# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1973_S222
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13. NOMINATIONS

For the first time the congregations participated di-
rectly in the process of nominating clergymen for Pres-
ident and First Vice-President under the new Bylaw
2.127. See the convention Workbook, page 395 ff., and
the Minutes of Sessions 1 and 2 for the reports on this
process. The tabulations are appended to the Minutes.

The report of the Committee for Convention Nom-
inations (see Workbook, pages 405—412) was presented
and adopted with several additions and changes listed
in the minutes. Other names were placed in nomination
from the floor. See Minutes, Sessions 2 and 5.

14. ELECTIONS

The complete results of the elections held during the
convention are appended to the Minutes.

15. REGISTRATION, CREDENTIALS, EXCUSES

In the first session Committee 15 reported 940 voting
delegates present — a quorum — as of the previous eve-
ning. Voting delegate representation eventually reached
1075. The complete audited listing of voting and advis-
ory delegates is given in the introductory section of the
PROCEEDINGS.

In the first session the committee also reported that
Overtures 15-01A and B had been withdrawn since the
synodical President had acceded to the request that an
exception be granted. The convention thereupon re-
solved that the delegates involved be seated.

16. WORK PROGRAM REVIEW

To Adopt a 1974 Work Program

RESOLUTION 16-1
(CW, p. 413)

Wuenreas, Insufficient time and documentation were
available to this committee to permit adequate study
and evaluation of all the program needs of the various
departments of the Synod; and

Wuereas, It appears from the documentation that the
program recommendations of the Council of Adminis-
trators and the Board of Directors of the Synod repre-
sent an adequate and challenging summary of synodical
program fiscal requirements commensurate with our
congregations’ growing financial capabilities; and

Wuereas, Our Lord’s loving will and our gratitude
for His 125 years of bountiful blessings, as well as the
challenge of multiplying opportunities for expanded
ministries at home and abroad, leave us no alternative
but to marshal our resources in full proportion to our
unprecedented affluence; and

Wuereas, The rapidly changing and expanding na-
ture of the work opportunities and needs confronting
our church especially in recent years would seem to
be better met through a full-scale, intensive review,
evaluation, and response-planning conference of Synod-
wide and circuit leadership as outlined and approved
by the 49th regular convention of the Synod held at
Milwaukee in 1971 (Proceedings, Res. 12-17, p. 215);
therefore be it

Resolved, That this 50th regular convention of our
Synod herewith adopt the recommended program goals
for 1974 totalling $28,750,000 and the tentative goals for
1975 totalling $30,000,000, and that we herewith also
commend them to our churches and Board of Directors
for fullest possible implementation in the respective

year’s adopted budget(s); and be it further

Resolved, That the Board of Directors be herewith
instructed to include with high priority rating in the
1974 budget provisions for a Synodwide leaders’ con-
ference on work programs and fiscal plans for 1975,
as approved by the aforementioned Milwaukee conven-
tion in Res. 12-17.

Proposed Work Programs for 1974 and 1975

1973 . 1974 Work = 1975 *Work
Program Divisions Budget Program Program
Missions and Special
Ministries $10,589,768 $11,203,000 $11,688,000
Higher Education ____ 9,542,320 10,006,163 10,443,000
Communications —— 1,090,721 1,316,300 1,374,000
Parish Services —— 721,333 826,260 861,000
Stewardship ———__ 287,575 323,575 339,000
Theology and Church
Relations 200,280 185,050 192,000
Church Government - 68,085 71,500 75,000
General Administra-
tion and Finance - 1,571,643 1,425,000 1,564,510
Pension and Support 1,786,490 1,786,490* 1,786,490
Lutheran Council in
the U.S.A. 730,200 730,200* 762,000
Lutheran Council —
Canada ———_— 40,000 40,000* 42,000
Grants, Special En-
deavors ———__ 302,785 340,000* 354,000
Sub-Totals —— $26,931,200 $28,253,538 $29,481,000
Debt Service 275,000 275,000 288,000
Contingent Reserve - 113,800 221,462 231,000
Totals ___. $27,320,000 $28,750,000} $30,000,000
* Estimates

+N. B.—It should be noted that the recommended work program
totals closely approximate what our actual budget totals for the re-
spective years should be, since the total for 1974 is only 5.2% higher
than our 1973 budget and that for 1975 only 4.3% more than for 1974
— barely compensating for anticipated losses to inflation in 1973 and
1974. Also, these work program figures are not to be regarded as
firm spending commitments; the actual spending budgets are set by
the Board of Directors when pledges have been received from the
Districts and in accordance with anticipated income.

Action: Adopted (15).

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