The Rev. Daniel S. Johnson Johnson of Marshalltown, Iowa, is a charter member of the Siberian Lutheran Mission Society (SLMS) and has traveled to Siberia on a regular basis since 2000. He currently serves as Chairman of the SLMS Board of Directors. In addition to his duties as Board Chairman, he assists in compiling articles for the SLMS newsletter and conducts correspondence with donors. He also serves as Mission Advisor to the Bishop of the Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church. Previously he served as Senior Pastor at Redeemer Lutheran Church – Marshalltown, IA, Catechist to Eurasia for the LCMS Office of International Mission and Church Relations Representative to Eurasia for the LCMS Office of Church Relations. After returning from the mission field, he taught mathematics and physics at the Meskwaki Settlement School (Tama, IA). He is currently retired and regularly serves as a speaker at mission festivals throughout the LCMS and partner churches.
The Rev. Michael Blodgett is the Vice-Chairman of the SLMS. He serves as pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church of Gar Creek, near New Haven, Indiana.
Mr. Robert Kiefer is the Secretary/Treasurer of the SLMS. He is a member of Ascension Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN, and serves as the Financial Secretary and Bookkeeper for the congregation. He has also served the Indiana District of LCMS in several positions including most recently Treasurer. Bob is retired from a 30-year career in banking and upon joining the SLMS Board of Directors has assumed the responsibility of volunteer bookkeeper for SLMS. Bob combines his lifelong LCMS background with his financial talent in assisting the Board in the day-to-day activities of tracking donations and missionary support for SLMS.
Mr. Ryan Baker is the SLMS Assistant Treasurer. He works as a government auditor in the state of Minnesota and is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner.
Mrs. Judith Bascom is a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Judy served as an assistant to Rev. Dr. Timothy C. J. Quill, Director of the Russian Project, and Dean of International Studies at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana 1999-2007 and 2016-2018. Judy‘s Russian travels include four trips to Novosibirsk beginning in 1999 to visit the home lands of Russian Students. In 2001 she attended the dedication of the current Seminary building. In 2009, Judy accompanied a pastor and three faithful Lutherans for a 16 day trip in Siberia led by Bishop Vsevolod Lytkin. Judy attended the ordination of Rev. Dimitri Dotsenko in Novokuznetsk in 2010.
The Rev. Larry Beane serves as pastor of Salem Lutheran Church in Gretna, Louisiana.
Mr. William L. Boice is a member of St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Spring Lake, Michigan. He is currently a member of the Board of Elders and other Boards with leadership positions. He also serves as End of Season staff and volunteers at Camp Arcadia (Lutheran Family Camp on Lake Michigan) helping with general maintenance, housekeeping and projects. In 2009 he visited a number of Lutheran Churches in Siberia as a team from St. Matthew, Spring Lake. He has served as a member of the SLMS Board of Directors from 2013 to the present.
The Rev. Michael C. Brockman serves as Associate Pastor at Grace Lutheran Church in Wichita, KS. He has served as Senior Pastor at Christ Lutheran Church in Hutchinson, KS; and Immanuel, Klinger, Iowa; St. James, Scottsbluff, NE; and as Missionary in Venezuela. He is a 1984 graduate of Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has served as a member of the board since 2004.
The Rev. Frank G. Frye serves as Assisting Pastor at Zion Lutheran Church in Winter Garden, Florida. He has previously served congregations in Fort Morgan, Colorado; Wautoma, Wisconsin; Westgate and Van Horne, Iowa; and Kansas City, Missouri. He is a 1983 graduate of Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has served as a member of the board since the Mission Society began in 2002. In 2005 he traveled to Siberia to teach the “Epistle to the Colossians” as part of the summer seminars.
The Rev. Dr. Craig Meissner serves as Pastor of Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Kansas City, Missouri.
Mr. Kenneth F. Ross is a member of Ascension Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He recently retired from a 40-year career in corporate communications and marketing, most of them with two large, national insurance organizations. Ken is a graduate of Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas, and a descendent of Volga Germans who immigrated to the United States from Russia in the 1870s. Elected to the board in 2020, Ken currently serves as the marketing manager for the Siberian Mission Society’s Fundraising Committee.
The Rev. Michael Scudder serves as Pastor of Faith Lutheran Church in Mount Pleasant, IA. After serving for eight years in the U.S. Air Force, Rev Scudder attended Concordia College in Ann Arbor, MI, graduating in 1990 with a BA in Biblical Languages. In 1994, he graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN. After serving two years as the associate pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Marshalltown, IA, he took the call to serve on staff at Concordia Theological Seminary in the Admissions Office where he served until accepting the call to serve in Mount Pleasant. Rev Scudder and his wife, Sara, have two sons: Matthew and Benjamin.
Mr. Gerry Wiley has been a SLMS director since 2018 and has been Chairman for Fundraising for the past 8 years. He also serves on the Endowment Committee. He is a retired engineer and business manager and was a Certified Financial Planner.
Mr. Sam Zoske