# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S202
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202 SYNODICAL ADMINISTRATION

The following new appointments or reappointments
were also made for various boards and commissions
(continuing incumbents are not listed; all are 4-year
terms unless specifically indicated):

Commission on Architecture: Mr. Gunter Koetter,
Mr. David A. Sauer, Mr. Edgar A. Stubenrauch

Medical Mission Council: Rev. David Eberhard, Dr.
C. R. Montz

Valparaiso Advisory Commission: Dr. Clarence Am-
ling, Dr. E. T. Bernthal, Dr. Leslie Frerking (all
for 2 years)

Board for KFUO: Mr. George A. Albers, Mr. Arnold
Knippenberg, Mr. Earl Hagensiecker, Dr. Lewis
W. Spitz

Lutheran Television Productions Board: Dr. L. C.
Wuerffel, Mr. Belno R. Lange Jr., Mr. Kenneth
Bagwell, Mr. Al Senske

Board for Public Relations: Rev. Victor Rickman,
Mr, Lynn Christian, Rev. Arthur Hillmann (later
replacement: Dr. O. Hoffmann)

Board of Social Welfare: Mr. Julian G. Hoffmann,
Rev. Jaroslav G. Majoros

Board of Support and Pensions: Rev. Walter Licht-
sinn, Rev. E. H. Fastenau (2 years), Mr. Robert
D. Murray, Mr. Fred Heisler (2 years), Mr.
Clarence Moses (2 years)

Board of Trustees for Trust Funds: Mr. Robert W.
Selle, Mr. Arthur T. Wellman, Mr. Walter K.
Koch

Board of World Relief: Rev. Ernest R. Drews, Dr.
Alvin Mueller, Mr. Marvin F. Borgelt

Board of Managers, Concordia Retirement and Wel-
fare Plans: Rev. E. H. Fastenau, Rev. Henry
Gaertner, Mr. Herman F. Feucht, Mr. Herbert
Haschke

Board of Trustees, The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod Foundation: Rev. Martin Brauer, Rev.
Stewart Burk, Rev. Oliver Graebner, Rev. Louis
Grother, Rev. Edwin A. Nerger (2 years), Rev.
Erwin Paul (2 years), Rev. Gustav Schramm (2
years), Mr. Leslie Allenstein, Mr. Vernon Bryant.
Mr. Ernest Gallmeyer, Mr. Richard Huegli, Mr.
Edwin O. Schiewe, Mr. Werner Stranghoener,
Mrs. E. H. Ruprecht, Mrs. Martin Rammler (1
year), Mrs. Arthur Huber (1 year)

II. Implementation of New York Resolutions

The New York convention adopted several resolu-
tions involving the Board of Directors either in their
implementation or in further study. We herewith sub-
mit a report on these assignments. ~

A. Separation of Stewardship Responsibilities from
Fund-Raising Responsibilities. Resolution 4-39 asked
the board to study this matter further and to make rec-
ommendations to the Denver convention. The board
provided for necessary experimentation by authorizing
the Board for Stewardship, Mission Education, and Pro-

motion to engage a man specifically in the field of needs
and resources.

B. Evangelism. The same resolution asked the board
to study further the possible creation of a Board of
Evangelism. For the time being this remains the re-
sponsibility of the Board for Missions.

C. Property Guidelines for Districts. These guide-
lines, implied in Resolution 4-06, have been developed
by the Synod’s legal counsel and adopted by the Board
of Directors.

D. Housing Concerns. In order to implement the
convention resolution concerning housing, the board
authorized the Board of Social Ministry to fill the staff
position of Director of Housing Concerns and granted a
loan of $15,000 from the Contingency Reserve Fund to
initiate the program.

E. Pension Fund. The convention called for certain
revisions in the Pension Plan for Pastors and Teachers
(Res. 10-25 and 10-06). The necessary legal resolutions
were prepared by legal counsel and adopted by the
board.

F. Gathering Account. As a result of the restudy
authorized by Resolution 4-11 the board approved a new
receipts voucher form which eliminates the Gathering
Account.

G. Faculty Salaries. The board authorized the re-
vision of salary schedules in harmony with Resolution
6-11,

H. New Forms of Church Government (Res. 4-18).
Some of the concerns of this resolution have been met
by the recommendations being presented by the board
concerning District realignments; some of the concerns
are being covered by studies carried on both by the
Commission on Mission and Ministry in the Church and
by the St. Louis Seminary Graduate School.

I. Financial Appeals (Res. 4-19). The substance of
this resolution has been made part of a larger study of
financial appeals by independent but church-related
groups.

J. Synodical Flags. The board still failed to find it
financially feasible to supply every District with a syn-
odical flag (Resolution 4-36).

K. St. Paul High School. The board took the re-
quired favorable action regarding the St.Paul high
school (Res. 6-54).

L. Federal Programs (Res.9-05). This resolution
called for the gathering and transmission of information
regarding a wide spectrum of federal programs. Some
of this work is being done through the Department of
Public Relations and some of it through the Washington
office of the Lutheran Council in the U.S. A., but further
study will be given to this rapidly increasing area of
concern.

M. Dissolution of Synodical Conference. The re-
quired steps were taken for the dissolution of the Lu-
theran Synodical Conference (Res. 3-10).

N. Upgrading Selma. Several actions were taken