# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S565
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LIST OF REPORTS AND OVERTURES

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To Revise Handbook Section on Lodge Member-
ship 439
To Adopt and Move Toward an Evangelical

Practice with Lodge Members _ ~~ 440
To Use Services of The Lutheran Church — Mis-
souri Synod Foundation . a 440
To Furnish Information and Counseling Re-
sources re Selective Service __ _ 441
To Study Advisability of Church Workers Own-
ing Their Own Homes . _ -— 441
To Note 50th Anniversary of Deaconess Asso-
ciation - ~ 441
To Commend Bible Society Work _ 44
To Designate Detroit as 1977 Convention Site ___ 441
To Hold 1981 Convention in Dallas, Tex. 44
To Convene in New York City in 1981 or at Ear-
liest Possible Date a -—- «442
12. Stewardship and Finance:
Retirement and Benefit Programs
Report of Treasurer ee 443
Report of Controller — we ——_ 447
Report of Board of Stewardship, Mission Educa-
tion, and Promotion - -—_. 462
Report of Board of Trustees for Trust Funds __ 466
Report of Board of Pensions and Support 467

Report of Board of Managers for Concordia Re-
tirement Plan and Concordia Welfare Plan ___ 471
To Engage in 30-Million-Dollar Offering for Re-

lief and Inner-City Ministries ae 475
To Revive “Venture of Faith” Principles — 476
To Limit Budget to District Commitments _____ 476
To Permit Withdrawal of Pension Plan Contri-

butions 476
To Provide for Release of Pension and Retire-

ment Accumulations 477

To Permit Withdrawal of Personal and Employer

Contributions to Pension and Retirement Funds 477
To Refund Pension Fund Payments —- 478
To Permit Release of Retirement Funds --— .— 478
To Release Retirement Funds Without Penalty — 478
To Seek Less Discriminatory Base for Pensions 478
To Refund 90° of Accumulation on Request __ 479
To Permit Participation Even After Resignation 479

To Reconsider Pension Resolution 479
To Raise Minimum Pension to at Least $250 per
Month _ - 479

Constitution of the Lutheran World Federation 525
Theology of Fellowship _ 527

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12-21 To Permit Loans to High Schools from Pension

Fund 480

12-22 To Provide Medical Coverage for Dependents of

Married Students at Terminal Schools ___ ——. 480
(Also 12-23 to 12-31)

12-32. To Allow All Denominations and Their Workers

to Join Concordia Retirement Plan —— 481

12-33 To Allow for Complete Portability Under Con-

cordia Retirement Plan wae Lk. 481

12-34 To Develop Materials on Stewardship of Natural

and Human Resources we 48

13. Convention Nominations

13-Cl_ Report of Board for Convention Nominations _ 482

14. Elections
(None) we 487

15. Registration, Credentials. Excuses

15-01 To Give Speaking Rights to Youth Representa-..

tives - -—— 487
15-02 To Grant Youth Representatives Speaking Priyj-
leges 7 487
16. Work Program Review
(None) - 488
Appendix I: Other Reports
1-A_— Report on Bethesda Lutheran Home _ ——— 489

11-B Report of the Lutheran Laymen’s League _____ 499
11-C_ Report on the Lutheran Hour
1-D_ Report on Valparaiso University
11-E Report on Lutheran Deaconess Association 492

—-_._ —.- 491

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Appendix II: Theological Documents

Answers to Questions Raised Regarding the Document

“A Lutheran Stance Toward Contemporary Biblical

Studies” 497
A Response to Questions on “The Witness of Jesus and

Old Testament Authorship” ___ 499
A Review of the Question, “What Is a Doctrine?” 501

A Statement on Death, Resurrection, and Immortality _ 508
Guidelines for Crucial Issues in Christian Citizenship _ 511
Woman Suffrage in the Church - : 514
Prospectus for the Proposed Comprehensive Study on

Scripture and Hermeneutics: and
Presuppositions for the Study of Biblical Hermeneutics 523