# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2010_S35
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MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION

establish circuits according to geographic, demographic, and
mission criteria, or such other criteria as shall be determined
by a district .” As discussion of the amendment continued, the
chair called the Orders of the Day .
Bible Study Essay 4

Convention chaplain Glen Thomas introduced Ted Kober
to present his fourth essay: “ONE People—Forgiven through
Christ to Forgive in the Church …”—for the church is not
immune from conflict . Colossians 3:12–17 was discussed in
small groups in response to the question “Is there something
the church should do?” How easily the church forgets that it
has confession and forgiveness, sometimes using instead how
the world deals with conflicts . When confession and forgiveness is truly put into practice, the words of the psalmist can
come true: “How good and how pleasant it is when brothers
dwell in unity!” (Ps . 133:1) .
Committee 5: Seminary and University Education

Committee 5 Chairman Kurt Schultz, President of the
Southern District, began his committee’s report to the convention as Res . 5-01A, “To Recruit and Retain Full-Time
Church Workers” (TB, p . 365), was introduced by the committee . During discussion, a motion was introduced and carried
to terminate debate [Yes: 776; No: 196] . Res . 5-01A was
adopted as presented [Yes: 990; No: 24] .
Res . 5-02A, “To Celebrate and Support ‘For the Sake of
the Church’ ” (TB, p . 366), was introduced by the committee .
After brief discussion, a motion to cease debate carried [Yes:
872; No: 153] . Res . 5-02A was adopted as presented [Yes:
1,021; No: 33] .
Res . 5-03A, “To Address Lay Deacons” (TB, pp . 366ff .),
was introduced by the committee . During discussion an
amendment proposed deleting “assisting pastor” in line 45 (p .
367) and all other occurrences, to be replaced with “ordained
deacon .” An amendment to amendment was introduced to
replace “ordained deacon” with “pastoral assistant .” When
a motion was introduced to end debate on the amendment to
amendment, debate was ended [Yes: 805; No: 252], but the
amendment to amendment failed [Yes: 530; No: 533] . When
discussion resumed on the original motion to amend, a motion
to terminate debate carried [Yes: 874; No: 215], but the motion
to amend failed [Yes: 326; No: 785] . As discussion of the resolution continued, an amendment was introduced to replace
“authorize” with “nominate” in line 41 (p . 367); replace “deacon” with “specific ministry pastor” in line 42; replace “Within
three years a deacon preaching and/or administering the sacraments” with “The graduate” in line 43; replace “assisting
pastor” with “specific ministry pastor” in line 45 and all other
occurrences; and delete lines 1–5 on page 368 . These proposed
changes were ruled a substitute motion, which the assembly
was asked whether it wished to consider . The assembly voted
not to consider the substitute motion [Yes: 240; No: 858] . A
motion was introduced to refer the resolution back to committee . The parliamentarian clarified that debate on a motion
to refer is possible but must be limited to reasons for referral .

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When debate followed on motion to refer, a motion to cease
debate on question to refer was carried [Yes: 1,026; No: 98],
and debate was terminated . The motion to refer the matter
back to the committee was carried [Yes: 579; No: 521] .
Res . 5-04, “To Increase Impact of Vicarage Program” (TB,
p . 96), was introduced by committee . A motion immediately
introduced to cease debate was not carried [Yes: 693; No:
398], and discussion of the resolution had begun when the
chair called for the Orders of the Day .
Committee 7: Ecclesial Matters

The chair called on Committee 7 Chairman Lane Seitz,
President of the Minnesota South District, to begin his committee’s report . He directed the delegates’ attention to Res .
7-01, “To Encourage Task Force on Synodical Harmony” (TB,
p . 117) . After the resolution was introduced by the committee,
an amendment was introduced to strike the second resolve .
This motion was first ruled a substitute motion by the chair
and then ruled out of order, given that the work of the task
force is work in progress as a result of a 2010 convention
action . During discussion of the resolution, a motion to terminate debate was carried [Yes: 863; No: 217] . Res . 7-01 was
adopted as presented [Yes: 799; No: 254] .
As Res . 7-02, “To Affirm Ecclesiastical Supervision” (TB,
pp . 117ff .), was introduced, corrections to line 19 of page 119
(changing “chose” to “chosen”), line 30 of page 119 (changing
“-2-2309” to “02-2309”), and line 23 of page 121 (changing
“misunderstood” to “understood”) were made or agreed to by
the committee . After comments by the committee chair, permission was granted by the chair for the committee to read
the entire resolution . In the discussion that followed, a substitute motion was offered to overrule 02-2309 and related
opinions as follows: “Whereas, CCM Opinion 02-2309 and
related opinions were rendered prior to the adoption of 2004
Res . 8-01A; and Whereas, CCM Opinion 02-2309 and related
opinions continue to cause consternation in some quarters of
our Synod; therefore be it Resolved, that the Synod in convention overturn CCM Opinion 02-2309 and related opinions .”
The proposed substitute resolution was not accepted for consideration [Yes: 465; No: 646] . A proposed amendment in line
15 of page 121 to insert the words “the Lutheran Confessions”
after the word “Scripture” was accepted by the committee as
a friendly amendment . A motion to amend line 23 (p . 121) to
change “shall” to “should” was introduced . After discussion,
a motion to call the question on the motion to amend carried
[Yes: 1,035; No: 90], and the amendment failed [Yes: 166;
No: 961] . After further debate on the main motion, a motion
to call the question carried [Yes: 994; No: 150], and Res . 7-02
was adopted as changed [Yes: 958; No: 189] .
Session 8
Wednesday p.m.—July 14, 2010
Call to Order/Opening Devotion

President Kieschnick called the meeting to order and asked
convention chaplain Jotham Johann to introduce the afternoon
devotion leader . Dr . Yohannes Mengsteab, National Director
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