# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S69
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

CONVENTION MINUTES 69

District Praesidia were encouraged to use every available means for

proper supervision of doctrine and practice (TB 105, 5). Discus-
+ sion was not completed on the resolution to adopt the Statement
cs on Scripture. (TB 105, 6)

Kingdom Building — Facts and Figures

A filmstrip-panel discussion presentation brought out the
pressing financial needs of a growing church. Various possibilities
such as borrowing and a special offering were discussed.

American Bible Society

Dr. Robert Taylor of the American Bible Society addressed the
convention.

After announcements the session was closed with the singing
of “The Morning Light Is Breaking” and the Apostolic Blessing.

Session 4
June 19, Morning

Vice-President Walter F. Lichtsinn gave the opening address
on 1 Peter 2:9: “Showing Forth His Praises.” President Herbert
Baxmann of the South Wisconsin District was the liturgist.

The minutes of Thursday afternoon were adopted.

Doctrinal Essay

Dr. Bretscher concluded the first part of his essay: “God’s
Concern for the Doctrine.” He sketched the concern which the
servants of God have had from the days of the apostles to the
present. The great danger confronting a big and growing church
is that other concerns may crowd out concern for the doctrine.
Dr. Bretscher then proceeded to the second part of his essay:
“The Source of the Doctrine.” St. Paul did not develop the doc-
trine as the product of his own mind but, as he states, “according to
the Scriptures” and “received by the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
Since the source of the doctrine is not man but God, we have no
right to edit the Scriptures.

Greetings
Greetings were received from the Breslau Synod and the
Slovak Lutheran Church.

Dr. Behnken’s Acceptance

Dr. Behnken read a statement in which he formally accepted
the presidency to which he had been elected. He stated that he had
often failed his Savior and his church and was well aware of the