Lutheran CORE Advisory Council

The Lutheran CORE Steering Committee is most grateful for the following ELCA leaders service on the new Advisory Council for the coalition for reform:

  • Mr. Alan Beaver, Salisbury, North Carolina, member of Lasting Word, North Carolina Synod
  • Rev. John Beem, Miltona, Minnesota, former Bishop of East Central Wisconsin Synod
  • Dr. Robert Benne, Professor Emeritus Roanoke College, Virginia, and Director of the Center for Religion and Society
  • Dr. Carl Braaten, Sun City West, Arizona, Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology and Senior Editor of Pro Ecclesia
  • Rev. James R. Crumley, Jr., Chapin, South Carolina, former Bishop of the Lutheran Church in America
  • Rev. Paul Gausmann, Pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church, York, Pennsylvania and member of Lutherans Reform in the Lower Susquehanna Synod
  • Rev. Jeffray Greene, Pastor of American Lutheran Church, Rantoul, Illinois and Editor of FOCL Point, Fellowship of Confessional Lutherans
  • Rev. Gary Hatcher, Pastor of St. Peter Lutheran Church, Greene, Iowa and member of Call to Faithfulness in the NE Iowa Synod
  • Rev. George Mocko, Towson, Maryland, former Bishop of Delaware-Maryland Synod
  • Rev. Dennis Nelson, Pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, West Covina, California and member of the Evangelical Mission Network
  • Dr. James Nestingen, St. Paul, Minnesota, Professor Emeritus, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Rev. Richard Niebanck, Delhi, New York, Former Secretary for Social Concerns, Department of Church in Society, Division for Mission in North America in the Lutheran Church in America
  • Rev. Russell Saltzman, Pastor of Ruskin Heights Lutheran Church, Kansas City, Missouri, and former editor of Forum Letter
  • Rev. Kenneth Sauer, Columbus, Ohio, former Bishop of Southern Ohio Synod and Chair of ELCA Conference of Bishops
  • Rev. Beth Schlegel, Pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, York, Pennsylvania
  • Rev. Fred Schumacher, Manchester, New Jersey, Executive Director of the American Lutheran Publicity Bureau
  • Rev. Eric Swensson, Pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, New Rochelle, New York
  • Rev. Morris Vaagenes, Shoreview, Minnesota, Pastor Emeritus of North Heights Lutheran Church, Roseville, Minnesota