# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1986_S179 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) erivtitianes e nenn achat taint annan aed cin RS DC aA IBM Win i ad a Bd madi HS POT i ME a URI SCD i SSAA LL BE a Bi DE AR ARAN AB REA Et STII LAE NT cA AAAI A ASR LET EMEA art BEA RNIN en Smo LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION 179 Resolved, That the Bylaws of the Synod be amended to include the following: An Office of Professional Growth and Support, attached to the office of the synodical President, shall be maintained at the synodical offices in St. Louis. It shall work with districts, colleges, seminaries, the Board for Professional Education Services, the Board for Parish Services, and other appropriate units of the Synod to do the following: 1. Assess needs in the area of professional growth and support and enlist the aid of appropriate synodical insti- tutions, boards, and agencies in developing programs to meet those needs. 2. Maintain a list of professional growth programs of- fered by the schools, districts, boards, and agencies of the Synod and share recommended programs with interested parties. 3. Assist congregations by helping to provide opportu- nities and settings for all professional church workers to continue growing in Christ and in the knowledge, atti- tudes, skills, and professional well-being they need to serve Him in His church. 4. Help professional workers to develop personal and professional growth plans on a continuing basis for more satisfying and effective ministry and to maintain a system of recording individual participation in continuing profes- sional education. 5. Through the districts, help build a local and regional support system for the growth of professional workers. Action: Declined (14). To Establish New Committee on Church Literature RESOLUTION 5-10A Overtures 5-135, L5-138A—B (CW, p. 240, TB, pp. 16— 17) Wuereas, The present Standing Committee on Church Literature and its predecessor, the Commission on Church Literature, have had a positive influence on the publication of theological books by Concordia Publishing House for The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod; and Wuereas, The existing standing committee, while re- sponsible to the Board for Parish Services, must never- theless relate to the publishing house as “advisory in recommendations on publications” (Handbook 11.06); and WHEREAS, The committee would profit from ongoing ac- cess to Concordia Publishing House research, develop- ment, publishing, and marketing expertise and thus the church would not duplicate these costs elsewhere; there- fore be it Resolved, That the existing Standing Committee on Church Literature be dismissed with thanks and that the Board of Directors of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod in consultation with the President of the Synod and the president of Concordia Publishing House be directed to appoint an Advisory Committee on Church Literature whose membership and period of service are not specified and may vary depending on the need of the church, how- ever, at any time the membership of this committee shall not exceed a total of eight members; and be it further Resolved, That the members of the committee be ap- pointed from a list of nominees as prepared by the Presi- dent of the Synod, the president of Concordia Publishing House, who may submit up to four names each, the Board for Parish Services, the Board for Professional Education Services, and the presidents of the two largest seminaries of the Synod, who may submit up to three names each; and be it further Resolved, That included in the committee membership maximum of eight members, the Board for Parish Services and the Board for Professional Education Services shall appoint one member on this advisory committee; and be it further Resolved, That this committee shall be jointly respon- sible to the President of the Synod and the president of Concordia Publishing House with the mission to assist the house in determining the theological resources and pub- lications that are needed by the church, and that all an- ticipated publications be submitted to the prescribed procedure for doctrinal review; and be it further Resolved, That the committee be augmented as neces- sary with advisors and consultants as the counsel of spe- cialists is required regarding publications in the areas of practical, systematic, historical, devotional, homiletical, exegetical, scholarly research, Christian arts, children and youth, tracts, audiovisual materials, and laymen’s litera- ture; and be it further Resolved, That the expenses of the committee shall be borne by Concordia Publishing House; and be it finally Resolved, That the description of the current Standing Committee on Church Literature be removed from the Handbook of the Synod (Handbook 11.01-11.09). Action: Adopted (14). (Delegates declined an amendment to make the committee “responsible to the president of Concordia Publishing House in consultation with the President of the Synod.” They also declined a substitute motion that would have made the committee “re- sponsible to the president of Concordia Publishing House in con- sultation with the Board of Directors.”) To Praise God for Reconciliation at the Fort Wayne Seminary RESOLUTION 5-11 Overture 5-30 (CW, p. 218) Wuereas, All the participants in the reconciliation ef- forts at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, have publicly expressed satisfactory resolution to the issues of controversy through recent reconciliation meetings; there- fore be it Resolved, That this action renders moot the subject mat- ter of Overture 5-30; and be it further Resolved, That Overture 5-30 be respectfully declined; and be it finally Resolved, That the Synod in convention declare with President Bohlmann that “we rejoice and thank God that we are now able to put this behind us, and we urge others to do likewise.”