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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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
15 records
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Aaron John Silletto
LCMS Board of Directors
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Kevin Wayne Washburn
LCMS Board of Directors
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Trey Cox
LCMS Board of Directors
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Andrew N. Grams
LCMS Board of Directors
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Thomas J. Deadrick
LCMS Board of Directors
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David C. Eastburn
LCMS Board of Directors
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Jerald L. Folkerts
LCMS Board of Directors
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Stephen Reavis
LCMS Board of Directors
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Jesse L. Yow Jr.
LCMS Board of Directors
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Jay A. Krause
LCMS Board of Directors
Also candidate for: Board of Regents, Seward
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Jan Walter Lohmeyer
LCMS Board of Directors
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John W. Edson
LCMS Board of Directors
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Nathan T. Domsch
LCMS Board of Directors
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Douglas Lynn Rutt
LCMS Board of Directors
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Michael Paul Schuermann
LCMS Board of Directors
Also candidate for: Regional Vice-President (Central Reg.) VI. Report on Candidates for the Board for National Mission Elect 1 ordained or commissioned minister (Central Region), 1 ordained or commissioned minister (Great Lakes Region), 1 ordained or commissioned minister (West-Southwest Region), 1 layperson (East-Southeast Region), 1 layperson (Great Plains Region) (6-year term) Duties: Six-year term. Three two-day in-person meetings (in St. Louis) and one one-day internet conference meeting per year. Significant work is done between meetings, especially in communication with the districts of the Synod as to how the Office of National Mission (ONM) can serve effectively and consistently in “coordination and support of district ministries which support congregations and schools.” The board is charged with developing and determining policies and with overseeing ONM implementation of these policies. The board assists in identification of specific goals for the
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