# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S34 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 34 MISSIONS Identical or similar: 1-14B Our Savior'’s, Pacifica, Calif. Paul E. Miller 1-15 To Reconsider Nonsupport of 1981 Campus Ministry Staff Conference WHEREAS, Campus pastors of The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod have, since 1969, participated in annual Campus Ministry Staff Conferences under the sponsorship of the Division of Campus Ministry and Educational Services of the Lutheran Council in the U.S.A.; and WHEREAS, These contacts have been approved by the Board for Missions of the Synod; and WHEREAS, Those attending these conferences have experi- enced personal, spiritual, and professional growth and en- richment for their challenging mission to the academic com- munity; and WHEREAS, The forthcoming conference scheduled at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn., Aug. 41—8, will include the attendance of some Roman Catholic colleagues in campus ministry; and WHEREAS, The Board for Missions resolved at its January meeting not to provide the usual travel allowance for partici- pation by LCMS campus staff in the 1981 staff conference; and WHEREAS, representatives of The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod have, since 1965, participated in official Lutheran Roman Catholic dialogs and have been granted a platform for sharing their convictions openly; and WHEREAS, Significant agreement has been reached on six topics published in the following reports: 1) ‘The Status of the Nicene Creed as Dogma of the Church,” 1965 2) “One Baptism for the Remission of Sins,” 1966 3) “The Eucharist as Sacrifice,” 1967 4) “Eucharist and Ministry,” 1970 3) ‘Papal Primacy and the Universal Church,” 1974 6) “Teaching Authority and Infallibility in the Church,” 1980: and WHEREAS, The seventh topic currently under discussion in 1981 is “Justification by Faith”: therefore be it Resolved, That the Synod’s Board for Missions reconsider its decision and support those Missouri Synod campus pastors who choose to attend the 1981 staff conference. University Lutheran Church La Jolla, Calif. Richard Herbst, President Jerry David Albert, Vice-President John George Huber, Pastor 1-16 To Terminate Participation in, and Funding of, the Indian Desk of LCUSA WHEREAS, The 1979 St. Louis convention resolved (Res. 1- 14A), “That the Board for Missions instruct the American Indian Advisory Council to study, determine, and recommend to the Board for Missions the nature and extent of the Synod’s relationship with the Indian Desk of LCUSA and the National Indian Lutheran Board” and ‘that the study authorized shall include discussions with NILB and the LCUSA Indian Desk concerning reestablishment of cooperative social ministries under such new rubrics and procedures as could result from these discussions and be approved by the Board of Directors”; an WHEREAS, The American Indian Advisory Council, which consists entirely of native Americans, has completed its study and report and such report has been approved in principle by the Board for Missions; and WHEREAS, The Board for Missions has requested that the Board of Directors— 1. 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; * * * * 3. approve the procedure whereby grant proposals for American Indian social ministry projects be initiated, screened, and approved by the American Indian Advisory Council, final approved proposals be recommended by the Board for Missions to the Board of Social Ministry and World Relief for funding, and projects approved for funding be administered 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. 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; * x * * * therefore be it Resolved, That the Board of Directors adopt the Board for Missions recommendations 1, 3, and 4, subject to approval by the convention, and that LCUSA be advised that funding of the Indian Desk of LCUSA might be terminated as of March 1, 1982. Board of Directors Herbert Mueller, Secretary To Support NILB and Native American Ministry WHEREAS, For the past decade The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod has fruitfully utilized the services of the National Indian Lutheran Board (NILB) in providing self-help ministry to native American people; and WHEREAS, The NILB has been an effective agency for channeling grants for many assistance, relief, and rehabilita- tion projects that could not have been funded by smaller Lutheran judicatories alone; and WHEREAS, The American Indian Task Force of the LCMS reported to the 1979 synodical convention, ‘““‘The Synod should support and encourage inter-Lutheran Indian ministry efforts. Existing agencies, such as the National Indian Lutheran Board and the Lutheran Church and Indian People, should be supported and involved in the Synod’s projections for Indian mission efforts” (Convention Workbook, p. 38); and WHEREAS, The Lutheran ministry at Haskell Indian Junior College, Lawrence, Kans., has greatly benefited from local inter-Lutheran support, including a grant from the NILB; and WHEREAS, The projects of the NILB have done much to proclaim in deed the love of Christ to Indian people; therefore be it Resolved, That the Synod thank God for the opportunities for service and understanding provided in the past decade by the NILB; and be it further Resolved, That the Synod reaffirm its participation in and funding of the NILB; and be it finally Resolved, That the congregations of the LCMS be encour- aged to seek out and support Indian ministries in their Districts, that they be urged to support NILB ministry projects through special gifts, especially through recognition of an Indian Concerns Sunday, and that all congregations and individuals of the Synod be encouraged to seek to build bridges of understanding with native American people. University Lutheran Church Lawrence, Kans. Myron Alan Ostebee, President Mark E. Hoelter, Pastor