# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2023_S6
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11. Church and Culture........................................................................................................................................ 221
To Encourage Appropriate Use of Social Media ................................................................................. 221
To Reject All Forms of Racism and Affirm Our Witness to All People............................................. 222
To Love and Disciple Peoples of All Ethnicities, Languages, and Skin Colors ............................... 223
To Address Abortion and Use of Fetal Tissue in Vaccines ................................................................ 223
To Address the Relationship between Church and State in an Increasingly Hostile Environment
........................................................................................................................................................... 224
To Oppose Mandatory Registration of Women into the Draft ........................................................ 225
12. Schools, Family, Young Adults, and Youth ................................................................................................. 227
To Produce Uniform Set of Lutheran Academic Standards for Our Schools .................................. 227
To Confess Authority God Gave to Fathers and Mothers ................................................................. 227
To Address Commissioned Minister—Teacher Student Debt ........................................................ 229
To Commend and Give Thanks for Lutheran Schools ...................................................................... 230
To Encourage Family Devotions, Lutheran Fathers, and Young Men ............................................. 231
To Encourage Use of Current Research and Resources for Ministry to Youth................................ 231
Delegate Resolutions .......................................................................................................................................... 233
To Call for Repentance and Forgiveness by All Parties to the Concordia Texas Conflict ............. 233
To Establish a Standing, Synodwide Process for Ongoing Exchange and Conflict Resolution ... 233
Omnibus Resolutions ............................................................................................................................................. 235
Omnibus Resolution A: Responsibility Assigned to Others ........................................................................... 235
Omnibus Resolution B: Issues Addressed by Previous Convention(s) ......................................................... 237
Omnibus Resolution C: Expressions of Encouragement and Gratitude ......................................................238
Resolution Action Report....................................................................................................................................... 239
Correlation of Reports, Overtures, and Resolutions............................................................................................ 241
Entered into Rest .................................................................................................................................................... 243
Index ........................................................................................................................................................................ 249
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6 | PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2023 (68TH) LCMS CONVENTION

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