# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1998_S37
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION
LAYPERSONS
Timothy S. Goeglein
Peter Hessler
Clifford Meints

200
336
514

444
616 *

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY—RIVER FOREST
COMMISSIONED MINISTERS
James W. Freese
501
E. Theodore Lams
512 *
CONCORDIA SEMINARY—ST. LOUIS
ORDAINED MINISTERS
Gerhard H. Bode
477
John Nordling
594 *
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY—ST. PAUL
ORDAINED MINISTERS
Robert H. Krueger
429
Byron Northwick
623 *
Committee 5: Higher Education
The Rev. Dr. Norman C. Sincebaugh, President of the
North Dakota District and chairman of the committee, led
the delegates once again into the business of higher education.
Res. 5-06, to revise Bylaws, was once again placed before the delegates, the orders of the day having been called
in a previous session. An amendment to change the word
shall to may in line 18, p. 73, had been offered. The question was called and was sustained. The amendment was
lost. An amendment was made to delete lines 18–19, p. 73,
from Res. 5-06. The question was called on the amendment
and was sustained. The amendment was lost. The delegates
voted to end debate after 30 minutes of discussion. A motion was made to reconsider the closure of debate and was
lost. Unamended Res. 5-06, including the material on pages
260–62, was adopted.
Res. 5-11, to respectfully decline certain overtures, was
moved. The question was called by common consent. The
motion was adopted.
Res. 5-12, to effect new terms of office for boards of regents, was moved. By common consent the question was
called and was sustained. The motion was adopted.
Committee 6: Human Care
The Rev. Dr. Arleigh L. Lutz, President of the North
Wisconsin District and chairman of the committee, led the
delegates back into the business of his committee.
Res. 6-04A, to encourage ministry to the imprisoned, exoffenders and families, and to victims of crime, was moved
and adopted.
Res. 6-05, to encourage and guide the Board of Managers of the Worker Benefit Plans, was moved. An amendment was offered to add two resolves: to wit, Resolved that
the Synod in convention instruct the Board of Managers to
pursue health management organizations that offer more
personal care for members’ needs and choices; and Resolved
that Synod in convention instruct their Board of Managers
to censure the HMO’s that interfere with the medical care
given by doctors. The question was called and sustained.
The amendment was declined. An amendment was offered

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to delete the word holistic from line 30, p. 91. The question
was called on the amendment and the main motion. The
amendment was carried. The main motion was adopted as
amended.
Res. 6-06A, to reaffirm and encourage caring and biblical ministry to homosexuals, was moved. An amendment
was offered to add to the second Whereas, to wit: and are
also included therefore in those referred to in 1 Cor. 6:11
“and such were some of you, but you were washed, you were
sanctified, you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” The question was
called and was sustained. The amendment was adopted.
The amended resolution was adopted.
A motion was made that no resolution can be brought
up on Friday, the final day of the convention, to be reconsidered or rescinded. Question was called and was sustained. The motion was adopted.
Committee 3: Theology and Church Relations
The Rev. Raymond L. Hartwig, President of the South
Dakota District and chairman of the committee, led the delegation back into the business of the committee.
Res. 3-27A, to warn against entertainment/media presentation of violence and immoral lifestyles, was moved. By
common consent the word creatures was changed to people
in line 10, p. 329. The question was called and sustained.
The resolution was adopted.
Res. 3-25A, to affirm the position of the Synod that only
men may hold the pastoral office, was moved. The question
was called and was sustained. The resolution was adopted.
Res. 3-16B, to affirm the use of bread and wine in the
Sacrament of the Altar, was moved. The question was
called, but was not sustained. After further discussion,
question was called and sustained. The motion was
adopted.
Res. 3-09, to address Commission on Theology and
Church Relations workload and priorities, was moved. The
question was called and was sustained. The motion was
adopted.
Res. 3-19, to study materials on the pastoral office and
the church from the 150th Anniversary Convocation, was
moved. The resolution was adopted.
Res. 3-07, to seek harmony between pastors and their
hearers, was moved. An amendment was proposed (p. 273,
lines 31–44, plus an additional resolve, to wit: Resolved that
the progress of the training of the Circuit Counselors and
their visitations of the congregations of their Circuit be reported to the 2001 LCMS convention). The question was
called on the amendment and the resolution and was sustained. The amendment was lost. The resolution was
adopted.
Res. 3-11, to encourage sensitivity to ethnic nuances in
doctrinal review, was moved. The question was called and
sustained. The motion was adopted.
Res. 3-22, to encourage continued CTCR study of the
scriptural relationship of men and women, was moved. An
amendment was offered. The question was called on the
amendment and on the main motion and was sustained.
The unamended resolution was adopted.