LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1981, Sheet 356

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missions, we need to expand our mission
programs at home and abroad. Thirdly, we
need to address the question of how to
encourage more young men of our Synod to
pursue a career in the ministry or in other
full-time church work.

Erwin P. Richter *

1. Minnesota South District Board member 12
years. Two daughters, one son-in-law, stu-
dents at Concordia, St. Paul. Own and
operate real estate and insurance agency,
own two farms, have managed up to 2,000
acres annually for clients, also rental
properties for clients. Employer with three
secretaries, bookkeeper, sales manager,
and construction supervisor (built 14
houses in 1977).

2. My greatest joy is that our Synod has taken
an evangelical and responsible position in
correcting internal problems. We are now
on the move to do God’s work in the frame-
work of brotherly love and concern, recog-
nizing that we still have conditions that
need attention.

3. Vital to carrying out the “Great Commis-
sion” is to have a comprehensive program.
It means making available strong learning
institutions to train our young people,
recruiting the best in aptitude and attitude
to go into full-time church work. We must
provide a program that will give them a
greater knowledge of God’s word, and
consequently, be more effective in equip-
ping “the saints” so that we might all
together carry out the “Great Commission”
in a God-pleasing manner.

BOARD OF CONTROL
SELMA

1 pastor, 2 laypersons to be elected.

PASTORS

Elder McCants, 31, Chicago, IL: Resur-
rection (NIJ); pastor. C, Parish pastor 4.

Ulmer Marshall Jr., 32, Whistler, AL:
Trinity (SO); pastor. S. Black Miss. Com. 2;
Higher Educ. Com. 2. D. Bd. Dir.d; Pres. Black
Luth. Churches 3; Great Evang. Convo. 1. C.
Pastor 7.

LAYPERSONS

Beverly B. Dupre, 44, New Orleans, LA:
St. Paul (SO); professor of Educ., Southern
University. C. Organist, Choir Dir. 20. O. Dir.
Luth. Citywide Choir 7. Ph.D. degree.

Paul D. Lehman, 57, Los Angeles, CA: St.
Paul(SC); manager. S. Bd. of Control-Selma 7,
Chm. Bd. Control 6. C. Pres. 6; Bd. Deacons 7;
Choir 2; Fin. Sec. 1.

Cleveland A. Lewis, 37, Indianapolis,
IN: Our Savior (IN); industrial engineer. C.
Bd. Elders 4; Chm. Bd. Elders 3. O. Bd. of
Alumni, Purdue Univ. 1.

Jack Pellegrin, 44, Houma, LA: Grace
(SO); Pres. Construction Company. S. Bd. of
Control-Selma 3. D. LAOS Com. 2. C. Pres. 2;
Elder 4; Stewp.-Evang. 6. O. Pres. Gulf Dist.
LiL 4; State Bd. Elementary & Secondary

uc. 1.

Elder McCants *

1, There are four reasons I feel I am qualified
to serve on the Board of Control, Selma: (a)
I understand the homogeneous background
of the students at Selma, having attended
Selma as a student. My roots in the South
give mea better insight into the educational
needs of the students.

2. I am elated over the concerted mission
efforts that our Synod is taking for the 80s.
Also, I am filled with exuberant joy at the
enrollment at our two seminaries. I feel that
the Missouri Synod is giving great impetus
toward greater education at the seminaries
and colleges.

3. The Missouri Synod should move respon-
sibly and conscientiously when it comes to

NOMINATIONS

the Great Commission of our Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ. Christ has entrusted
this commission to the church and I feel
that as a minister of the saving Gospel of
Jesus Christ, nothing should preclude or
waylay the Missouri Synod from reaching
out to allin this country and different parts
of the world with the saving message of
Jesus Christ.

Ulmer Marshall Jr.

1. I list the following areas as significant:
Alumnus of ALAC; familiarity with the
present needs of the institution; working
with recruitment efforts of Black Ministry
Commission; member of the Board of
Directors of the Southern District. Ihavea
deep interest in the growth of ALAC and
our future leaders.

2. The most pleasing directional attribute of
Synod is that it is standing firmly on the
Word of God, and carrying out the Great
Commission given by Jesus to go and
preach, teach, and make disciples of all
nations. However, it saddens me to see no
aggressive movement by Synod to embrace
the ethnicity of the world.

3. I feel that Synod should move in the direc-
tion in which God has given us; Go, teach,
preach, and make disciples, baptize in the
name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost;
beginning at home and unto the end of the
earth.

Beverly B. Dupre

1. lam a third-generation Lutheran, raised in
the nurture and admonition of the Lutheran
faith. Iam currently the chairperson of the
Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education at Southern University in New
Orleans. During 1978—79 I served as the
Special Assistant to the President for
Minority Affairs at Loyola University of
New Orleans.

2. My greatest joy in the direction Synod is

moving focuses on the fact that its mission
is continuing to expand, and that its out-
reach demonstrates concern for all people.
3. Synod should continue in a systematic and
methodical fashion, as a means of teaching
all people to be true to the faith. To achieve
this end, there should be unity and brother-
hood among all constituents. As a united
body, the Lord’s commission will serve as
the determining factor in the life of Synod.

Paul D. Lehman

1. Selma needs board continuity. Immediate
problems exist: Enrollment stability,
accreditation of the college department,
and a smooth transition for a new presi-
dent. I have served as chairman for the past
six years and I am thoroughly familiar
with the actions necessary to assist in these
efforts.

2. My joys are Synod’s preaching of the Gospel
of salvation, the firm adherence to the
inerrancy of the Bible and remaining faith-
ful to the inspired Word of God as the only
way for life and faith.

3. Synod should expand its mission efforts—
both at home and abroad. We should seek to
fill all of our houses of worship. We need an
all-out effort for church growth. We have
millions of Americans who have no living
relationship with God through Christ. The
need is urgent. Synod can make it happen.

Cleveland A. Lewis

1. I attended grades 1—6 at Trinity Lutheran
School at Selma and have been active in the
Lutheran church since childhood. I have
been blessed with management skills, and!
am president of my own engineering con-
sulting firm. I am active in my school
alumni, Purdue University at Indianapolis
(IUPUI).

2. The emphasis of pastoral recruitment of
ministers to serve the inner-city churches,

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but I would like to see strong emphasis
placed on the quality of the individuals,
and the importance of serving our churches
in the Lutheran tradition.

3. Supervise and execute a program of Evan-
gelism to build and retain our membership,
and the education of our congregations to
work within synodical guidelines. Synod-
ical supervision of the refresher training
for our pastors and teachers to keep them
strong in administration of religious train-
ing for al] members, of all races and creeds.

Jack Pellegrin

1. I have served on the Board of Control for
Selma for one term. I also serve on the State
Board of Education, Secondary and Voca-
tional-Technical Education of the State of
Louisiana, as the member from the Third
Congressional District.

2. During the last few years I believe that our
beloved church has made tremendous prog-
ress in healing the wounds brought about
by the synodical problems while still main-
taining a true and correct exposition of the
Word of God.

3. There is much work to be done in bringing
people to Christ in the United States as well
as in foreign countries. The direction and
thrust that I would like to see would be a
regeneration of mission zeal and effort at
home so that people know of our love and
concern for them as well as the love God
has for all of us. We should also spread this
zeal in foreign work.

BOARD OF CONTROL
SEWARD

1 pastor, 1 teacher, 2 laypersons to be
elected.

PASTORS

Leonard H. Aurich, 51, Independence,
MO: Messiah (MO); pastor. S. Contributing
Editorto My Devotions, Portals of Prayer, and
NLPTL. D. Chm. Evang. Com. 2;Chm. Parish
Educ. Com. 2; Vice-Pres. 3; Pastoral Adv.
LWML 4. C. Pastor 24.

Harold T. Stelzer, 60, Wisconsin Dells,
WI: Trinity (SW); pastor. S. Bd. of Control,
Seward 8; Conv. Dele. 2; Bd. Rep. to Conv. 2.
D. Cir. Cslr. 4; Bd. Dir. 6; Conv. committees;
Teachers Conf. off. C. Pastor 14, teacher 25.

TEACHERS

Louis B. Herring, 44, North Judson, IN:
St. Peter (IN); principal. S. Bd. of Control,
Seward 7; Conv. Com. 1. D. Dept. of Educ. 4;
Chm. Teachers Conf. 1; Vice-Chm. Teachers
Conf. 1; Editor of Dist. Leaguer 1. C. Teacher
22. O. Dist. LLL Sec. 2; LLL zone Pres. & Sec. 5;
Ruritan Club Sec. 4.

Arlan G. Warneke, 44, Pierce, NE: Zion
(NEB); principal/teacher. D. Educ. Com. 5;
Teachers Conf. Chm. 2. C. Teacher 23.

LAYPERSONS

Jacob S. Faust, 61, Midwest City, OK:
Good Shepherd (OK); retired-federal civil
service. C. Elder 3; Trustee 6; Fin. Sec. 1; Pres.
2; Bldg. Com. 4.

Bernard D. Klein, 53, Le Mars, IA: Grace
(IW); owner/mgr. International Harvester
dealer. D. Conv. Dele. 1. C. Treas. 4; Elder 4;
Stewp. Bd. 4.

LAYPERSONS FROM SEWARD
COUNTY—To run opposite each other

Donald L. Bauer, 54, Seward, NE: Holy
Cross, Goehner (NEB); bank loan officer. S.
Bd. of Control, Seward 4. D. Conv. Nom. Com.
1; Chm. Cir. SS 2; Conv. Dele. 1. C. Bldg. Com.
2: Fin. Bd. 2; Chm. 10; Trustee 3, SS Supt. 4;
Treas. 3; Elder 3.

Gerhard E. Kamprath, 65, Seward, NE:
St. John (NEB); retired. D. Dir. FIR, 1; Found.
Com. 1. C. Stewp. Bd. 2; Evang. Bd. 3; Elder 6;
Adult Bible Class Instr. 30.