# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1973_S345
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342 CHURCH LITERATURE AND COMMUNICATIONS

profitable business venture, despite the success of the NT
translation; therefore be it

Resolved, That we encourage CPH to set up a subsidy
program by which individuals, congregations, and associa=
tions may underwrite this Project through their contribu-
tions and appropriations; and be it further

Resolved, That CPH be directed to make any and all of
these funds available by transfer to the Lutheran Bible
Translators, should the publication of Beck’s OT prove to be
self-supporting or become a profitmaking publication ven-

ture Messian Ev. LuTHERAN CHURCH
Sterling, II.
Harold Nelson, Secretary
Eldor Mueller, Pastor

10-12

To Ask CPH to Reprint Books by Maier,
Arndt, Walther, Engelder

Be it resolved, That the 1973 convention of The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod ask Concordia Publishing House
to reprint Does the Bible Contradict Itself by William Arndt,
For Better Not for Worse by Walter Maier, Communism and
Socialism by C. F. W. Walther, and Scripture Cannot Be
Broken by Theodore Engelder.

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

10-13

To Eliminate Editorial Commission
for Official Periodicals

Wuereas, The Lutheran Witness and the Lutheran Wit-
ness Reporter continue to print tendentious and slanted ar-
ticles; news reports, and editorials; and

Wuereas, The editorial staff so far has shown no genuine
sign of repentance for its perverse corruption of the orthodox
objectives of Synod: and

Wuereas, The official publications of Synod have their
editorial policy set by the Editorial Commission for Official
Periodicals, who also control the editors of these official pub-
lications (Handbook, pages 196, 7); and

Wuereas, Existing Bylaws of the Handbook have not ade-
quately served to fulfill the reasonable expectations of mem-
bers of Synod regarding the judgment and work of the Edi-
torial Commission as well as of the editors of the official
periodicals; and

Wuereas, The official publications of Synod have enjoyed
historically the direct attention, advice, and guidance of the
presidium of Synod; therefore be it

Resolved, That the present Bylaws dealing with the Lu-
theran Witness and the Lutheran Witness Reporter (Hand-
book, pages 196—97) be abolished; and be it further

Resolved, That the Lutheran Witness and the Lutheran
Witness Reporter, as well as Der Lutheraner, be placed as
official organs of Synod under the direct responsibility and
supervision of the President and the Vice-Presidents of
Synod for editorial policy as well as for staff appointments,

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
Easthampton, Mass.
Francis LuBelle, President
Louis Elgert, Pastor

10-14

To Send Official Periodicals to Servicemen

Wuereas, Concordia Publishing House shows an excessive
profit each year, and each Missouri Synod Armed Forces per-
sonnel should receive the Lutheran Witness and Reporter;
therefore be it

Resolved, That Concordia Publishing House be charged
with the responsibility of supplying each Missouri Synod

Lutheran serving in our Armed Forces with the Lutheran
Witness and Reporter without any increase in cost to con-

Bregations, Zion LuTHERAN CHURCH
Little Falls, Minn.
Herman Johannes, President
George P. Rapp, Pastor
10-15

To Produce Study Materials for 400th
Anniversary of Book of Concord

Wuereas, The years 1977 and 1980 are important anni-
versaries in the history of the Lutheran church and its the-
ology, marking, respectively, the 400th anniversary of the
Formula of Concord and the Book of Concord, as well as
450th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession: and

WHEREAS, The historic confessional stance of the LCMS
and of many other Lutherans suggests interest in a proper
observance of these anniversaries: and

WHEREAS, Great blessings will, under God, come to the
Lutheran church through a renewed study of Reformation
history and theology: and

Whereas, This requires the production of sound and
scholarly materials; therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
declare itself in favor of appropriate observances of these
anniversaries; and be it further

Resolved, That, in addition to general anniversary cele-
brations, the Synod encourage intensive study of the Lu-
theran Confessions in their historical setting: and be it
further

Resolved, That for this purpose the Synod make ade-
quate provision in manpower and financial resources for the

training of its professional theologians, pastors, and teachers,
as well as of its church membership; and be it further

Resolved, That, specifically, for the sake of orderly pro-

cedure and coordination of effort, the responsibility for over-

agency of the Synod) be given to the Department of Sys-
tematic Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis; and be
it further

Resolved, That liaison and consultation be established and
maintained Particularly with members on the faculties of
the Synod's other terminal schools and the Foundation for
Reformation Research, and that the possibilities of collabora-
tion with other Lutheran bodies be diligently explored; and
be it finally

Facu.ty

Concorpia SEMINARY

St. Louis, Mo.

John H. Tietjen, President

Richard R. Caemmerer Sr., Secretary

10-16

To Coordinate Anniversary Publications
Through Commission on Church Literature

WHEREAS, The Lutheran church will celebrate the 400th
anniversary of the Formula of Concord in 1977 and the
400th anniversary of the Book of Concord and the 450th
anniversary of the Augsburg Confession, in 1980; and

WHEREAS, Such celebrating will make extensive use of
the printed word and other media; and

WHEREAS, The Commission on Church Literature of the
Missouri Synod working with Concordia Publishing House
has the responsibility of publishing, Promoting, and dis-