# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1986_S37 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) } ! ’ Rose Wallace (MDS) Board for Evangelism Services PASTORS Thomas Glammeyer (OH) Darwin Karsten (MO) LAYPERSONS Gloria Hoban (NEB) Helen Morris (MNS) Robin L. Zimmerman (MO) Board for Mission Services LAYPERSONS : Oscar Hackbarth (NE) i William J. Jorns (KS) H. David Thurston (EA) Board for Parish Services PASTORS J. Barclay Brown (WY) Norbert Oesch (SC) Daniel D. Otto (MDS) Clemens Pera (NOW) Daniel Preus (MNS) TEACHERS Allen Herbst (CI) Marilyn Walz (ABC) LAYPERSONS Carol A. Ebeling (IN) Pearline E. Jones (ND Marlys Kehm (SC) Keith Klafehn (OH) Dorothy Molyneaux (CNH) Board for Professional Education Services LAYPERSONS William Ahlbrand (MO) Robert Hirsch (SD) Mary Helen Kelly (SC) Edwin Kurth (SO) Board for Youth Services Synodical College Representatives Robert Baden (SC) Richard Shuta (SC) Commission on Adjudication PASTORS David Caspersen (WY) Beryl Droegemueller (SC) Victor Hellman (SW) Robert Kuhlmann (TX) Carl E. Mehl (MI) LAYPERSONS Theodore Fleischer (NOW) Edward H. H. Garber (SE) David Jarratt (SD) Commission on Appeals PASTORS Theodore Mueller (CNH) Edward Saresky (EA) Otis Sauls (IN) LAYPERSONS John Kelley (Jack) (OH) William Killion (MNS) Gordon D. Tresch (EA) Commission on Theology and Church Relations PASTORS Arthur Drevlow (MNS) John Fritz (TX) Board of Regents—Austin PASTORS Paul Bohot (TX) Bryan Sullivan (TX) 1 A RR PRR es EY ROR EU PATER AAS AES GES EEE PII TN RE NS SNES SESS POTIT STORES 75 CLEA ESPINER STII EEE AAG NE SES RELATE LEU ES LOGE ELE LE PE INE IERIE ALN A A PO MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION 37 Board of Regents—Bronxville PASTORS Arthur Geidel (AT) Erich Heintzen (FG) Board of Regents—Fort Wayne PASTORS David Koenig (OH) Raymond Mueller (OH) LAYPERSONS Melvin W. Bredemeier (IN) Roy Guess (WY) Gary D. Praetzel (EA) Board of Regents—Irvine LAYPERSONS Elmer Gooding (SC) Setma K. Ramlo (SC) Board of Regents—Portland PASTORS Walter Anderson (NOW) Frederick Niedner (NOW) Board of Regents—River Forest LAYPERSONS Dorothy Davis (MI) Peter J. Faur (MO) Herbert Israel (EA) Richard Korthals (MI) Board of Regents—St. Paul PASTORS David Buuck (MNN) Victor Roth (MS) Following voting by the delegates the balloting was de- clared closed. Session 9 July 23, Morning Devotion Dr. Herbert Mueller, convention chaplain, led the open- ing devotion using the Worship Guide, pages 28-29. Devotional Essay The devotional essay, “Alive in Christ: The Local Con- gregation,” was led by Dr. August Suelflow, director of the Concordia Historical Institute in St. Louis. The “Small Group Bible Study Guide” is found on the inside cover of Today’s Business, July 23, 1986. Announcements The chairman made the following announcements: The President’s Reception will be held at the Regency Ballroom of the Hyatt Hotel. Only 23 resolutions have been acted upon, and there are over 150 still to be considered in the remaining days of the convention. Theology and Church Relations Committee 3 introduced Res. 3-04A (TB 317-319), giv- ing final approval to autonomous partner church status for Lutheran Church—Canada. On page 319, lines 12-15, the resolve was changed to: “Resolved, That the Synod strongly encourage ail congregations and pastors in Canada to join together with and to support their brothers and sisters in building a strong confessional Lutheran Church in Can- ada; and be it finally.” Amended Res. 3-04A was accepted by the convention, and the chairman ruled it adopted in