# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2007_S198
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198
financial management 126–27, 130
floor committees, convention 18, 74–79
For the Sake of the Church 60
forgiveness, Christian 117
former officers and church body leaders,
honoring 43
Funding the Mission Task Force 63–64,
85, 131
governance of Synod, transparency in 150
Handbook addition 51–56
harmony, summit to restore 125
Harrison, Matthew 43
Hartwig, Raymond 5, 6, 15, 47, 49
Harvala, Larry 18, 21–47 passim
Hayes, Franklin 39
hearing panels 165
Hempelmann, Dean 24, 26, 46
Hispanic Ministries, Director for Strategic Development of 116–17
Hispanic Ministry, Blue Ribbon Task
Force on 16, 64
Hispanic Studies, Center for 131
Hoesman, C. William 21
Human Care
Committee 18, 28, 38, 45, 47, 77–78
national priorities 65
resolutions 143–47
Human Care Ministries, Board for 39,
145
hymnal, new See Lutheran Service Book
immigrant needs, responding to 144–45
inter-Christian relationships 85
international church partners 114
International Lutheran Council 65
International Lutheran Laymen’s League
37, 59
International Lutheran Welcome Center
45
Joersz, Jerald 122
Kenya See Evangelical Lutheran Church
in Kenya
Kieschnick, Gerald 6, 15, 21–47 passim,
60, 68–73 passim, 86, 87–89,
105–106
King, Robert 5, 6, 15, 38
Kohlmeier, Keith 18, 24, 29, 45
Kuchta, Thomas W. 6, 27, 30, 49
lawsuits, condemning 186
LCMS Foundation 16, 24, 40, 131–32
LCMS World Mission 34, 42
LCMS World Relief and Human Care 62,
144
Lord’s Supper, administration of 123
Lutheran Church Extension Fund 16, 36,
40, 62, 131–32
Lutheran educators and schools 64
Lutheran Hour Ministries 113
Lutheran Service Book 36, 64, 116
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League
32, 59, 112–13

2007 Convention Proceedings

INDEX
Maier, Paul 6, 15, 24, 27, 49, 97–98
May, Daniel 18, 26, 33, 42
members of Synod, emeritus 150
Meyer, Dale 23–43 passim
Michael, Gerhard, Jr. 18, 26, 32, 37
Ministerial Growth and Support, Commission on 15, 147
ministry, specific See Specific Ministry
Pastor Program
minutes of convention See convention,
Synod
“Mission 21st Century” 64
mission outpost attitude 64
Mission Services, Board for 39
missionaries honored 22–23
Missions
Committee 18, 23, 31, 34–35, 44, 46,
76
development focus, intentional 112
resolutions 111–14
worldwide effort 114
Muench, David 28
Nadasdy, Dean 6, 15, 24, 33, 49, 99–100
Nafzger, Samuel 26, 32, 37
natural disasters, response to 61–63,
112, 143
natural knowledge of God and public
witness 121
Newton, Robert 18, 23, 31, 34, 44
Noland, Martin 21
Nominations
Committee 16, 18, 24, 30
resolution 167
officers of Synod 6, 174
omnibus resolutions 25, 169–70
“One Mission, One Message, One People”
55–56, 75
“One Message—Christ!” 5, 21, 34, 37, 45,
56, 75, 85, 87–89, 93–103
overtures, declined 124
overtures, late 179–88
overtures not approved for Convention
Workbook 78–79
overtures referred for study 166
partnerships between church entities 113
Pastoral Education, Board for 24, 40,
131, 138, 141, 142
pastoral office, functions of 184–85
peace in Synod 65, 124
Planning and Administration
Committee 18, 26, 33, 42–43, 45–46, 78
resolutions 149–59
policy manuals 151
Praesidium 63
President of Synod 6, 15, 21–23 passim,
55–86, 105–6, 171–78 passim
Presidents, Council of 60, 68–69, 138
presidents, district 15
priesthood of all believers 111
professional church workers
preparation of 65
sabbaticals 146–47

Program and Finance
Committee 18, 24, 29, 34, 45, 77
resolutions 125–32
property ownership 126, 187
Public Rebuke of Public Sin 164–65
racetrack ministry 179
recognized service organizations (RSOs)
142, 149
Reformation anniversary, planning for
118, 120
regents, boards of 139–40
Registration, Credentials, and Elections
Committee 18, 21–47 passim
“Religious Organizations and Movements” 122
reports, late 171–78
reports, overtures, and resolutions,
correlated 189–91
representatives, registered See convention, Synod
representatives, special See convention,
Synod
Resolution 7-02A Committee 60, 64, 161,
171–78
Roegner, Robert 22, 23, 31, 34, 64
roster eligibility 149
sabbaticals 146–47
schedule, convention See convention,
Synod
Schultz, Kurtis 18, 35, 36
Secretary of Synod 5, 6, 15, 24, 28
Seitz, Laine 18, 28, 35, 37
seminaries 41, 42, 65, 130–31, 139
Seminary and University Education
Committee 18, 23, 27, 34, 38–39, 43,
45, 46, 77
resolutions 133–42
special convention 44, 47, 165–66
Special Standing Rules See convention,
Synod
Specific Ministry Pastor Program 133–38
stem cell research 143–44
stewardship 125–26
Stoterau, Larry 18–44
Structure, Commission on 15, 150, 152
Synod representatives (advisory) See
convention, Synod
Synod Structure and Governance
amending of 165
Committee 18, 28, 35, 37, 43–46
passim, 78
resolutions 161–66
Synod Structure and Governance, Blue
Ribbon Task Force on 16
teachers
colloquy 24
compensation and care 65
recruitment 65
terminology in Bylaws 151–56
terms of office 188
theological conferences 60, 115
theological literature 123–24
Theology and Church Relations