Synod Secretary Rev. Dr. Raymond Hartwig, foreground, provides a comment during the May 15-16 LCMS Board of Directors meeting. To Hartwig’s right are Board Chairman Rev. Dr. Michael Kumm, Synod Chief Administrative Officer Ron Schultz, and Board members Warren Puck, Ed Everts and the Rev. Dr. Victor Belton. (LCMS/Joe Isenhower Jr.)
