# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S508
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508 INTERSYNODICAL AND DOCTRINAL MATTERS

Personnel of This Committee
Pastors ‘Teachers Laymen
Prof. Conrad Frey Werner Roekle O. L. Bakkom
Adolph C. Buenger Arnold J. Lober Omar R. Doblie

Paul F. Nolting Harold W. Goede John Suess
Harold E. Wicke Arthur Glende Arthur Brandt

R. H. Roth Eugene A. Johnson
Prof. Armin Schuetze Lyle Marotz
George Frey Willis Danekas
Alfred Schewe Roy E. Gibson

Walter A. Diehl Arnold Omness

We, the undersigned members of the Floor Committee, al-
though we are in full agreement with the Preamble and the
Resolution to terminate fellowship, are of the conviction that the
reasons stated for delay do not warrant postponement of action
upon the Resolution. We herewith register our dissenting vote.

Armin Schuetze Harold Goede Willis Danekas
George Frey Werner Roekle

Reinhold Roth

Paul Nolting

Action by the Convention
1) The PREAMBLE of the Report of Floor Committee No. 2
was adopted by unanimous vote of the Convention.

2) The RESOLUTION calling for a recessed session of the
Convention in 1956 to take final action on the resolution to ter-
minate fellowship with the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod was
adopted by a standing vote of 94 to 47.

3) The matter of drawing up a CONFESSION OF FAITH
was referred to the General Synodical Committee for study and
action.

4) The entire report of Floor Committee No.2 was adopted.

Action of the Thirty-Eighth Regular Convention
of the
Norwegian Synod
of the
American Evangelical Lutheran Church
as Adopted June 24, 1955
(Memorial 607)

“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to
dwell together in unity!” (Ps. 133:1). Since the days of the apostles
it has always been the case that Christian men and women have

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