# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1973_S146 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 146 SEMINARY ISSUES seminaries faithful to Synod’s doctrinal position in word and deed desire an end to strife; and WuereEas, A Statement of Scriptural and Confessional Principles sets forth clearly the teaching of the Holy Scrip- tures as understood by the Lutheran Confessions and by the Synod in its doctrinal resolutions regarding controverted issues; and Wuereas, The Commission on Theology and Church Re- lations has produced a document that sets forth clearly the relations of the Holy Scriptures to the Gospel; and Whereas, These two documents represent a solution of the theological issues dividing the Synod; therefore be it Resolved, That the Synod call upon the faculty members of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, to individually repudiate their condemnation of A Statement of Scriptural and Con- fessional Principles as sub-Biblical and un-Lutheran; and be it further Resolved, That the Synod instruct its St. Louis seminary faculty to recognize the truths set forth in the CTCR docu- ment and in A Statement of Scripture and Confessional Principles: and be it further Resolved, That the members of the faculty (St. Louis) who refuse to follow the Synod’s plea be asked by the Synod to resign their positions within 2 months following the con- vention; and be it finally Resolved, That the Board of Control be instructed by the Synod to deal individually with anyone who ignores or re- pudiates this action of the Synod and to remove said indi- vidual from office. First Ev, LutHERAN CHURCH Clearwater, Fla. Donald R. Drung, President Duane L. Hubbard, Secretary David V. Dissen, Pastor Identical or Similar: 3-114B Faith Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls, S. Dak., P. D. Brack, Pastor; Jerry Gan, Chairman. 3-114C Memorial Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls, S. Dak., Donald Jerke, Chairman; C. F. Paul, Pastor. 3-114D Zion Ev. Lutheran Church, Andover, S. Dak., Orville Helmer, President; Edwin Rumerfield, Pastor. 3-114E Grace Lutheran Church, St. Catharines, Ont., Canada, Gerhard Schaffner, President; Matthias R. L. Krey, Pastor. 3-114F St.John Lutheran Church, Clifford, Ont., Canada, Aaron Rubach, Chairman. 3-114G Zion Ev. Lutheran Church, Atlantic, Iowa, Allen Fann, Chairman; Richard Kanning, Secretary. 3-114H St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kitchener, Ont., Canada, Ralph Westfall, Chairman; John Korcok, Pastor, with different set of Resolveds: 1. That the Synod instruct the St. Louis seminary faculty to recognize the truths set forth in the CTCR document and in A Statement of Scripture and Confessional Principles; 2. That members of the faculty who refuse to follow the Synod’s instruction be asked through Synod’s Board of Di- rectors to resign their positions within 2 months following the convention; 3. That the Board of Directors be instructed by the Synod to deal individually with anyone who ignores or repudiates ts action of the Synod and to remove said individual from office. 3-115 To Sign March 3 “Statement” or Resign Whereas, The Commission on Theology and Church Re- lations has declared the synodical President's March 3 State- ment to be in complete harmony with the Bible and the Lutheran Confessions: and Wuereas, The Statement directs itself to the heart of the theological controversies of Synod today; therefore be it Resolved, That Synod, in convention assembled, endorse the findings of the CTCR, with reference to the Statement; and be it further Resolved, That Synod submit this document to every fac- ulty of every college and seminary in Synod and demand that each and every faculty member sign a declaration in which he promises to subscribe to the Statement and also promises to teach within its framework: and be it further Resolved, That should any faculty member refuse to sign, he be required to resign from his position immediately; and be it finally Resolved. That such decisive action be implemented no later than Sept. 1, 1973. Trinity LutHeran CHURCH Rock Springs. Wyo. Neil Monde, Chairman Maynard Suhr, Secretary 3-116 To Remove Liberal Professors Resolved, That we ask The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod to remove all professors from the LCMS who teach: 1. The first chapters of Genesis may be mythological. 2. Man evolved from some primary organism. 3. The first five books of the Bible came from certain sources designated as J-E-D and P. 4. Chapters 40—66 of the Book of Isaiah were not written by the known eighth century B.C. prophet Isaiah. 5. Man does not have an immortal soul. 6. The story of Jonah in the belly of the large fish is not historic fact. 7. The Exodus account of the Red Sea dividing is not historically accurate. 8. Paul did not write Ephesians. 9. When Isaiah wrote Isaiah 7:14 he was not referring directly to the birth of Jesus Christ. 10. The Bible contains myths and errors. TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH New Haven, Mo. Larry Scheer, Secretary 3-117A To Adopt Preus Statement on Bible Inerrancy and to Ask Dissenting Instructors to Resign WuerEas, Various surveys show that several hundred pastors and professors within the LCMS do not accept the inerrancy of the Bible: and Wuereas, Faithful To Our Calling. Faithful To Our Lord by the faculty of Concordia Seminary, St.Louis, indicates that a majority of the members of the seminary's faculty do not affirm the inerrancy of the Bible in all matters; therefore be it Resolved, That The Luthcran Church — Missouri Synod adopt President Jacob Preus's statement on Bible inerrancy which appeared in the August 1969 Lutheran Layman: The inerrancy of Scrioture means the essential truthfulness and reliability of Scripture. The Scrivtures do not err and will not lead us astray. We can trust these writings in all that they say to us, for they differ from all other books in that they are the Word of God. Scripture indeed offers us the thoughts and words of men,