NOMINATION ALERTS

According to the WELS Constitution and Bylaws, ministerial education schools, boards and committees, and subsidiaries may ask WELS pastors; male professors, teachers, or staff ministers; and voting members of WELS congregations to nominate qualified individuals for called positions and/or board positions. Current nomination alerts are listed below.

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Martin Luther College

As authorized by the WELS Constitution and Bylaws, the Governing Board of Martin Luther College (MLC), New Ulm, Minn., invites WELS pastors; male professors, teachers, and staff ministers; and voting members of WELS congregations to nominate a qualified . . .

Pastor-trained candidate to serve as the director of admissions and admissions counselor. Nominees would be responsible for administering and carrying out programs to recruit students across the country and around the world capable of and willing to consider training to serve as teachers, pastors, and staff ministers in WELS. The director of admissions would also serve as a counselor to an assigned number of high schools as well as to preseminary transfers and preseminary second-career students. All nominees must fully support the mission mindset of MLC as the WELS College of Ministry. This nomination request results from the impending retirement of Rev. Joel Thomford, whose ministry service at MLC will conclude on June 30, 2026.

All nominations must be received by Dec. 2, 2025.

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Martin Luther College

The following people have been nominated for the following position at Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minn.

Comments in regard to any of the nominees must be submitted by Dec. 14.

Rev. Benjamin Berger, Neenah, Wis.

Rev. Jonathan Bilitz, Cottage Grove, Wis.

Rev. Neil Birkholz, Milwaukee, Wis.

Rev. Joshua Bishop, Benton Harbor, Mich.

Rev. Benjamin Blumer, Lakeville, Minn.

Rev. Bradley Bode, Phoenix, Ariz.

Rev. John Boggs, Watertown, Wis.

Rev. Isaac Crass, Columbia, Tenn.

Rev. Thomas Engelbrecht, Aurora, Colo.

Rev. Jonathan Enter, South Saint Paul, Minn.

Rev. Christopher Ewings, Anchorage, Alaska

Rev. Harland Goetzinger III, Attleboro, Mass.

Rev. Daniel Herold, Marshall, Minn.

Rev. Philip Huebner, Milwaukee, Wis.

Rev. Michael Koepke, Chandler, Ariz.

Rev. Ryan Kolander, Appleton, Wis.

Rev. Brett Krause, Lakewood, Colo.

Rev. Harmon Lewis, Alpharetta, Ga.

Rev. Mark Luetzow, Saginaw, Mich.

Rev. David Maertz, Watertown, S.D.

Rev. Andrew Naumann, Saginaw, Mich.

Rev. Andrew Nemmers, Houston, Texas

Rev. Michael Novotny, Appleton, Wis.

Rev. Christopher Rathje, Fond du Lac, Wis.

Rev. Benjamin Reichel, Wrightstown, Wis.

Rev. Matthew Rothe, Fredericksburg, Va.

Rev. Karl Schauland, Watertown, S.D.

Rev. Troy Schreiner, Saginaw, Mich.

Rev. Joel Seifert, Kennesaw, Ga.

Rev. Wayne Shevey, Muskego, Wis.

Rev. Dustin Sievert, Inver Grove Heights, Minn.

Rev. Richard Starr, Germantown, Wis.

Rev. Jesse Stern, Seminole, Fla.

Rev. Peter Zaferos, Gilbert, Ariz.

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