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.

2025 synod convention

The time period for submitting names for synodical positions to be elected at the 2025 synod convention is now closed. The synod’s Nominating Committee will meet in January 2025 to propose three candidates for each of the positions.

The list of candidates along with each candidate’s biography will be posted online by May 15, 2025. Delegates will elect one candidate for each position at the 2025 synod convention.

NOMINATION LISTS

List of nominees for position at Martin Luther College, New Ulm, Minn.

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

Comments in regard to any nominees must be submitted by April 7, 2025.

Submit a comment

Professor of special education

Kortney Behnke, Fond du Lac, Wis.

Holly Dannecker, Appleton, Wis.

Courtney Darnell, Fort Morgan, Colo.

Katie Donaldson, West Bend, Wis.

Hannah Ellingboe, Appleton, Wis.

Jodi Evers, North Mankato, Minn.

Erica Gorsegner, Garden City, Mich.

Sara Makinen, Racine, Wis.

Jessica Neumann, Eagle, Wis.

Sarah Radtke, Watertown, S.D.

Angela Randall, Loretto, Minn.

Kristi Ringen, Mankato, Minn.

List of nominees for Synodical Council-appointed position

The following people have been nominated to serve as a member on the Accounting Oversight Committee.

Mr. Ryan Grunewald, Muskego, Wis.

Mr. Joshua Manske, New Berlin, Wis.

NOMINATION ALERT ARCHIVE