# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S82 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 82 RESOLUTIONS that the Ephphatha Conference be an official pastoral conference with required attendance; and be it finally Resolved, That the Board for Missions periodically review the administration and structure of deaf missions. Action: Not carried (15). To Have Board for Missions Continue to Administer Work Among Deaf RESOLUTION 1-18A Wuereas, The Synod in convention has declined at this time to place the administration of deaf missions under the multi-District plan; therefore be it Resolved, That the Board for Missions be asked to continue its direction and supervision of deaf missions with greater use of deaf missions regional advisers; and be it also Resolved, That the deaf congregations, together with the Board for Missions and the Ephphatha Conference, be urged to develop the potential of our ministry to the deaf to the fullest degree in matters of stewardship, evangelism, youth ministry, and expansion. Action: Adopted (16). (Since the convention had declined Res. 1-18, this resolu- tion was offered from the floor in the final session.) To Decline to Organize District for Deaf RESOLUTION 1-19 Overture 1-XX (TB, pp. 37—39) Wuereas, The Board for Missions and the ad hoc committee on the administration of ministry to the deaf have carefully considered this ministry through a 4-year study involving six separate meetings of the committee and four Ephphatha Conferences (1966—69), as well as a number of regional conferences with deaf lay leaders, and has now arrived at the conclusion that this special- ized mission and ministry at the present time and under the present circumstances would best be assured of future progress and success if related to the Districts of the Synod; and Whereas, The overtures of the ad hoc committee (CW, p.40) avoid the evident administrative difficulties inherent in the Deaf District Plan, but include measures which provide for the essential benefits and advantages which the above-named overture seeks for our deaf con- gregations (i.e., unity, a voice in the planning of their own affairs, lay leadership, spiritual growth, and a chal- lenging stewardship of life); therefore be it Resolved, That the Synod respectfully decline over- ture 1-XX. Action: Referred to Board for Missions for action (16). To Endorse Goals of Campus Ministry RESOLUTION 1-20 Report 1-01, IV, d, 3 (CW, pp. 26—27); Overtures 1-16, 1-17, 1-18, 1-19 (CW, pp. 53—55); 1-35U (URO, p. 3) Lutheran campus ministry, both in The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod and the National Lutheran Campus Ministry (ALC and LCA), is in a stage of transition and change. The knowledge explosion, grow- ing campus population, student movements, etc., are a few signals of new life, greater opportunities, and a new era for Lutheran campus ministry. A growing common understanding of the nature and scope of Lutheran campus ministry and a growing recognition and rela- tionship between Lutheran campus ministries are ap- parent and visible at all levels of the Lutheran Church and point to the need and possibility for a greater united Lutheran campus ministry in the future. New direc- tions in coordination and united planning need to be found and fostered. The Board for Missions of The Lu- theran Church — Missouri Synod faces increased re- sponsibilities with the Lutheran Churches in America in the Lutheran Council in the U.S. A. for the emergence of an enlarged and strong Lutheran campus ministry for the 1970s. Against this background, Committee 1 pre- sents the following resolution: Wuereas, The Board for Missions has committed it- self to the following priority of goals: 1. Growing communities of worshiping, witnessing, and ministering members of Christ’s body in the Lu- theran Church which recognize and manifest Christ’s mission in the uniqueness of each specific campus com- munity in accordance with the Word of God, the Lu- theran Confessions, and the Mission Affirmations; 2. Organizational and administrative forms of campus ministry on the local, District, regional, and national levels which enable, facilitate, and coordinate the di- versity of Lutheran campus ministries which the con- temporary campus scene demands; and Wuereas, The Board for Missions in its work toward these goals has indicated its commitments to: 1. A Word-and-sacrament-centered Lutheran campus ministry that is (a) faithful to the Christian Gospel as it is revealed in the Holy Scriptures and affirmed in the Lutheran Confessions and (b) oriented to the campus community in which it has its basic mission; 2. A form of administration that allows continuation of the involvement of District boards of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod in campus ministry in keep- ing with the spirit of the Mission Affirmations; 3. Forms of organization and administration for campus ministry that involve people in the planning and decision-making process as close as possible to the place of action and ministry, e. g., local areas; 4. The goal and task of coordinative and consultative planning of campus ministry with all Lutherans at all levels — local, District, regional, and national; therefore be it Resolved, That the Synod endorse the position and direction that the Board for Missions has taken to carry out these goals and commitments; and be it also Resolved, That we direct the Board for Missions to communicate and clarify these goals and directions of