Ordination and commissioning anniversaries of 10 faculty, six emeriti faculty and three staff were recognized during today’s service in the Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. The honorees represent 695 years of collective service to the church.

“Brothers, the great Day is coming that will fill your hearts with joy,” said Seminary President Dr. Thomas J. Egger. “In the light of that Day, you will look back over your life, so grateful that the Lord has given you to be ministers of the Gospel, ambassadors of Christ, shepherds of Christ’s dear flock. And as we mark this significant milestone since your ordination or commissioning, be sure of this: that Day is closer now than on the day when the church set you aside for service. As Paul says in Romans 13: ‘Salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.’”

A reception in Koburg Hall following the chapel service offered additional time for sharing gratitude and celebrating the honorees individually for their decades of faithful ministry.

Faculty recognized for ordination anniversaries

• Dr. David Adams, Professor of Exegetical Theology, 40 years
• Dr. Timothy Dost, Professor of Historical Theology, 40 years
• Seminary President Dr. Thomas J. Egger, Professor of Exegetical Theology, 25 years
• Rev. Joel Fritsche, Assistant Professor of Exegetical Theology, 25 years
• Dr. Adam Hensley, Associate Professor of Exegetical Theology, 25 years
• Dr. Jason Lane, Associate Professor of Historical Theology, 15 years
• Dr. Philip Penhallegon, Professor of Exegetical Theology, 25 years
• Dr. David Schmitt, Professor of Practical Theology, 35 years
• Dr. Bruce Schuchard, Professor of Exegetical Theology, 35 years
• Dr. Ryan Tinetti, Assistant Professor of Practical Theology, 15 years

Emeriti faculty recognized for ordination anniversaries

• Dr. James Brauer, Professor Emeritus, 60 years
• Rev. Harley Kopitske, Professor Emeritus, 65 years
• Dr. Victor Raj, Professor Emeritus, 50 years
• Dr. Henry Rowold, Professor Emeritus, 60 years
• Dr. William Schumacher, Professor Emeritus, 40 years
• Dr. James Voelz, Professor Emeritus, 50 years

Staff recognized for ordination and commissioning anniversaries

• Rev. Jesse Kueker, Director, Enrollment, 10 years
• Rev. Jeffrey Thormodson, Assistant Director, Vicarage and Deaconess Internships, 30 years
• Michael Flynn, Director, Principal Gifts, 50 years

About Concordia Seminary

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis provides Gospel-centered graduate-level theological education for pastors, missionaries, deaconesses, scholars and other leaders in the name of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS). To learn more, visit csl.edu.