# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1973_S487
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LIST OF REPORTS AND OVERTURES

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To Insure Removal of Concordia Seminary,
St. Louis, from Probation
To Change Bylaws
To Instruct Board for Higher Education to
Maintain Status of Synod’s Colleges and Semi-
naries as Accredited Institutions __--
To Direct Board of Control to Appeal AATS
Ruling
(Also 3-85B)
To Appeal Action of AATS _—_
To Adopt Certain Positions in Seminary Ac-
creditation Issue _
(Also 3-87B)
To Propose Updating of AATS Standards ____
To Protest Actions of AATS Toward Concordia
Seminary, St. Louis
To Challenge AATS on Its Judgment _____
To Take Positive Action in Matter of Seminary
Accreditation
(Also 3-91B, C, D, E)
To Invite Others to Join in Forming a New
Accrediting Agency for Theological Schools __
To Reinterpret Role of BHE in Reappointments
To Exclude BHE from Reappointment Process
To Express Confidence in BHE ee
(Also 3-95B)
To Revise Bylaws
(Also 3-96B)
To Revise Handbook Re Removal from Office
(Faculties)
(Also 3-97B, C)
To Adopt “Due Process” Procedures for Fac-
ulty Members
To Adopt Declaration Re Faculty Members __
(Also 3-99B)
To Revise Tenure Regulations ee
To Limit Tenure of Faculty Members
To Place All Professors on 4-Year Appointment

St. Louis Faculty
To Express Confidence in Professors and Board
Members
To Thank Dr. John Tietjen and Seminary Fac-
ulty
To Commend St. Louis Seminary __
To Ask for Resignation of Faculty Members of
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
(Also 3-114B, C, D, E, F, G, H)
To Sign March 3 “Statement” or Resign —__
To Remove Liberal Professors ___
To Adopt Preus Statement on Bible Inerrancy
and to Ask Dissenting Instructors to Resign ___
(Also 3-117B)
To Suspend Seminary Professors
To Remove Those Teachings Contrary to Scrip-
ture, the Confessions, and Synod’s Historic
Position _
To Ask Dissenting Instructors to Remove
Themselves as an Act of Love and Conscience
To Reaffirm Confessional Position _____
To Thank Faithful Five for Their Stand
Against Majority Faculty in St.Louis __
To Request Faculty Minority to Explain Its
Position
To Appoint New Members to St. Louis Faculty
To Dismiss Entire Faculty
To Censure St. Louis Seminary Faculty ____
To Admonish St. Louis Seminary Faculty ___
(Also 3-127B, C, D)
To Discipline Faculty and Board of Control of
Concordia Seminary at St.Louis _____ _—
To Dismiss Certain Members of St. Louis Fac-
ulty and Board of Control
To Resubmit Milwaukee Overture 2-102
To Stipulate District Membership of Faculty
Member
(Also 3-131B, C, D, E, F, G)

St. Louis Board of Control
To Increase Board of Control for 2 Years ___

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To Amend Bylaws in Order to Augment Board
of Control of St. Louis Seminary ____
To Replace St. Louis Board of Control _____
To Appoint Special Seminary Board

(Also 3-144B, C)
To Ask Board of Control to Resign
To Ask for Resignation of Board of Control of
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis ee
To Appoint New Seminary Board of Control _.
To Dismiss Board of Control at Concordia
Seminary, St. Louis ~
To Call for Complete Report from St. Louis
Seminary Board of Contro] _..
To Abolish Board of Control of St. Louis Semi-
nary and Elect or Appoint New Board of
Control _

(Also 3-150B)

St. Louis Seminary

To Close Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
To Suspend Activities at Concordia Seminary,
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(Also 3-152B, C)
To Close Down and Reorganize Concordia
Seminary, St. Louis
To Close and Reopen a Seminary in St. Louis
(Also 3-154B)
To Give Synodical President Power to Act __
(Also 3-155, B, C. D, E, F)
To Give President Preus Executive Authority
to Deal with Doctrinal Matters in Synod _
To Empower President to Take Action at Once
To Censure Certain District Presidents __
To Ask Presidents for Report on Actions of
Council of Presidents Under Article XI B 2 ___
To Reprimand Council of Presidents

Individuals

To Request Resignation of Dr. John Tietjen __
To Secure Resignation of President of St. Louis
Seminary
(Also 3-162B)
To Remove Dr. John H. Tietjen from Presi-
dency of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
(Also 3-163B)
To Request Resignation of Dr. J. Tietjen as
President of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis __
To Require Evidence for Allegations Against
a Congregation’s Pastor
To Reinstate Arlis Ehlen .
To Declare Dr. A. Ehlen Not Guilty of False
Doctrine
(Also 3-167B)
To Furnish Dr. Ehlen Particulars
(Also 3-168B)
To Demand That Board for Higher Education
Reopen Dr. Arlis Ehlen Case
To Admonish Dr. Ehlen Because of His Be-
havior and Interviews with Press —_
To Commend President J. A. O. Preus and the
Presidium for “A Statement of Scriptural and
Confessional Principles” .
To Support Elected Officials
To Commend Pr. Preus
To Support Efforts of Synodical President _____
To Commend President Preus
(Also 3-175B)
To Thank Dr. Preus for His Leadership ____
(Also 3-176B, C)

To Decline to Settle Controversy at Convention
To Wait in Hope for the Lord’s Healing
(Also 3-182B)

To Resolve Differences in Love for Christ and
His Church
To Strive for Unity
To Withhold Judgment Re Seminary
To Resist Taking Sides ____

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