# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S444
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444 CONSTITUTIONAL, MATTERS

Advocating New Name: “Lutheran Christian Church”
(Memorial 509)

Wuereas, A shorter and more appropriate name for our
Church is desired by the majority of our members according to
information made available to the last two Delegate Conventions
(see Proceedings, 1944, pp. 210—212);

Wuereas, The name “Lutheran Christian Church” is the short-
est and most suitable name that adequately expresses all we are
and want to be as disciples of Jesus and as a church body;

Wuereas, The word “Christian” in the middle of the name
will demonstrate to all that the chief thing for us is to be believers
in Jesus Christ; .

Wuereas, The word “Lutheran” before the word “Christian”
indicates that we are the Christians who, like Luther, accept all
the canonical books of the Bible as the inspired Word of God and
who believe, confess, and teach only the Bible, but all the Bible
in its truth and purity; and

Resolved, That we, Trinity. Lutheran Congregation of Ster-
ling, Colo., petition this year’s Centennial Convention to change
the name of our aynod to “Lutheran Christian Church.”

HErsBert Harms, Secretary
Witty TENoHR, Chairman
Bunpre Skov, Pastor

P.S. See also American Lutheran Magazine of April, 1945, p. 15.

Advocating New Name: “The Lutheran Church”
(Memorial 510)

At a meeting held on April 7, 1947, Trinity Evangelical Lu-
theran Church, Penns Grove, N. J., resolved to ask Synod to con-
sider changing its name to “The Lutheran Church.”

Srzcrrrep Proscn, Secretary

New Name: “The International Lutheran Church”

(Memorial 511)
Wuengas, The present name of our beloved Church is long and
unwieldy, not well Suited for publicity Purposes; and

Wuereas, The present name is too obviously Provincial and no
longer descriptive of our vastly expanded church body; and

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