# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S192
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192 CHURCH RELATIONS

Resolved, That the Atlantic District petition The
Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod at the Denver con-
vention in 1969 to explore the possibility of establishing
altar and pulpit fellowship with the Lutheran Church

in America. ATLANTIc DistTRIct

Ricuarp C. Hintz, Secretary

LWF
(3-250)
To Join Lutheran World Federation
Immediately

Wuereas, The Atlantic District has given the matter
of membership in the Lutheran World Federation care-
ful and serious thought for more than a decade and has
recognized both the necessity for and the ad\v antages
of such membership: and

Wuereas, The Atlantic District should express its
convictions on this matter so that the floor committee
of the Synod knows the thinking of the District: there-
fore be it

Resolved, That the Atlantic District of The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod petition The Lutheran
Church -—~ Missouri Synod at its Denver convention in
1969 to take all necessary steps for immediate mem-
bership in the Lutheran World Federation.

ATLANTIC DIstTRict
Ricuarp C. Hrxtz, Secretary
(3-251)

To Apply for Membership in LWF

WHEREAS, Cooperation with other Lutheran bodies
in unified action neither denies nor accentuates doc-
trinal differences; and

WHEREAS, Such cooperation, in fact, strengthens the
impact of each church body as well as increasing the
total effort of the church in the world today: and

Wuereas, It is desirable for the church to do every-
thing possible to activate the Gospel in the world: and

Wuereas, The Lutheran World Federation in its
1963 assembly made all the changes in its constitution
requested by The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod:
and

Wuereas, The Lutheran World Federation will hold
an assembly in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1970 and will
not meet again for another 6 years: therefore be it

Resolved, That the English District memorialize the
1969 convention of The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod to apply for membership in the Lutheran World
Federation at its 1970 assembly.

ENGLISH DISTRICT
Rosert L. Lanpeck, Secretary
(3-252)

To Apply for Membership in Lutheran
World Federation in 1970

Wuereas, Cooperation with other Lutheran bodies
in unified action strengthens the impact of Lutheranism

in the local community (as witness, the Lutheran Coun-
cil in the U.S.A.) and also increases the total efforts
of the church to activate the Gospel in the world today;
and

Wuereas, The reservations and misgivings which our
Synod has expressed in the past have received consid-
eration and a favorable response (all constitutional
changes requested by the Missouri Synod have been
made); and

Wuereas, The Lutheran World Federation will hold
an assembly in 1970 and will not meet again for another
6 years: therefore be it

Resolved, That the Lutheran Church of the Ascen-
sion memorialize the 1969 convention of The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod at Denver to apply for mem-
bership in the Lutheran World Federation at its 1970

assembly. LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION

Charlotte, N.C.
D. A. WarNIckE, Secretary
(3-253)
Not to Join LWF

Wuereas, The LWF does not bind member churches
to the Lutheran Confessions: and
Wuereas, It promotes intercommunion with non-
Lutheran Churches such as the Church of England,
admitting both Reformed and Lutherans to commune
at the same altar: and
Wuereas, It has many unsettled problerns such as
ecumenism, ordination of women. the lodge issue. the
doctrine of the church, etc.; and
Whereas, Membership in the LWF would bring us
into violation of all the passages of Scripture which
admonish us to “avoid” (Rom. 16:17). “withdraw”
(1 Tim. 6:5). ete.: and
Wuereas, The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
would in such fellowship lose its effective witness of
the truth: therefore be it
Resolved, That we earnestly petition the convention
assembled in Denver, Colo. to decline the overtures
to join the Lutheran World Federation.
First LUTHERAN CHURCH
San Fernando, Calif.
Harotp A. Tritcu, President
ROBERT Marten, Secretary
(3-254)

Not to Seek Membership in the LWF
at This Time

WHEREAS, The Commission on Theology and Church
Relations of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
is recommending, by a majority vote, that The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod seek full membership in the
Lutheran World Federation: and

Wuereas, The report on the basis of which this rec-
ommendation is made justifies the recommendation by
stressing that the Lutheran World Federation is not
a church by stating: “The LWF is neither a church nor