# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1971_S40
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40 MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION

closing devotions will be printed in the Convention, Pro-
ceedings.

Unfinished Business

On behalf of the Board of Directors, Dr. Hirsch pre-
sented the following resolution to the convention, which
was then adopted:

“Wuereas, This 49th delegate assembly of The Lu-
theran Church — Missouri Synod, assembled at Mil-
waukee, Wisconsin, July 9 through 16th, is nearing the
time of its adjournment sine die; and

“Wuereas, There are matters yet pending before this
convention as items of business reported by floor com-
mittees of the same; and

“Wuereas, The Board of Directors of the Synod is
the appropriate body according to the Bylaws of the
Synod vested with the general management and super-
vision of the Synod’s business and legal affairs, espe-
cially between the Synod’s delegate conventions; there-
fore be it

“Resolved, That all items appearing in Today’s Busi-
ness, as resolutions of the floor committees of this con-
vention and upon which item or items no delegate
action has been taken, be by this omnibus resolution
assigned to the Board of Directors of the Synod for
study and report to the 1973 convention.”

Procedure

After several delegates had been granted the privi-
lege of making statements to the convention, the as-
sembly agreed to turn to the agenda for the day.

Theological Matters

After Chairman Wollenburg of the floor committee
had introduced a resolution calling for the provision of
bylaws in the synodical Handbook establishing a doc-
trinal review policy, these bylaws were adopted by the
convention as presented (TB 361, 2-36). It accepted the
proposed resolution from the floor committee stating its
position on abortion and asked the CTCR to continue to
study the subject, encouraging it to consult a committee
representing a cross section of LCMS women in their
study (TB 363, 2-39; TB 368, 2-49). Discussion was
begun on a recommendation of the floor committee
dealing with the document “A Call to Openness and
Trust.” There was insufficient time to complete the dis-
cussion.

Procedure Resolutions

A motion to invoke a one-minute rule for discussion
by each speaker was declined, and a request to recon-
sider Res. 6-07 was withdrawn.

Higher Education

On recommendation of the floor committee, overtures
expressing concerns for the financial support program

©xposure in theological education (TB 267, 6-24). After
declining several amendments the convention encour-
aged the Board of Directors to establish a student aid
fund of $75,000 annually to be administered by the
Board for Higher Education with one-third of the
amount to be provided the Board of Control of Alabama
Lutheran Academy and College for the use of students
at that school (TB 315, 6-25). The Board for Higher
Education was asked to study the issue of draft exemp-
tion status of Missouri Synod seminary students training
at nonsynodical schools of theology and to produce and
publish guidelines for action (TB 315, 6-26). The dele-
gates resolved that the Synod take action on previous
convention resolutions designed to raise salary schedules
of faculties to levels in keeping with their responsi-
bility and position by giving them priority in the alloca-
tion of synodical expenditures (TB 220, 6-19). They
asked that faculty members of all departments in the
seminaries be assigned selected parishes or agencies in
the field to update their attitudes and methods and that
the Board for Higher Education present a plan at the
next convention for implementation of a program of
field service of these faculty members (TB 221, 6~21).

faculty of Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon,
Canada, if financially feasible (TB 221, 6-20). The
committee withdrew Resolutions 6-15 (TB 233) and 6-12
(TB 232) in view of actions already taken in Resolutions
4-35 and 6-11,

Elections

Chairman Bruns reporting for the Floor Committee
on Elections reported the following results:

Committee on Convention Nominations: Rey. John
Ott. Ballots for the remaining officers were distributed,
and the elections were declared closed.

Announcement

Secretary Mueller announced that greetings to the
convention had been received from The Lutheran
Church in the Philippines and the Lutheran Church of
Australia,

Constitutional M atters

Discussion on proposed amendments relating to by-
laws regarding the establishment of regional commis-
sions of adjudication was resumed. After adopting the
amendment to change the term “Regional Commission
of Adjudication” to “District Commission of Adjudica-
tion” wherever the term occurs in the proposed bylaws,
the resolution (TB 237, 5-14) to include these bylaws in