# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1983_S435
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LIST OF REPORTS AND OVERTURES

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To Receive Highlands, Lincoln, Nebr. ........... 215
To Receive Our Savior, Bartlett, Nebr. .......... 215
To Receive Faith, Nevada, Iowa, into
Membership .................000. 00 cece eee eee 215
To Receive St. Paul Lutheran Church,
Bethpage, N.Y. 0000.0... 00 eee 215
To Receive Good Shepherd, Kitchener, Ont., and
Saveur Vivant, Gatineau, Que., into
Membership ..............0000 0000 c cece cece 215
To Receive Christ the King Congregation,
Spencer, Iowa .... 0.06... eee 215
To Receive Our Savior Congregation, Walnut,
LOWS occ cette ene eneee 216
To Accept Faith Lutheran Church, Roosevelt.
Utah into Membership .......................0. 216

To Accept Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Pueblo
West, Colo., into Membership ................... 216
To Accept Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church,
Garrison, Minn., As a Member of the LCMS ..... 216
To Provide for the Formation of an Autonomous

Partner Church in Canada ..................... 216
To Change Procedures for Acceptance of New
Congregations ............0 0.0 cece cece e cece 217

To Provide a Means Whereby Congregations of

the AELC, ALC, and LCA may Join the Missouri

Synod Rather Than the New Lutheran

Denomination ............. 00... cece eee eee ee 217
(Also 5-22B)

To Include Directors of Christian Education as
Members of Synod
(Also 5-23B)

To Permit Directors of Christian Education to Be

Eligible for Synodical Membership ............. 218

To Place Deaconesses on the Roster of Synod ... 218

To Grant Synodical Membership to Lay

Ministers 00.0... 0... ccc ccc ec eee eens 219

To Establish Uniform Requirements and Prac-

tices in Teacher Colloquy Programs ............. 219

To Classify Female Teachers in the Synod ...... 219

To Urge Synod to Delineate Status and Training

of Synod’s Directors of Christian Education ..... 219

To Grant Directors of Evangelism Synodical

Church Worker Status ....................0.0005 219

To Declare Women Teachers “Ministers of

Religion” 20.0.0... 0.0.0. c ccc cc cece cence ences 220

(Also 5-31B to H)

To Declare Women Teachers and Directors of

Christian Education “Ministers of Religion” .... 220

To Defend Men and Women Equally Before

the IRS 0.0. tent eens 220

To Clarify the Status and Classification of

Individuals in Specialized Ministries ............ 220

To Change Title of ‘“‘Lay Minister” .............. 221
(Also 5-35B)

To Change the Title ‘Lay Minister” to

“Deacon” 10.0... 6... e eee eee 221

To Classify Directors of Evangelism as Ministers

of Religion ............0 0.000 ccc cece eens 221
To Classify Ministers of Religion ............... 221
To Urge Noncertified Directors of Christian
Education to Become Certified for Their

Ministry ...........0 00. c cece cece cece ee eee 222
To Allow Each Congregation in the Multiple

Parish to Vote in District Conventions .......... 223
To Allow Lay Ministers to Vote ................. 223

(Also 5-41B)

To Place the Department of Stewardship and
Financial Support under a Separate Elected

Board 20.00... nes 223
To Restructure Boards for Mission and

Evangelism Services ...............0..00 ce euee 223
To Change Name of BPES ..................... 223
To Change Name of Board for Youth Services ... 223

To Define More Precisely Membership of Board

for Youth Services .............0.0.000.000 000000 224
To Revise Wording of Functions of Board for

Youth Services

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To Merge Seminary Boards of Regents .......... 224

To Establish a Board for Pastora] Ministry ..... 225
(Also 5-49B to F)

To Create New Seminary Board ................ 225

To Create New Board of Seminary Education 225

To Make Board for Social Ministry Services

a Program Board ............... 000 cece eee eee eee 226
(Also 5-52B)

To Provide Additional Counsel for the CTCR .... 226

To Reinstate the Commission on Worship As a

Self-standing Commission ..............--...555 226
(Also 5-54B to P)

To Reinstate Commission on Worship ........... 227

To Restore Commission on Worship As a

Self-standing Entity .............. 0... e eee 227

To Make the Commission on Worship Directly

Responsible to the Synod ....................005 227
To Permit Members of Board of Directors to

Serve More Than Twelve Consecutive Years 227
To Return to Former Process of Electing

Members to the Board of Regents ............... 228

To Return to Former Procedures of Electing

Boards of Regents ..............0 0: cece eee eens 228
(Also 5-60B to H)

To Change Election of Regents

To Revise Handbook 6.01 b (Membership of

Boards of of Regents) .............0 0000 e veces 228

To Amend Nominating Procedures ............. 229
To Limit Membership on Synodical Nominations
Committee ......0 0.0.0. c ccc cette eens 230

To Change Method of Electing the Committee for

Convention Nominations ..................00005 230
(Also 5-65B to J)

To Restructure Nominating Committee

To Change the Nominating Process ............. 230

To Create Standing Committee on Continuing

Education ..........00 ccc ccc cece eee eee ee 231
To Change Standing Committees

(Communications) ............. 0000 e cece eee 231
To Create Standing Committee on Alcohol and
Substance Abuse ............ 0.0 cece eee eee ee 231

(Also 5-70B and C)
To Resolve the Issue of Supervision of Lay Minis-
ters, Directors of Christian Education and/or
Youth Ministry, and Deaconesses ............... 231
To Reaffirm the Congregational Polity of the

Synod 2... tee cts 231
(Also 5-72B to Q)
To Deal with Hierarchical Issue ................ 232

To Disavow Any Claims to ‘“‘Hierarchical”’

Nature of the Synod ................ 2.000. 232
(Also 5-74B and C)

To Approve the Use of the Term ‘‘Hierarchical”

for Legal Purposes ...............0 0.0 c eee eee 232

To Call for Congregational Referendum on

Matters of Fellowship ...................000000- 233

To Allow Districts to Elect Board Members to

Six-Year Terms ........... 0... ccc eee eee ee 233
(Also 5-77B to D)

To Elect District Presidents at the Synodical

ConventionS ......... 0... 233

To Change Frequency of Forum Meetings ....... 233

To Create Office of “Circuit Layman

Counselor” 2.0.0.0... 000k e eens 233

To Refrain from Removing Names of Eligible

Pastors from Call Lists ....................0000- 234
(Also 3-81B to D)

To Add ‘‘Lutheran Church Extension Fund—

Missouri Synod” to Bylaw 8.09a................ 234

To Deal with Dual Membership ................. 234

To Remove Schools Upholding Dual Member-

ships from Rosters of the Synod ................ 234

To Welcome Rev. Herman Otten into the LCMS

Ministerium ............ 00. eens 235

To Continue Commission on Black Ministry

as Stipulated in 1981 Handbook ................ 235