# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1992_S33
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MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION ; 33

The question was called and was sustained by a 96. 2
percent majority vote.

The main motion was adopted by a vote of 97 percent.

Res. 2-04 was placed before the convention. The motion
calls for an examination and enhancement of preparation
for confirmation and first Communion.

An amendment was offered to delete the word and from
line 19 (TB, vol. 1A, page 45) and to add the words and.a
Lutheran hymnal in line 20. |

Question was called on the amendment and on the main
motion and was sustained.

The amendment carried.

The main motion, as amended, carried with a 93.6 per-
cent majority vote.

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. Committee 6: Higher Education

Res. 6-06, which calls for a change in the requirements
for the teacher colloquy program, was moved by the
committee.

A substitute motion was offered but was declined by a
voice vote.

Question was called and was sustained. -

The motion carried by a 77.5 percent majority.

Res. 6-07, to establish a deaconess colloquy program,
was placed before the delegation.

The motion carried by a majority vote of 87.2 percent.

Committee 1: Witness and Outreach

Dr. Theodore Laesch introduced Dr. Glenn O’Shoney,
who in turn introduced several missionary families, in-
cluding John and Janet Eggers, Robert and Penny Selle,
Woody and Margie Arp, Marty Brodbeck, and Dana
Brones.

Res. 1-02, which calls upon all the people of the Synod
to view the United States of America as a world mission
field, was moved by the committee.

The motion was adopted by a vote of 98.3 percent.

Res. 1-03A, which would make reaching the lost a prior-
ity for every congregation, was placed before the body.

An amendment was proposed to add words to the end
of No.7 of the resolved: being strongly sensitive to cultural
and ethnic diversity through creativity in worship, but also
being cautious to stay in conformity with the Scriptures.

Question was called on the amendment by the Chair
and was sustained.

The amendment was adopted by a 60.8 percent majority

vote.

Quéstion was called on the main motion by the Chair
and was sustained. |

The main motion was adopted by a 90.2 percent ma-
jority vote.

Res. 1-04, which calls for a strengthening of public rec-
ognition of LCMS mission, was moved by the committee.!

A substitute motion was proposed: L1-42 (TB, vol. 1A,
page 9).

The assembly voted not to consider the substitute
motion. i

The Chair called the question and was sustained: 92. 4
percent. :
Res. 1-04 was adopted by a vote of 88.6 percent.

Committee 4: Program and Finance

Res. 4-04A, which calls for the Synod to continue the
“Expanding the Circle” process, was placed before the
assembly.

An amendment was proposed and accepted by common
consent to add the words support our seminaries through
the designation of student aid, Today’s Business, vol. 4,

page 271, line 26, after the second comma.

Question was called by the Chair and was sustained.

The delegates adopted the resolution by a 56.8 percent
majority vote.

Special Question

A special question was raised to the Chair, asking
whether a process existed for removal of a person from a
board or commission. The Chair asked Committee 5 to
review the question and to respond to the convention at a
later moment in the convention.

Committee 5: Structure and Organization

Res. 5-02A, which calls for clarification and protection
of all individual worker rights, was placed before the
convention.

An amendment was proposed and adopted by common
consent to add the words declines to suspend the member
or to line 14 between the words President and fails (TB,

vol. 2, page 193).

An amendment was offered and accepted by common
consensus to delete the last sentence of paragraph 6, lines
19-20 (TB, vol. 2, page 193).

Question was called and sustained.

The motion as amended twice was adopted by a vote of
75.2 percent.

Res. 5-03B, which calls for a clarification of faculty
rights, was moved by the committee.

An amendment was offered to delete part d, including
sections 1-3, Today’s Business, vol. 6, page 330, lines 4—
11.

The Chair called for the question and was sustained by
a vote of 73.5 percent.

The amendment failed, carrying 14.1 percent of the
vote.

The question was called and was sustained.

Res. 5-03B was adopted as Printed by a 82.6 percent

“majority vote.

Closing Devotions

The delegates were led in closing devotions by the Chap-
lain of the convention.

Session 11
July 16, Morning
Opening Devotions

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

LifeLight™ Bible Study

The delegates once again participated in the study of
the Scriptures.