New BME administrator called
Filed Under: BME, Ministerial Education
On Oct. 10, the Board for Ministerial Education (BME) called Rev. Paul Prange, president of Michigan Lutheran Seminary, Saginaw, to be the new BME administrator. Prange was called after the previous administrator, Rev. Peter Kruschel, took a call June 26 to be the mission counselor in the Pacific Northwest and Southwest.
"I was humbled by the confidence that my brothers on the BME were showing in me when they gave me this opportunity to deliberate," Prange says. "I ask for their prayers and their counsel."
Prange has served as tutor, professor, and president at Michigan Lutheran Seminary—one of the synod's two preparatory schools—and superintendent at East Fork Lutheran High School, Whiteriver, Ariz. He also served as pastor at Risen Savior, Austin, Tex., and St. Martin, Roscommon, Mich.
During his 14 years as MLS president, Prange has seen the Board for Ministerial Education in action. "I've thought about ways to improve its work," he says. "At the same time, I love my work at Michigan Lutheran Seminary and have no desire to leave."
Prange says he plans to consult with those involved in the work of the Board for Ministerial Education as well as Michigan Lutheran Seminary, and ask how he might meet the needs of each. "I would appreciate the prayers of every member of the synod," he adds.
