# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1998_S376
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LIST OF REPORTS AND OVERTURES

To Resolve Issue of Terms of Synodical Officers .... 273
To Limit Synodical President and First Vice-President

to Three Terms .............0.0..0.000 00000008 273
To Request Rescission of Board of Directors’ Policy
Change ... 0.0.02. 0 00.0 ccc eee 274
To Limit Synodical Power ...........0....00000. 274
To Allow Pastors to Submit Overtures to Synodical
Convention .......... 0... eee eee eee 274
To Allow Submission of Convention Overtures by

Pastors and Circuit Pastors’ Conferences .......... 274

To Change Designations Minister of Religion,
Ordained, and Minister of Religion, Commissioned, in

Synodical Literature ........0..0...0..000..000. 275
To Change Nomenclature for Classifying Church

Workers... ccc cc eee etree ee eeee 275
To Affirm Continued Use of Current Nomenclature

for Commissioned Ministers ................0005 275
To Reexamine Classification and Organization of

Ministers 2.0... ee eee eee ete cee 276
To Affirm Continued Use of Current Nomenclature

for Ministers of Religion, Commissioned .......... 276

To Affirm Continued Use of Current Nomenclature

for Commissioned Ministers .................00. 276
To Affirm Continued Use of Current Nomenclature

to Classify Positions of Public Ministry ........... 276
To Study Doctrine of Ministry and Defer

Implementation of Any Recommendation from

Nomenclature Study Committee ................. 277
To Affirm Continued Use of Current Nomenclature

for Commissioned and Ordained Ministers ......... 277
To Affirm Continued Use of Current Nomenclature

for Ministers of the Gospel ..............0000008 277
To Continue Use of Current Nomenclature for Commis-
sioned Ministers ........ 0.0.0.0 cece eee eee eee 278
To Hold Nomenclature Study Findings in Abeyance . 278
To Maintain Listing of Lay Teachers ............. 278
To Provide Listing of Other Full-Time Congregational
Workers 6... ce eens 278
To Correct Abuses by Amending Appeals Procedure

for Materials Already Published ...............0. 278
To Amend Clergy Roster Bylaws ...............5 279
To Commend President Barry ................005 279
To Resolve Apparent Bylaw Conflict ............. 279
To Amend Bylaw 5.13 1............ 0.000 c eee ee 280

To Encourage Congregations to Study Art. VII of
Synodical Constitution and Bylaw 2.39 b .......... 280

7-138 To Study Formation of “Daughter” Church Body .... 280
7-139 To Address Congregations Holding Membership in

LCMS and ELCA ... 2... ee eee 281
7-140 To End Dual Membership in ELCA and LCMS ..... 281
7-141 To Address Concerns about Synodical Nominations

Committee .... 0... eee eee 281
7-142 To Elect Synodical Nominations Committee ....... 281
7-143 To Elect Synodical Nominating Committee at

National Level .... 0.0.0.0... cee eee 281
7-144 To Elect Synodical Nominations Committee ....... 281
7-145 To Elect Synodical Nominations Committee ....... 282

8. Blue Ribbon Committee

8-01 To Adopt Report and Recommendations of

Blue Ribbon Committee .......... 0.0.02. eee ee 283
8-02 To Adopt Report and Implement Recommendations of

Blue Ribbon Committee ...............00 000 eee 283
8-03 To Urge Revision or Restudy of Report of Blue Ribbon

Committee on Structure 2.0.0.0... 0.0 cece eee eee 283
8-04 To Reject Blue Ribbon Committee Report ......... 283
8-05 To Retain Present Method of Election of Directors of

Entities 00... eee eee ees 284
8-06 To Adopt Nov. 14, 1997, Blue Ribbon Committee

Proposal on Higher Education ................... 284
8-07 To Merge Seminary Boards of Regents ............ 284
8-08 To Restructure Board for Higher Education ........ 285
8-09 To Create Seminary Education Board Separate from

Board for Concordia University System ........... 285
8-10 To Change Bylaws and Structure of BHE/CUS Board 285
8-11 To Revise Bylaws re BHE/CUS Board of Directors

Members ....... 00... c cece cence teenies 287
8-12 To Revise Bylaw re CPH Board of Directors

Membership ........... 0.0... cece eee eens 287
8-13 To Select Nominees for Board for Black Ministry ... 287
8-14 To Adopt Modifications to Blue Ribbon Committee

Recommendations .......... 00. c cece eee ee 287
8-15 To Amend Synod’s Articles of Incorporation ....... 290
8-16 To Remove Reference to Council on Mission and

Ministry from Bylaws ......... 0... c cece eee eee 292

9, Registration, Credentials, and Elections

(None) cece ee een ene ete eens 292