Nominee section
LCMS Board of Directors
Candidates for the LCMS Board of Directors.
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.
Source pages: pp. 41-44
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Section source introduction
Board of Directors, LCMS | 41
and compassionate, listening carefully to those we serve and working collaboratively for the good of Christ’s church.
Nominee biographies
14 records
p. 41
Aaron John Silletto
LCMS Board of Directors
Open biography
p. 41
Kevin Wayne Washburn
LCMS Board of Directors
Open biography
p. 41
Trey Cox
LCMS Board of Directors
Open biography
p. 41
Andrew N. Grams
LCMS Board of Directors
Open biography
p. 42
Thomas J. Deadrick
LCMS Board of Directors
Open biography
p. 42
David C. Eastburn
LCMS Board of Directors
Open biography
p. 42
Jerald L. Folkerts
LCMS Board of Directors
Open biography
p. 42
Stephen Reavis
LCMS Board of Directors
Open biography
p. 42
Jesse L. Yow Jr.
LCMS Board of Directors
Open biography
p. 43
Jay A. Krause
LCMS Board of Directors
Also candidate for: Board of Regents, Seward
Open biography
p. 43
Jan Walter Lohmeyer
LCMS Board of Directors
Open biography
p. 43
John W. Edson
LCMS Board of Directors
Open biography
p. 43
Nathan T. Domsch
LCMS Board of Directors
Open biography
p. 44
Douglas Lynn Rutt
LCMS Board of Directors
Open biography
