# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1992_S36
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36 MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION

By common consensus a correction from 12 to 9 months
was made on line 34, page 110, of Today’s Business.

The motion was adopted by a 94.4 percent majority vote.

Res, 5-11, to establish a deadline for synodical nomi-
nations, was moved by the committee. ,

The motion was adopted by a 96.7 percent majority vote.

Res. 5-09, calling for the adoption of a procedure for the
implementation of amending Bylaws, was Placed before
the body.

An amendment was offered to add the words subject to
the approval of the next synodical convention to the end of
the last resolved.

Question was called on the amendment and was
sustained.

The amendment was lost, carrying 27.4 percent of the
vote.

The unamended resolution was approved by a vote of
87.1 percent.

Committee 3: Theology and Church Relations

Res. 3-08, to provide for ordination of certain laymen
involved in a Word and Sacrament ministry, was set before
the delegate body.

An amendment was made to table.

The motion to table lost, carrying 47.2 percent of-the
vote.

An amendment was offered to delete from line 15, page
51, of Today’s Business the words have served at least 10
years and replace these words with In the case of men who
are serving in Word and Sacrament ministry and....

The Chair called the question and was sustained.

The amendment was lost, carrying 36.2 percent of the
vote.

The Chair called the question on the main motion and
was sustained.

The main motion was adopted by a majority vote of 70.2
percent.

Committee 1: Witness and Outreach

Res. 1-17, calling for a revision of the Bylaws on,the
function of the Synod’s Board for Communication Services,
was moved,

By consensus the naming of the Synod’s boarding high
school was included in the resolved.

The motion passed by voice vote.

Res. 1-16, calling for a changing of the title Director of
Evangelism to Director of Christian Outreach, was placed
before the body.

* The motion was adopted by a voice vote.

Res. 1-12, to join in celebrating the Synod’s 100th an-
niversary of the India Evangelical Lutheran Church, was
moved.

The motion carried by voice vote.

Res. 1-05, to respond to renewed mission opportunities
in Eastern Europe and Russia, was moved.

By common consensus the words and to expedite were
added to line 32, vol. 1A, page-33, of Today's Business after
the word develop.

The motion was adopted by voice vote.

Res. 1-07, to develop Circuit outreach strategies, was
moved by the committee.

By common consensus the words be encouraged were

added to line 43, page 34, of Today's Business, after the
word Circuits.

By common consensus the body agreed to use the name
AAL rather than Aid Association for Lutherans. :

The motion was adopted by voice vote.

Res. 1-06, to encourage congregational witness to ethnic
groups, was placed in front of the delegates.

By common consent the words major and people were
deleted from the last line of the resolution.

The motion was adopted.

Res. 1-08, to intensify witness among Muslims, was
moved.

The motion was adopted by voice vote.

Committee 4: Program and Finance

Res. 4-06A, which reaffirms the Board of Directors’ re-
lease of financial disclosure, was moved by the committee.

An amendment was made that all major audited state-
ments such as Balance Sheet, Income Statement, and Flow
of Funds and Program Budget Summary be published in
the Lutheran Witness.

The amendment lost. .

An amendment was offered to delete lines 21-22, To-
day’s Business, vol. 4, page 272, and to replace these words
with the words: That it make all information concerning
payments made to specific vendors, individuals, and liti-
gation available,

The question was called on both amendment and main
motion and was sustained.

The amendment was defeated.

The main motion was adopted by a vote of 92.3 percent.

Res. 4-07, to affirm our Synod’s accounting procedure
and fiscal operations, was moved by the committee.

An amendment was proposed and adopted by common
consent to delete the words and through existing proce-
dures and get on with our mission from line 7, Today's
Business, vol. 1A, page 80.

An amendment was proposed and adopted by common
consent to add the word trust as the last word of the
resolution.

The motion as amended was adopted by 94.7 percent of
the vote.

Res, 4-08, to reaffirm the Board of Directors’ policy in
regard to litigation, was introduced and placed before the
convention.

The motion was adopted by a vote of 94.5 percent.

Res. 4-09, to address increased funding for church-
worker students, was moved by the committee. -

By common consent the word will was replaced with
may.

* The motion was J approved by 99.1 percent of the voters.

Res. 4-10, to encourage endowments for higher educa-
tion within the Synod, was moved.

The motion passed with a vote of 97.6 percent.

Res. 4-11, which encourages biblical principles of stew-
ardship, was moved. .

An amendment was offered to add the word tithing after
the words first fruit.

The amendment was defeated.

An amendment was proposed and adopted by common
consent to add the word cheerful after the word liberal.

An amendment was proposed and adopted by common