# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1967_S176 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) Missions _ . community area pilot projects 87 cooperative endeavors 81 . Hilimer, William H. 20, 83 money for missions 86 resolutions 81-6 study materials 83 training program 84 unpublished reports and overtures 171 whole man 93, 114 whole society 86 See also Missions, Board for; Missions, Divisions of; areas of missions, e. ., Africa; Blind; Hong Kong Missions, Board for 81-6 passim biennial plans and financing 85-6 bylaws 115-16 election results 37 size 104 Synod, of Evangelical Lutheran Churches Missions, Division of 85, 87, 168 Missouri Synod See Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, The Misuse of contributions, alleged 107 Modified service 141 Mother's Day offering 166-7, 169 NELC inc ialana Evangelical Lutheran Chure Name of Synod 123 National Association of Evangelicals 49 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S. A. 49, 98, 100 National Evangelical Lutheran Church 75 National Lutheran Campus Ministry 102 See also Campus ministry Nebraska President of Synod commissioned Ad- miral of the Nebraska Navy 19 Neeb, Martin J., Jr. 27 meets Resources, Office (Division) for 3 Negro See Race relations Nelson, Marshall 149 New Guinea 81 New Testament See Scripture Nickel, Theodore F. convention sermon 5, 51-4 Nigeria 23, 83 Nominations 19, 21, 125, 167, 170 See also Convention Nominations, Board for North Riverside, Il., campus 138 See also River Forest Oakland college 37, 127, 133, 137 Offerings for District and Synod 168 Officers, synodical 6 Official periodicals See Periodicals, official Old Testament Beck's translation 157 See also Scripture Open housing 150-1 Opening ceremonies 19 devotion 19 sermon 51-4 service 5, 39 Operating divisions 168 Organization, convention 19 Orientation procedure 121 Overtures correlated with resolutions 173-4 late 23, 27, 32, 169 right to submit 124-5 unpublished 171 Parish Education, Board of 129, 143, 144, 145, 146 report 146 statement on sex morality and the Chris- tian 50 election results 37 Parish education and services 142-6, 168, 1 Parish renewal through education 142-3 Parish worker 132 Parliamentarians 19, 35 Parochial schools See Elementary schools “Pattern for Living” 155 “Patterns of Performance” 145 Peer group process 95-6 Pension Fund housing loans 154 investment of moneys 164 Pensions and Support, Board of [formerly Board of Support and Pensions; see Convention Workbook, p. 286, and Froceedings, p.153}] 107, 109, 152-3, 1 Pensions, support, and welfare 152-4, 168 Periodical policies 156 Periodicals, official 155-6, 157 Personnel needs 126 Philippines 81 “Policy Statement on Campus Ministries” INDEX Poll of congregations on proposed major changes 118 Portland college 26, 133, 137, 140, 141 Porto Alegre, Brazil, seminary 37 Poverty relief programs 151, 152 Prayer special periods 100 for the souls of the dead 93-4 “preaching Through the Press” 159 Prejudice, warning against 144 Presbyterian Churches See Reformed Churches President of the Synod See Administration Presidents, Council of See Council of Pres- idents Presidents, District See District Presidents of educational institutions calling, method of 128 Preus, Robert 34 Prince of Peace Volunteers 22, 151 Programs training, in synodical schools 132 Senior College 133 alternate training programs 136 Property duties of Board of Directors 104 “Proposed Rite for Holy Baptism” 92 Public relations, Communications and resolutions 154-7 Public Relations, Board for 157 Publications See Church literature and publications Question 7 80 RIAL See Religion in American Life, Inc.. Race relations 47, 123-4, 131-2 Recruitment 129, 131-2 Reformation, 450th anniversary (1967) 5, 28, 49, 99, 160 Reformed Churches, discussions with 98 Registration 19, 167 Religion in American Life, Inc. 155 Removal from office 134 Reporter, Lutheran Witness See Lutheran R Witness Reporter eports correlated with resolutions 173-4 late 103, 172 unpublished 171 Research and Statistics, Department of 107 Reserve for unforeseen contingencies 169 Resolutions 81-169 correlated with reports and overtures 73-4 Resurrection of Christ 95 Retirement and benefit programs 152-4, 171 “A Review of the Question ‘What Is a Doctrine?’ ”” 97 River Forest teachers college 37, 96, 131, 133, 137, 140 See also North Riverside Roettger, Olinda 155 Roman Catholics 49, 98 Roster of the convention 7-14 tabular survey 15 Rutz, Fred C. 112 SELC See Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches St. John’s Lutheran College See Winfield college St. Louis seminary 37, 94, 131, 133, 138, 140, St. Paul, Minn. college 133, 138, 140 high school 142 St. Paul Lutheran Church, Columbia, Pa. 120 St. Paul’s College See Concordia, Mo., col- lege Salaries faculty 127, 132, 168 pastors’ 107 sharing of information between District and synodical boards 108-9 teachers’ 107 Sao Paulo, Brazil, institute 134 Schiotz, Fredrik A. and Mrs. 26 Schole, Frederick A. 28 Schultz, Ralph C. 5 Scouting 80, 147 Screening Committee See Special commit- ‘ tee of three Scripture authorship 88, 93 inspiration 92, 93 loyalty to 92 respected on convention floor 108 Secretary, assistant 19 Selective fellowship See Fellowship Self-financing in missions, District 81 Selma, Ala. academy and college 37, 129-30, 133, 139, 140 . Seminaries 26, 96, 133, 134, 136, 138, 139, 140 See also names of cities where located Senior college See Fort Wayne Separatism 91, 93 Sermon, convention 51-4 Service Book and Hymnal 90 Service centers 80 Service Commission, Synodical 104 Services closing devotion 37 . consecration (dedication) of Concordia Catechism Series 22 memorial 31 opening devotion 19 Services, Division of 168 Services to the Mentally Retarded, Com- mission for See Mentally Retarded, Commission for Services to the Seward teachers college and high school S 125-6, 131, 133, 139, 140 ex ‘sex morality and the Christian 48 “Statement to the Church Concerning the National Collapse in Sexual Morality” 50 Sight Saving materials 85 Site acquisition project, general 140 . Sites, convention See Convention, synodi- ca! Social Action, Commission on 50, 149, 150 Social action and welfare 148-52, 164, 171 Social Action and Welfare, Division of 109 Social Change, Advisory Council on Ch' d an Social Ministry, Board of (formerly Board of Social Welfare) 114, 164 report 148 rom work program Social Welfare, Board of See Social Min- istry, Board of Solicitation of funds 114 Sou immortality See Immortality of the soul prayers for the souls of the dead See Prayers for the souls of the dead South America membership growth 1940-66 75 See also names of countries and cities, e. g., Brazil; Sao Paulo _ Southeast, property for college in 132. (39, Spanish-Americans, mission work 4: 9ng 83 Special committee of three 19, 23, 27, 29. iat Maustrt 17+ ivision of 168 Special Ministries, Division o Secial ministries and sundry matters 28, 158-64, 171 Spitz, C, Thomas, Ir. 23-4, 79-80 Spreckelsen, ‘William von See vonSpinckel- sen, William Springfield, Ill., seminary 129, 131, 135 139, State of the Chureh 45 Sterilization Stewardship, Mission Education, and Pro- motion, Board for 37, 113, 166 Stewardship and finance 164-7 | budget commitments and receipts 28 chair of stewardship 126 corporate stewardship 165 economy in Synod’s work 110 money for missions 86 unpublished oversures 171 Stiemke, olp! “The Structure of a Missionary Congrega- Ss dent nid 126 7, 140 ent a <7, . Study Commission on Lutheran Lay Higher Education dissolved 126 Study materials, mission Suggested Guidelines for the (Church in the Practice of Fellowship” See Fel- lowshi ; . Sundry matters See Special ministries and sundry matters Support and Pensions, Board of See Pen- sions, aa Supports Board of Synod, offerings for Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches 24, 48, 50, 90, ; Synodical administration See Administra- tion Synodical Conference See Lutheran Syn- odical Conference | Synodical Service Commission 104 TB See Today’s Business . Tabular survey of the convention 15 Taiwan 81 . Telephone messages, weekly 2-minute, from the President of Synod to con- gregations 32 Television 87, 154-5, 168, 169 Temme, Norman 15: . | Term of office of Vice-Presidents and Cir- cuit Counselors 123 Thanks, special 36-7, 129, 155 Theological journals, editing of 158 Theological matters false teaching, alleged 97 resolutions 87-97 statement of Robert Preus 34