# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1995_S24
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

24 MINUTES. OF THE CONVENTION

Dr. Charles Schlimpert, President of Concordia, Port-
land, addressed the delegates on behalf of the 10 Concor-
dia college and university presidents. He acquainted the
convention attenders with the strategic educational initia-
tives being undertaken by the campuses.

-A resolution of thanksgiving (5-01) for the blessing of
God upon our-Concordia Theological Seminary at Fort
Wayne, Indiana, was presented by the chairman of Com-
mittee 5. The motion was adopted.

Res. 5-02A was placed before the body. The motion
called for a renewal of financial support to seminary edu-
cation. A substitute motion was introduced. The delegates
determined not to consider the substitute motion. An
amendment was offered to delete the words to cover the cost
of all tuition,and substitute the words to alleviate undue
financial burden. The question was called and sustained.
The amendment was defeated. The chairman called for the
orders of the day, thus postponing further discussion and
vote on 5-02A until a later time in the convention schedule.

Committee 6: Human Care

The Rev. William Diekelman, President of the Okla-
homa District and Chairman of Committee 6, Human Care,
led the delegates into the business of the committee by de-
scribing The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod response
to human need by means of a video.

The committee placed Res. 6-01A before the convention.
The resolution speaks to affirming the sanctity of life. A
motion to refer 6-01A back to committee was offered. The
question was called and sustained. The motion to refer was
adopted. ‘

Res. 6-02, objecting to assisted suicide, was brought be-
fore the house. An amendment was offered to include the
fifth whereas from Overture 6-08, to wit: “We respect the

LWML President Gloria Edwards

Committee 8: Registration, Credentials, and Elections

individual's right to refuse treatment or to forbid life-sup-
port systems by a prior directive and to be allowed to die.”
The amendment was adopted..The title was. edited to ex-
change the word legalization for legislation. By common
consent the words gift of in line 50 were changed to Lord
who gives. An amendment was offered to modify the last re-
solve of the resolution, to. wit: “That the Synod in conven-
tion encourage its pastors and people to speak out against
any attempt to legalize physician-assisted suicide as citi-
zens of this nation.”.The question on the amendment was
called and was sustained. The amendment was defeated.
The chairman called for the orders of the day.

The Rev. Roger Krause,. President of the Rocky.Moun-
tain District and Chairman of Committee 8, Registration,
Credentials, and Elections, reported to the delegates the
list of names nominated for a vice-presidential position
within The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. The names
to be included on the ballot are David Buegler, Eugene
Bunkowski, Robert King, Walter A. Maier II, Dale Meyer,
Norbert Oesch, J. A. O. Preus III, Robert Preus, Wallace
Schulz, Edwin Suelflow, William Weinrich, and Laurence
White.

Committee 9: Nominations

Dr. George Mohr, Chairman of Committee 9, Nomina-
tions, asked for nominations from the floor for the remain-
ing positions to be filled. The following nominations were
made from the floor and were sustained by the delegates.
Dr. Jack Gerber for the office of Vice President—
Finance/Treasurer; Rev. Dr. Harlan Harnapp for the Board
of Directors; Rev. Laurence White for the Board of Direc-
tors; Dr. Jean Garton for the Board of Directors; Thomas
Kuchta for the Board of Directors; Edsel Tieman for the
Board of Directors; Rev. John Fiene for the Board of Mis-
sion Services; Rev. John Pless and Rev. Martin Noland for
the Commission on Theology and Church Relations; Dr.
Stevin Gehrke for the CTCR; Rev. Thomas Ahlersmeyer for
the Board of Regents, Ann Arbor; Rev. John Schildwachter
for the Board of Regents, Fort Wayne; Walter Dissen for
the Board of Regents, Fort Wayne; Al Wipperman for the
Board of Regents, River Forest; Rev. Paul Pfotenhauer for
the Board of Regents, St. Paul; and Doris Gangelhoff for
the Board of Regents, St. Paul. Those names which had not
been previously submitted were approved as names which
will be included in the slate of nominees.

Special Greetings

Gloria Edwards, president of the Lutheran Women’s
Missionary League, brought encouraging words to the del-
egates of the 59th Regular Convention of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod.

Don Bennett addressed the delegates on behalf of the
more-than-one-hundred-thousand members of the Luther-
an Laymen’s League.

Closing of the Session

Delegates were led in prayer by President Herbert C.
Mueller, Jr.