# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1992_S39
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. MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION 39

Session 14
July 17, Afternoon

Opening
The installation of the officers occurred.

Committee 1: Witness and Outreach

The committee introduced Res. 1-09, to support the
work on black ministry. The committee asked that related
in line 12 be changed to generated from.

The resolution was adopted by voice vote.

Res. 1-10, to provide materials for witnessing to un-
churched family members, was moved.

The resolution was adopted. .

Res, 1-11, to train “living mission” teams, was moved
and adopted with an editorial change to add the words be
encouraged after the word congregation in line 16. .

Res, 1-14 was moved and adopted.

Res. 1-15 was moved and adopted.

Res. L1-43 was moved to refer to Boards for Mission
Services and Parish Services.

The motion was adopted.

Committee 5: Structure and Organization

Res, 5-13, to amend Bylaw 5.33, was moved.
An amendment was proposed as a final resolved: “and

be it finally Resolved, That each congregation be encour-'

aged to designate a Circuit, District and synodical represen-
tative.”

The amendment was lost.

The main motion was adopted by 94 percent.

Res. 5-06, to refer term limitation to Board of Directors,
was moved. |

The motion carried. {

Res. 5-16, to eliminate the Human Care Coordinating
Committee,.was moved and carried by 98 percent.

Res. 5-17 was moved and adopted by a vote of 96.8
percent.

Res. 5-14A, to clarify and designate the listing of ad-
visory members of the Synod, was moved. |

The committee offered several editorial changes which
were accepted by common consent: page 227, line 13, after
the word church add for directors of Christian education
At the end of the same line change deaconess to deacon-
esses; page 227, line 24, add directors of Christian edu;
cation after the word teachers; page 227, line 30, add
deaconesses after the word outreach. |

The motion carried. ‘

Res, 5-21 was moved and adopted. |

Res. 5-18 was moved and adopted by voice vote. |

The committee moved that overtures 5-50 and 5-51 to
53 be referred to the Mission and Ministry Council. |

The motion was adopted. ° !

Special Committee : :

The committee moved the resolution printed in Today’s
Business, vol. 8, page 363, to decline certain overtures.

The question was called and was sustained. {

The motion was adopted by a 94.6 percent vote. |

The Chair announced that the Special Committee would
remain in existence until at least Sept. 1, 1992.

Dr. George Wollenburg moved a resolution thanking
those on the Special Committee, who have helped the
Synod find peace in several difficult matters, and encour-
ages the members of the Synod to continue to strive for

peace.

Wuereas, A Special Committee was appointed by
President Bohlmann, to deal with the dispute and
conflict that has troubled our Synod with respect to
Dr. Robert Preus and various decisions by the COA
and CCM; and

Wuereas, The committee has completed its work
and through their dedicated effort and in response
to our prayers, the Holy Spirit of God has brought
peaceful resolution to the conflict and begun the pro-
cess of reconciliation and healing for our church;
therefore be it

Resolved, That we thank God for the wisdom He
has given them in bringing such a resolution to this
difficult and troubling case; and be it further

Resolved, That we express the gratitude of our
Synod to these faithful and good men who served us
on this committee; and be it finally

Resolved, That we, the delegates to this conven-
tion, each pledge ourselves to continue diligently to
work toward the healing of our church.

The resolution was adopted with a rising vote and sing-
ing of the Doxology.

Committee 3: Theology and Church Relations

Res. 3-14 was placed before the convention.

Question was called and sustained.

The motion was adopted.

Res, 3-15 was moved and adopted by voice vote.

Res. 3-16, to encourage theological study, was moved
and adopted.

Res. 3-17, to encourage study of the CTCR document,
The End Times, was moved and adopted.

Res. 3-18 was moved and adopted.

Res. 3-19, encouraging the completion of the study of
the issue of gambling, was moved and adopted.

Res. 3-20, to conduct a study of liberation theology, was
moved and adopted.

Res. 3-21A, to acknowledge and use God's gifts of re-
search and analysis, was moved and adopted.

A motion was made to table, but was not sustained.

The main motion carried by voice vote.

Res, 3-22 was moved and adopted.

The committee recommended that overture 3-09 be re-

ferred to Committee on Lutheran Cooperation.

The motion to do so carried by voice vote.

Committee 7: Human Care

Res. 7-04A was moved and adopted.

Res. 7-07A was moved and adopted as amended by com-
mon consent to add a resolved: “That we, likewise, thank
God for the work of the synodical Washington Office of
Government Information in conveying vital information on
church-state and moral issues to our public officials,
churches, and others.”

Res. 7-09A was moved.