# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2004_S466
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LIST OF REPORTS AND OVERTURES

To Be Missional and Confessional in

Postmodern World .........0 0.00 cece ee eee eee 138
To Put High Priority on Missionary Deployment .... 138
To Support Mission Outreach ................0.. 138
To Publicize Amount of Missions Budget

Designated for Field Missionaries ............... 139
To Encourage Short-Term Foreign Missions

Participation ..... 0.0.0... cee ee eee 139
To Commend LCMS Board for Mission Services

for Advisory Group for National Missions ......... 139
To Encourage Responsible Contacts with

Other Christians ........0 00.0... e eee eee eee 139
To Work with Others to Proclaim Gospel .......... 140
To Work with Others to Make Good News Primary
Operative Force .........0... 00. e eee eee eee 140

To Encourage Cooperative and Joint Campus Ministry
with Other Lutheran Denominations ............. 140

To Return to Long-standing Practice for Military
Chaplains 2.0... 0... eee eee 140

To Encourage Continued Emphasis on Prison
and Jail Ministry .............. 0.0... ee eee ee 141

To Set Aside Special Day of Prayer and Repentance . 141

To Commend and Encourage Support for
Lutheran Heritage Foundation ................... 141

2. District and Congregational Services

To Accept Lutheran Service Book and Agenda

as Official Service Book and Hymnal of Synod ..... 143
To Encourage Completion of Hymnal Project....... 143
To Include Variety in New Hymnal............... 143
To Encourage Contemporary Worship Resources

and Seminary Instruction .....................-. 143
To Retain Familiar Nicene Creed ................ 144
To Avoid Changes to Creeds .................... 144
To Retain Current Wording of Nicene Creed ....... 144

To Retain Current Translation of Nicene Creed
in New LCMS Service Book and Hymnal .......... 145

To Adopt Creeds as Published in Lutheran Worship... 145
To Use Word Christian in Apostles’ and Nicene

Creeds in New Hymnal ...................000.. 145
To Retain First-Person Singular in Nicene Creed .... 145
To Adopt New American Standard Bible or New

King James for Use in Service Book and Hymnal ... 145
To Adopt New King James Version for Use

in New Service Book and Hymnal...............% 146
To Reject Eucharistic Prayers .................4. 146
To Reject Eucharistic Prayers ................... 146

To Remove Proposed Liturgy for Early
Communion from New Hymnal ................. 147

To Reconsider New Hymnal List of Commemorations 147

To Encourage Uniformity in Worship Practice ...... 147
To Study and Adopt Theses on Worship Practice ... 149
To Encourage Lay Involvement in Worship ........ 151

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To Commend Efforts in Launching Lutheran
Worship on National Satellite TV ................

To Mark 400th Anniversary of Paul Gerhardt .......
To Develop Online, Interactive Sunday School .....
To Encourage Preaching and Teaching Creation.....

To Reject Theistic Evolution, Produce Creation
Curricula, and Encourage Creation Studies
in Synod Schools ........... 22. e cece eee ee

To Commit to Diligent-Program of Doctrinal
Education .. 0.0.0.0... 0. cece cece eee eens

To Request Publication of Orthodox
Christian Literature .........0......0..00000000.

To Commend and Encourage Concordia Publishing
House to Produce What About... ? Materials ......

To Encourage Concordia Publishing House
to Publish Gospel-Oriented Materials .............

To Use An American Translation in Concordia
Self-Study Bible... 1.0.02... 00.00. c eee eee eee

To Commend Concordia Publishing House ........
To Commend Interim President of CPH ...........

To Honor Those Who Remained Faithful in
1974 and Remain So Today ..................40-

To Encourage Spiritual Discipline of the Church ....
To Establish Committee to Address “Back-Door

To Establish Task Force to Review Parish
Governance Styles ......... 00.0.0 eee eee eens

To Revise Bylaw 3.821, “Board for District
and Congregational Services Membership” .........

To Hire Staff Person for Church Worker Recruitment

To Create Position of National Hispanic
Lutheran Counselor .............. 0-00.00 eee Dae

To Establish Board for School Ministry Services ....
To Evaluate Pastoral Shortage ................4..
To Increase Number of Pastors in Parish Ministry .. .
.To Make More Ordained Pastors Available ........

To Recommend Parish Service for Synod
Executives and Administrators ................05

To Encourage Pastors to Consider Serving
in Parish Ministry ............-........ see eee

To Decline Overture to Reduce Impediments
to Service in Congregations .....................

To Encourage Regional Youth Gatherings
on Synod Campuses ........... 50.00 c cece eee

To Commend Lutherans For Life ................

To Encourage Congregations to Support
Lutherans For Life .............. 0.0.00 0000 000.

To Commend Thrivent for Music Disc ............
To Celebrate 125th Anniversary of Black Ministry ..
To Include Additional Data in The Lutheran Annual .

3. Theology and Church Relations

To Formally Declare Altar and Pulpit Fellowship
with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya .....