# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1186
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- INTERSYNODICAL AND DOCTRINAL MATTERS 669

Resolution 13

.  Wuereas, The brethren of the Evangelical Lutheran Joint
Synod of Wisconsin and Other States and the brethren: of the
_ Norwegian Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church have ad-

dressed letters to our Synod on matters of doctrine and practice
within our’ Church; be it therefore .

Resolved, That we gratefully acknowledge in these letters of
the brethren an evidence of sincere concern for the welfare of
God’s kingdom; and be it further .

Resolved, That we acknowledge the right and duty of our
brethren in the Synodical Conference to call to our attention
matters of doctrine and practice within our Church that have dis-
turbed them; and be it finally

Resolved, That we ask the Praesidium to answer the letters. of
the brethren of the Wisconsin Synod and the Norwegian Synod on
the basis of the action of this convention. .

Joint Report on Scouting
(Memorial 652)

At its Saginaw Convention (1944) Synod adopted this policy
with regard to Scouting, as recommended by Synod’s Bureau of
Information and Board for Young People’s Work, “That the matter
of Scouting should be left to the individual congregation to decide
and that under the circumstances Synod may consider her in-
terests sufficiently protected.” (Proceedings of 39th Regular Con-
vention, Saginaw, Mich., 1944, pp. 257 and 258.)

In its report to the Centennial Convention (Chicago, July,

1947), the Bureau of Information, after consultation with Synod’s —

Board for Young People’s Work, stated: “Nothing has developed
that would cause our boards to modify our opinion, endorsed by
the 1944 convention.” (Proceedings of 40th Regular Convention,
p. 646.)

Largely as a result of Memorial 617 (Proceedings, 1947,
page 538f.) and an unprinted memorial by. the standing Committee
on Church Union, Wisconsin Synod, our Synod, in its Chicago
Convention, authorized the President of Synod to appoint three
men “who, in conjunction with the Bureau of Information and
the Board for Young People’s Work, shall restudy the matter [of
Scouting] and report to the next convention.” (Proceedings of
40th Regular Convention, p. 538f.)

This special committee of three men (John F. Choitz, Felix
Kretzschmar, George C. Stohlmann), authorized by Synod and
subsequently appointed by the President of Synod, attempted

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