Delegages elect members of boards, commissions

Delegates to this year’s Synod convention completed elections for all positions July 18. The results are listed by board or commission:

Board for Black Ministry Services

Ordained minister: Samuel Cosby, Houston

Commissioned minister: Jonathan D. Cleveland, Portland, Ore.

Layperson: Ceretha S. Cartwright, Odessa, Texas

Board for Communication Services

Ordained minister: John L. Bush, Brownstown, Mich.

Commissioned minister: David O. Berger, Olivette, Mo.

Board for District and Congregational Services

Ordained minister: Jon Coyne, Menlo Park, Calif.

Commissioned minister: David W. Saving, Lenexa, Kan.

Laypersons: Ida L. Mall, Woodland Park, Colo.; K. Allan Voss, Sheboygan, Wis.

Board for Human Care Ministries

Ordained minister: Bernhard Seter, Grafton, N.D.

Commissioned minister: Robert G. Miles, Bay City, Mich.

Board for Mission Services

Ordained ministers: Philip R. Kuehnert, Fairbanks, Alaska; John Temple, St. Louis

Commissioned minister: Roger Buck, Sheboygan, Wis.

Laypersons: Kermit Almstedt, Weeki Wachee, Fla.; Linda K. Reiser, Grand Island, Neb.

Board for Pastoral Education

Ordained minister: Kenton Wendorf, Grafton, Wis.

Commissioned minister: Richard Cohrs, Bay Port, Mich.

Board for University Education

Ordained minister: David S. Smith, St. Louis

Commission on Theology and Church Relations

Ordained minister: Walter Lehenbauer, Cloquet, Minn.

Layperson: Jean Garton, Benton, Ark.

Concordia Historical Institute Board of Governors

Ordained ministers: James W. Kalthoff, Chesterfield, Mo.; Cameron A. MacKenzie, Fort Wayne, Ind.

Layperson: Kathy Graumann, Tomball, Texas

Concordia Publishing House Board of Directors

Laypersons: Heidi K. Abegg, Alexandria, Va.; Robert E. Beumer, St. Louis; Elaine M. Graff, Albuquerque, N.M.; Karol Selle, Rosholt, Wis.

LCMS Foundation Board of Trustees

Ordained minister: Richard T. Drews, Libertyville, Ill.

Layperson: Mark Sheldon, Grand Rapids, Mich.

LCEF Board of Directors

Ordained or commissioned: David S. Belasic, Cheektowaga, N.Y.

Laypersons: Tom Buuck, Boise, Idaho; David E. Wuenscher, Chesterfield, Mo.

Board of Regents — Concordia University at Ann Arbor, Mich.

Ordained minister: Donald L. Luhring, Defiance, Ohio

Commissioned minister: Jeanne Ollhoff, Jackson, Mich.

Laypersons: Sandra K. Hardies, Canadian, Mich.; Julie Stiegemeyer, Fort Wayne, Ind.

Board of Regents — Concordia University at Austin, Texas

Ordained minister: Michael P. Dorn, Houston

Commissioned minister: David Beringer, Tomball, Texas

Laypersons: Paul W. Feucht, Magnolia, Texas; Jim Linnell, Fort Worth, Texas

Board of Regents — Concordia College at Bronxville, N.Y.

Ordained minister: Arthur W. Scherer, Baltimore

Commissioned minister: H. Allen Herbst, Dardenne Prairie, Mo.

Laypersons: Alice W. Bruening, Richmond, Va.; Sharon P. Dever, Fairfield, Conn.

Board of Regents — Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind.

Ordained ministers: Wayne E. Graumann, Tomball, Texas; James H. Pragman, Mankato, Minn.

Commissioned minister: David P. Held, Seward, Neb.

Layperson: Janet Johnson, Lisle, Ill.

Board of Regents — Concordia University at Irvine, Calif.

Ordained minister: J.L Precup, San Diego

Commissioned minister: Paul M. Brandt, Scottsdale, Ariz.

Laypersons: Gene Haertling, Albuquerque, N.M.; Kathi Romsa, Reseda, Calif.

Board of Regents — Concordia University Wisconsin at Mequon, Wis.

Ordained minister: Wayne M. Braun, Flower Mound, Texas

Commissioned minister: Dwayne Jobst, Menomonee, Wis.

Laypersons: Frederick M. Anderson, Sussex, Wis.; Craig W.C. Schmidt, Berlin, Wis.

Board of Regents — Concordia University at Portland, Ore.

Ordained minister: Steve A. Eaton, Sequim, Wash.

Commissioned minister: Joel Koerschen, Stockton, Calif.

Laypersons: Gary Hoover, Nashville, Ind.; Kathy S. Schulz, Augusta, Mo.

Board of Regents — Concordia University Chicago at River Forest, Ill.

Ordained minister: Kent A. Tibben, Danville, Ill.

Commissioned minister: Thomas M. Buck, Brookfield, Wis.

Laypersons: Kirk Farney, Hinsdale, Ill.; Kathleen R. Mills, Lombard, Ill.

Board of Regents — Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Ordained ministers: David V. Dissen, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; Ulmer Marshall Jr., Mobile, Ala.

Commissioned minister: LeRoy Wilke, DesPeres, Mo.

Layperson: Alan E. Stumpf, Waterloo, Ill.

Board of Regents — Concordia University at St. Paul, Minn.

Ordained minister: Christopher R. Dodge, Bloomington, Minn.

Commissioned minister: Paul Crisler, St. Louis

Laypersons: Kenneth Behm, Willmar, Minn.; Gregg Hein, Billings, Mont.

Board of Regents — Concordia College at Selma, Ala.

Ordained minister: Dien A. Taylor, New York

Commissioned minister: Ruth K. Drum, Denton, Texas

Laypersons: Ulysses Floyd, Orlando, Fla.; Debbie Gallerson, Baton Rouge, La.

Board of Regents — Concordia University at Seward, Neb.

Ordained minister: David L. Block, Omaha, Neb.

Commissioned minister: Vance Hinrichs, Lincoln, Neb.

Laypersons (Seward County): William Hartmann, Seward, Neb.; Timothy L. Moll, Seward, Neb.

Posted Aug. 3, 2007