# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1995_S108
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2. Congregational Services

To Put Five Vision Statements
- into Practice
RESOLUTION 2-01A
Overtures 2-44-45 (CW, p. 148)

WHEREAS, It is the will of our gracious God that we be
and remain in His Word (John 8:31—32), that we continue
to serve one another in love (Gal. 5:13), that we keep on
telling the Good News of Jesus Christ our Savior (Acts
5:42), that we faithfully cling to the sound teaching of the
Word (1 Tim. 4:6), and that we live in peace with one an-
other (2 Cor. 13:14); and

WHEREAS, President A. L. Barry presented his five-fold
vision statement that The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod be (1) strong in the Word, (2) Christ centered and
people sensitive, (3) reaching out boldly with the Gospel,
(4) faithful to the Scriptures and the Lutheran Confessions,
(5) marked by peace and unity; therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod,
assembled in convention, urge all the members in our con-
gregations to continue to strive, with God’s help, both indi-
vidually, as well as in our congregations, Circuits, and Dis-
tricts, to put the five-fold vision statement into practice.

Action: Adopted as amended (2).

(By common consent verse 32:was added in the first line of the
resolution, and in the second vision statement the word Christ
was substituted for people.)

To Change Commission on Black Ministry
to Board for Black Ministry Services and
to Grant Seat on Council on Mission
and Ministry and on Council
of Administrators

RESOLUTION 2-02

Report R1-03 (CW, pp. 32-34); Overtures 2-34, 2-37
(CW, pp. 145-46) |

Wuereas, The 1977 Dallas convention created a Com-
mission on Black Ministry; and

WHEREAS, The commission, with the approval of the
Board of Directors on March 1-3, 1991, and the Board for
Mission Services on June 30, 1991, was given additional re-
sponsibilities which resulted in its operating like other
boards; and :

_ WHEREAS, It is desirable for the board to have voting rep-
resentation on the Council on Mission and Ministry and on
the Council of Administrators; and

WHEREAS, Under Res. 4-02A of the 1992 Pittsburgh con-
vention, a board has voting representation on the Mission
and Ministry Council and the Council of Administrators;
and

WHEREAS, As the rich gifts of additional ethnic and cul-
tural ministries are emerging with growing numbers or em-
phasis; therefore be it

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Committee 2 Chairman Theodore L. Laesch

Resolved, That during the next triennium the Board for
Congregational Services and the Board for Mission Services
continue to develop ways for all minorities to have an ap-
propriate voice and representation in the church; and be it
further

Resolved, That the Commission on Black Ministry be
named the Board for Black Ministry Services and be rep-
resented by vote on the Council on Mission and Ministry
and on the Council of Administrators; and be it further

Resolved, That Bylaw 3.900 be amended to replace the
reference to the “executive secretary of the Board for Mis-
sion Services” with the “executive director of the Board for
Black Ministry Services”; and be it further

Resolved, That Bylaw 3.901 be amended to reflect the
following policy-making, evaluative, and programmatic re-
sponsibilities of the Board for Black Ministry Services:

a. Develop policies that will assist congregations in

reaching out more effectively with the Gospel of Jesus
Christ among African Americans.

b. Evaluate the effectiveness and administration of
plans and programs designed to coordinate and expand
Black ministry in the Synod in cooperation with the
Convocation of Black Lutheran congregations, appro-
priate boards, and the President of the Synod.

c. Represent the concerns of Black ministry before
the boards, commissions, committees, and judicatories
of the Synod; and be it further

Resolved, That Bylaw 3.55 be amended to provide
that a Board for Black Ministry Services be appointed
as prescribed in current Bylaw 3.900; and be it finally

Resolved, That the Commission on Constitutional
Matters make any other Bylaw changes necessary to
implement this action.

Action: Adopted as amended (7).