# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1983_S434
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LIST OF REPORTS AND OVERTURES

PAGE
Other Interchurch Matters
391 To Cease Participation with the ALC and LCA
in All Programs Promoted by and Through
CCCPCL oo. ccc cece een een 120
392A To Deny Petitions for Membership in the World
Council of Churches, the National Council of
Churches, and the Lutheran World Federation... 120
(Also 3-92B)
3-93 To Encourage Relations with Lutheran Church
of Australia .......000 0.0 eee 120
3-94A To Exercise Doctrinal Supervision of LCMS
Campus Ministries .......................20000- 121
(Also 3-94B to D)
3-95 To Strengthen Discipline for Stronger Unity in
Doctrine and Practice ..................0.00000- 121
3-96 To Terminate Unionistic Activities ............. 121
397A To End Unionistic Activities ................... 122
(Also 3:97B to G) ..... 02. eee ee 122
3-98 To Encourage Pastoral Participation in
Ecumenical Services ................000-20 00s 122
399A To Sponsor Free Lutheran Conferences ......... 122
(Also 3-99B to F)
3-100 To Enter Discussions for New Lutheran
Church ..........0 000 c ccc cece e cece 123
3-101A To Request Observer Status on the Committee
for a New Lutheran Church (CNLC) ............ 123
(Also 3-101B)
3-102 To Appoint Observers for Commission for a
New Lutheran Church (CNLC) ................. 123
4. Administration and Program Implementation
4-02 Report of First Vice-President .................. 125
4-03 Report of Secretary of Synod ................... 125
4-04 Reportof Treasurer ................ 00 cee eee eee 127
4-05 Report of Synod’s Board of Directors ............ 133
4-06 Report of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
Foundation ............. 000. c cece eee eens 145
4-07 Report of Lutheran Church Extension Fund—
Missouri Synod and Board for Church
Extension ............ 0020 c cece ene eens 148
4-08 Report of Board of Managers—Worker Benefit
Plans 2.0... cee tenet tenes 152
4-09 Report of Board of Directors, Council of
Presidents, Council of Administrators on
Planning Process (Res. 12-07A) ................. 163
4-11 To Transfer Membership of St. Peter’s, Oyen,
Alta., to the Alberta-British Columbia District 171
4-15 To Consider Name Change for Synod ........... 171
4-16A To Hold Convention Every Four Years .......... 171
(Also 4-16B)
4-17A To Combine Small Synodical Districts .......... 171
(Also 4-17B and C)
4-18 To Include District Reports in Synodical
Conventions ............. 0000 cece cece eee eee 172
4-19 To Approve Change of Name from Colorado
District to Rocky Mountain District ............. 172
4-20 To Establish Criteria for Selection of Sites for
Synodical Conventions ......................... 172
4-21 To Hold 1989 Convention in Wichita ............ 173
4-22 To Restrict Equalization to Travel Costs ........ 173
4-23 To Reduce Number of District Executives ....... 173
4-24 To Utilize Computers More Fully ............... 173
4-25 To Revise and Update LCMS Statistical
YearbooR 2.0.0... cece eens 174
4-26A To Promote Proper Motivation for Christian
GiVINg 006. cette teens 174
(Also 4-26B)
4-27 To Restrict or Clarify the Term ‘“‘Grace of
Giving” 2.6. teens 174
4-28 To Urge the Synod to Implement Council of
Administrators’ Proposals ...................... 174
4-294 To Support a Synodical Balanced Budget ....... 174
(Also 4-29B)
4-30A To Deal with Synod’s Operating Deficit and
Balance the Budget ..........................5. 175

(Also 4-30B)

4-31
4-32
4-33A
4-34
4-35
4-36

4-37
4-38

4-39A

4-40
4-41A

4-42
4-43
4-44
4-45
4-46A

4-47

4-48
4-49

4-57
4-58
4-59
4-60
4-61

4-62
4-63

4-64
4-65

4-66
4-67

4-68

3-01

3-02
5-03

5-04

3-05

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To Regulate Synodical Debt .................... 175
To Take Steps to Eliminate Synod’s Debt ....... 175

To End Deficit Spending by Synod .............. 175
(Also 4-33B and C)

To Deal with Present Synodical Indebtedness ... 176
To Deal Wisely in Reducing Synodical Debt ..... 176
To Use ‘Forward in Remembrance” Interest to

Reduce Synod’s Debt ............-.......0000005 176
To Reconsider Restrictions on FIR Funds ....... 176

To Maintain the Integrity of Forward in
Remembrance ................00 00. c cece eee ee 176
To Declare Seven-Year Moratorium on Special

Fundraising Drives .....................000000- 177
(Also 4-39B to E)

To Place Ten-Year Ban on Fundraising Drives... 177

To Decline Major Funding Campaign at This

Time 20. eenee 177
(Also 4-41B)

To Control Solicitations of Congregations ....... 178

To Improve Methods of Solicitation ............. 178

To Receive Maximum Interest on Special Funds

Deposited by Colleges and Seminaries .......... 178

To Authorize Boards of Regents to Manage

Certain Funds ........... 0. c ccc cece eee eee 178

To Inform Members on Investment Portfolio .... 178
(Also 4-46B to D)

To Authorize Campaign for Expanded Library

and Media Center at Fort Wayne and Chapel at

St. Louis 2... cena es 179

To Conduct a Synodwide Offering for the
St. Louis Seminary .............0 0.00.0 cece ee eee 179
To Evaluate Purpose of and Subsidy to our

Educational Institutions ....................40. 179
To Include in the Handbook the Formula for

Membership in the LCEF ....................... 180
To Revise LCEF Loan Policies .................. 180

To Petition the Synodical Church Extension Fund
to Find a Way to Provide Low Interest Loans for
Home Purchase to Staff Members of Synodical

Agencies and Institutions ...................005 180
To Make Minutes of Benefit Plans Available .... 180
To Revise Retirement Plan Operations .......... 181
To Lend Retirement Plan Assets to Mission
Congregations ........ 0.0. ccc cece eens 181
To Require Board of Managers to Seek Opinions

from Affected Congregations on Proposed Benefit
Increases 0.0.0... es 181
To Offer Deductible Options in Health Plan ..... 181

To Include Students in Concordia Health Plan... 181
To Set New Basis for Health Plan Premiums ....
To Pay Interest on Claims After 15 Days ........ 182
To Determine Future Operations of Health

Plan 00... ccc eee eee eens 182
To Observe Centennial of Walther’s Death ...... 182
To Thank God on 20th Anniversary of Ohio

District... 00. ccc eee nena es 182

To Commend Trinity Lutheran Church, New
Orleans ....... 00... ccc cece ees 183
To Recognize the 500th Anniversary of Luther’s

Birth and Baptism ...............0 000s 183
To Solicit Funds Within Synod for Seminaries .. 183
To Reaffirm Resolution 10-19A of the Dallas
Convention (Black Scholarship) ................ 183
To Produce More Stewardship Materials ........ 184
5. Constitution and Structure
Report of Commission on Constitutional Matters
Matters ......0.0 00.00 185
Report of Commission on Structure ............. 186
Report of Synodical Commission on
Adjudication ............0 0.00 ccc cece een 200
Report of Ad Hoc Committee on Adjudication
Procedures ........... 0.00 cece cece cece eens 200
Report of Ad Hoc Committee to Study 1981
Convention Resolutions 2-14 and 2-15
(Franchise) ......... 0.00.0. c ccc eee eee eee eee 213