# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S 25
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To Commend and Support the International
Lutheran Council (ILC)...............................431
To Reaffirm the Scriptural Teaching
concerning the Age of the Earth...................432
To Reaffirm the Scriptural Teaching
concerning the Age of the Earth...................432
To Reaffirm the Scriptural Teaching
concerning the Age of the Earth...................433
To Study and Respond to “Young” and “Old”
Earth Creationist Teachings.........................433
To Encourage Scriptural Teaching concerning
Creation.......................................................433
To Confess and Reaffirm Six-Day Creation
and the Official Position of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod. ...........................434
To Ask Circuit and District Pastors
Conferences to Study Our Synod’s Statements
Dealing with Creation and Explore Ways to
Help Congregations Discuss Issues Related to
the Intersections of Faith and Science..........434
To Confess and Affirm Six-Day Creation and
the Official Position of The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod............................................435
To Reaffirm and Clarify the Article “Of
Creation” of A Brief Statement of the Doctrinal
Position of the LCMS, 1932. ........................436
To Confess and Reaffirm Six-Day Creation
and the Official Position of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod. ...........................436
To Reaffirm the Biblical Witness of a Six-Day
Creation.......................................................437
To Humbly Confess the Six Twenty-Four Hour
Day Creation as Being in Accordance with
Holy Scripture. ............................................437
To Confess and Reaffirm the Six Days of
Creation Are Six Ordinary/Normal Days. ...437
To Require the Teachings of Creation and
the Fall as God Has Revealed Them in Holy
Scriptures in all Congregations, Schools, and
Synod Institutions........................................438
To Preserve the Authority and Clarity of the
New Testament Scriptures. ..........................438
To Give Thanks for God’s Holy Word........439
To Reaffirm Our Historic Stand of a Church
that Believes and Practices Ministry “By
Scripture Alone”..........................................439
To Encourage Our Pastors to Preach and
Teach in a Very Clear Way the Promise of
Everlasting Life............................................439
To Give a Clear Confession of the Resurrection
in Our Funeral Practices. .............................440

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To Adopt the Conclusions of the Lutheran
Church—Canada’s CTCR Document,
“Cremation and the Christian”....................441
To Affirm the Relationship Between Unity
in Theology and Mission and Diversity in
Practice. .......................................................441
To Affirm the Tension Between Unity in
Theology and Mission and Diversity in
Practice. .......................................................442
To Affirm the Validity of the Word and
Sacraments...................................................442
To Affirm the Efficacy of the Word and
Sacraments Apart from Ordination. ............443
To Affirm the Priesthood of All Believers
in Christ and Therefore Their Call as
Missionaries.................................................443
To Affirm the Priesthood of All Believers
in Christ and Therefore Their Call as
Missionaries.................................................444
To Affirm the Biblical Teaching of the Reading
of Scriptures in the Public Worship Service as a
Function of the Pastoral Office....................444
To Rejoice in the Proclamation of God’s Word
by His Called and Ordained Servants. .........445
To Request that the CTCR Revisit the 1985
CTCR Document “Women in the Church:
Scriptural Principles and Ecclesial Practice”
regarding Lay Lectors..................................446
To Conform to God’s Will Regarding
the Roles of Men and Women in Church
Leadership. ..................................................446
To Direct the CTCR to Address the Signing
of Public Interfaith and Interdenominational
Statements by Members of Synod................446

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6. Pastoral Ministry and Seminaries
Reports
R1, R1.1, R1.2, R2, R2.1, R4, R4.1–2, R12, R58,
R59.1–13, R65, R66

Overtures
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To Direct a Review of Admission and
Certification for Routes to Ordination.........448
To Restore Both Biblical Languages to the
Education of Future Pastors........................448
To Increase the Academic Standards of the
Synod’s “Specific Ministry Pastor” (SMP)
Program.......................................................449
To Revise the Specific Ministry Pastor
Limitations. .................................................450
2019 Convention Workbook