# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1983_S215
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STRUCTURE AND CONSTITUTION 215

congregation to any “called professional who has signed the
Constitution of the Synod,” it should be added that the
committee, for theological reasons relating to the doctrine of
the office of the ministry, strongly recommends that one vote of
the congregation be limited to the pastor.

The committee does not favor granting vacant congrega-
tions two votes, although the Synod may wish to consider as an
exception those cases in which the vacancy pastor is chosen
from the communicant membership of the congregation.

The committee believes that granting more than two votes
to multiple parishes creates more inequities than it resolves,
and the committee does not favor granting the pastoral vote to
lay ministers serving congregations without a pastor since
such an arrangement would place lay ministers in two cate-
gories and thus create confusion.

The committee has approached its work prayerfully, mind-
ful that these and similar issues have been discussed for many
years. May the Lord grant a decision in the best interest of our
beloved church body and its work of bringing the Gospel of our
Savior to all the world.

Karl L. Barth, Chairman

5-07
To Receive Highlands, Lincoln, Nebr.

WHEREAS, Highlands Lutheran Church. Lincoln, Nebr.,
desires to affiliate with The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod; and

WHEREAS, The constitution and bylaws of Highlands
Lutheran Church have been approved by the Constitution and
Handbook Committee of the Nebraska District; and

WHEREAS, The Board of Directors of the Nebraska District
has accepted the constitution of Highlands Lutheran Church:
therefore be it

Resolved, That Highlands Lutheran Church, Lincoln,
Nebr., be received as a member of The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod.

Board of Directors
Nebraska District
Eldor W. Meyer, President

5-08
To Receive Our Savior, Bartlett, Nebr.

WHEREAS, Our Savior Lutheran Church. Bartlett, Nebr.,
desires to affiliate with The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod; and

WHEREAS, The constitution and bylaws of Our Savior
Lutheran Church have been approved by the Constitution and
Handbook Committee of the Nebraska District; and

WHEREAS, The Board of Directors of the Nebraska District
has accepted the constitution of Our Savior Lutheran Church;
therefore be it

Resolved, That Our Savior Lutheran Church, Bartlett,
Nebr., be received as a member of the Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod.

Board of Directors
Nebraska District
Eldor W. Meyer, President

To Receive Faith, Nevada, Iowa
into Membership
WHEREAS, Faith Lutheran Church of Nevada, Iowa, has

been organized as a new congregation affiliated with the
LCMS; and

WHEREAS, The congregation's constitution and bylaws have

been approved by the Iowa District West Committee on
Constitutions; and

WHEREAS, Faith Congregation desires to become a member
of the LCMS; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod at its 55th Regular Convention
receive Faith Lutheran Church of Nevada, Iowa, as a member
congregation of the LCMS.

Faith Lutheran Church
Nevada, Iowa

Kevin Lowe, President
Virgil Frye, Secretary
Marvin Flanscha, Pastor

5-10

To Receive St. Paul Lutheran Church,
Bethpage, N.Y.

The Board of Directors of the Atlantic District, upon the
President’s receipt of a favorable constitutional review, peti-
tions the 1983 synodical convention as follows:

Resolved, That St. Paul Lutheran Church, Bethpage, New
York, be accepted into membership of The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod.

Board of Directors

Atlantic District

Ronald F. Fink, President
Richard E. Johnson, Secretary:

5-11

To Receive Good Shepherd,
Kitchener, Ont., and Saveur Vivant,
Gatineau, Que., into Membership

WHEREAS, The Consitution and Bylaws of Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church, Kitchener, and of Sauveur Vivant, Gati-
neau, Que., were approved by the Board of Directors, Ontario
District (Good Shepherd—Feb. 13, 1981: Sauveur Vivant—Feb.
11, 1983); therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
receive Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Kitchener, Ont., and
Saveur Vivant, Gatineau, Que., into membership of the Synod.

Board of Directors
Ontario District
Harold Patzer, Secretary

5-12

To Receive Christ the King Congregation,
Spencer, Iowa

WHEREAS, The congregation's constitution and bylaws have
been approved by the Iowa District West Committee on
constitutions; and

WHEREAs, Christ the King Congregation desires to become a
member of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod: therefore
be it

Resolved, That the Synod at its 55th Regular Convention
receive Christ the King Lutheran Church of Spencer. Iowa, asa
member congregation of The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod.

Christ the King Lutheran Church
Spencer, Iowa

Vernon Hinkeldey. President
Eugene Faulstich, Secretary