# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1998_S184 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 184 pornography, obscenity, and indecency, to promote awareness of and guidance on 31, 37, 106, 123–24 Postseminary Applied Learning and Support 25, 127 Praesidium (of the Synod) 24, 97–98 President of the Synod 6, 15, 23–40 passim, 51–67, 152, 156–60 Presidents, District 39, 149 See also Presidents, Council of Presidents, Council of 23, 36, 121, 148–49, 156–66 passim Preus, Daniel 23, 24, 26 Preus, J. A. O. 16, 38, 80–84 prison ministry 37, 142 professional church workers, recruitment of 25, 127–28 Program and Finance, resolutions 125–26 Promise Keepers 39, 123 Racism and the Church 55 Ramsey, Daniel 31 Recognized Service Organizations 38, 107 regents, boards of 30, 139, 156 registered delegates and representatives See convention, synodical relationships between Districts and the Synod 36, 147–48 relationships, synodical 163 religious expression, freedom of 38, 106–7 RIM See Missouri, Renewal in Rittmann, Clarence 47 Rosin, Walter 5, 15, 23–40 passim, 150 RSO status See Recognized Service Organizations same-sex marriage See Marriage and family life INDEX schedule, convention See convention, synodical schools, Lutheran 36 Schuelke, John 15, 30, 150 Schulz, Wallace 26 Seals, Timothy 38 Secretary of the Synod 5, 15, 23–40 passim, 150, 156–57, 160–62 Sell, Norman D. 6, 15, 26, 33 Sims, Timothy 15, 19, 23–47 passim Sincebaugh, Norman C. 15, 19, 23–40 passim small town and rural ministry 38, 110–11 songs, review of 29 See also Worship, Commission on special recognition 47 special representations See convention, synodical Special Standing Rules See convention, synodical stewardship principles, biblical 24, 125 St. John Lutheran Church, New Minden, Ill. 23 St. Louis, city of, greetings from the mayor 25 Structure, Commission on 29, 39, 147 Structure, resolutions 155–70 Synod, President Emeritus of 36, 97–98 synodical representatives See convention, synodical synodwide corporation entities 166–67 tenure, of faculty in Concordia University System 29, 138 Tewes, Edward and Laura 47 Theology and Church Relations Commission on 23, 33, 37, 38, 39, 117–18, 120, 122 resolutions 113–24 Today’s Business, staff 6, 23–40 passim transfer, to track in and out 38, 108 unrestricted giving 24, 125 urban institute 38, 110 Vice-President–Finance—Treasurer, synodical 6, 15, 32, 161–62 Vice-Presidents of the Synod 6, 15, 23–40 passim, 156–66 passim violence, to promote awareness of and guidance on 31, 37, 106, 123–24 voting delegates See convention, synodical Weinrich, William 23, 24, 26 welfare reform 25, 142 Wenthe, Dean 15, 25 Westcott, Edward and Sylvia 47 Winterle, Carlos W. 26 Word and Sacrament, ministry issues in pastoral care 29, 138–39 Workbook, Convention See convention, synodical Worker Benefit Plans 37, 142–43, 175 Worship Commission on 23, 29, 55, 109–10 joint 32, 118 materials, review of 29, 109–110 to build consensus on 29, 109–10 Year of the Child See Child, year of youth representatives See convention, synodical Zehnder, Thomas 26