# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S360 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) ‘Synod or his official representative; the chairman of the Board for ‘Higher Education or his official representative”; and “ease to the President of Synod, who shall make every effort to Appeals”; and member of the St. Louis faculty since 1945 to Synod’s Board of “cumstances. If it finds the accused innocent of the charges brought remove the offenders from office. 502 INTERSYNODICAL AND DOCTRINAL MATTERS electors: The Board of Control as a group, with one vote (the @ President of the synodical District, not voting with his Board of @& Control); the President of the synodical District in which the in- 3 stitution is located or his official representative; the President of Wuereas, Of the four above-mentioned electoral votes three 4 ‘are at present in the hands of those officials who in the past have % taken no action in this matter, but have with the Board of Control % “fled” such charges and requests “to await further develop- -; ment”; and S Wuereas, According to the new Handbook (5.81), “The orig- inal jurisdiction of Synod’s Board of Appeals shall include con- troversies about membership in Synod and eligibility for service in a particular field of work or in the Church in general which arise in connection with activities directly under the control of Synod. However, the plaintiff in such cases shall first present the settle it. Only when all administrative efforts have been exhausted shall the President of Synod refer the case to Synod’s Board of Wuereas, The President of Synod has during these past years taken no effective action in this matter and has not referred these charges to Synod’s Board of Appeals; now therefore be it Resolved, That we, the undersigned, hereby petition Synod, in convention assembled, to order the President of Synod imme- diately to refer all charges which have been raised against any Appeals or to a special committee of six clergymen and five lay- men, two of whom may be teachers, to be elected by the conven~ tion. Synod’s Board of Appeals or the special committee shall with- out long and dangerous digressions investigate all the facts and cir- against them, it shall publicly exonerate them. If it finds the accused guilty as charged, it shall then report its findings to the responsible officials of Synod, who shall then without further delay carry out the judgment of the Board or Committee and promptly (Rev.) F. E. Bartiine, Northlake, Ill. (Rev.) J. Bertram, Fort Dodge, Iowa (Rev.) Pau. H. Bureporr, Clinton, Towa (Rev.) A. C. Dans, Chicago, Ii. (Rev.) H. W. Decner, Lewisville, Minn. (Rev.) Teo. Dierks, Morrison, Ill. (Rev.) ArtHuR DrevLow, Goodhue, Minn. INTERSYNODICAL AND DOCTRINAL MATTERS 503 (Rev.) Paut G. Koc, La Crosse, Ind. (Rev.) A. T. Krerzmann, Crete, IL. (Dr.) P. E. Kretzmann, Cuba, Mo. (Rev.) C. G. Krust, Chicago, Ill. (Rev.) A. V. Kuster, Wanatah, Ind. - (Rev.) Ernest T. Lams, Oak Park, Ill. (Rev.) O. H. Livnemetrer, Rochelle, Til. (Rev.) H. D. Mensrne, Tinley Park, Ill. ; (Rev.) Watiace H. McLavucuuin, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Pror.) Aupert H. Mruer, Oak Park, Iil. (Rev.) Exmer I. Mutter, Kokomo, Ind. (Rev.) Expor Muetter, Sterling, Ill. (Rev.) M. H. Muevrer, Dwight, Ill. (Rev.) ArtHur W. Oerrine, Sterling, Tl. _ (Rev.) C. F. Paut, Corder, Mo. (Rev.) H. Prexet, Chicago, Ill. (Rev.) AvBert C. Rotr, Ambia, Ind. (Rev.) Gustav Scoupmann, Chesterfield, Mo. , (Rev.) C. J. Scuurn, Freeport, Il. (Rev.) ANDREW SzEcEDIN, Blackburn, Mo. (Rev.) ArtHur F. H. Wiecert, Springfield, Il. Signatures attested by (Rrv.) H. D. MENsING ; Tinley Park, Ill., April 5, 1950 ; [635] | ; Special Committee to Investigate St. Louis Faculty Wuereas, The faculty of our St. Louis Seminary has issued an “opinion” on engagement which is not in harmony with Synod’s” Catechism and the consistent Scriptural teaching of Synod on the subject; and Wnereas, This faculty has censorially approved a booklet by Dr. Th. Graebner, Prayer Fellowship, and expressions on doctrine in the Lutheran Witness which limit the application of Rom. 16: 17-18 to non-Christians only, and thus stands at variance with Synod’s Constitution, Catechism, and Brief Statement, as well as the historic Lutheran Confessions; and , . __. Wuereas, This faculty has permitted and encouraged the Sain Louis student body to hold membership in the Association of Lu~ theran Seminarians, an organization composed of Lutheran. stu- dents of varying confessions which engages in spiritual work and fosters joint worship; and , ; Wuereas, This faculty has met with silence letters seeking pertinent information on its attitude toward the Association of. Lu- theran Seminarians and requesting a God-pleasing resolution of .