# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1977_S33
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION 33

house revealed that the proposed resolution had been
declined by a vote of 534 to 441.

Missions

Chairman Behnken of the Floor Committee on
Missions reintroduced Res. 2-09 (TB 41), on which
action had not been completed in a previous session.
After brief discussion the delegates adopted the
resolution, authorizing the Council for Christian
Medical Work to secure the necessary staff services
needed to carry out its objectives.

Point of Information

An apparent discrepancy was noted in the fact that
Res. 2-07 (TB 40) had eliminated from Bylaw 2.83 a the
position of Secretary for Medical Work while retaining
a reference to other officers to be appointed by the
Board of Directors, whereas Res. 4-02A-2 (TB 202) had
eliminated from Bylaw 2.83 the entire list. The
convention agreed with Secretary Mueller that the
larger Res. 4-02A-2 should take precedence.

Missions

Rev. Otto Hintze, Secretary for World Missions,
introduced missionaries who were present to the
convention and indicated that they would be in-
troduced individually at a later time. Following this the
convention adopted Res. 2-18 (TB 45), thanking God for
the missionaries of the Synod and asking for His
continued blessings on their labors.

Naomi Warth, minister of love to deaf children in Brazil

Citation

Mrs. Naomi Warth of Porto Alegre, Brazil, was
escorted to the platform to receive the John of Beverly
award for her work in the ministry to the deaf in Brazil.
Among the accomplishments for which she was cited
was the founding of a Lutheran school for the deaf in
Porto Alegre. Mrs. Warth has taught in this school,
provided counsel and love, and has translated the John
of Beverly workbooks for the school in Brazil. After
receiving the award Mrs. Warth graciously thanked the
Board of Directors of Mill Neck Manor and the
convention for the award which she had been given.

Missions

By adopting Res. 2-05A (TB 193) the delegates urged
the Synod and each District of the Synod to make a
thorough study of Church Growth materials and to
organize and put into action the Church Growth
principles which are needed to evangelize the nation
and the world.

Point of Order

In response to a question from the floor, Secretary
Mueller explained the procedure which is followed in
certifying delegates for the convention. The question
was related primarily to missionaries who are on
terminal leave as opposed to those who are on furlough
(Bylaw 1.61 d).

Missions

By adopting Res. 2-21A (7B 261) and Res. 2-31A (TB
262) the delegates commended the Board for Missions
for the work which had been done on the “position and
directional statement,” resolved that it be accepted, and
asked the Board for Missions to continue its consultative
work with those involved in campus ministry. It also
commended Districts for avoiding unnecessary duplica-
tion in campus ministry, but asked that when par-
ticipating in inter-Lutheran campus ministries the
synodical resolutions and policies be observed. The
delegates expressed thanks to God for the marvelous gift
of television and commended the International
Lutheran Laymen’s League for its forward-looking and
Gospel-centered plans, asking that every member of the
Synod support this mission ministry through prayer
and personal gifts (Res. 2-14, TB 43). By adopting Res. 2-
17 (TB 44) the delegates expressed their thanks to God
for the blessings received by the church through the
faithful service of Dr. Koppelmann during his lifetime.
Resolution 2-23A (TB 261), declining overtures re-
questing the establishment of a separate Commission
for the Deaf and asking the Board for Missions to fill the
position of Secretary of North America/Blind-Deaf
Ministries, was introduced. The delegates accepted an
amendment which placed an additional resolve between
the present second and third resolves, stating “that the
person filling this staff position be able to communicate
in the sign language.” After declining to consider a
substitute resolution as well as declining an amendment
which would have required that the staff person have 8
to 10 years’ experience, the resolution was adopted as
amended. Delegates asked the Board for Missions to