# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S19
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MISSIONS 19

therefore the American Indian Advisory Council submits the
following recommendation:

a) that the present two Indian programs in the Synod,
which are supported respectively by the BFM and by the
BSM&WR, be combined intoa single unified “Word and Deed”
ministry:

b) that a full-time staff person be called to coordinate and
administer this new unified ‘Word and Deed” program:

c) that the BFM and the BSM&WR share jointly and
equally in budget responsibilities for this staff position:

d) that the unified “Word and Deed” Indian ministry
program of the Synod be accountable to a joint committee
consisting of members of both the BFM and the BSM≀

e) that the grant proposals for social ministry projects.
including attendant allocation of LCMS World Relief funds
presently administered in cooperation with the Indian Desk of
LCUSA and the NILB, be administered by the AIAC and the
new American Indian Ministries staff person;

f) that this unified program be authorized to begin on
March 1, 1982, and that LCUSA be notified that LCMS funding
of the Indian Desk of LCUSA be terminated on that date;

g) that the BFM be authorized, in consultation with the
BSM&WER, to initiate the steps necessary to achieve implemen-
tation of this recommendation;

h) that this report, together with the above recommenda-
tion, be submitted both to the BFM and the BSM&WR for
approval.

This recommendation is not intended by the AIAC to
preclude further cooperation or consultation with the Indian
Desk of LCUSA and the NILB, but rather to place the
leadership and responsibility for the Synod’s total Indian
ministry program with the AIAC. Potential Indian ministry
projects may still be suggested by NILBtothe AIAC for LCMS
funding.

It is the conviction of the members of the AIAC, in view of
synodical Res. 1-14A and the growing Indian leadership within
the LCMS, that the time has come for the Synod to further
implement a unified, indigenous “Word and Deed” Indian
ministry program. Implementation of this recommendation
will enable the AIAC and the Indian constituency in the LCMS
to more effectively carry out their responsibilities as assigned
in synodical Res. 1-14A (St. Louis 1979).

The motion was made by Wiley Scott to approve and adopt
this report and recommendation. The motion was seconded by
Marvin Shurley. The motion was approved by unanimous
vote,

Dated: Jan. 16, 1981—Denver. Colo.
Rev. Don Johnson

David Black
Marvin H. Shurley
Wiley Scott

Appendix II

The American Indian Advisory Council’s Final Report
on Synodical Res. 1-14A

(St. Louis, 1979)

As requested by synodical Res. 1-14A (St. Louis, 1979), the
American Indian Advisory Council has completed a final
report concerning relationships between the Synod’s Board for
Missions, the Board of Social Ministry and World Relief, and
LCUSA’s Indian Desk and National Indian Lutheran Board.
The report includes an important recommendation concerning
the future direction of American Indian ministry in the Synod.
It is important to note that the recommendations in the
American Indian Advisory Council’s Final Report to the Board
for Missions are the council’s unanimous decision. The mem-
bers of the Advisory Council are also in agreement with the
manner in which the Board for Missions reworded their
recommendations for transmittal to the Board of Directors. It
is also important to note that the American Indian Advisory
Council considers its original eight recommendations to the
Board for Missions as a unified package and requests that the

five Board for Missions resolutions to the Board of Directors be
treated in the same way.

The Board for Missions. in its Jan. 283—31, 1981, meeting
approved in principal the recommendations of the American
Indian Advisory Council and submits to the Board of Directors
the following resolutions for approval:

1. The Board for Missions requests the Board of Directors to
combine the present two Indian programs in the Synod.
supported respectively by the Board for Missions and the
Board of Social] Ministry and World Relief, into a single, unified
“Word and Deed” ministry under the Board for Missions:

2. The Board for Missions requests the Board of Directors to
authorize the Board for Missions to call a full-time American
Indian Ministries staff person to coordinate and administer
this new unified “Word and Deed” program:

3. The Board for Missions requests the Board of Directors to
approve the procedure whereby grant proposals for American
Indian social ministry projects be initiated, screened, and
approved by the American Indian Advisory Council, that the
final approved proposals be recommended by the Board for
Missions to the Board of Social Ministry and World Relief for
funding, and that the projects approved for funding be admin-
istered by the American Indian Advisory Council and the new
American Indian Ministry staff person under the supervision
of the Board for Missions and its executive secretary:

4. The Board for Missions requests the Board of Directors to
notify LCUSA that The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod's
participation in and the funding of the Indian Desk of LCUSA
be terminated as of March 1, 1982:

5. That Board for Missions requests the Board of Directors
to assign the responsibility for and the promotion of “Indian
Concerns Sunday" to the Board for Missions and its American
Indian Advisory Council beginning in 1982.

Adopted by the Board for Missions in meeting of Jan. 28—
31, 1981.

Appendix III

Overture: To Change Election Procedures
for Argentine District Board of Control
And Seminary President

WHEREAs. The Board for Higher Education and the synod-
ical Board of Directors in a consultative agreement with the
Board for Missions have assigned the responsibility of the
theological education program in the Argentine District to the
Board for Missions; and

WHEREAS. This responsibility is to be conducted in behalf of
and in consultation with the Board for Higher Education: and

WHEREAs. The Argentine District has requested the right to
elect in its own District convention the members of the Board of
Control of Seminario Concordia, Buenos Aires, Argentina:
therefore be it

Resolved. That the Synod conduct no further elections for
members of the Board of Control of Seminario Concordia.
Buenos Aires: and be it further

Resolved, That the Synod delegate the responsibility for
future elections of this Board of Control to the Argentine
District: and be it further

Resolved, That the Board of Control of Seminario Con-
cordia, Buenos Aires, shall be elected by the Argentine District
convention acting on behalf of the Synod and shall consist of
the following voting members:

1) Two pastors and two laymen elected by the District for
terms of six years in such a manner that one-half of the
members are elected at each convention.

2) The President of the Argentine District; and be it finally

Resolved. That,the following additional bylaw be adopted:

6.125 Argentine Election (Seminary President)

The Board of Control of Seminario Concordia
shallissue a call fora list of candidates and shall then
develop a preferred list of three candidates that must
be submitted to the President of the Synod for approv-
al before the election is held. The electors in this