# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S117
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RESOLUTIONS 117

mitted by someone authorized (in the following paragraph
2) to submit overtures.

Reports are (1) statements of work performed or con-
templated by those who are charged with conducting the
business of the Synod between conventions, (2) communica-
tions to a convention with respect to studies which may
have been made for the Synod in order to further its work,
or (3) other types of communications to the Synod.

2. Overtures to a convention of the Synod may be sub-
mitted only by a member congregation of the Synod, a con-
vention or Board of Directors of a District, an official Dis-
trict pastoral or teachers conference, the faculty of an
educational institution of the Synod, a board or commission
of the Synod listed in Sections 2.03 and 2.05, or a committee
established by a prior convention.

Overtures are recommendations in the form of proposed
resolutions requesting action on the part of the convention.

Action: Adopted (13).

To Prepare Guidelines on Practice
of Seconding
RESOLUTION 5-14
Overture 5-65U (URO, pp. 58—59)

Wuereas, The worker in question is not a missionary
or evangelist of The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod; and

Wuereas, He is not listed on the official roster of The
Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod nor paid by the
Synod; and

Wuereas, He is serving on a temporary basis be-
cause of a special ability in a specialized area; and

Wuereas, The practice of seconding is more and
more in the process of development; therefore be it

Resolved, That Overture 5-65U be declined; and be
it also

Resolved, That the Board for Missions be encouraged
to prepare specific guidelines on seconding for presen-
tation at the next delegate convention.

Action: Adopted (5).

To Decline Overture re English District
RESOLUTION 5-15
Overture 5-35 (CW, p. 242)

Wuereas, The English District plays a significant role
in the mission of the church; and

Wuereas, The committee believes that according to
past practice the initiative for dissolution of the English
District should rest within the District itself; therefore
be it

Resolved, That Overture 5-35 be declined; and be
it also

Resolved, That whenever geographical District re-
alignments occur or new Districts are created, the En-
glish District congregations within the newly constituted
Districts be invited to transfer their membership to the
new District.

Action: Adopted (5).

To Introduce Majority Principle
in Electing Delegates
RESOLUTION 5-16
Overtures 5-10, 5-13 (CW, pp. 231—233)

Wuereas, The Constitution of the Synod says: “All
matters of doctrine and of conscience shall be decided
only by the Word of God. All other matters shall be
decided by a majority vote” (Constitution, Art. VIII,
C); therefore be it

Resolved, That Bylaw 1.53 be amended by deleting
the words: “The pastor receiving the highest number of
votes shall serve as the pastoral delegate, the pastor
with the next highest as the alternate,” and by substi-
tuting the following: “The two pastors receiving the
highest number of votes shall then be voted on, also
by ballot, and the one of them receiving the highest
number of votes shall be the pastoral delegate. The
same procedure shall then be followed in determining
who shall be the pastoral alternate and, in turn, which
congregation shall supply the lay delegate and which
congregation shall supply the lay alternate. In case of
a tie in any of the primary elections, the man or con-
gregation having the least number of votes shall be
eliminated from consideration and a vote taken again
on the remaining men or congregations who received
votes in the first balloting.”

Action: Adopted (16).

(The words “or congregation(s)” were inserted by the
committee during floor discussion.)

To Retain Present Method of Selecting
Delegates
RESOLUTION 5-17
Overtures 5-11 to 5-15 (CW, pp. 232—234)

Whereas, The procedures adopted at the New York
convention in 1967 call for meetings of the electoral
circuits to elect their delegates; and

Whereas, This procedure has generally met with
success in virtually all areas of the Synod; and

Wuereas, The meetings of the electoral circuits may
well transact other business of the church besides elect-
ing delegates, for which meetings of the circuits are
beneficial; therefore be it

Resolved, That the present policies requiring elec-
toral circuits to meet be retained and that the overtures
noted above be declined.

Action: Referred to the Council of Presidents for
action (16).

To Study Representation at Synodical
and District Conventions
RESOLUTION 5-18
Overtures 5-06 to 5-09, 5-16, 5-17 (CW, pp. 230—231,
234); 5-54U, 5-58U, 5-69U, 5-74U (URO, pp. 55—56, 60,

62)
Wnuereas, The above-noted overtures in one way or