The Rev. Dr. Albert C. Collver, director of Church Relations and Regional Operations for the LCMS, leads a partnership discussion at Mekane Yesus Seminary in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. Behind Collver is the Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Kloha, provost of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, the Rev. Dr. Lawrence R. Rast, Jr., chairman of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) and president of Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Ind., and the Rev. Dr. Joel D. Lehenbauer, LCMS executive director of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford