ELCA Assembly Election Results

DENVER (ELCA) -- Voting members of the 1999 Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) chose a total of 93 people to serve on the ELCA Church Council and on 11 churchwide boards and committees. Those elected at this assembly will serve six-year terms.
The churchwide assembly, the chief legislative authority of the ELCA, met Aug. 16-22 here at the Colorado Convention Center. There were more than 2,500 people participating, including 1,038 ELCA voting members. The theme for the biennial assembly was "Making Christ Known: Hope for a New Century."
The Nominating Committee originally presented a slate of 196 nominees. Voting members added 34 nominations from the floor for positions on ELCA Church Council, the boards of the ELCA Division for Congregational Ministries, ELCA Division for Ministry, ELCA Division for Outreach, ELCA Division for Higher Education and Schools, ELCA Division for Church in Society, ELCA Division for Global Mission, ELCA Publishing House, ELCA Board of Pensions, and the ELCA Nominating Committee, ELCA Committee on Discipline and ELCA Nominating Committee.
On the first ballot, 64 people were elected; on the second ballot, 29 people were elected in runoff elections. Here are the results:

ELCA Church Council:
Karl D. Anderson, Neenah, Wis.
*Linda J. Brown, Moorhead, Minn.
Mark Buchheim, Tulsa, Okla.
Rev. Jonathan L. Eilert, Wooster, Ohio
*Rev. Kirkwood J. Havel, Midland, Mich.
Ghassan "Gus" Khoury, Chicago, Ill.
Ellen T. Maxon, Hartland, Wis.
Rev. Michael G. Merkel, New Haven, Conn.
Rev. Diane "Dee" H. Pederson, St. Cloud, Minn.
Rev. Kim R. Taylor, Tucson, Ariz.
Janet Thompson, Eagan, Minn.

Board of the ELCA Division for Congregational Ministries:
Fran Burnford, North Hollywood, Calif.
Michael E. Krentz, Emmaus, Pa.
Virginia A. Knueppel, Norcross, Ga.
Rev. Steven T. Kruse, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Robert F. Mueller, Wyoming, Ill.
Rev. Jeffrey L. Schock, Latrobe, Pa.
Rev. Robert H. Shoffner, Hickory, N.C.

Board of the ELCA Division for Ministry:
Lynn Hassinger Askew, New Brunswick, N.J.
Rev. Jean Bozeman, Newport News, Va.
John E. Dellis, Seguin, Texas
Rev. Robert J. Karli, Austin, Texas
Rev. Mary P. Lund, Apple Valley, Minn.
Mary J. Mikulski, Harlan, Ind.
Michael J. Root, Columbus, Ohio

Board of the ELCA Division for Outreach:
Rev. Linda Boston, San Jose, Calif.
Rev. J. Elise Brown, New York (Bronx), N.Y.
Deborah R. Joncas, Newark, N.J.
James R. Judy, Greenville, Pa.
Ardith Senft, Phoenix, Ariz.
Ronald J. Solimon, Albuquerque, N.M.
Jan Weness, Adams, Minn.

Board of the ELCA Division for Higher Education and Schools:
Rev. Linda J. Kraft, Stafford Springs, Conn.
Jennifer N. Peterson, New Braunfels, Texas
Bolivar Roman, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Rod Schofield, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Diane G. Scholl, Decorah, Iowa
Gay S. Steele, Columbus, Ohio
Rev. Jayne M. Thompson, Manhattan, Kan.

Board of the ELCA Division for Church in Society:
Roger Gutmann, Des Moines, Iowa
Stewart W. Herman, Moorhead, Minn.
Rebecca P. Judge, Northfield, Minn.
Charlene Lipscomb, Parma, Ohio
Rev. James B. Martin-Schramm, Decorah, Iowa
Rev. J. Pablo Obregon, Willmar, Minn.
Robert W. Tuttle, Washington, D.C.

Board of the ELCA Division for Global Mission:
Rev. L. Paul Bartling, Seattle, Wash.
Rev. Natanael F. Lizarazo, Decorah, Iowa
Hermina Meyer, Kendrick, Idaho
S. Christine Mummert, Harrisburg, Pa.
Rev. Harvey L. Nelson, Litchfield, Minn.
Judy St. Pierre, Newport News, Va.
*Terfassa Yadessa, St. Paul, Minn.

Board of the ELCA Publishing House:
Karen Albers-Sigler, Bloomsburg, Pa.
Rev. Richard F. Bansemer, Salem, Va.
Janice Bowman, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
R. Guy Erwin, New Haven, Conn.
Rev. Gregory C. Moser, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Jim Myers, Kailua, Hawaii
Rev. Barbara R. Rossing, Chicago, Ill.

Board of the ELCA Board of Pensions:
*Jon Christianson, St. Paul, Minn.
Bradley C. Engle, Burlington, Wis.
Nancy J. Haberstich, Lincoln, Neb.
Sarah C. Murphy, Dayton, Ohio
Jane C. Von Seggern, Atlanta, Ga.
Karen (Schaaf) Southward, Columbus, Ohio
Rev. Lawrence W. Wick, Woodstock, Ill.

ELCA Nominating Committee:
Rev. Clark K. Cary, Blue Earth, Minn.
Rev. Stephen R. Herr, Blairsville, Pa.
Cheryl L. Hollich, Blue Springs, Mo.
Steven L. Knowles, Whitefish Bay, Wis.
Margaret A. Messick, Zanesville, Ohio
Carlos Pena, Galveston, Texas

ELCA Committee on Discipline:
Faith A. Ashton, Durham, N.C.
*Rev. Eugene W. Beutel, Camp Hill, Pa.
Rev. David G. Gabel, Traverse City, Mich.
Rev. Paula J. Gravelle, Altamont, N.Y.
Mark S. Helmke, San Antonio, Texas
*Rev. Vicki R. Hultine, Zumbrota, Minn.
D. Mark Klever, Dayton, Iowa
Rev. Synde Manion, Woodland Hills, Calif.
Rev. Obed E. Nelson, Anchorage, Alaska
Ralph B. K. Peterson, Escanaba, Mich.
Rev. J. Christian Quello, Appleton, Wis.
Mark N. Reed, Luray, Va.
Rev. Dale R. Skogman, Marquette, Mich.
Ivonne M. Velazquez, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Rev. Gary J. Woodruff, Southampton, Pa.
Deborah S. Yandala, Westlake, Ohio

ELCA Committee on Appeals:
Mary Alice Bjork, Salem, Ore.
Daniel W. Joy, Jamaica, N.Y.
Rev. James E. Sudbrock, Mount Vernon, N.Y.
Rev. Reuben T. Swanson, Omaha, Neb.

An asterisk (*) indicates a re-elected incumbent member of church council, a board or committee.
Nominations were sought in November 1998 from synods, synodical officers, unit board chairs and executive directors, members of Church Council and members of the Nominating Committee.

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