New BME administrator called
Filed Under: administrator, BME, Ministerial Education
WELS Board for Ministerial Education (BME) called Rev. Paul Prange Feb. 8 to be the new BME administrator after Rev. Thomas Westra declined the call Feb. 6. This is the second time the board has called Prange to be its administrator. He was originally called Oct. 10, 2008, and declined Nov. 11.
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.
Rev. Donald Sutton, BME chairman, says he looks forward to getting a leader on board soon, especially since all of the executive committee members will be finishing their terms this year. "There are going to be some big-time transitions," says Sutton. "We hope to have a leader as we go through the present challenges and make plans for the future."
