# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1973_S68
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68 THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS

— Missouri Synod provide moral, spiritual, and financial aid
for those pregnant women who refuse abortions, but who
cannot for various reasons bring up their children; and
be it further

Catvary LurHeran CHurRcH
Topeka, Kans.

Charles Krueger, President
Donald Kaiser, Secretary

2-69A

To Study Issues of Human Sexuality

Wuereas, The church proclaims the love of God for all
mankind and practices the ministry of reconciliation through
Word and Sacrament: and

Wuereas, All men fall short of God's demands, but find
redemption in Christ’s redeeming sacrifice: and

WHEREAS, Human Sexuality is one of God's great and
generous gifts to mankind, to propagate the race and to ex-
press unity in the marriage relationship; and

Whereas, There may be frustration, abuse, diversion, and
misuse of these gifts as a result of man's sinfulness: and

Wuereas, Holy Scripture both commands to mankind the
blessings of sexual behavior and warns against its misuse:
and

Wuereas, In the past taboos have inhibited forthright dis-
cussion, not alone of the abuses, but also of the blessings
of human sexuality; therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
request its Commission on Theology and Church Relations,
in concert with its Commission on Social Concerns, to study
the issues of human sexuality, its blessings, its abuses, and
also attitudes and understandings of sexual characteristics
and roles; and be it further

Resolved, That the Commission bring to the membership
of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod a statement as
a resource for study and discussion, comment, and counsel
on this matter.

Minnesota Souru District
Victor H. Marxhausen, Secretary

Similar:
2-69B

Hyde Park Lutheran Church, Chicago, Ill., William A.
Grunow, President: Susan Shemitis, Secretary.

AFFIRMATIONS

To Revise Mission Affirmations

WHEREAS, The Mission Affirmations were constructed by
the mission staff of Synod without the advantage of help
and counsel from the CTCR; and

WHEREAS, The Mission Affirmations do not touch certain
crucial issues and antitheses threatening the mission of the
church today, e. g., universalism, modern atheistic and Marx-
ist ideologies within visible Christendom, neo-social activ-
ism and utopianisms, antinomianism and Gospel reduction-
ism; and

Wuereas, Other mission affirmations (like Frankfurt Dec-
laration), in spite of obvious theological deficiencies, have
manifested a keener insight into the problems and antitheses
of our day which threaten the church in its mission; and

WHEREAS, In spite of certain clarifications of the New
York convention (N.Y, Proceedings 2-20), the Mission Af-

tain basic theological Presuppositions and aspects of mission

rk, e.g., no definition of the Gospel, no mention of the
necessity of faith in the Gospel, no mention of the church’s
alienation from the world, no warning against universalism
and other false ideologies of our day; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod submit the Mission Affirmations
to the CTCR for necessary revisions, alterations, up-dating,
or redoing, as the exigencies of our times dictate.

MESstaH LUTHERAN CuHuRCH
Clio, Mich.

Thomas Whipple, Secretary
Edmund Walter, Chairman

2-71

To Produce Set of Mission Affirmations
in Harmony with Scripture and Lutheran
Confessions

WHEREAS, The theological basis for the Mission Affrma-
tions produced at the 1965 Detroit convention represented

medical work, uplift through education and all efforts which
help man... are as much the concern of the church . , ,
as the salvation of man’s soul” (Convention Workbook, De-
troit, 1965, p. 118): “The question of whether Christianity .. .
is superior or inferior to other religions should no longer
arise” (p, 122): and

WHEREAS, A basic premise of these Affirmations is the
denial of the distinction between the invisible and visible
church (ibid., pp. 120—123); and

WuereEas, The implementation of these Affirmations js
hastening the spiritual disintegration of the LCMS both at
home and abroad by justifying and espousing ecumenical
confusion; therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod,
in convention assembled in New Orleans, recognize the serj-
ous ambiguities and distortions of Christian truth of the
Detroit Mission Affirmations by withdrawing them from
further use; and be it further

Resolved, That the Synod direct the President of the

Messian Ey. LUTHERAN CuHuRcH
Sterling, II.

Harold Nelson, Secretary
Eldor Mueller, Pastor

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To Ask CTCR to Rewrite Mission
Affirmations

Wuereas, The Mission Affirmations adopted by the LCMS
in 1965 continue to be a source of misunderstanding, con-
fusion, and disagreement within our Synod; and

WHEREAS, They have already been instrumental in divid-
ing and confusing the direction and purpose of our Synod’s
mission efforts both at home and abroad: therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
be herewith requested to assign to the Commission on The-

tion at its 1975 convention; and be it finally
Resolved, That until such time the mission policies of our