# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1973_S67
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THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS 67

also be applied to euthanasia) as being license for murder
and, as such, contrary to God’s Law and will, and this land’s
Christian heritage.
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
Bend, Oreg.
Walter A. Anderson, Pastor
Henry P. Leusser, President
Roy A. Scurlock, Secretary

2-63A

To Affirm Our Synodical Stance
on Abortion

Wuereas, Synod assembled in convention at Milwaukee,
1971, resolved that willful abortion is contrary to the will of
God (2-39); and

WueErEAS, Some in Synod refuse to accept this fact; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That boards and officers of Synod support, up-
hold, and foster the position that abortion is contrary to the
will of God.

Trinity LUTHERAN CHURCH

Sturgis, Mich.

Bruce Schaeffer, Chairman

Albert Bumann, Secretary

H. M. Heidenreich, Pastor
Similar:

2-63B

Mount Hope Lutheran Church, Casper, Wyo., Frank D.
Stewart, President; J. B. Brown, Pastor.

2-64

To Remove Clergymen Backing Abortion

Wuereas, Abortion (except where the life of the mother
is involved) is contrary to the Fifth Commandment: there-
fore be it

Resolved, That we ask the LCMS to ask all LCMS pastors
who are supporting abortion upon demand to withdraw
from the LCMS: and be it further

Resolved, That we declare that the LCMS cannot enter
into or remain in altar and pulpit fellowship with any church
body which allows its pastors to promote abortion upon de-
mand.

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
New Haven, Mo.
Larry Scheer, Secretary

2-65
To Study Abortion

Wuereas, The problem of abortion is one that involves
many of our pastors and members in counseling and de-
cision-making and is being dealt with by state govern-
ments; and

WuereEas, There are many reasons proposed in favor of
and also in opposition to abortion that continue to be pre-

sented in our Christian communities; and

WuereaS, The search among Christian people continues
for guidelines on the subject of abortion: therefore be it

Resolved, That the English District continually work for
God-pleasing answers for the people who face abortion de-
cisions by engaging a study group which will include a
number of women; that this group would be responsible for
information to be channeled regularly to each congregation:
and be it finally

Resolved. That the English District memorialize The Lu-
theran Church — Missouri Synod at its next convention to
give new impetus to the study of abortion.

ENGLISH DISTRICT
Robert L. Landeck, Secretary

2-66
To Study and Discuss Abortion

Wuereas, The ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court has re-
cently caused great changes in the control of abortion by
statute; and

Whereas, The Christian church testifies in all its creeds
to the conviction that all human life comes from God; and

WHEREAS, Since the time of Moses the people of God
have sought to honor God's specific command: Thou shalt
not kill; and

Wuereas, There are tensions about new life which arise
under circumstances of conception by rape; of extreme dan-
ger to the mother’s life or well-being should she give birth;
and of inability so far as human judgment foresees to care
for a child should it be born; and

Wuereas, We desire both to continue to testify to the
sacredness of human life as a gift of God and to Christian
concern for human need and weakness; therefore be it

Resolved, That we urge our congregations to study and
discuss the issue of abortion as controlled by statute; and
be it further

Resolved. That we continue to emphasize the sacredness
of human life and a due regard for the Fifth Command-
ment; and be it finally

Resolved, That we urge individuals and congregations to
voice their convictions to their elected representatives in
Congress and State Legislatures.

LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE COVENANT
Maple Heights, Ohio

Albert Zimmerman, President
Norman Lisy, Secretary

Omar Stuenkel, Pastor

2-67

To Request ALC and LCA to Alter Position
Favoring Abortion

Wuereas. The American Lutheran Church and the Lu-
theran Church in America have stated or implied publicly
that there is a qualitative difference between the unborn
child and the mother in regard to the concepts of human
life and the image of God: and

Wuereas. Such teaching cannot be substantiated through
the Bible, but rather stands in opposition to a number of
passages of the Scripture which quite clearly speak of the
humanity of the unborn child; and

Wnereas. The LCMS finds willful abortion contrary to
the Law of God and a crime against the unborn child; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That the LCMS request the LCA and ALC
to change their public positions and to declare that abortion
is a crime against God and the unborn child.

Our Savior LUTHERAN CHURCH
Flint, Mich.

Donald Horst, Chairman
William Borrow, Secretary

2-68
To Help Prevent Abortions

WHEREAS. The Supreme Court of the United States has
declared abortion constitutional; and

Wuereas, Abortion is against the teachings of the Holy
Scriptures: and

Wuereas. Many men and women are now confused con-
cerning right and wrong; and

Whereas. Many women who are pregnant deem them-
selves insufficiently equipped emotionally or financially to
bring up their children; therefore be it

Resolved, That the congregations of The Lutheran Church