Official Notice: 2010 LCMS Convention Floor Committees

Key to abbreviations

C = Chairman
SVP = Synod Vice President
DP = District President
VOM = Voting Ordained Minister
VL = Voting Layperson
AOM = Advisory Ordained Minister
ACM = Advisory Commissioned Minister

DISTRICT ABBREVIATIONS:
AT = Atlantic
CI = Central Illinois
CNH = California-Nevada-Hawaii
EA = Eastern
EN= English
FG = Florida-Georgia
IE = Iowa East
IN = Indiana
IW = Iowa West
KS = Kansas
MI = Michigan
MDS = Mid-South
MNN = Minnesota North
MNS = Minnesota South
MO = Missouri
MT = Montana
ND = North Dakota
NEB = Nebraska
NE = New England
NI = Northern Illinois
NJ = New Jersey
NOW = Northwest
NW = North Wisconsin
OH = Ohio
OK = Oklahoma
PSW = Pacific Southwest
RM = Rocky Mountain
SD = South Dakota
SE = Southeastern
SELC = SELC
SI = Southern Illinois
SO = Southern
SW = South Wisconsin
TX = Texas
WY = Wyoming

Committee 1:  MISSIONS

C: Ken Hennings (TX)

DP: Vice-chair: Randy Golter (RM); David Stechholz (EN); Chris Wicher (EA)

VOM:  Matthew Nelson (MT); Nabil Nour (SD); Ron Rall (MO); Rex Rinne (MNS)

VL: Charles Carroll (SW); Jim Jorns (KS); Joel McFadden (EA)

ACM:  Jeff Fick (IW)

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Committee 2:  DISTRICT AND CONGREGATIONAL SERVICES

C: Keith Kohlmeier (KS)

DP: Vice-chair: Carl Krueger (SELC); Barrie Henke (OK); Dale Sattgast (SD)

VOM: Lee Hagan (MO); Wilfred Karsten (CI); Jeff Schubert (SW); Michael Walther (SI)

VL: Kyle N. Chedister (NJ); Marvin Kading (MNN); Andrea McDonald (PSW)

ACM: Bruce Braun (MI); Eva Fronk (EN)

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Committee 3: THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS

C: Jon Diefenthaler (SE)

DP: Vice-chair: Bob Newton (CNH); Terry Cripe (OH); Terry Forke (MT)

VOM: Jon Dunbar (IW); Thomas Eckstein (ND); Andrew Fields (FG); Scott Sommerfeld (MI)

VL: Gregory Miller (MO); Damon Tobias (RM); Jesse Yow (CNH)

AOM:  John Kieschnick (TX)

ACM: Sara Cunningham (IN)

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Committee 4: ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE

C: Don Fondow (MNN)

DP: Vice-chair: John Wille (SW); Ken Lampe (MDS); Brian Saunders (IE)

VOM:  Mike Ernst (EN); W.R. Rains (OK); John Zeile (PSW)

VL: George McAllan (SELC); Ronald Mischnick (WY); Mark Richeson (IN); Robert Smith (EA)

ACM: David Frank (MO); Jonathan Laabs (NI)

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Committee 5: SEMINARY AND UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

C: Kurt Schultz (SO)

DP: Vice-chair: Ray Mirly (MO); Jim Baneck (ND); David Maier (MI)

VOM:  Dan Eggold (IN); McNair “Tony” Ramsey (SO); Mark Schulz (NI); James Strawn (OH)

VL: Herman Arends (MI); Rebecca Kieschnick (TX); Donal “Lucky” Pugh (RM)

AOM:  Jonathan Dinger (NOW)

ACM: LuJuana Butts (AT)

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Committee 6: HUMAN CARE

C: David Benke (AT)

DP: Vice-chair: Herbert Mueller Jr. (SI); David Bueltmann (CI); Jim Keurulainen (NE)

VOM:  Mark Hannemann (NEB); Benjamin Haupt (FG); Steve Hulke (NW); William Knippa (TX)

VL: John Hall (MDS); Diane Stelling (NJ); Gene Svebakken (NI); Dennis Winter (IE)

ACM:  Sheila Peterson (MNN)

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Committee 7: ECCLESIAL MATTERS

C: Lane Seitz (MNS)

DP: Vice-chair: Paul Sieveking (IW); Richard Boche (WY); Dan May (IN)

VOM:  Allan Buss (NI); Bill Lowrey (TX); Henry Simon (SE); Edward Trost (KS)

VL: R. Neely Owen (SE); Gene Schnelz (MI); Glenn Van Velson (NEB)

AOM:  Randy Raasch (SW)

ACM:  Rachel Klitzing (PSW)

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Committee 8: SYNOD STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE

C: Larry Stoterau (PSW)

SVP: Vice-chair: David Buegler (OH)

DP: Joel Hoelter (NW); Bill Klettke (NJ); Paul Linnemann (NOW)

VOM: Ron Burcham (IW); John Gierke (MDS); Daniel Teller (NI)

VL: David Hegert (NE); David Schilling (NOW); Kent Warneke (NEB)

AOM:  James Pragman (MNS)

ACM:  Sally Hiller (SE)

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Committee 9: ELECTIONS

C: Russ Sommerfeld (NEB)

DP: Vice-chair: Dan Gilbert (NI);  Greg Walton (FG)

VOM: James Ertl (SO); Mark Kliewer (CNH); Daniel Torkelson (SW)

VL: Jane Duffy (EN); Dave Mellem (NW); Daniel Menze (MNN)

ACM:  Wendell Robson (PSW)

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Committee 10: NOMINATIONS (Elected by Districts)

(Committee 10 Legend: C = Chairman; O = Ordained Minister;  L = Layperson)

C: Warren Schumacher (NOW)

O: Vice-chair: Gerhard Michael Jr. (FG); John Karle (SO); Ken Schurb (MO); Walter Tietjen (CNH); Steven Turner (IW); Waldemar Vinovskis (SELC); Dennis Voss (NW)

L: Judith Benke (AT); Kermit Brashear (NEB); James Carter (NI); Frank Craft (WY); Ernest Garbe (CI); Dennis Herman (IN); Gene Hollrah (OK); Michael Melchert (MNS); Bill Snow (SD)

Posted March 25, 2010