# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1965_S307
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LIST OF “UN” REPORTS AND OVERTURES

PAGE
“Messengers of

1. Missions
To Give Recognition to

Christ,” ete. 000 200
To Effect a Single Divisional Board for Mis-
5) Co) oe 200

2. Doctrinal Matters

To Request the Synod to Reconsider Her
Position on Woman Suffrage 201
To Request that Five Overtures Not Sub-
mitted to the 1962 Convention Be Submitted
to the 1965 Convention of The Lutheran

Church — Missouri Synod 201
To Consider Critique Titled “Missouri in De-
1-0 Led 203

3. Church Relations
To Urge the Synod to Apply for Membership

in Lutheran World Federation... 204
Communication from the Ev. Lutheran Free
Church of Germany www 204

Communication from the Ev. Lutheran
Church — Synod of France and Belgium ___. 205

Communication from the Free Ev. Lutheran

Church of Finland 00 206
To Refuse to Seek Membership in the Lu-
theran World Federation 207

To Request India Evangelical Lutheran
Church to Withdraw from Membership in the
Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches,
CS) 5 207
To Defer Action on Joining Lutheran Council
in the United States of America... 208
To Consider Church Fellowship and What
L. W. F. Membership Really Means 208

4. Synodical Administration
To Commend the President and Vice-Presi-

dents of the Northwest District, etc... 209
To Approve Unification of State of Wyoming
Within Boundaries of One District 209
To Limit Administrative and Other Duties of
the President of the Synod... 210
Appendix G to Report of Board of Directors,
Mass Media in Mission Survey _... 210

Auxiliary Organizations, re Unfinished Item
of Survey Commission Assigned by the 1962
Convention to the President and Vice-Presi-

dents for the 1965 Convention... 211
To Declare Moratorium on Establishment of
Full-Time District Presidents, ete. 211

5. Constitutional Matters and Membership Applications

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To Request the Detroit Convention to Ask the
President of the District in Which Dr. Martin
Scharlemann Now Holds Membership to Deal
with Him According to the Synodical “Hand-
book,” ete. cece ee 212
To Petition that the Detroit Convention Re-
quest the President of the District in Which
Dr. Gilbert Thiele Now Holds Membership to
Deal with Him According to the Synodical
“Handbook,” ete. 220 _ 214
To Ask that the Detroit Convention Require
the President of the District in Which Dr.
Robert Scharlemann Now Holds Membership
to Deal with Him According to the Synodical
“Handbook,” ete. 0 C
To Request that the Detroit Convention De-
mand Dr. Martin Marty’s Resignation from
His Position as Associate Editor of the “Chris-
tian Century,” etc. a. 218
To Petition the Detroit Convention to Request
the Praesidium to Seek, According to Proper

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PAGE
Procedure, the Removal of Dr. Alfred Fuer-
bringer from Presidency of Concordia Semi-
nary, St. Louis 2c 219
To Have the Detroit Convention Request the
Presidents of the Districts in Which Dr. Carl
Krekeler, Dr. William Bloom, and Pres. O. P.
Kretzmann Are Now Members to Deal with
Them According to the Synodical “Hand-
book,” ete. 221

To Petition the Detroit Convention to Request

All Missouri Synod Clergymen to Withdraw
from the Editorial Staff of “Dialog,” ete... 223
To Make the Office of Counselor Nominative 225
To Assure Congregations that No Bindin
Commitment . . . Involving the Synod ... in
Any Church Federation .. . Be Made Until
Two Thirds of Congregations Have Approved 225
To Amend Section 1.33 of the “Handbook” ___ 226

To Reconsider Section 6.25f of the “Hand-

book” 226
To Establish New Method for Selecting Dele-
gates from Electoral Circuits... 227

To Appoint a Fact-finding Committee to In-
vestigate Truthfulness of Charges that False
Doctrine Is Tolerated in the Synod, ete. 227
To Determine that No Change in the Synod-
ical “Handbook” Shall Be Valid... Unless
... Made in Accord with Procedures Spelled
Out in Section 16.01 of the “Handbook” __ 227
To Clarify Alleged Confusion in Sections 5.25
and 5.87 of Synodical “Handbook,” ete, 228
To Take More Effective Steps to Bring About
a Satisfying and God-pleasing Solution of the
Present Offensive Situation in the Synod with
Respect to Doctrine 0 228

6. Higher Education

Report of Instituto Concérdia de Sao Paulo,
Sao Paulo, Brazil 000 _ 229
To Include Appropriations . . . of Not More
than $20,000 . . . to Expand the Elementary
School of St. John’s Lutheran Congregation,
Seward, Nebr. 230
To Instruct Board for Higher Education to

Include West Coast Facilities in Its Planning 230
To Transfer Alabama Lutheran Academy and
College of Selma, Ala., to Another Location,
5 231
To Change Section 6.79a of the Synodical
“Handbook,” “Modified Service and Retire-
bes + laa 231
To Make Certain Changes in the Synod’s
Constitution and Bylaws... 231
To Make Greater Use of the Intercampus
Church Vocations Association. 232

To Change “Handbook” Regulation Concern-
ing the Appointment of Lay Members of Fac-
ulties to Rank of Associate Professor or
Professor 20. 232

7. Parish Education and Services

To Appoint a Subcommittee on Dual Enroll-
ment, ete. 232

To Follow Bible Sequence .. . in Observing
Church Year when Selecting Sunday School

Lesson Texts, ete. maaan ee cee enter ee 232
8. Young People’s Work

To Replace Editor of “Arena” 233

To Cease Publication of Magazine “Arena” __ 233

Statement and Suggestions re “Arena” ____ 233