# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1992_S24
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

240 MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION

Session 3
July 12, Afternoon
Sunday Worship

The Sunday morning mission worship targeted the
United States as one of the foremost mission fields of the
world. Six speakers, representing six ethnic groups from
the U.S., led the assembled congregation into God’s Word
to consider the Spirit’s will for our day. “Nations will come
to your light,” Isaiah writes. We must let that precious
light, which has been shed upon us, shine in us and
through us.

Revs. Glenn O’Shoney, August Mennicke,. Robert Scu-
dieri, and Victor Belton conducted the service of Bible
study and song. The choir was conducted by Dr. Ralph
Schultz, who also composed the anthem, “Tell Everyone
What HE Has Done.” Inspiring testimonials were shared
by Jotham Johann, Bonnie Banks, Marcelene Sparks,
Dolly Millender, and Steve Cohen.

Opening Devotions

The assembly was led in opening devotions by the Rev.
Dr. Wil Sohns, chaplain to the convention.

Committee 10: Credentials, Registration, and Elections
Dr. Sandmann reported that as of this hour 580 voting
pastors are registered and 579 voting laypersons, for a total
of 1,159. The advisory registrations are 57 pastors; 104
teachers; 212 from boards, commissions, and faculties; 24
youth, and 31 others, for a total convention registration of
1,587. : '

Committee 1: Witness and Outreach

The Rev. Dr. Theodore Laesch, chairman of the com-
mittee, introduced the business of the committee. Rev.
Walter Schoedel, who will chair the committees engaged
in planning The Great Commission Convocation for 1993,
presented the dreams for the gathering. A video was also
shown.

The committee introduced Res. 1-13, which calls for syn-
odwide support of The Great Commission Convocation.
The motion carried with a vote of 93.6 percent.

The committee introduced Res. 1-01, which calls for
adoption of the Mission Task Force Report, Mission Blue-
print for the Nineties. The resolution also calls for honoring
the suggested schedule for progress reporta contained with
the blueprint.

A motion was made and seconded to amend the motion
by deleting lines 2-4 and lines 10-11, (7'B, vol. 1A, p. 30).
Furthermore, the words study the full report are to be in-
serted into line 6 in place of the word use.

A motion was made to call the question on the amend-
ment and on the main motion. The motion to end debate
carried.

The amendment failed.

The main motion, Res. 1-01 unamended, carried by a
vote of 80.2 percent.

Minutes

The minutes for the opening worship and for sessions
1-2 were presented to the convention and were adopted
by common consent. 5

Committee 9: Nominations ‘

Following an announcement regarding the list of all
nominees for the myriad positions to be filled by election
at this convention, Res. 9-01, page 309 of the Convention
Workbook, was placed before the convention. The resolu-
tion calls for majority approval of each individual whose
name had not previously been forwarded to the Committee

‘for Convention Nominations prior to the date established

for forwarding names for committee consideration for the
slate of nominees.

The question was called and was sustained.

The motion carried by a vote of 72.5 percent.

The committee then called for additional nominations
from the floor. /

Robert King was added to the slate for the Board of
Directors of Synod. .

Steven Wiggins was added to the slate for the Board
for Mission Services. .

Steven Washington was added to the slate for the Board
for Parish Services. :

Juan Gonzalez was added to the slate for the Board for
Concordia Publishing House.

Dixie Rochester was added to the slate for the Board
for Concordia Publishing House. .

Raymond Fricke was.added to the slate for the Board
of Regents for Concordia, Austin.

Janis McDaniels was added to the slate for the Board
of Regents for Concordia, Bronxville. :

Rozell Gilmore was added to the slate for the Board of
Regents for Concordia, Portland.

Frazier Odem was added to the slate for the Board of
Regents for Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.

Dorothy Davis was added to the slate for the Board of
Regents for Concordia, Seward.

Dolly Millender was added to the slate for the Board
for Higher Education Services.

E. G. Manteufel was added to the slate for the Board
for Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne.

The Chair was challenged in his ruling that certain

- names not be removed from the nominations. The Chair

was sustained. .
Motion was made and seconded to close nomination.
The motion carried without dissent.

Committee 4: Program and Finance

_ Rev. David Buegler, chairman of the committee, intro-
duced the business of the committee, beginning with Res.
4-01, which establishes budget parameters for the coming
years.

A motion was made and seconded to substitute Over-
ture 4-07, page 221 of the Convention Workbook, for Com-
mittee 4’s resolution (4-01). The motion to substitute failed,
carrying 37.1 percent of the vote.

The question was called and was sustained to end de-
bate on the motion. .

Res. 4-01 was carried by a vote of 88.1 percent.

Res. 4-05 was moved by the committee. The resolution .
was adopted by a vote of 75.1 percent.

Res. 4-03 was placed before the convention. Debate on
specific sections of the resolution began.

Following seven minutes of debate, the orders for the