# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S9
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PRESIDENT’S TRIENNIAL REPORT ' 9

these conventions, delivered the convention sermon, and reported
on the work of the church at large. During the year 1955 District
conventions were so spaced as to enable your President and Vice-
Presidents to visit all the conventions.

The present situation in the Synodical Conference calls for
the most prayerful and careful deliberation and action on the part
of the convention. Because our Synod in 1950 adopted the Common
Confession, Part I, and because of the Chaplaincy and Boy Scout
issues, and other matters, relations between our bodies have been
rather strained. Since our 1953 convention three meetings of the
Intersynodical Relations Committee were held. This committee
consisted of three members from each of the constituent synods
of the Synodical Conference. At the Synodical Conference meeting
in Detroit in August 1954 this committee was dismissed since it
had reached an impasse and no agreement seemed possible. In its
stead the Presidents. were instructed to appoint several committees
dealing with matters of Doctrine, Boy Scouts and Chaplaincies,
Arbitration, and Prayer Fellowship and Unionism. However, both
the Hon. Wisconsin Synod and the Hon. Norwegian Synod declared
that the appointment of these committees was only an interim
action and members of their synods would serve only until the
time of their respective conventions. The committees were ap-
pointed, and some meetings were held. No agreement was reached.
Since the conventions of these two bodies decided to discontinue
these negotiations, we regret that no further intersynodical meet-
ings could be held.

Vice-President Dr. A. H. Grumm attended the 34th Regular
Convention of the Norwegian Synod in June 1955. The convention
granted Dr.Grumm opportunity to speak. He gratefully accepted
the opportunity given him and in all kindness sought to present
our position. Dr.Grumm then had to leave. After further dis-
cussion the convention resolved: “Therefore we hereby declare
with deepest regret that fellowship relations with The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod are suspended on the basis of Romans
16:17 and that the exercise of such relations cannot be resumed
until the offenses contrary to the doctrine which we have learned
have been removed by them in proper manner.”

Vice-President Dr. A. H. Grumm and your President attended
a recessed meeting of the Hon. Wisconsin Synod held in Mil-
waukee, October 8—9, 1953. At that time we sought to assure
the recessed convention that we are not in doctrinal disagreement
with the Wisconsin Synod and that we subscribe wholeheartedly
to the doctrine of Holy Writ as set forth in the Brief Statement
of our Synod. We pleaded earnestly that another effort to reach