Key to abbreviations
Nominee Abbreviations
A readable key for abbreviations used in nominee service summaries.
This reader is built from the 2026 LCMS Biographical Synopses and Statements of Nominees. It is provided as a source-navigation and reading aid. Verify all elections, candidate eligibility, convention procedures, and official ballots against official LCMS convention materials.
The PDF's abbreviation key begins on page 8. This page keeps the most-used terms searchable.
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Abbreviation key
Common nominee shorthand
- C
- in the Congregation
- S
- in the Synod
- D
- in the District
- O
- in other positions
- +
- Incumbent
- BOD
- Board of Directors
- BNM
- Board for National Mission
- BIM
- Board for International Mission
- BOG
- Board of Governors
- BOR
- Board of Regents
- BOT
- Board of Trustees
- CPH
- Concordia Publishing House
- CTCR
- Commission on Theology and Church Relations
- CTSFW
- Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne
- CSL
- Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
- CUS
- Concordia University System
- CUC
- Concordia University Chicago
- CUI
- Concordia University, Irvine
- CUNE
- Concordia University, Nebraska
- CSP
- Concordia University, St. Paul
- CTX
- Concordia University Texas
- CUW
- Concordia University Wisconsin
- LCEF
- The Lutheran Church Extension Fund--Missouri Synod
