# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S10
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10 PRESIDENT’S TRIENNIAL REPORT

agreement be made on the administrative level. By this we meant
a meeting of the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of both sides as
well as the District Presidents of the Hon. Wisconsin Synod and
an equal number of District Presidents of our Synod. The Hon.
Wisconsin Synod agreed to this proposal. A series of meetings
were held, each lasting four days. However, no agreement was
reached.

During 1954 two meetings of the Synodical Conference were
held, one August 10—13 in Detroit and the recessed meeting
November 16—19 in Chicago. Also these meetings did not result
in agreement, though many hours were devoted to the discussion
of the controversial issues.

Your President attended the meeting of the Hon. Wisconsin
Synod held in Saginaw in August 1955 and was given an oppor-
tunity to speak to the convention. He sought to emphasize that
we are not in disagreement doctrinally and that there is no justi-
fication for severance of relations. He pointed out that our Synod
does not favor, nor does it desire the dissolution of the Synodical
Conference. He frankly admitted that our Synod is not perfect
in the area of practice, and assured the convention that evangelical
admonition and discipline is practiced where such violations occur.
He made an earnest plea that there be no severance of relations.

Your President felt constrained to make a special trip to
Europe December 1953 to meet with leaders of the three Free
Churches. Individuals as well as certain free-lance periodicals
and even certain official periodicals had given reports which greatly
disturbed our brethren in Europe, reports which brought charges
against our doctrinal position and accused us of unionistic practice.
At a conference these charges were frankly discussed. There was
general gratitude when these men were given information about
the true state of our church. Thus the purpose of the meeting
was accomplished.

Floor Committee 3, which has been meeting for a number of
days, will present proper resolutions about these intersynodical
matters to the convention.

At this meeting our convention, under the guidance of Floor
Committee 3, will also present resolutions concerning Common
Confession, Part II. This was presented to our 1953 convention.
Pastors, teachers, and congregations were asked to study it thor-
oughly that proper action might be taken at this convention. The
American Lutheran Church has adopted both Part I and Part II of
the Common Confession. May the Holy Spirit guide us to do that
which is truly God-pleasing.

Negotiations with the American Lutheran Church, begun in
1935, have come to a standstill. The American Lutheran Church

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