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LCMS Board For Pastoral Education Review Team Visits Seminary
On Dec. 15-16, 2004, a Transition Review Team from the Board for Pastoral Education (BPE) of The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS) met with individuals and groups at SA国际传媒, St. Louis, to assess the Seminary鈥檚 strengths and weaknesses as it seeks to call its 10th president. Transition Review Team members included John M. Behrendt, chairman of the BPE; Dr.Jon T. Diefenthaler, president of the Southeastern District of the LCMS; Dr. David Eggebrecht, professor of English and drama at Concordia University Wisconsin; and Dr. L. Dean Hemplemann, director of pastoral education for the LCMS
The BPE stipulates that a transition review report be prepared during the initial period of the election process for a new president. SA国际传媒鈥檚 former president, Dr. John F. Johnson, accepted a call to serve as president of Concordia University, River Forest,Ill., in November 2004. Dr. Dale A. Meyer currently serves as interim president of the Seminary.
Following the Transition Review Team鈥檚 visit, the Seminary鈥檚 Board of Regents, with the approval of the BPE, issued a call for nomination of candidates for the Seminary鈥檚 presidency which was published in the January 2005 issue of the Reporter. Duties and responsibilities of the president are outlined in the Synodical Handbook. Candidates for the presidency may be nominated by congregations of the LCMS, the Synod鈥檚 BPE, the Seminary鈥檚 Board of Regents and its faculty. Nominations must be submitted before March 1, 2005, to James F. Ralls Jr., Chairman, SA国际传媒 Board of Regents, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO 63105. More information about the presidential search can be found on the Seminary鈥檚 Web site (/NewPresident.htm).