The Concordia Theological Seminary is a Lutheran seminary in Fort Wayne,Indiana. It offers professional,master's degrees,and doctoral degrees affiliated with training clergy and deaconesses for the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS).
Mark S. Hanson is an American bishop who served as the third Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Before being elected presiding bishop,he served as bishop of the Saint Paul Area Synod as well as pastor of three Minnesota congregations:Prince of Glory Lutheran Church,Minneapolis;Edina Community Lutheran Church;and University Lutheran Church of Hope in Minneapolis. In addition to serving as Presiding Bishop,Hanson was the 11th President of the Lutheran World Federation.
Elizabeth Alvina Platz is an American Lutheran pastor and was the first woman in North America ordained by a Lutheran church body.
The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) is a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Chicago,Illinois. LSTC is a member of the Association of Chicago Theological Schools (ACTS),a consortium of eleven area seminaries and theological schools. It shares the JKM Library and portions of its campus with McCormick Theological Seminary. LSTC is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools and regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
Charles Wesley Brashares (1891–1982) was an American bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church,elected in 1944.
Wayne Kenton Clymer was an American bishop of the United Methodist Church,elected in 1972. He also distinguished himself as a pastor in the Evangelical United Brethren Church (E.U.B.);as a Preacher and Lecturer;as a professor,Dean and President of an E.U.B./U.M. Seminary;as a Delegate to United Nations and Ecumenical church bodies;and as an author.
Elaine Eisfelder Szymoniak was a State Senator from the U.S. state of Iowa,a former City Council Member representing the city of Des Moines,Iowa and a retired hearing and speech specialist,counselor,and administrator for the Iowa Department of Vocational Rehabilitation.
Ulysses Grant Baker Pierce (1865–1943) was a Unitarian minister who served as Chaplain of the United States Senate (1909–1913).
Carl Christopher Epting is a bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. He served the Diocese of Iowa as coadjutor bishop and diocesan bishop from 1988 to 2001,and as the Deputy for Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations for the Episcopal Church from 2001 to 2009. He then served as the Assistant Bishop of the Diocese of Chicago from November 2011 through December 2015 before retiring. Since 2021,Bishop Epting and his wife,Susanne,have resided in Englewood,Colorado.
Verner Trygve "V.T." Jordahl was an Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELC) District President;he served as a U.S. Army Chaplain,on the Luther College Board of Regents,and was the ELC Director of Service to Military Personnel.
Granger E Westberg was a Lutheran clergyman and professor best known for his book,Good Grief,and for creating the parish nurse program,now an international movement called faith community nursing. Westberg was a pioneer in exploring and encouraging the interrelationship of religion and medicine and in fostering holistic health care. He held the first joint appointment in medicine and religion at a major university.
Jake Chapman was an Iowa State Senator from the 10th District. A Republican,he served in the Iowa Senate after being elected in 2012 to a seat that had no incumbent due to redistricting. At the age of 28,Chapman won the election and served as the youngest State Senator in the 85th General Assembly.
B. V. Subbamma also known as Bathineni Venkata Subbamma was an Indian theologian and scholar. Noted for founding Christian ashrams,she was widely recognized for her analysis of Christianity from a cultural perspective. She was one of the first women in India to attain theological training and was one of the inaugural women pastors ordained by the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC) in 1999 at AELC-St. Matthews West Parish,Guntur.
Amy Sinclair is the Iowa State Senator from the 12th District. A Republican,she has served in the Iowa Senate since 2013. She currently resides in Allerton,Iowa.
Earl M. Willits was an American politician who served in the Iowa House of Representatives from the 57th district from 1971 to 1973 and in the Iowa Senate from the 31st district from 1973 to 1979.
Claire A. Celsi is a member of the Iowa Senate,representing Senate District 21 in Central Iowa. A member of the Democratic Party,Celsi has served as senator since 2019. She owns a marketing and public relations firm,The Public Relations Project,incorporated in 2009.
William Michael Joensen is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as the bishop of the Diocese of Des Moines since 2019.
Lindsay James is a Democratic politician who has represented the 71st District in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2019.
Garrett Gobble is an American politician and educator serving as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 38th district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed office on January 11,2021.
Nancy Elizabeth Miller Raabe is an American clergy member,author,and composer. She is the pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in Hatfield,Pennsylvania.
