Official Notice: 2007 LCMS Convention Floor Committees

Key to abbreviations

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

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: Robert Newton (CNH)
DP: Vice-chair: Paul Sieveking (IW); David Bueltmann (CI); Ken Hennings (TX)
VOM:  James Guelzow (FG); Timothy Knapp (NE); John Sharp (KS)
VL: Noel Bartlett (SELC); Brad Persinger (MT); Nikki Rochester (SE)
AOM:  Jerry Kosberg (PSW)
ACM:  Allen ZumHofe (MNS)

Committee 2: DISTRICT AND CONGREGATIONAL SERVICES

C: Kurtis Schultz (SO)
DP: Vice-chair: Randall Golter (RM); Paul Hartman (OK); David Stechholz (EN)
VOM: Ronald Burcham (IW); Marvin Griffin (EA); Michael Walther (SI); Kevin Westergren (TX); Dean Zemple (SW)
VL: James Kahre (IN); John List (FG);  Michael Onnen (NEB); Jesse Yow (CNH)
ACM:  Carolyn Sims (PSW); Gene Ladendorf (SW)

Committee 3: THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS

C: Gerhard Michael Jr. (FG)
DP: Vice-chair: William Hoesman (MI);  Joel Hoelter (NW); Ray Mirly (MO)
VOM:  Thomas Eckstein (ND); Ken Krause (NI); Todd Jenks (IW); Jeffrey Jordan (CNH); Charles Schmidt (NEB); Douglas Stowe (MI); Paul Terhune (PSW)
VL: Karl Brunner (NOW); Kirk Farney (NI);  Karen Little (SO); Ray Moldenhauer (MNN)
ACM:  Eloise Kuhlmann (TX)

Committee 4: PROGRAM AND FINANCE

C:  Keith Kohlmeier (KS)
DP: Vice-chair: Kenneth Lampe (MDS);  Gary Arp (IE); James Keurulainen (NE)
VOM: Roger Carlisle (IW); Thomas Gudmundson (SW); Mark Hoelter (NOW); Dale Kern (OH)
VL:  Rae Fangmeier (SE); Carol Olson (MNS); Louis Pabor (TX); Marvin Swan (NEB); Jerald Wulf (SD)
AOM: Vernon Gunderman (MO)
ACM: David Frank (MO)

Committee 5: SEMINARY AND UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

C: Jon Diefenthaler (SE)
DP: Vice-chair: Carl Krueger Jr. (SELC);  Richard Boche (WY); John Wille (SW)
VOM:  Allen Behnke (SE); Philip Kaufmann (CI); Chris Kellogg (RM); Michael Redeker (IN)
VL: John Bahr (AT); Kathy Meier (MNS);  Janice Nafzger (MO)
AOM: Arleigh Lutz (NW); Ronald Wiese (MDS)
ACM:  Ron Bork (NEB); Jonathan Laabs (NI)

Committee 6: HUMAN CARE

C: David Benke (AT)
DP: Vice-chair: Herbert Mueller Jr. (SI); Terry Forke (MT)
VOM: Kristian Kincaid (IE); Mark Maas (WY); Lance O’Donnell (OH)
VL: Mark Brewer (KS); Richard Steinke (NW);  Diane Stelling (NJ)
AOM: Matthew Nix (SD)
ACM: Sheila Peterson (MNN)

Committee 7: PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION

C: Daniel May (IN)
DP: Vice-chair: Donald Fondow (MNN); Terry Cripe (OH); Warren Schumacher (NOW)
VOM: Paul Cloeter (MNN); Thomas Meyer (MI); W.R. Rains (OK); Eric Stumpf (IN); Waldemar Vinovskis (SELC)
VL: Harold Bohlmann (MO); Robert Fischer (EN); Ed Moerbe (TX); John Schuelke (RM)
ACM: Richard Cohrs (MI); Jean Weidler (NI)

Committee 8: SYNOD STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE

C: Lane Seitz (MNS)
DP: Co-chair: Larry Stoterau (PSW); Dan Gilbert (NI); Dale Sattgast (SD)
VOM: Joel Danner (NW); John Gierke (MDS);  Jim Hallman (PSW); Jeffery Schrank (EN);  Daniel Teller (NI)
VL: Paul Crumb (AT); R. Neely Owen (SE);  Dave Schilling (NOW); Don Snyder (EA); Kent Warneke (NEB)
ACM: David Kusch (MI)
AL: William Arndt (FG)

Committee 9: REGISTRATION, CREDENTIALS, AND ELECTIONS

C: Larry Harvala (ND)
DP: Vice-chair: Russell Sommerfeld (NEB);  William Klettke (NJ)
VOM: David Doroh (SO); Andrew Spallek (MO); Daniel Torkelson (SW)
VL: Ivan Grimm (KS); Dale Ortloff (MNS);  David Weinhold (TX)
ACM:  Martha Milas (CI)

Committee 10: NOMINATIONS (Elected by Districts)

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

C: John Brunner (EA)
O: Vice-chair: Roger Krause (RM); Carl Anton (NE); Mark Buchhop (ND); Robert W. Jarvis (MNN); John Lukomski (SI); Roy Maack (SE); Dean F. Rothchild (IE); Paul D. Theiss (MI)
L: Diana Alexander (PSW); Robert Becker (OH); Michael Besch (EN); Patricia Bokenkamp (TX); Jean Garton (MDS); John Jaeger (SW); Marvin Kohlmeier (KS); Keith Meier (MT); Ray Visbeck (NJ)

Posted May 1, 2007