# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2004_S33
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION
Alan J. Wollenburg, Glenn Jungemann, Carolyn Eden,
Michael K. Heidle, Wade Weis, Michael K. Johnson, John
G. Jaeger, Bill Helgemo, Leonard Wildauer, Steven P. Ruhlig, Kenneth S. Hahn, Ron Ohnesorge, Kevin A. Hahn,
John Fiene, Ralph Wehmeyer, Ronald YaDeau, and
William Weber, Paul Andreasen, Kenneth R. Castor.
Positive Votes
James Cotter.
Committee 7 Chairman Warren Schumacher invoked
Rule 6 of the Special Standing Rules to address Res. 7-02A,
“To Amend Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws Regarding Officer and Board Responsibilities” (TB, pp. 278−280).
After the committee provided an overview of events and
conversations leading up to the present, the entire proposed
resolution was read. When the time allowed for committee
presentation elapsed, the assembly affirmed its interest in
having the remainder of the resolution read [Y: 943; N:
235]. The committee called attention to a changed secondlast resolve: “Resolved, That the convention overrules the
resolutions of the Board of Directors referenced in Appendix A of the President’s special report found on pages 24−26
of Today’s Business and declares that they are of no effect;
and be it finally.” During the discussion that followed, an
appeal was made of the decision of the chair to accept special legal counsel advice. After debate on this question was
terminated [Y: 874; N: 296], the ruling of the chair was sustained [Y: 667; N: 503].
During the final 45 minutes of discussion provided by
Standing Rule 6, the chair ruled that the orders of the day
be adjusted to allow for the entire 45-minute discussion period without interruption. The assembly sustained the
chair’s ruling [Y: 933; N: 199]. Prior to the elapse of the entire discussion period, a motion to cease debate was carried
[Y: 828; N: 351] and Res. 7-02A was adopted as presented
[Y: 654; N: 541].
A motion was introduced to allow Board of Directors
Chairman Robert Kuhn 15 minutes to address the assembly. This motion failed [Y: 585; N: 602]. Upon its failure,
the delegate responsible for the motion asked the permission of the assembly to have his vote recorded. The same
permission was granted for this motion as had been
granted earlier by the convention for Res. 8-01A.
The following voting delegates requested in writing to have
their positive votes recorded on the motion to grant the chairman of the Board of Directors opportunity to address the convention: Michael Kettner, Philip Houser, Frederick Kutter.
Committee 9: Registration, Credentials, and Elections
Committee Chairman William Klettke guided the delegates through the election process for members of the
Board of Directors. The convention chaplain led the assembly in prayer in preparation for elections. The results of the
balloting were as follows (names and majority votes of persons elected are underscored):
LCMS Board of Directors
Ordained Ministers
Edward Balfour
Dean Bell

(1)
548
462

Ballots
(2)
598
536

(3)
617
567

(4)

Victor Belton
Stephen Carter
Roger Krause
Richard Thompson
Walter Tietjen
Thomas Zehnder

33
467
98
95
347
152
187

611

669

506

595

199

Edward Balfour and Victor Belton were declared elected
as ordained minister members of the Board of Directors.
LCMS Board of Directors
Laypersons
(4)Ronald Cordis
Betty Duda
Dale Gust
Ted Kober
Richard Kretzschmar
Kenneth Lien
Julie Martinez
Richard Peters
David Roehrs
Wayne Sallach
Walter Tesch
Lloyd Wardley
Harvey Wilkening
Beverly Yahnke

Ballots

(1)
464
643
150
621
115
119
497
491
70
41
549
470
109
527

(2)
344

(3)
208

(4)

474
459

586
544

653
578

543
204

619

426

499

Betty Duda, Ted Kober, Walter Tesch, and Julie Martinez were declared elected as layperson members of the
Board of Directors.
During the layperson election process, it was noted that
one name on the ordained minister ballot was not in order
due to the bylaw restricting District membership (Bylaw
3.181 a). The chair ruled that the election process will
stand in light of the specific wording of the bylaw. The
chair’s ruling was sustained: [Y: 1,041; N: 153].
Committee 5: Higher Education
Res. 5-07, “To Commemorate Centennial of Black
Higher Education” (TB, pp. 85−86), was introduced by the
committee. The committee requested permission to read
the whereas sections. The chair granted the request without objection from the assembly. After discussion, a motion
to cease debate was carried [Y: 1,087; N: 24] and the resolution was adopted [Y: 1,103; N: 13].
Res. 5-04A, “To Place Directors of Family Life Ministry
on Roster” (TB, p. 204), was introduced by the committee.
Changes from the original proposed resolution and additional changes, replacing “Board for Higher Education/Concordia University System” with “Board for University Education” in the first resolve and replacing “Secretary of
Synod” with “Commission on Constitutional Matters” in the
second resolve, were noted by the committee. An amendment was offered to insert the words “scripturally sound”
before the word “psychology” in line 4 of the rationale section. The amendment was approved [Y: 805; N: 329]. After
further discussion of the amended motion, the resolution
was adopted with the required two-thirds majority vote [Y:
849; N: 319].
2004 Convention Proceedings