# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1935_S233
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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1935. 991

Relations with the American Lutheran Church and
with the United Lutheran Church in America.

Report of Committee 21:—

1, Wuereas, The American Lutheran Church has addressed a
communication to our Synod, seeking to establish “pulpit- and altar-
fellowships,” and has appointed a committee to confer with us to that
end; and

2. Wuereas, The United Lutheran Church in America has ad-
dressed to us its Declaration on Lutheran Church Relationships,
adopted by its convention at Savannah, Ga., 1984, inviting us to con-
fer with them “with a view to the establishment of closer relation-
ships” between the two bodies through a commission already appointed
by them; and

3. Wuereas, The Inner Mission Board of the United Lutheran
Church in America, in accord with a resolution of the Savannah Con-
vention, requested our President to name a representative to a con-
ference of Inner Mission leaders of the General Lutheran Bodies of
America, “with a view to, and for the purpose of, coordinating, wher-
ever possible or desirable, the Inner Mission work of the Lutheran
Church in America”; and

4. Wuereas, In view of the cooperative movements taking place
within the Lutheran bodies we may expect similar approaches toward
union from time to time; and

5. Wuereas, Our Synod has always recognized the duty and de-
sirability of “the conservation and promotion of the unity of the true
faith (Eph. 4,3—6; 1 Cor. 1,10) and a united defense against schism
and sectarianism” (Handbook, p.1); a

6. Wuereas, God-pleasing, Baal external union and coopera-
tion is based upon internal unity, oneness in faith, confession, doc-
trine, and practise; therefore be it

1, Resolved, That we declare our willingness to confer with other
Lutheran bodies on problems of Lutheran union with a view towards
effecting true unity on the basis of the Word of God and the Lutheran
Confessions ;

8. Resolved, That a standing committee of five, to be known as
the Committee on Lutheran Church Union, be appointed by the Chair
to conduct these conferences;

9. Resolved, That the terms of the members of this committee be
three years, successors being appointed by the Chair on the expiration
of each term, at least two members succeeding themselves.

On the floor of Synod this amendment was made: —

10. Resolved, That this committee confer with the other member’
of the Synodical Conference and keep them. informed in this matter.

Action of Synod.
The amended resolutions of Committee 21 were adopted.