# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1989_S40 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 40 MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION sioned ministers appointed to positions in the Synod shall be affirmed by the respective board or commission through a solemn call. All called ministers and line 17 continues with the word shall... The question on the motion was called, and the dele- gates voted to end debate. The resolution, with the com- mittee’s editorial corrections, was then placed before the house and was adopted. The committee introduced Res. 5-07 Today’s Business, page 74, which calls for amending the Bylaws on filling board and commission vacancies. It was amended so that in line 59 after the word can- didate a comma was added and then the words at least one ° of whom shall come from the slate of candidates. The amendment was placed before the convention and was de- feated. An amendment was proposed to replace the words Board of Directors with the words elected boards and com- missions themselves. Because the orders of the day called for the noonday prayers, and because the convention had determined to attempt to close action on resolutions before the house, the Chair asked the delegates whether they wished to close debate on the amendment. Debate was closed. The amendment failed. The unamended resolution will come back before the delegates when Committee 5 returned to the podium. Noonday Prayers Delegates were led in noonday prayers by Chaplain Kuntz. Session 10 Afternoon, July 12 Opening Devotions The delegates were led in an opening devotion by Dr. Arnold G. Kuntz, convention chaplain. Minutes The minutes from session 8, Today’s Business, pages 238-53, were corrected to read “Res. 6-03” in lines 8 and 15, page 248, instead of “Res. 6-02”; and “page 90” rather than “page 89” in line 8. The corrected minutes were adopted. Orders of the Day The Chair invited the delegates to extend the orders of the day until 6 p.m. if they so wished. A motion was made to that effect and was adopted. Program and Finance (4) Dr. Richard G. Kapfer, chairman of Committee 4, in- troduced the work of the committee. While commending the integrity of the members of the Board of Directors, Dr. Kapfer noted the “anguishing difficulty” of having to cut rather than expand programs in light of the diminishing financial resources available to the Synod. Turning the assembly’s attention to the first resolutions to be brought before the house by his committee, Dr. Kapfer encouraged the delegation to consult the table printed between pages 178 and 179 of Today’s Business for financial information pertinent to the seminaries. Elections The Elections Committee reported those elected (*) on the fourth ballot and led the delegation through a brief fifth ballot. Fourth Ballot Position Ballots Required. Cast For Election Board of Directors LAYPERSONS Joeckel, Raymond RM 500 * La Haine, Gilbert MI 543 1043 Board for Higher Education Services PASTORS * Briel, Steve MNS 538 Gerken, Oscar FG 507 1045 Board for Youth Services YOUTH * Bolland, Ericka MO 630 Dyer, David OK _408 1038 Commission on Appeals __ PASTORS * Barber, Alan IN 580 Elowsky, Earl MI 414 Harnapp, Harlan RM 538 Hellman, Victor SW 505 Huener, William NI 425 Mueller, Paul Iw 343 Phipps, Ralph FG 477 3282 LAYPERSONS * Dissen, Walter SE 554 * Doggett, Robert OH 588 Hessler, Peter 429 Lusthoff, Craig NI 205 Rinke, Orin _398 2174 Board of Directors— Concordia Publishing House LAYPERSONS Brickler, John MO 276 Buth, Lenora 430 Moeller, Albert OH 544 Mohr, George SW 413 Olsen, Melvin CNH 225 Rodefeld, Robert RM 311 2199 Board of Regents—Austin LAYPERSONS Bokenkamp, Don 428 Feucht, William 338 Graf, Don 192 Johnston, Bradley TX 423 Kaufman, David FG 234 * Schur, Martin TX 558 2173 Board of Regents—Seward LAYPERSONS * Kolterman, Mark NB 571 Perry, Robert OK ATL 1042