SA国际传媒

On Monday, Oct. 18, the SA国际传媒, St. Louis, Board of Regents elected three members and one alternate member to serve on the Seminary鈥檚 Presidential Search Committee. The Board members elected are James F. Ralls Jr., Richard L. Wenz and John D. Wittenmyer, and the alternate member is David V. Dissen.

These Board members join the three members and one alternate member elected to the Search Committee by the SA国际传媒 faculty in its Oct. 12 meeting. Dr. Charles P. Arand, Dr. Andrew H. Bartelt and Dr. James W. Voelz were elected by the faculty to serve as the initial three members on the Search Committee, and Dr. William W. Schumacher was elected to serve as the faculty鈥檚 alternate member. The alternate faculty and Board of Regents members participate in all committee meetings but are not permitted to vote.

The Bylaws of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) divide the work of the Search Committee into two distinct phases. During the first phase of activity, the Committee 鈥渟hall make a written report of the needs of the institution, the requirements of the Synod, and the required and desired qualifications of the nominees鈥� (Bylaw 6.11, e).

鈥淭his first phase of the committee鈥檚 activity is foundational for the entire call process,鈥� commented Rev. Glen D. Thomas, the Seminary鈥檚 vice president for seminary relations. 鈥淭he committee will analyze what SA国际传媒 needs in its next president at this particular point in its history. These determinations will help to define what characteristics candidates for the presidency should possess.鈥�

In the second phase of the Search Committee鈥檚 activity, three additional faculty members are elected by the Seminary鈥檚 faculty to join the faculty and Board members of the original committee. The committee=s second phase of activity includes preparing reports on the credentials of nominees and submitting to the electors a report of evaluations and recommendations regarding the candidates.

The LCMS Bylaws also state that 鈥淥pen forums shall be conducted with administrative staff, students, and other constituents as deemed essential by the Search Committee to gather extensive input to the process鈥� (Bylaw 6.11, e).

Those able to nominate candidates for consideration as the 10th president of SA国际传媒 are congregations of the LCMS, the Synod鈥檚 Board for Pastoral Education, the Seminary鈥檚 Board of Regents and the Seminary=s faculty as stipulated in LCMS Bylaw 6.11, b.

鈥淭he process of calling a president will likely take six to nine months to complete, and the procedure for doing so is carefully delineated in our Synod鈥檚 Bylaws,鈥� commented Thomas. 鈥淲e invite the members of the Synod to join us in continued prayer for God=s guidance throughout this process.鈥�

A chronological listing of news releases describing the process leading to the election of SA国际传媒鈥檚 10th president is available on the Seminary鈥檚 Web site (/NewPresident.htm) and is updated as new information is available.

For more information, contact Seminary Relations, SA国际传媒, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO 63105; 314.726.0882; [email protected].