# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S243
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INDEX
abortion 43, 119, 129–30, 230
African ministry 44–45, 48, 123, 149–50
appeals process 11–13, 204, 210–11
armed forces ministry 36, 48, 125–26
arrangements staff, see convention,
Synod
Asian ministry 35, 121–22
Atlantic District 11, 17, 18, 21, 23
Ball, Benjamin 30–31, 35, 37, 53–54
Belgium, Evangelical Lutheran Church in
34, 147–48
Black ministry 48–49, 117, 174–75
Board of Assignments 182–83, 208–9
Buchholz, Kurt 43
Buss, Allan 17, 29, 36, 49, 133
California-Nevada-Hawaii District 11, 17,
18, 21
campus ministry 29, 120, 232
candidate status 31, 181–82, 191–92, 205–
10, 230
Caribbean ministry 31, 122
catechesis 34, 222–23
catechisms 37, 215–16, 222–23
Center for Hispanic Studies 118, 133
Chief Administrative Officer of Synod 9,
17, 166
Chief Financial Officer of Synod 9, 17, 35,
166, 180, 183, 186–88, 195–97
Chief Mission Officer of Synod 9, 17, 43,
50, 126, 142, 158, 160–61, 166, 229
child sexual abuse 120
Church and Culture,
committee on 23
resolutions on 32, 37–38, 49, 213–20
church plants 29, 31, 38, 48, 116, 118, 121–
25, 134–36, 140
Church Triumphant 45, 239–42
church worker recruitment 32, 157–59,
165–67
circuit counselors/visitors 192, 194–95,
197
circuits 39, 116, 117, 129–30, 134–35, 144,
159–60, 162–63, 180, 193, 194–95,
197–200, 221, 231
Colloquy Committee 94–95, 161, 182
Commemoration of the Faithful
Departed 45, 87–88; see also entered
into rest
Commission on Constitutional Matters
7, 17, 32–33, 36–37, 123, 177, 181–202
passim, 204–5, 210–11, 230, 231–32
Commission on Doctrinal Review 17, 182,
184
Index

Commission on Handbook 17, 181–202
passim, 203–5
Commission on Theology and Church
Relations 17, 34, 35–36, 40, 56, 119,
147–55 passim, 176, 213–20 passim,
229–30, 231
Committee for Convention Nominations
23, 31, 35–36, 184–85
Communion, close(d) 50, 145
Communion, every-Sunday 231
Concordia Catechetical Academy 223
Concordia Center for the Family 223–24
Concordia College Alabama 47–48, 68,
117, 165, 174–75
Concordia College—New York 17, 41, 46,
59
Concordia Historical Institute 18, 29, 35,
40, 56, 120
Concordia Plan Services/Worker Benefit
Plans 18, 35, 139, 180, 183, 186–88,
194, 195–97, 229
Concordia Publishing House 18, 20, 32,
40, 50, 56–57, 119, 143, 145, 195–97,
215–16, 223, 225, 229
Concordia Seminary 18, 35, 36, 42, 46,
58–59, 97, 157, 161, 230
Concordia Theological Seminary 18, 36,
39, 42, 58, 157, 161–62, 230
Concordia University Ann Arbor 165
Concordia University Chicago 17, 46, 59,
133, 190–93
Concordia University Irvine 17, 46, 59–60
Concordia University, Nebraska 17, 35,
37, 46, 60, 175
Concordia University—Portland 17, 31,
47, 60, 68, 172, 230
Concordia University, St. Paul 17, 47, 61,
172
Concordia University System 18, 32–33,
37, 41, 47, 48, 58, 68, 134, 165–77
passim, 195–97, 204, 215–16, 231, 232
Concordia University Texas 18, 35, 47, 61,
172
Concordia University Wisconsin 18, 47,
61–62, 165, 190–91, 214
Confessional Lutheran Church of South
Africa 149–50
congregations, small 29, 117
Convention Nominations
committee for 23, 31, 35–36, 63–64,
184–85
resolutions on 172–74, 184–85, 194
convention, Synod
arrangements staff 9, 19

convention, Synod (cont.)
delegates, advisory 7, 11–17, 21, 23,
27–51 passim, 63–65, 180, 185,
188–89, 189–93, 197–200, 200–
201, 231
delegates, voting 7, 11–17, 21, 23, 27–
51 passim, 63–65, 180, 188–89,
189–93, 194–95, 197–200, 201,
202, 231–32
essays 91–113
floor committees 23, 233–34
location 7, 26, 27, 29
minutes 27–51
opening 27, 71–72
preachers 20
representatives, advisory 17–19
resolutions 115–232
Church and Culture 213–20
Ecclesiastical Supervision and
Dispute Resolution 203–11
Finance 179–80
International Witness 121–27
Life Together 133–45
Mercy 129–31
National Witness 115–20
Omnibus 229–32
Pastoral Ministry and Seminaries
157–63
Retention: Schools, Family, Youth
and Young Adults 221–27
Structure and Administration 181–
202
Theology and Church Relations
147–55
University Education 165–77
schedule 25–26
sermons 71–89
staff and guests 19–20, 40–41
Correlation of Reports, Overtures, and
Resolutions 235–37
Council of Presidents, see Presidents,
Council of
creation 42, 154–55, 230
Creation in Biblical Perspective 154–55
cremation 45, 155
deaconesses 29–30, 31, 122, 123, 133–34,
189–93 passim, 201
Denmark, Evangelical Lutheran Free
Church in 34, 150–51
director of church ministries major 190–
91
directors of Christian education 29, 133,
189–93 passim
disaster response work 43, 121–22, 129

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