Lt. Gen. Merle Freitag, former president of Lutheran Church Extension Fund, receives the Silver St. Martin of Tours Medal — “the highest award our church body grants for exceptional, sustained meritorious service to God and country,” according to Chaplain Mark Schreiber (right), director of LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces (MAF). The medal was presented during the MAF’s Recognition Dinner, July 21 in St. Louis. (Ministry to the Armed Forces/Eric Erkkinen)
