# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1983_S46
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46 MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION

Elections

Chairman Wendling of the Floor Committee on
Registration, Credentials, and Elections reported elec-
tion results for the remaining unfilled positions. Those
elected were as follows:

Board of Directors
PASTOR
Ervin R. Lemke, Milwaukee, WI (SW)

Board for Mission Services
PASTORS

Bernhard Lutz, Bozeman, MT (MT)
Robert Preus, Fort Wayne, IN (IN)

LAYPERSON
Ronald Gruenhagen, Walcott, LA (IW)

Board for Parish Services
TEACHER
Charles F. Wildauer, Bremen, IN (IN)

Board for Professional Education Services
PASTOR
John C. Schildwachter, Dodge Center, MN (MNS)

Concordia Publishing House Board of Directors
LAYPERSON
David A. Kaufmann, Gainesville, FL (FG)

Board of Regents— Fort Wayne
LAYPERSON
John Wiebe, Omaha, NE (NEB)

Board of Regents—Seward
LAYPERSON
Albert Hokamp, Arlington, NE (NEB)

Those who had been reported elected were then
declared elected. Ballots for the one remaining unfilled
position were then distributed, and after the delegates
had completed voting, balloting was declared closed.

Administration and Program Implementation

Having agreed to divide the question, discussion by
the delegates was begun on section one as amended, as
well as the preamble and whereases found in lines 13—
49 (TB 225). After several points of order and informa-
tion had been dealt with and after agreeing that the
amendments which had been adopted were not in
conflict with the remaining resolves of part one, the
delegates adopted this portion of the resolution as
amended.

Discussion was next begun on the second portion of
the resolution, which included lines 51—55 (TB 225) and
lines 15—48 (TB 226), relating to a Synodwide major
appeal in 1986, with a goal of $60 million and with the
possibility of periodic jubilee celebrations. After agree-
ing to cease debate, a division of the house showed that
a proposed amendment had been declined. This amend-
ment called for the addition of the words “with special
emphasis upon providing for ethnic ministries, such as
the Black Scholarship Endowment Fund to which we
committed ourselves in Res. 10-19A of the 1977 Dallas
convention” after the words “church workers’ in line 21
(TB 226). The delegates, however, once again declined to

cease debate on the main resolution. An amendment
was next introduced which called for striking limes 31—
42 (TB 226) from the resolution. After agreeing to cease
debate on the amendment, the delegates declined it.
They also agreed to cease debate on the second portion
of the resolution. At this. point a motion to table the
entire matter until the 1986 convention of the Synod
was introduced. When the motion was declared out of
order since the proper resolution would be to “postpone”
until that date, a motion to simply table the matter was
introduced. The delegates, however, declined to do so
and then adopted the second portion of the resolution by
a vote of 463 to 355. Since both portions of the resolution
had now been approved, Res. 4-02A (TB 225) was
declared adopted as amended.

Elections

Chairman Paul Wendling of the Floor Committee on
Registration, Credentials, and Elections announced -
that in the final balloting 867 votes had been cast, with
five abstentions. 430 votes were needed for election. °
Having received 457 votes, David Krohn was declared -
elected to the Board of Regents of Concordia College,
Seward, Nebraska. A motion was then adopted, author.
izing the Floor Committee on Registration, Credentials, |
and Elections to destroy the ballots. :

Closing Devotions

Mr. Richard Engdahl, of the Department of Steward
ship and Financial Support, led the delegates in a.
closing devotion which consisted of the singing of a
hymn and a brief prayer.

Session 10
Thursday, July 14, Morning
Devotion and Essay

The devotional essay for Session 10 was presented.
by Dr. Paul Zimmerman, president of Concordia Col
lege, River Forest. The theme of the devotion and essay.
for the day was “Luther tells us we are freed to serve. ”
Dr. Robert Sauer, First Vice-President of the Synod, led
the delegates in the devotion which consisted of the
singing of the hymn, “All Glory Be to God Alone,” an
the reading of 1 Cor. 9:16-28. Dr. Zimmerman based thi
content of his essay on three passages from Gal. 5 and
from a passage in Rom. 6. In his essay he pointed ou
that Luther sets forth two seemingly contradictory
propositions in his essay Freedom of the Christian. T
two propositions are: (1) A Christian is a perfectly fre
Lord of all, subject to none. (2) A Christian is a perfectly
dutiful servant, subject to all. The entire life of
Christian is based on the forgiveness of sins which Heé
has in Christ Jesus, which frees him from the com
sion of the law. While the Christian also needs the law
help him understand the perfect will of God, the law 5
not the motivation, the driving force for his actio
That is the Gospel which moves him forward in serv1
to his fellow man. Following the presentation of
essay, the delegates were led in a responsive prayer 4