# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1971_S62
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62 PRESIDENT’S REPORT

APPENDIX A

The False Arguments for the
Modern Theory of Open Questions

By

Dr. C.F. w. Walther
(See pages 227—244)

APPENDIX B

A Record of Dedication — Deceased During
the Biennium

Former District Presidents

Behnken, Victor Louis, Southern California
(also synodical Vice-President)

Heyne, Robert Gottfried Adelbert, Minnesota

Holls, Martin W., Southern

Homann, Walter, Nebraska

Rippe, Herman Frederick John Henry, Atlantic

Spitz, Charles Thomas, Southern Hlinois

Waech, Charles A., Texas

Professors and Former Professors
Dede, Roland Lussky, Ernest A.
Guebert, Arnold Malte, Eric C.
Koehler, Adolph Theodore Mueller, W.
Kraemer, Walter Ernest Theiss, Otto Henry

Other Synodical Servants

Albers, George Carl

Bernthal, E. T.

Haentzshel, Adolph

Jesse, Richard Ernest Leopold

Kramer, Adolph H.

Miller, Edward L. Frederick

Reinboth, Oscar Henry

Roehrs, Paul William

Roth, Samuel

Young, Rosa (Miss), died in her Lord at age 81 on June 30,
1971. One of the earliest faculty members at Alabama
Lutheran Academy and College, Selma.

APPENDIX ¢
Tasks Assigned to Administration
by the 1969 Denver Convention

2-21 To Commend and Refer “4 Statement on Death, Res-
urrection, and Immortality”

2-31 To Review System of Theological Censorship

I have appointed a committee to deal also with this
matter, and the report appears in Chapter 2, Theo-
logical Matters, of the convention Workbook.

3-03 To Initiate Discussions with Lutheran Church of Aus-
tralia

3-08 To Review Structure and Functions of CTCR

The report of the appointed committee appears in
Chapter 2, Theological] Matters, Report 2-06 of the
convention Workbook.

3-13 To Continue Discussions with Lutheran Church in
America

The issue of doctrinal consensus necessary for fel-
lowship with the LCA has become an agenda item of
the Division of Theological Studies in the Lutheran
Council in the U.S.A. The issue has also arisen in
Our mutual studies with the LCA of confirmation,
practices, and in Our meetings of the Commission on
Theology and Church Relations,

3-15 To Declare Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with The
American Lutheran Church

As will be seen elsewhere in my report, I have
made the announcement of the establishment of altar
and pulpit fellowship between The American Ly-
theran Church and ourselves.
3-20 To Seek Reestablishment of Fraternal Relations with

ELS and WELS

Our efforts to Move toward harmony with the
WELS and the ELS have met with no success what-

Soever.

4-31 To Study Various Questions of Organization

Such a committee has been appointed, and the re-
port of its activities will be found in Chapter 4, Syn-
odical Administration, in the Workbook.

4-39 To Study Election Procedure

This committee also has been duly chosen. See re-
port in Chapter 4, Synodical Administration,

5-18 To Study Representation at Synodical and District
Conventions

This matter was referred to the special Commit-
tee on Organization,

5-30 To Clarify Final and Binding Nature of Board of Ap-
peals Decisions

The committee appointed by the President reports
on thi

his item in Chapter 5, Constitutional Matters, in
the Workbook.

9-11 To Intensify Efforts to Alleviate World Hunger

The work of this commission is detailed in the re.
ort of the Committee on World Hunger in Chapter 9,
Social Action and Welfare, in the Workbook,

11-15 To Study Position on Lodges

This committee’s report is found in Chapter 2 of
the convention Workbook,

APPENDIX D

Special Assignments

Several matters have come to our attention that will re~
quire study and action by our floor committees;

1. We have a communication from the Lutheran Council

in the U.S.A. Proposing amendment of one of the articles
of its constitution:

Article IX, Section 2 (new words italicized, deleted words in
Parentheses) -

A standing committee for each division, department and com-
mission shall be appointed (annually) by the Executive Com.
mittee upon nominations made by the (participating) cooperat--
ing bodies. Each body shall have representation on the commit.
tee of each division, department or commission in which such
body is (participating) cooperating. Such representation shall
be equitably distributed among the (participating) cooperating
odies (in 8eneral) in Proportion to their baptized membership.
Appointments shall be for a term of three years, approximately
one-third of the members of each standing committee being ap-
pointed each year. Each member ofa standing committee shall
be eligible to serve not more than two terms consecutively on Eny
one standing committee. At least one year shall elanse between

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