# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2013_S455
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LIST OF REPORTS AND OVERTURES
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To Suspend Implementation of COP “Calls vs. Contracts”
Document. .....................................................................175
To Reject the Temporary Call/Divine Disposal Concept......175
To Establish Proper Order of Call Documents
vs. Congregation Bylaws...............................................175
To Provide Sound Teaching for Small Congregations........175
To Ensure That Every Man Who Serves as a Pastor
Is Called and Ordained into the Pastoral Office............176
To Ensure That Every Man Who Pastors Is a Called
and Ordained Pastor. .....................................................177
To Ensure That Every Man Who Pastors Is a Pastor. .........177
To Rescind 1989 Res. 3-05B in Light of Augsburg
Confession Art. XIV......................................................178
To Reaffirm Doctrine of Office of Holy Ministry
and Rescind 1989 Res. 3-05B. ......................................178
To Address Licensed Lay Administration of Word
and Sacrament. ..............................................................179
To Charge Joint Seminary Faculties to Evaluate 1989
Res. 3-05B and Prepare Recommendation....................179
To Affirm 1989 Res. 3-05B and Ministry of Licensed
Deacons. ........................................................................180
To Direct COP to Develop Plan to Phase Out Licensed
Deacon Program with Corresponding Changes to SMP
Program. ........................................................................180
To Revisit Practice of Lay Ministry in LCMS. ...................181
To Affirm Deacon Ministry in Synod. ................................181
To Affirm and Encourage Lay Ministry Training...............181
To Address Public Preaching and Administering
of the Sacraments by Lay People. .................................182
To Request Guidance re Use of Deacons in Congregational
Setting............................................................................182
To Commission Complete Study of Biblical, Confessional,
and Historic Role of Deacons........................................183
To Include Office of Deacon in List of Commissioned
Ministers........................................................................183
To Bring God-Pleasing End to District Lay Deacon
Programs........................................................................184
To Remand Issue re SMP Program to CTCR for Review
and Clarification. ...........................................................184
To Clarify Synod Position re Joint Prayer with Those
Who Deny Christ...........................................................184
To Provide Guidance on Participation in Interfaith and Joint
Worship Services...........................................................184
To Recognize It Contrary to Scripture and the Lutheran
Confessions to Join in Public Prayer with Those Who
Deny Jesus Christ as the Only Way to the True God....185
To Proclaim Boldly Jesus to the World...............................185
To Give Thanks to God for Christian Care Given
following School Shootings. .........................................186
To Support Faithful Christian Witness of LCMS Pastors
in the Public Sector........................................................186
To Express Support of Pastoral Witness to Newtown
Survivors........................................................................188
To Affirm Commitment to Witness in Public Square.........188
To Affirm Urgent Need to Study Article VI. ......................189
To Encourage the Teaching and Practice of Closed
Communion...................................................................190
To Remind That Closed Communion Flows from Christian
Love...............................................................................191
To Use “Closed Communion” to Describe LCMS
Communion Practice. ....................................................191
To Reaffirm Standard for Admission to Lord’s Supper
and “Closed Communion” as LCMS Practice...............192

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To Officially Acknowledge “Closed Communion”
as the Practice of the LCMS..........................................192
To Clarify Synod’s Reaffirmation of Closed Communion. ....192
To reaffirm Standard for Pastoral Admission to Lord’s
Supper............................................................................193
To Reject and Condemn Errant Communion Practices. .......193
To Carry Out Former Synod Resolutions re Use
of Bread and Grape Wine in the Lord’s Supper............194
To Enforce 1989 Res. 3-10 re Use of Women
to Serve Holy Communion............................................194
To Reaffirm the Practice of Close Communion..................195
To Restore LCMS Historic Teaching of Fourth
Commandment. .............................................................195
To Assign CTCR Functions to Seminary Faculties. ...........195
To Condemn the Heresy of Darwinism...............................195
To Produce a 21st-Century Formula of Concord. ...............196

5. Seminary and University Education
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To Convene a Task Force to Enhance the Lutheran
Identity of CUS Colleges and Universities. ..................207
To Encourage Faithful Spiritual Oversight in Concordia
University System. ........................................................207
To Maintain Accountability of Synod Universities.............207
To Address Need for Board Members with Specialized
Qualifications. ...............................................................208
To Address Need for Board Members with Specialized
Qualifications. ...............................................................215
To Clarify Qualifications for College and University
Boards of Regents..........................................................215
To Reaffirm that Synod College and University Presidents
Be Male. ........................................................................216
To Revise Bylaw 3.10.5.5.2 re Election Process for College
and University Presidents..............................................216
To Mandate that College and University Theology
Professors Teaching Males Be Male. ............................216
To Revise Bylaw 3.10.5.6 re College and University
Faculties.........................................................................217
To Revise Bylaw 3.10.5.6, College and University
Faculties.........................................................................221
To Restore Historic Right of Prior Approval of Initial
Theological Faculty Appointments by CUS Board
of Directors....................................................................221
To Establish Master’s Program in Creation Apologetics......222
To Require Investigation of Teaching of Evolution
in Synod Institutions of Higher Education. ...................222
To Affirm Teaching of Six-Day Creation in Synod Schools. .223
To Study Historical Practices and New Paradigms
for Pastors Serving Congregations. ...............................223
To Provide for Distance Seminary Education.....................224
To Train Pastoral Candidates Thoroughly. .........................224
To Limit Use of Specific Ministry Pastor Program.............224
To Address Pastoral Formation and Education...................225
To Require High Standard of Education for Ordained
Ministers........................................................................225
To Commend and Continually Improve Specific Ministry
Pastor (SMP) Program...................................................225
To Support Specific Ministry Pastor Program. ...................225
To Recommend Continued Development of SMP
Program. ........................................................................226
To Encourage Use of Specific Ministry Pastor Program. ...226
To Change Specific Ministry Pastor Title...........................226

2013 Convention Workbook