# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1971_S126
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126 RESOLUTIONS

7. shall return material assigned for review with
reasonable promptness, making every effort to meet
assigned deadlines for review.

8. may request the assignment of some material to
a different reviewer if the volume of material assigned
to him appears to be excessive; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod adopt said guidelines for
a doctrinal reviewer,

Action: Referred under omnibus resolution to Board
of Directors for study and report to next convention,

To Receive the Report of the Board
of Doctrinal Review

RESOLUTION 2-38
Report 2-03 (CW, pp. 46—48)

Resolved, That the Synod receive the Report of the
Board of Doctrinal Review with thanks.

Action: Referred under omnibus resolution to Board
of Directors for study and report to next convention.

To State Position on Abortion
RESOLUTION 2-39

Overtures 2-175, 2-177—2-186 (CW, pp. 97—101)

Wuereas, Life comes into being by an act that shares
in the creation power of God Himself; and

Wuereas, Human life is designed to inherit eternal
life; and

Wuereas, Life and death belong to the providence
of God, and no person has the right to extinguish human
life by a decision of his own, made apart from general
precepts that express God’s will; and

Wuereas, The children of God are living in a fallen
world; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod regard willful abortion as
contrary td the will of God; and be it further

Resolved, That the Synod recognize that in a fallen
world it becomes necessary at times to choose between
one life and another; and be it further

Resolved, That if such a choice must be made by the
children of God, they do so recognizing that it is neither
our motives nor the necessity that justifies them before
God, but only the grace and forgiveness of God in Christ
Jesus; and be it finally

Resolved, That the members of the Synod remember
to deal lovingly also with the offense of sinful abortion,
“for where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.”
(Rom. 5:20)

Action: Adopted (16).

To Accept the Report of the CTCR
RESOLUTION 2-40

Report 2-01, I, HI, Appendix A—E, H—J (CW, pp. 21,
32, 36—44)

Wuereas, The report of the Commission on The-
ology and Church Relations reveals that the commission
has been faithful in the discharge of its assigned duties;
and

Wuergas, The CTCR report reveals an abundance
of work indicating the possible need for additional
staff; therefore be it

Resolved, That the CTCR be encouraged to utilize
the services of persons outside the commission; and be
it further

Resolved, That the Synod direct its Board of Di-
rectors to provide staff to the executive secretary of
the CTCR to complete assignments within the time
allowed between conventions; and be it finally

Resolved, That the Synod accept the report and
thank the CTCR by a rising vote of thanks,

Action: Referred under omnibus resolution to Board
of Directors for study and report to next convention.

To Accept “A Statement on Death,
Resurrection, and Immortality” as a Position
Paper

RESOLUTION 2-41
Resolution 2-21 (1969 Proceedings, pp. 89—90)

Whereas, The document, “A Statement on Death,
Resurrection, and Immortality” was referred to the
1971 convention of the Synod for action (2-21, 1969
Proceedings, pp. 89—90); and

WHEREAS, Attention to this resolution was inad-
vertently omitted from the 1971 convention Workbook;
therefore be it

Resolved, That Resolution 2-21 (1969 Proceedings,
pp. 89—90) be referred to the 1973 convention for action.

Action: Same as above.

To Encourage Evangelical Doctrinal
Supervision
RESOLUTION 2-42
Overtures 2-12, 2-20, 2-23, 2-34, 2-42, 2-43, 2-45, 2-46,
2-49, 2-53, 2-58, 2-59, 2-61, 2-65, 2-67, 2-68, 2-69, 2-91,
2-97, 2-156, 2-231 (CW, pp. 53, 56, 58, 60—63, 65—69, 74,
76, 93, 115)

Wuereas, The first object of Synod is the “conser-
vation and promotion of the unity of the true faith,”
Art. III, 1; and

Wuenreas, The Handbook of the Synod provides pro-
cedures for the maintenance of doctrinal discipline in
the church; and

Wuereas, The Synod has, in previous conventions,
spoken to the issue of unity and doctrinal supervision;
therefore be it

Resolved, That all congregations become more deeply
grounded in Scripture to the strengthening of faith and
of the church; and be it also