# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S100
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100 CHURCH RELATIONS

The same overture was received from:

(3-19)

Windsor Park Lutheran Church, Chicago, Ill., James
Cooksey, Secretary.

(3-20)

Baltimore Lutheran Pastoral Conference, Harold L.
Kitzmann, Secretary, with addition of the following
words: ‘And that we encourage all members of our Dis-
trict and of the Synod, lay and clerical, to communicate
individually their concern for wholesome Lutheran rela-
tions and the support of the Praesidium in this direc-
tion.”

(3-21)
To Urge Fellowship

“It was resolved that we give glory to God for the
agreement that had been reached; and that we are
ready for fellowship and that we urge the President of
the Synod according to the procedures necessary to
bring a resolution declaring fellowship with The Ameri-
can Lutheran Church to the 1969 convention of Synod.”

QUOTED FROM PROCEEDINGS OF
1968 ATLANTIC DistRIcCT CONVENTION
(3-22)
To Effect Fellowship

Wuereas, Discussions with a view toward unity with
the American Lutheran Church have been going on for
more than 30 years; and

Whereas, The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod in
convention assembled in New York in 1967 declared that
sufficient unity exists for altar and pulpit fellowship
with the American Lutheran Church: and

Whereas, It is God’s will that all who are united in
faith manifest their unity by dealing with each other
as brethren: therefore be it

Resolved, That we commend the President of our
Synod, Dr. Oliver Harms, and his colleagues in the
Praesidium for their forthright and courageous leader-
ship in taking the necessary steps to bring about altar
and pulpit fellowship with the American Lutheran
Church: and be it further

Resolved, That we urge The Lutheran Church —
Missouri Synod, in convention assembled at Denver,
Colo., July 11—19, 1969, to pass the resolutions neces-
sary to effect such fellowship.

GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
Evanston, I.
JOHN C. Braver, President
FRANK STYUEN, Secretary
H. C. Duwe, Pastor
(3-23)
To Proclaim Fellowship with
The American Lutheran Church
as a Blessed Fact

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saint Luke,
Chicago, IIl., assembled for its Annual Meeting Jan. 19,

1969, most earnestly memorializes The Lutheran Church
— Missouri Synod, meeting in Denver, Colo., in July
1969, to fulfill the intent of the Resolution 3-23 adopted
at New York in 1967: namely, since we have in careful
discussions further examined the documents that have
been presented for study and found that they show that
a true Scriptural and confessional basis for altar and
pulpit fellowship exists between The Lutheran Church
— Missouri Synod and The American Lutheran Church;
therefore be it

Resolved, That we urge the President of the Synod,
together with the President of The American Lutheran
Church, to proclaim altar and pulpit fellowship with
The American Lutheran Church as being a blessed fact
and that we further urge all our brethren to rejoice
with us and give thanks to God that this testimony to
the work of the Holy Spirit can now be given to the
world.

EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF SAINT LUKE
Chicago, Illinois

A. R. KRETZMANN, Pastor

Winton H. Brown, Chairman

REGINALD C, WALKER, Secretary

(3-24)

To Take Positive Action Toward Fellowship

WHEREAS, The two denominations have expressed
doctrinal agreement through the document made avail-
able from the Synod; therefore be it

Resolved, That we express ourselves in favor of
declaring fellowship with The American Lutheran
Church; and be it further

Resolved, That we encourage The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod to take positive action toward fellow-
ship during its 1969 convention.

LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD
Cleveland, Ohio
HowarpD SCHUSTER, Secretary

(3-25)

To Establish Pulpit and Altar Fellowship
with The American Lutheran Church

Wuereas, A theological consensus exists between our
church and The American Lutheran Church as sub-
stantiated by the Commission on Theology and Church
Relations and expressed directly by the New York
convention resolution; and

Wuereas, Our churches have had a chance to explore
and experience this consensus as they have met to-
gether with American Lutheran Church congregations
during the past 2 years; and

Wuereas, The Lord of the church, Jesus Christ Him-
self, exhorts us to give expression to our unity; and

Wuereas, We publicly confess and proclaim in our
confessions that for the unity of the church it is enough
that we agree on the doctrine of the Gospel and the
administration of the sacraments; and