# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S542
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542 INTERSYNODICAL AND DOCTRINAL MATTERS

[656]
Apply for Membership in National Lutheran Council

Wuereas, The voters’ assembly of Redeemer Ev. Lutheran
Church, Central Ave. at Spencer St., East Gary, Ind., has consid-
ered the synodical Committee Report on the Question of Synod’s
Becoming a Participating Body in the National Lutheran Coun-
cil; and

Wuerras, The majority report seems to be based entirely on
expediency, while the minority report states the definite opinion
that our effectiveness in building the Kingdom of God and of sav-
ing souls will be greatly increased by a greater degree of co-opera-
tion among the Lutheran bodies of America; and

Wnuereas, The above congregation heartily endorses the opin-
ions set forth in the minority report; therefore be it

Resolved, Unanimously, that we of Redeemer Church respect-
fully petition the convention of Synod, assembled in Milwaukee,
Wis., in June, 1950, to instruct its officers to make formal applica-
tion for membership in the National Lutheran Council.

REDEEMER Ev. LuTHERAN CHURCH
East Gary, Ind.
Epwarp W. KorHNekE, Pastor
Cart ZOLLER, Chairman
_ James CauGnron, Secretary

[657]
Overture on Affiliation with the National

Lutheran Council
Adopted by the 1948 Convention of the English District

The Committee recommends adoption of the overture of the
Northwestern Pastoral Conference regarding membership in the
National Lutheran Council, as follows:

Wuereas, The Lutheran Church throughout the world, and
especially in America, by reason of its unqualified acceptarice of the
Holy Scriptures and the Confessions and by reason of its emphasis
upon the means of grace, already possesses a unity of faith which
clearly distinguishes it from all other Christian Churches! and

Wuereas, The divisions which remain between the Lutheran
Synods of America constitute schism, not sectarianism (for the dis-
tinction between schism and sectarianism cf. The Abiding Word
pp. 287, 301f.); and

Wuereas, The prevention and healing of schism is one of the