# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1995_S175 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 176 Garton, Jean 142 Government Information, Office of 43, 125 Halm, D. Ray 5, 21-45 passim Handbook revision 41, 152-53 health care for church-work students, vic- \ ars, interns 41, 143 * Heerboth, Paul 5, 32, 87-91 Heiser,Onah 31 Higher Education, Board for 36, 133-39 passim - Holy Communion 26, 38-39, 43, 113, 121-22, 127 ; homosexual behavior, Synod’s position on . 126-27 Homosexuals, Ministry to, Task Force on 22 housing ministries 44, 144 indebtedness 39, 130 India 5, 105 International Lutheran Council See Lutheran Council, International King, Robert 6, 13 Kuhn, Robert 22-45 passim late reports and overtures 161-68 laymen licensed to perform functions of the pastoral office 35, 120-21 lay ministers 41, 157 Leeman, Dan 37 Lehman, Ed 32, 104 Lutheran, as part of church name 43, 125 Lutheran church—Canada 25, 32, 104, 167 . Lutheran Council, International 23, 26, 118-19 Lutheran Laymen’s League 24 Lutheran Women’s Missionary League 24 Lutheran World Relief 37 Maier, Walter 6, 13, 43, 157 man and woman, study of scriptural rela- tionship of 41-42, 123-24 Medical Missions, Lutherans in 105 Mennicke, August T. 6, 13, 43, 102-3, 157 mentally ill, ministry to 44, 143 Ministerial Growth and Support, Com- mission on 144-45 Ministry: Offices, Procedures, and Nomen- clature, The 127 ministry ' urban and cross-cultural 25, 106 rural 41, 114-15 minutes of the convention See convention, minutes INDEX Mission and Ministry, Council on 22 mission awareness 28, 107-8 mission partnerships 25, 105-6 missions, world 22, 105 necrology, ordained and commissioned ministers 173-74 ‘ Neuman, Lynne 5, 6 Nomenclature Study Committee 126 officers of the Synod 6, 13, 21-45 passim See also transfer of records Oklahoma City 43-44, 53 omnibus resolutions 22, 41, 159-60 “Operating Agreement” between Commis- sion on Organizations and Com- mittee of Theology and Church Relations 43, 124 Otten, Herman See special committee re Herman Otten Paraguay, Evangelical Lutheran Church of 23, 117 partner churches 28 pastoral ministry, admission by colloquy 37, 39, 134, 1385-37 pastoral office, only men may hold 126 president emeritus 35, 99-100 president of synod 6, 13, 21-45 passim, 152 election of 21 proclamation of 5, 31 report of 57—73 sermon of 71-73 vision statements of 22, 109 Presidents, Council of 22 Preus, J. A. O. 35, 101 prison ministry 44, 144 Proceedings 26, 39, 44 proclamation, presidential 5, 31, 57 professors, full-time experience for 137-38 Racism and the Church 23, 112 Recognized Service Organizations 150-51 reports and overtures correlated with res- olutions 169-71 River of Light Youth Gathering 38, 116 Rosin, Walter 6, 13, 21~45 passim Rural Ministry Fund See ministry, rural Rusch, William 35 sanctity of life 24, 41, 141 Sauer, Robert 6, 35, 43, 101, 157 Schuta, ‘Richard 5, 23, 83-86 secretary of the Synod 6, 13, 44, 155 Sell, Norman D. 6, 13 seminary education, commitment to 28, 134 ’ special recognition See awards Service of Women in Congregational and Synodical Offices, The 39, 120 Smith, Charles 5, 92~95 South Africa, Free Evangelical—Lutheran Synod in 23, 117-18 Southern Africa, Lutheran Church in 23 ‘special committee re Herman Otten 44, 45, 156 Spiritual Gifts 43, 127 ~ standing rules See convention, standing | rules stewardship, biblical 45, 129 structural changes 154-55 ‘student aid 43, 53 study groups 44, 156 suicide, assisted 24, 41, 141-42 Theology and Church Relations, Commis- sion on 21-45 passim, 119 Today's Business 6 transfer of records 44, 115 treasurer of Synod See vice-president-fi- nance/treasurer Tswaedi, David 23 unionism 43 vice-president—finance/treasurer 6, 13, 45, 131 vice-presidents of the Synod election of 22, 23, 24, 26-27 requirements re 44, 156 thanks for service 43 vision statements 22, 109 See also president of Synod Volunteer Mission Service 105 Volunteer Youth Ministry 105 Wentzel, Eugenio 23 : wine as part of Sacrament of the Altar See Holy Communion Wolford, Kathryn 37 woman suffrage 26, 119-20 Worker Benefit Plans 37, 43, 53, 142-43 world missions See missions, world World Relief, LCMC 167 worship in congregations 38, 112-13 resources 38, 113 Worship, Commission on 26, 110, 166 youth gatherings 38, 114 : See also River of Light Youth Gather- ing Youth Services, Board for 22