Nominee biography

Paul Clarence Hinz

Concordia University St. Paul Board of Regents

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Official nominee source text from the 2026 LCMS Biographical Synopses and Statements of Nominees.

Official nominee source text

Photo of Paul Clarence Hinz from the 2026 LCMS Biographical Synopses and Statements of Nominees.
Section
Concordia University St. Paul Board of Regents
Office/position
Concordia University St. Paul Board of Regents
Candidate category
commissioned
Source page
p. 72
Election line
Elect 1 minister of religion—commissioned (3-year term)

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Paul Clarence Hinz+, Hewitt, TX;

Trinity, Woodway TX (TX); LCMS 64;

Ret. S: BOR CSP incl. Advancement & Governance 7. O: Prog./Portfolio/ Proj. Mgr. for MN Judicial Branch 10, Org. Change Ldr. 14, Bd. Chm. Lion’s Gate Christian Academy 2.

It has been my joy and pleasure to serve Concordia, St. Paul, for the last six years. Having spent the last two years leading the Board’s bylaws subcommittee, and now having had those bylaws approved, I look forward to their implementation. I look forward to strengthening CSP’s church work programs and seeing the fruits of the Lutheran Identity and Mission Outcome Standards influence every program offered. Raising up Christian leaders across all CSP’s programs remains the objective, and it remains my goal to ensure that is perpetuated.

I worked with the authorizer to recover the school’s foundation.

I have served as Lutheran school administrator for seven years, teacher for 15 years, and parish (with school) pastor for 35 years, and I have taught adjunct at Concordia, Ann Arbor. I have written on school administration and understand the goals and needs our Concordias should address.

MINISTERS OF RELIGION—COMMISSIONED

Elect 1 minister of religion—commissioned (3-year term)

Concordia University Texas | 73

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