# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1998_S144
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

144

RESOLUTIONS

would further the mission of housing ministry within The
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod; therefore be it
Resolved, That The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
1. encourage congregations and members to participate
with or to form a local Habitat affiliate in the production of
affordable housing;
2. encourage LCMS congregations and schools to support Global Village Work Camps in other countries in cooperation with Habitat;
3. encourage the LCMS campus ministries to participate
in a local chapter of Habitat for Humanity, or to form a
campus chapter wherever possible;
4. encourage various conventions and gatherings of the
LCMS to include the “blitz building” of a house during the
event;
5. encourage LCMS congregations to support housing
ministry projects financially by direct contributions of a
“special interest” gift on investments with the Lutheran
Church Extension Fund to one or both of the following: (a)
LCMS locally sponsored housing project; (b) the LCMS Low
Income Housing Loan Fund.

To Amend Bylaw 3.819 g to Include
Lutheran Services in America
RESOLUTION 6-10
Overture 6-02 (CW, p. 227)
WHEREAS, The LCMS Board of Directors at its Aug.
27–30, 1996, meeting endorsed the Synod’s Board for
Human Care Ministries membership in Lutheran Services
in America; and
WHEREAS, Lutheran Services in America came into existence in April 1997; and
WHEREAS, Lutheran Services in America needs to be incorporated into the appropriate Bylaws; therefore be it
Resolved, That Bylaw 3.819 g be amended to read:
“sponsor and participate in World Relief activities for the
alleviation of human suffering through cooperation with
Lutheran World Relief, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee
Services, Lutheran Services in America, the Board for Mission Services, and domestic projects endorsed by Districts.”
Action: Adopted (11)

Action: Adopted as amended (10)
(The resolution was amended by deleting the second whereas
which stated Whereas, We see this life of service most clearly in
Jesus, our Lord, who “came not to be served but to serve, and who
gave His life as a ransom for many.” The committee also agreed to
change members to congregations in 5.)

To Support the Ministry
to Parish Nurses
RESOLUTION 6-09A
Overture 6-05–06 (CW, pp. 227–28)
WHEREAS, Better Health, published by The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod’s Worker Benefit Plans has many
excellent articles on better health; and
WHEREAS, The Scriptures place emphasis on the integration of spirit, mind, and body in the life of a disciple
(1 Thess. 5:23–24; Matt. 22:37–40; Rom. 6:12–14); and
WHEREAS, Christian people in contemporary society are
experiencing growing tensions in human relationships and
disease within the human person; and
WHEREAS, One example of effective care for the whole
person is the service provided by an LCMS health ministries parish nurse; and
WHEREAS, Such an emphasis leads to an increased
awareness of the total stewardship of life; therefore be it
Resolved, That the LCMS congregations study the broad
implications of the disciple’s life of spiritual, mental, and
physical wellness; and be it further
Resolved, That congregations of the Synod lift up the
growing ministry of the parish nurse as a witness to the
biblical emphasis on spirit, mind, and body; and be it finally
Resolved, That the Synod celebrate the blessing of God
in our historic emphasis on Word and Sacrament even as
we now seek to apply more profoundly that continuing emphasis to the whole person.
Action: Adopted (11)
(In the third whereas the word system was changed to person
by common consent.)

To Respectfully Decline Overtures
RESOLUTION 6-11
Report L6-38 (TB, p. 13); Overtures 6-03, 6-04 (CW,
p. 227)
WHEREAS, The floor committee has considered all overtures assigned to it and has concluded, for various reasons,
that certain overtures should be declined; therefore be it
Resolved, That the following overtures be respectfully
declined for the reasons given:
Number

Subject

Reason

L6-38

Allow congregations to
choose from 20, 25, or 30
hours for all Concordia Plans

Legal reasons

Ov. 6-03

Return auxiliary organizations
to Synod’s immediate affiliation

No supporting evidence

Ov. 6-04

To sever ties with ELCA

No pulpit and altar fellowship on
social endeavors involved

Action: Adopted (11)

To Urge Reconciliation and Christian
Love in Northern Ireland
RESOLUTION 6-12
WHEREAS, The tragic violence and resultant loss of
human life in Northern Ireland has taken place for many
years and, sadly, continues at this time; and
WHEREAS, The conflict in Northern Ireland is commonly
presented and understood as a conflict between Protestants
and Catholics; and
WHEREAS, This conflict does not reflect the Christian
love and peace with which all Christians are to live with
one another; and
WHEREAS, This conflict reflects negatively on the Christian witness to the love and forgiveness we have in Christ
and may particularly have a negative impact on the
unchurched; and
WHEREAS, we gathered together have a concern for all
peoples to the ends of the earth; therefore be it