# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1962_S194
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COMMITTEE 8 193

church may not all receive equal attention and may not
necessarily be represented in the Praesidium; and

Wuereas, The system of having Regional Vice-
Presidents in the Atlantic District and in other Dis-
tricts has been established and found to be very
acceptable and helpful both to pastors and to congre-
gations; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Atlantic District memorialize the
Synod at its 1962 convention to consider the establish-
ment of two additional vice-presidencies; and be it
further

Resolved, That the five part-time Vice-Presidents be
elected from five specific regions and be particularly
responsible, under the President, for the regions for
which they will be elected; and be it further

Resolved, That these five regions be the following:

Atlantic Region: Ontario, Atlantic, Eastern, Central,
Southeastern, Florida-Georgia, English Districts;

Mid-Eastern Region: Michigan, North Wisconsin,
South Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa East, Iowa West,
Northern Illinois, Central Illinois Districts;

Southern Region: Western, Southern, Oklahoma,
Kansas, Texas, Southern Illinois Districts;

North Western Region: Manitoba-Saskatchewan,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Northern Nebraska,
Southern Nebraska Districts;

Pacific Region: Alberta-British Columbia, Montana,
Northwest, California-Nevada, Colorado, Southern
California Districts.

And be it finally

Resolved, That each District contained in a given
region nominate one candidate for the whole region and
that election be made from three candidates at the

Synodical tion. .
ynoaiea’ convennon Atlantic District

Aruin A. Maas, Secretary
[642]

To Petition the Synod’s President to Exercise
Sound Judgment in Appointing
Floor Committees

Wuereas, Appointments of men to committees deal-
ing in matters and works with which such men ap-
pointed were directly involved were made by the Presi-
dent of the Synod for the 1962 convention; and

Wuereas, It is unethical for men to serve on com-
mittees reviewing their own works and actions; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That we petition the President of The Lu-
theran Church — Missouri Synod to exercise sound
judgment so that no one will be appointed to a review
committee to review his own case or work, so that no
man serves on a floor committee dealing with matters
in which such appointee is directly involved.

Crecurr 17, NorTHERN ItLinoIs DistRIcT
Apo.tr Krause, Secretary

[643]
To Refer to Survey Commission
for Further Study Paragraph 3d, p. 232,
“Reports and Memorials, 1962”

Wuereas, Article VII of the Synod’s constitution
states that “in its relation to its members Synod is not
an ecclesiastical government exercising legislative or
coercive powers, and with respect to the individual con-
gregation’s right of self-government it is but an advisory
body”; and

Wuereas, The report of the Synodical Survey Com-
mission (p. 232, paragraph 3d, in the 1962 book of Re-
ports and Memorials) appears to allow the Synod to
limit the congregation’s right of self-government as de-
fined in Article VII of the Synod’s constitution; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That this matter be referred back to the
Synodical Survey Commission for further study; and be
it further

Resolved, That this resolution be forwarded to the
President of the Synod for consideration at the synod-
ical convention at Cleveland.

SOUTHEASTERN Districr Pastoral CONFERENCE

Wayne M. Scuarpt, Chairman
H. Davip MEtEr, Secretary

[715] COMMITTEE 8

To Refuse to Authorize Publication
of Religious Books Using Revised
Standard Version Translations, etc.

Wuersas, The 1959 San Francisco convention refused
to authorize the publishing of a catechism which would
use the text of the Revised Standard Version; and

Wnuereas, The Nov. 1, 1961, Lutheran Layman re-
ported: “Concordia Publishing House has issued a new,
56-page booklet listing the 703 Bible passages found
in A Short Explanation of Dr. Martin Luther’s Small
Catechism in the language of the Revised Standard
Version”; and

Wuereas, The December 1960 Lutheran Education
reported that the text of a new Bible history textbook
will be based on the text of the Revised Standard Ver-
sion of the Bible; and

Wuereas, The September 1961 Lutheran Education
reported that the text of a new Sunday school memory
course will be in the text of the Revised Standard Ver-
sion; and

Wuereas, The Revised Standard Version of the
Bible is the “official Bible” of the National Council of
Churches; and

Wuereas, Such fundamental doctrines of Christianity
as the virgin birth of Christ, His physical resurrection,
and His deity are rejected by many of the translators
of the Revised Standard Version; and