# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1995_S43
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MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION 43

Special Recognition

The delegates expressed appreciation for the many years

of faithful service from the Rev. Dr. August Mennicke, the

Rev. Dr. Robert Sauer, and the Rev. Dr. Walter A. Maier,

II. Each of the three outgoing Vice-Presidents addressed

the delegates with words of prayer for The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod.

Committee 8: Registration, Credentials, and Elections

The Rev. Roger Krause, President of the Rocky Moun-
tain District and Chairman of Committee 8, Registration,
Credentials, and Elections, reported the final day’s delegate
registration:

Voting pastors 591
Voting laypersons 583
Advisory pastors 56
Advisory teachers 115
Advisory other 206

Total voting delegates 1174

Youth 20
Others 41
Guests 449 Total attendance 2061

The final positions on the Board for Congregational Ser-
vices to be filled by election were placed before the dele-
gates for voting. The results of the voting were as follows:

COMMISSIONED MINISTERS
Held, David 513 * 3-year term
Weidler, Jean 509
LAYPERSONS
Hegg, Daniel R. 304
‘Keyne, Arleen 404 628* 3-year term

Otten, Ruth 325 404

The President declared those indicated as elected. Upon
motion, all ballots, both paper and electronic, were de-
stroyed.

Point of Privilege

WHEREAS, Many pastors are graduating from. our
seminaries with debts related to their schooling cost that
are extremely burdensome and difficult to repay on a
pastor’s salary; and

Wuereas, This 59th Regular Convention of The
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod has resolved in Res.
5-02A to set a goal for the ingathering of money to fund
a full-time ministry student aid endowment sufficient to
cover the cost of all seminary tuition; and

WHEREAS, The Board of Managers—Worker Benefit
Plans in its report to the convention floor indicated an
approximate “Experience Rebate” value of about $6 mil-
lion of Concordia Health Plan premiums which in 1995
has and is being realized as amounts left in the budgets
of the congregations and other entities of Synod; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That the President of the Synod write each
congregation receiving such a rebate a letter explaining
the need for funding the above-referenced endowment
and encourage these congregations to invest all of or a
major portion of their rebate in said endowment.

Question was called and was sustained. The motion was
adopted.

Committee 3: Theology and Church Relations

The Rev. Dr. George Wollenburg, President of the Mon-
tana District and Chairman of Committee 3, Theology and
Church Relations, reintroduced the business of his com-
mittee.

Res. 3-13A, “To Use the Name Lutheran,” was moved.
The question was called and sustained. The motion was
adopted.

Res. 3-14A, “To Encourage Faithfulness to Our Synod’s
Doctrine and Practice on Unionism,” was moved. The ques-
tion was called and sustained. The motion was adopted.

A call to reconsider 3-13A was made. Question was
called on ending debate on reconsideration. The delegates
voted not to reconsider.

Res. 3-11, “To Continue COO/CTCR ‘Operating Agree-
ment’ for 1995-98 Triennium,” was moved. The motion was
adopted.

Res. 3-12, “To Regularize Communion Practices at Syn-
odical Colleges and Seminaries,” was moved. An amend-
ment was offered to substitute the word confessional for the
word orthodox in the last resolve. Question was called on
the amendment and on the resolution. A call was made to
divide the question. The delegates voted not to divide the
question. The call to end debate was supported. The
amendment lost. The main motion was adopted.

Res. 3-15, “Io Encourage Support of OGI,” was moved.
The question was called and sustained. The motion was
adopted.

A request to reconsider, Res. 3-12 was made. The ques-
tion was called and sustained. The motion to reconsider
lost.

A motion to extend the work of Committee 3 by 30 min-
utes and to take the time from the lunch hour was made
and lost.

Res. 3-20, “Io Commend CTCR Report Spiritual Gifts
for Study and Guidance,” was moved. Question was called
and sustained. The motion was adopted.

Special Motion to Adjourn
The motion to adjourn failed.

Special Resolution

A resolution was adopted to thank God for those who re-
sponded to the Oklahoma City bombing, to wit:\. ;

WHEREAS, There are many tragedies in the present
world because of sin; and

WHEREAS, The bombing i in Oklahoma City was a
manifestation of sinful man’s sin against man; and

WHEREAS, It affected many of our brothers and sisters
in Christ directly and indirectly, locally and nationally;
and

WHEREAS, God was faithful to His promise to give the
gifts to share with those in need; and

WueEreas, He used Lutheran Social Services, Inter-
Lutheran Disaster Response, LCMS World Relief, the
LLL, AAL, Lutheran Brotherhood, many congregations,