# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2023_S4
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To Direct Districts and Council of Presidents to Provide Strategic Plan for Addressing Wellness of
Church Workers ............................................................................................................................... 119
To Address Mental Health among Pastors and Other Professional Church Workers ...................120
To Promote and Commend the Synod’s Digital and Online Resources ...........................................121
2. International Witness..................................................................................................................................... 123
To Commend, Strengthen, and Give Thanks for Alliance Missionary Program ............................. 123
To Promote and Collaborate with the Office of International Mission ........................................... 124
To Strengthen Pastoral Care of Missionaries and Clarify Ecclesiastical Supervision .................... 124
To Commend Synod Seminaries for Work in International Witness .............................................. 125
To Provide Resources for Discerning Validity of Requests to Support International Mission Work
............................................................................................................................................................ 126
To Study Synod Relationships with Independent Lutheran Congregations in Foreign Mission
Areas .................................................................................................................................................. 126
To Commend Use and Attendance of FOROs ..................................................................................... 126
3. Mercy ................................................................................................................................................................ 129
To Encourage and Support More Fervent Teaching, Proclamation, and Efforts to Promote Culture
of Life among God’s People............................................................................................................. 129
To Increase Awareness among Synod Congregations of Human Trafficking .................................130
To Continue the Synod’s Efforts to Address Mental Health and Mental Illness ............................130
To Commend and Give Thanks for Synod Work regarding Disaster Response ............................. 132
To Recognize and Thank the Synod for Mercy Shown to God’s People through COVID-19
Pandemic........................................................................................................................................... 132
4. Life Together.................................................................................................................................................... 135
To Commend and Encourage Continued Use of the Koinonia Project and Give Thanks to God for
the Sainted Rev. Dr. Herbert C. Mueller, Jr.................................................................................... 135
To Affirm and Continue Making Disciples for Life as Mission and Ministry Emphasis for 2023–26
Triennium ......................................................................................................................................... 135
To Affirm and Continue Mission Priorities for 2023–26 Triennium ................................................ 136
To Give Thanks for Spanish Language Hymnal Himnario Luterano and Commend Its Use..........138
To Encourage In-Person Corporate Worship .....................................................................................138
To Give Thanks for Preservation of the Gospel in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod......... 139
5. Theology and Church Relations ..................................................................................................................... 141
To Recognize Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Sudan
and Sudan ......................................................................................................................................... 141
To Recognize Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of
Finland .............................................................................................................................................. 142
To Recognize Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with the Lutheran Church of Uganda .........................144
To Recognize Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine ....146
To Recognize the Ceylon Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sri Lanka as a Self-Governing Partner
Church .............................................................................................................................................. 148
To Clarify and Simplify Bylaws regarding Routes to Altar and Pulpit Fellowship .........................149
To Recognize That the Synod Is Not in Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with the Japan Lutheran
Church ...............................................................................................................................................150
To Affirm In-Person Communion ........................................................................................................ 152
To Review Guidance on Admission to the Lord’s Supper.................................................................. 153
To Articulate Theology and Philosophy of Lutheran Education ...................................................... 155
To Reaffirm Synod’s Biblical Positions on Marriage and Sexuality ................................................. 155
To Address Lutheran Theological Principles of Mission and Ministry in Post-Christian Context
............................................................................................................................................................ 156
To Address Uses of Online Technology ............................................................................................... 156
4 | PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2023 (68TH) LCMS CONVENTION

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