African Decent

Asian and Pacific Islander

Angela Miller
(six year; lay, female)
Congregation: Light of Christ Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois.
Congregational Council
Member of African American Lutheran Association
Region 5 representative

Patricia Robinson
(six year; lay female)
Congregation: Reformation Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Former member Commission for Multicultural Ministries Steering Committee
Former member of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Multicultural Ministries Committee
Vice President of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod
Associate Mental Health Director

Fumei Liang
(six year; lay, female)
Congregation: Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
Congregational Council
Fluent in Japanese, Chinese and English
Lay leader familiar with Asian Ministry
 

Alfred Sagar
(six year; lay male)
Congregation: Ascension Lutheran Church, Jackson, Mississippi
Former member of the Southeastern Synod Council
Dean Transformational Leadership in Southeastern Synod
Emeritus dean of Learning Resources and Planning at Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Michigan

Jackie Russell
(six year; Clergy)
Congregation: Eben Ezer Lutheran Church, Oaks, Oklahoma.
Former Commission for Multicultural Ministries Steering Committee member
Former anti-racism facilitator for Commission for Multicultural Ministries

Jesse David Hill
(four year; clergy)
Congregation:  Pastor of Living Savior, Charlotte, North Carolina

Rani Abdulmasih
(six year; clergy)
Congregation: St. Paul Lutheran Church, Dearborn, Michigan
Mission Developer of an ethnic specific ministry.
Involved in the development of the Arab/Middle Eastern strategy of the ELCA.
ELCJHL task force Member

Khader El-Yateem
(four year; clergy)
Congregation: Pastor of Salam Arabic Lutheran Church, Brooklyn, New York
Commission for Multicultural Ministries Steering Committee member
Chair of the Arab Strategy Committee
Evangelism Task Force member

Aureo Andino
(four year; lay, male)
Congregation: San Marcos Lutheran Church, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Former ELCA Church Council member
Former Caribbean Synod Council member
Dean of Architecture University of Puerto Rico

Rose Mary Sánchez-Guzmán
(six year; clergy)
Congregation: Pastor of Iglesia Luterana Cristo Rey
Former Commission for Multicultural Ministries Steering Committee member
Chair of the Inter Lutheran Committee of Ministries in the Frontera (Border)
Rocky Mountain Synod Latino Strategy Committee member

Stephen Berg
(four year; lay, male)
Congregation: Trinity Lutheran Church, West Bend, Wisconsin
Former Diversity Task Force Committee member, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Marquette University residence hall director

Larry Jorgenson
(six year; clergy)
Congregation: Pastor of Amazing Grace Lutheran Church, Anchorage, Alaska
Former Commission for Multicultural Ministries Steering Committee Member
Former staff of the Division for Church in Society Department for Studies, staff for ELCA Social Statement Freed in Christ: Race, Ethnicity and Culture

Multiracial

Multicultural Advisory Committee Representative (MAC)

Anthony Bateza
(four year; lay, male)
Congregation: Bethesda Lutheran Church, Ames, Iowa
Former Secretary for International & Multicultural Concerns with the Lutheran Student Movement (LSM-USA)
Attending Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Intern at Antioch Lutheran Church, Farmington Hill, Michigan

Karris Golden
(six year; lay, female)
Congregation: Trinity Lutheran Church, Waterloo, Iowa
Former Lutheran Youth vice president (1994-1996) and president (1996-1997)
Multicultural Writers Workshop participant
The Lutheran magazine contributing editor
Writer, editor, communication and marketing at Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa

Lorenzo Johnson

(three year; lay, male)
Congregation: Church of the Abiding Savior, Durham, N.C