and continue to participate
in the ministries of sister and daughter
churches.

Bernhard W. Lutz *

1. The Board for Missions needs persons who
have experienced work both at home and
overseas. I am the only member on the
present board who has served overseas
within the last five years. I have been a
teacher, coach, athletic director, instructor,
counselor, pastor, and missionary. I love
missions.

2. The greatest joy is putting missions first,
that is Jesus Christ and proclamation.
Along with this the seminary training, the
evangelism thrust, and the very clear con-
fessional witness given to liberals in the
Synod or Christian churches that God’s
word is authoritative! We have often sat on
our hands while souls go to hell. We must
move with the Gospel.

3. The Great Commission Convocation is my
idea of how we should be moving. Synod in
1979 in resolve clearly set the pace for the
decade of the ’80s. These goals can be
reached and surpassed easily. Work with
Hispanic, Black, and ethnic groups in this
hemisphere is critical. God Opens Doors...
is a part of my life as a member of the
Synod. If the Synod does not enter the doors
that God opens, this is sin.

Shang Ik Moon *

1. I was born in Korea, appreciated the work of
missionaries, brought to Christianity
through a missionary effort, received the
ministerial training in America (Concordia
Seminary, St. Louis), and came to appre-
ciate the centrality of the Great Commis-
sion, and havea personal interest in foreign
missions. My graduate study in sociology
of religion and anthropology enabled mein
teaching several summers for the Summer
Institute for Missions.

2. Renewed emphasis on new mission fields
and encouragement of the Mission Board
for the Great Commission.

3. Methodologically sound analysis of the
mission fields which would explain the
past performances and increase the predict-
ability of the future development, taking
into consideration all the pertinent socio-
cultural, economic, and political factors.