# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2013_S33
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Committee 9: Convention Nominations
Committee 9 Chairman Carl Egger presented the committee’s report printed on pages 67–98 of the Biographical Synopses
& Statements of Nominees booklet and prepared the convention
for nominations from the floor. A queue was formed and the floor
nominations process was begun.
A motion was introduced to nominate Bruce Keseman for the
Concordia Nebraska Board of Regents. The nomination was
declared out of order because his name was not found in the
pool of names resulting from the regular nominations process.
A motion was introduced to nominate Charles Wildauer for
the commissioned minister member of the Board of Regents
of Concordia University Texas. After discussion, his name was
accepted for nomination [Yes: 640; No: 243].
A motion was introduced to nominate Christian Preus to the
lay member at-large position on the Board of Directors of the
Synod. After brief discussion, a motion to end debate carried
[Yes: 864; No: 37] and his name was accepted for nomination
[Yes: 580; No: 329].
A motion was introduced to nominate Rev. Robert Shonholz to
an ordained minister member position on the Board of Directors of Lutheran Church Extension Fund. After brief discussion,
debate was ended [Yes: 835; No: 53] and his name was accepted
for nomination [Yes: 615; No: 277].
A motion was introduced to cease nominations. The motion
failed to obtain the required two-thirds majority vote [Yes: 547;
No: 409]. A following motion to amend the standing rules to make
floor nominations not debatable was carried by the required twothirds majority vote [Yes: 788; No: 123]. The nominations process
continued.
Rev. Dale Kaster was successfully nominated for an ordained
minister position on the Board of Regents of Concordia College-New York (Bronxville) [Yes: 602; No: 276].
Rev. Steven A. Hein was successfully nominated for an ordained
minister position on the Board of Directors of Concordia University System [Yes: 603; No: 306].
Rev. Thomas Olson was successfully nominated to an ordained
minister position on the Board of Regents of Concordia College
Alabama (Selma) [Yes: 591; No: 290].
Karol Selle was successfully nominated to a lay member position on the Board of Directors of Concordia Publishing House
[Yes: 564; No: 328].
Robert Zagore was successfully nominated for a position on the
Board of Trustees of the LCMS Foundation [Yes: 591; No: 278].
As Vice-President Herbert Mueller assumed the chair, the
Orders of the Day were called. A motion was introduced and carried to change the Orders of the Day and to continue with floor
nominations [Yes: 708; No: 255].
Lynnette Frederickson was successfully nominated for a position on the Board of Regents of Concordia University Wisconsin
[Yes: 616; No: 282].
Rev. Bruce Keseman was again nominated and declared out of
order, his name not in the pool of names acquired during the
regular nominations process.
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A motion was introduced to accept nominations from outside
the pool, followed immediately by a motion to end debate on the
question. Debate was ended [Yes: 833; No: 71], but the motion to
accept nominations from outside the pool was defeated [Yes: 348;
No: 612].
The 40-minute time limit for floor nominations having expired,
the assembly determined to close the nominations process [Yes:
723; No: 195]. The chair took this opportunity to provide information to the convention regarding the procedure to be followed for
amending the Constitution and Bylaws of the Synod.

Committee 7: Structure and Ecclesiastical Matters
Res. 7-02A “To Return to Use of Title ‘Circuit Visitor’” (TB,
p. 284) was brought back by the committee and discussion continued. A motion to return the resolution to the floor committee
to reflect more broadly the emphasis on visitation was introduced
and discussed. After discussion, debate was ended [Yes: 883; No: 57]
and the motion to refer Res. 7-02A back to committee was defeated
[Yes: 179; No: 818]. Debate was ended on Res. 7-02A [Yes: 876; No:
68] and the resolution received the required two-thirds vote and
was adopted [Yes: 704; No: 257].
Res. 7-03A “To Establish Visitation Circuits to Best Meet Needs
of Congregations” (TB, pp. 284f.) was introduced by the committee. After discussion, debate was ended [Yes: 984; No: 57] and Res.
7-03A was defeated [Yes: 295; No: 732].
Res. 7-04 “To Adopt General Principles for Judging Viability of
Districts” (TB, pp. 148f.) was introduced by the committee. During
discussion, a motion to amend the second-last resolve paragraph
by adding “and congregations of the district” after “board of directors” was adopted [Yes: 646; No: 291] and discussion continued on
the resolution as amended. A motion was introduced to return the
resolution to the committee to clarify some of the questions that
remain unanswered. Allotted time expired during discussion of the
motion and the chair asked whether the convention would object
to voting on the motion. No objection being raised, the vote was
taken [Yes: 643; No: 289] and the motion to return Res. 7-04 to the
committee was carried.

Committee 4: Theology and Church Relations
With President Harrison resuming the chair, Committee 4 continued its presentation of its resolutions. Res. 4-02 “To Endorse
Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with the Siberian Evangelical Lutheran
Church” (TB, pp. 85ff.) was introduced by the committee. After a
vote to close debate carried [Yes: 864; No: 29], the resolution was
adopted [Yes: 965; No: 3]. The convention celebrated the declaration
of partnership with the Siberian Church by singing the Doxology.
SELC Bishop Vsevolod Lytkin addressed the convention, expressing “special joy” on behalf of the brothers and sisters of his church,
remarking that the LCMS has played an important part in development of his church and expressing appreciation that the LCMS
has concluded its process for declaring fellowship.
A motion to suspend standing rules 2 and 7 to allow consideration of Ov. 4-06 “To Restore to Synod Conventions Sole Authority
for Declaring Fellowship” (Convention Workbook, pp. 165f.) was
ruled unnecessary by the chair. The delegate therefore put before
the convention the overture in question. After the chair read the
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