# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1962_S213 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) Nee nn eee ee ATEN Et oe a LAG SACI watiret SS } : : 7 q 4 ( Ministers of Gospel, witness of 108 Ministry, Commission on Theological Foundations of, to refer materials to research committee 89 Minnesota District division 127 Minutes of the convention 51—69 Miscellaneous See Special ministries and miscellaneous Missionaries representation at conventions 130 to believe and teach Scripturally 102 Missions 91—100 African work of Synodical Conference 97 Asia, seminaries in 98 Bermuda possibility 95 blind 92 campus work 100 Caribbean area national church 91 Church Extension loan goals 99 college and university program overseas 100 deaf 95 division, single 136, 137, 176, 188 education 149, 150 expansion goals 91 Far East 98 fellowship on fields 103 home, capital investment needs for ex- pansion 99, 100 inner city 93, 94 intercultural outreach 94 Literacy and Literature Committee 96 Lutheran Free Churches of Europe 92 Lutheran Women’s Missionary League 100 mass-communications media, use of 94, 95 medical 96, 97 Negro American, Synodwide approach to 97, 98 Portugal, by Brazil District 93 proportion of contributions for 98, 99 South Pacific 98 Spanish-speaking people 92 “subsidized District,” term discontinued 95 Synodical Conference, taken over by Districts 97 World, report of Division of 95, 96 Missouri Synod, two decades of growth Morals, Christian 119 Music, sacred, adequacy of program 84 Musicians, church, recruitment and utili- zation 84 National Council of Churches of Christ 107 National Evangelical Lutheran Church 12 National Lutheran Council, invitation to cooperation 109 National Lutheran Parent-Teacher League scholarships for church vocations 114 thanks for educational projects 119 Negro American, Synodwide mission ap- proach to 97, 98 New members 69 Niermann family, sympathy to 167 Nigeria 97 Nominations 52 for faculty service 73 Nominations Committee for Executive Secretaries 162, 201, 202 Nursery Roll 114 Oakland college capital investment projects 86 Lutheran Education Society 90, 91 Obera preparatory school 76, 77 Oberursel, financial support 92 Offerings, allocation of synodical 156 Office, holding more than one 71 Officers elected 66 Ordination, prerequisites for 131 “Our Witness to a Pagan World” — Koeh- neke 37—41 Pacific, South 98 Parent-Teacher League, National Lutheran See National Lutheran Parent-Teacher League ’ Parents, responsibility in Baptism 114 “Parish Activities’ issue of Advance 117 Parish education 112—121 Bible institute 116, 117 catechism, intersynodical translation 118, 119 family-life education 117 Federal aid to church-related schools 117, 118 inner-city schools 113 marriage education and counseling 117 morals, Christian 119 Nursery Roll 114 recruitment for church vocations 113, 114 RSV, use of, in catechism and other teaching aids 120 rural schools 113 TOPICAL INDEX school opportunities for more children 112 standards, rising 113 Sunday school teacher training 114, 115 teacher education 112, 113 textbooks, preparation of 120 thanks to auxiliary organizations 119 time for Christian education 115 “Train Two” Bible study advance 116 vacation Bible school workshops 115, 116 vacation Bible schools 115 Parish Education, Board of and Coordinating Council 117 staff needs 118, 183 Parish public relations program 158 Parish worker program at Winfield 84 Pastor, to dismiss a, from the Synod 167 Pension Fund Accounting Department re- port 149 Pensions 144—148 congregations pay 12% 147, 148 funds for church extension 156, 157, 198 housing plan 146, 147 Lay Retirement Plan 146 minimum payment increase 146, 198 Pension Study Committee report 145, 146 Sommer, Edwin A., recognition of 144, 145 Synodical Conference reciprocal mem- bership 148 Periodicals, indexing of 142, 195, 196 Polish Lutheran Church in Exile 92 Portland college additional professorships 88 capital investment projects 86 Porto Alegre seminary requirements of theological department 16 sixth professorship 76 Portugal, mission work in 93, 174 Practice, supervision of 102, 103 Presbyterians, meetings with 102 President of District, right to suspend 124, 125 President of institution, authority and duties 73 President of the Synod advisory and executive functions 132 appointment of floor committees 124 if unable to serve 128, 129 President’s address 7, 8 right to suspend 124, 125 triennial report 9—12 PROCEEDINGS, Secretary authorized to edit “Proclamation of the Law and the Gos- pel” — Koehneke 18—21 Professors conferences 70 promoting assistant 75 release for hymnal revision 89 resignations 9 tenure of assistant 75, 76 Public relations and mass media 157161 Board for Public Relations 157, 158, 159 Chicago regional office 158, 159 Editorial Board and editors 159, 160 editors, appointment of 160 KFUO 161 LLL national advertising 158 Lutheran Witness 159, 160 parish public relations program 158 Question 7 film distribution 158 special resolution 157 “This Is the Life” 160, 161 Public Relations, Board for constituted by appointment 159 to study change of name for the Synod 28 Public relations, internal synodical 127 Publications See Church literature and publications Publications of students 70 Publications, theological, not easily ac- cessible 140 Publishing House, Concordia See Concor- dia Publishing House Question 7 158 Race, barriers of class and 94 Race relations 139 Racine Lutheran High School 181, 182 Radio Station KFUO 161, 189, 190 Recruitment 70, 113, 114 Registration 51, 66 Rematriage, research project on 141, 142 Reports and Memorials, wider distribution of 142 Research, Committee for 135, 142 Resolution 9 cf 1959 105, 106, 187 constitutionality 122, 123 Resolutions 70—168 Resurrection of the flesh 106 Revised Standard Version, use of, in cate- chism and other teaching aids 120 River Forest teachers college additional professorships 88 capital investment projects 86 centennial 81, 82 primary function to train teachers 88, 89 thankoffering of Northern Illinois con- gregations 82 Roster of the convention 42—50 tabular survey 50 Sabbatical leave 70, 72, 73 Sacraments 25—30 St. Louis seminary additional funds for “transition years” 88 additional professorships 88 capital investment projects 86, 87 transfer property title 88, 173 St. Pauli, Minn., college additional professorships 88 capital investment projects 87 expanded teacher education 78 Salary schedules of institutional employ- ees 72 Scharlemann, Martin H. 106, 107 School opportunities for more children 112 Schools See Parish education Scripture, doctrine of 104, 105 Scripture, Statement on 105 Scriptures, Statement on the Form and Function of the Holy 111, 180 Secretary of the Synod authorized to edit PRocEEDINGS and Handbook 168 Self-government, clarification of term 127, 128, 193 Selma, Ala., school, program of 78, 79, 173 Seminaries and colleges See Colleges and seminaries Senior Citizens’ Foundation, Lutheran 165, 200 Seward, St. John’s School, the Synod to assume 40% of expansion cost 89 Seward teachers college additional professorships 88 capital investment projects 87 Sex and the Church 142 Social action, Christian responsibility in 139, 140 Social Action, Commission on 139 Social welfare and world relief 137—140 church and state relations 138, 139 commendation of board and staff 139 congregations, Districts commended 139 dancing, close-embrace 139 race relations 139 social action 138—140 welfare agencies, Lutheran 138 Welfare Sunday, observance of Lutheran World Relief, Board of, report 137, 138 Social Welfare, Board of 119, 139 Social work students 81 Sommer, Edwin A., recognition of service 144, 145 Southeast, junior college in 80 Spanish instruction in colleges 81 Spanish-speaking people, work among 92, 173 Special ministries and miscellaneous 161—168 Springfield seminary additional professorships 88 capital investment projects 87 maintaining entrance requirements 82, 171 State aid to church-related schools 117, 18 State, church and 138, 139 Statement on Scripture 105 Statement on the Form and Function of the Holy Scriptures 111, 180 Stewardship chair of, in colleges 81 See also Finance and stewardship Stewardship, Mission Education, and Pro- motion, Department of, report 148 Strieter, Martin E. 166 Student discipline, right of appeal 72 publications 70 theological, accelerated program 81 “Subsidized District,” term discontinued 95 Sunday school teacher training 114, 115 Support and pensions See Pensions Survey Commission 11 report 132 resolution of thanks to 136 supplemental report 188—191 unfinished items 137 Suspension, President’s right of 124, 125 Sympathy resolutions Bergman family 168 Niermann and Brockopp families 167 Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches 11, 12, 110 African mission work 97 Synodical Conference 11, 110 African work, transfer of 97, 175 Missionary Board membership changes 9 missions taken over by Districts 97