# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S176 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 176 research project 133 See also Federal and state aid Parish Education, Board of 132-6 editor “consultant in urban education Parish Education and Services, Division of 105, Parish renewal through education 132 Pastors continuing education 125 health of 143 Patterns of Performance 134 Pension fund loans from 163 Pension plan 160-1, 162(2) withdrawal of funds declined 162 See also Concordia Plans Pensions and Support, Board of 160 Pensions and welfare 160-3 Pentateuch, authorship of 84 Periodicals, official 112 Pilgrim, Lutheran Church, Flint, Mich. -1 Pleasant Hill Lutheran Church, Pleasant Hill, Oreg. 122 Politicking See Electioneering and _ poli- ticking Polity Statement on welfare agencies 1 - Preseminary education 127 President of Synod See Administration — President President’s Fellowship 163 Presidents, Council of See Council of Presidents Presidents, District See District Preus, Jacob A. O. 20, 28, 29, 98-9 acceptance of the presidency 23, 53 fellowship with American Lutheran Church 32(2) initial statement on election to presi- dency 22 Prince of Peace Volunteer program 136 Proceedings, notes on usage 5 Professional training, correlation of 125-6 Professors, appeals procedures for 119 Program of Compassion 145 Project Equality 141 Project Timothy 77 Prophecy and fulfillment in new (Con- cordia series) catechisms 86 Public Relations, Board of 150, 152 West Coast office 152 Public relations and communications Publications See Church literature and publications Question of privilege 23(3) Racism, avoidance of 140, 151-2 Rauscher, Raymond C. 157-8 Recess of convention, declined 104 Recruitment 123, 128 Referendum of congregations, declined 119, 121 Registration, credentials, and excuses 164 tabular survey of registration 16 Reinke, Augustus, missionary 77 Removal from office 130-1 Reports and overtures 118-19 correlated with resolutions 172-3 filing fee declined 103 late 166 right to submit 116-17 Research and Statistics, Department of 103 Restructuring Lutheran church bodies in North America 101 Resources, natural and human 159 Resurrection, questions concerning 89-90 Retirement and benefit programs 157-64 Review of synodical conventions, commit- tee on 103 A Review of the Question “What Is a Doctrine?” 90 Revised Standard Version of the Holy Bi- ble 86(2) in catechism 134 Robert’s Rules of Order 19 SELC See Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches Sacrament of Altar, definition in inter- synodical catechism 89 St.John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Clinton, Iowa 92 St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Bremen, Ind. 87 Salaries professors 124-5 teachers 134 Schiotz, Frederik A. 25 address 73-4 Screening committee for late reports and overtures 20, 27, 166 Scripture 93 authorship 84 INDEX inspiration of 85 inerrancy 85, 93 New Testament 87-8 Seconding See Missions — seconding Secretary 5 Secretary, assistant 5, 20, 40 Selective fellowship See Fellowship Selective Service, counseling on 154 Selma, Ala. See Alabama Lutheran Col- lege and Academy, Selma, Ala. Seminaries See Colleges and seminaries or names of seminaries Sensitivity training 125 Sermon, convention 55-7 Services, convention See Convention, syn- odical Sister churches 94 Sites, convention See Convention, synodi- cal Slovak Synod See Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches Social Action, Commission on 144 Moot Issues of Our Day 143 Social action and welfare 86, 90, 106-7, 139-148 Statement on principles of corporate ac- tion 141-3 See also Chaplaincy, institutional Social Ministry, Board of 106, 107, 135, 141, 144-5, 145(2), 146 Social | Ministry and World Relief, Board of 107 Soul-Winning-Seventies offering effort 158 Southwest, new district in 121 Special committee of three See Screening committee Special ministries, use of money for 79 Special ministries and sundry matters 153 -157 Special offering for Synod 163 moratorium on 165-6 Special Resources Development, Depart- ment of 110 The Springfielder 152 Statement on Communion Practices 89 A Statement on Death, Resurrection, and Immortality 89-90 A Statement of Principle on Social Action State aid See Federal and state aid Stewardship, Mission Education, and Pro- motion, Board of 78, 158, 159, 164 enlargement 103 Stewardship and finances 30, 157-64 unpublished overtures 171 Venture of Faith principles 164 See also Budget planning; Work Pro- gram Review Stewardship, Mission Education, and Pro- motion, Board of, election results 41 Streufert, Paul W. 55-8 acceptance of vice-presidency 31 affirmative or negative answer to elec- tion 29 Student aid 123-4 Students, medical coverage of dependents of 162-3 Subscription annually to the Constitution of Synod declined 114 Suelflow, August R. 19 Sundry matters See Special ministries and sundry matters Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches 9. merger agreement 167-9 See also Kovac, John Synodical administration 102-113 Synodical government See Administration; Synodical administration Synodical Service Commission 103 TB See Today’s Business Tabular survey of convention 16 Teachers health of 143 ordination of male 87 salaries 134 uniform call document 134 Television joint sponsorship 149-50 stations commended 149 See also Lutheran Television, Board for Ten Guiding Principles 145 Theological conferences 87 Theological examining board 125 Theological journals 152-3 Theological matters 84-94 faithfulness to Scripture and Confessions 92, 93(2) See also Doctrinal matters Theology and Church Relations, Commis- sion on 84-102 passim Answers to Questions Raised Regarding the Document “A Lutheran Stance Toward Contemporary Biblical Studies” 85 Doctrinal Concerns 93 election results 41 examine Constitution of the Synod 80 Hermeneutics committee 91-2 guidelines for local councils of churches and ministerial associations 95 Guidelines for Crucial Issues in Chris- tian Citizenship 86 A Response to Questions on “The Wit- ness of Jesus and Old Testament Authorship” 85 Review of structure and function 95 A Review of the Question “What is a Doctrine?” 90 A Statement on Death, Resurrection, and Immortality 89 selective fellowship 101 See also Theological matters Theology of Fellowship 102 Today’s Business 5 Corrections 37 Tongues, Speaking in See Charismatic gifts Transfer of membership in congregations 140 Transfer of membership of congregations 115-1 Treasurer 157 Trinity Lutheran Church, Austin, Tex. 93 Trustees, Board of 159-60 UPO See Unpublished reports and over- tures Unified synodical mailing 104 Uniform call document for teachers 134 Unionism 105 Universal Bible Sunday 78 Universities, decline to study establish- ment of synodical 123 Unpublished reports and overtures, list of 170-1 Urban education 134 Valparaiso Advisory Committee 107 Valparaiso University 21, 128-9, 153 Venture of Faith principles, return to 158, 164 Vice-presidents See Administration Volunteers for institutional chaplaincy 145 Voting ethics concerning 112-3 required majority 121 Walther, C. F. W.. writings of 153 Walther League 137 (2) Walther’s Writings, Committee on Pub- lishing 153 War 90 Welfare See Concordia Plans; Pension Plan; Social action and welfare; Wel- fare agencies Welfare agencies, accreditation of 145-6 Wesche, Erwin A. 157 West Coast higher education on 131 public relations office 152 Westermann, Walter W. 28 Wolbrecht, Walter F. 20 What Is a Doctrine?, review of 90 Wheat Ridge Foundation 135 Wiederaenders, Roland P. 26, 59-60 Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod 25, 101 Women ministry in church and society 93 on congregational or synodical boards, etc. 88-9 suffrage 30, 88-9 Work Program Review committee 19, 35, 165- World Conference on Lutheran Education 80 World Council of Churches 94 World hunger 40, 143-4 See also Moritorium on capital expendi- tures, declined World Relief, Board of 106, 107, 140, 144 Worship, Commission on 89, 127 Worship, Inter-Lutheran Commission on 8 Worship Supplement 25, 89 X See Reports and overtures — late Young Adults Conference, International Lutheran 33 Young People’s Work 136-9 Young People’s Work, Board for 136, 137 See also Youth Ministry, Board of Younger persons on boards, committees, commissions, ete. 114 Youth 114 Youth leadership training for minority groups 136 Youth ministry 136, 137 Youth Ministry, Board of 139 election results 41 Youth Ministry Affirmations 138 Youth representatives 23-4, 35-6 speaking privileges of 20 semen