# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1975_S24 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 24 MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION the names in the Convention Workbook, with the excep- tion of Susan K. Wendorf, lay candidate for the Milwau- kee Board of Control, the following nominations received from the convention floor were added to the slate: Board of Directors Pastors Herbert W. Berner John D. Frey Walter Schoedel LAaYPERSONS Florence Montz Edith S. Rehbein Franklin W. Schmidt Commission of Adjudication Pastor Harlan Hartner LAYPERSON R. J. Wendorff Board of Appeals LAYPERSONS Robert W. Alrutz Robert C. Kraemer Kenneth J. Vogt CPH Board of Directors LAaYPERSON John Hoffmeyer Convention Nominations Pastors David S. Belasic Clarence Roth LAYPERSON Judith B. Helm Board for Evangelism Pastor Timothy S. Parsch Board for Higher Education Pastor Robert C. Boedecker LAYPERSON Walter A. Christopher Board for Missions Pastors Richard H. Meyer Walter W. Snyder TEACHER (2 Yrs) George W. Bluma TEACHER (4 Yrs) Wayne Lucht Board of Parish Education LayMAN Wayne W. Wiltse Board of Stewardship Pastor Henry C. Schroeder Board of Youth Ministry LAYPERSON Sharon Schuh YouTH Alan O. Lemley ‘Jon D. Hohenstein Joe Patrick Bean Commission on Mission and Ministry PASTOR Max P. Metcalf Commission on Theology and Church Relations Pastors Edward E. Busch Dale A. Erickson Richard A. Lischer Board of Control, Ann Arbor Pastors T. Richard Marcis Eugene W. Nissen Board of Control, Austin PasTOR James K. Blumhorst LAYPERSON Leonard F. Schroeder Board of Control, Bronxville Pastor Elwood E. Mather TEACHER Robert T. Beckmann LayPERSON Henry G. Appel Board of Control, Milwaukee LaypersON (4 Yrs) Marvin A. Schrader LAYPERSON (2 Yrs) Leo A. Bordeleau Board of Control, Oakland LAYPERSONS Gerald Kendall Art Kelly Board of Control, River Forest Pastor William H. Griffen Board of Control, St. Louis Pastor Alfred Buls LaYPERSON Walter A. Hilgendorf Board of Control, Selma Pastor Simon Bodley Board of Control, Seward TEACHER F. William Chandler Board of Control, Springfield PASTOR Stanton A. Yingling Board of Control, Porto Alegre LAYPERSON (2 Yrs) Johannes Engel President Preus then declared the nominations closed. Referrals Following a new procedure, Dr. Herbert Mueller, Secretary of the Synod, presented Resolutions A and B (TB 190, 191), explaining the purpose of each. These resolutions were introduced in order that certain over- tures which had appeared in the Convention Workbook might be presented directly to the responsible boards and committees or that in certain cases the petitioners might be referred to actions of a previous convention which dealt with their concerns. After agreeing to remove Overture 6-127 and declining to remove Overtures 4-36A —D, 4-37A—F, and 4-82, Resolution A was adopted. The convention delegates then agreed to add Overtures 3-142 —3-145B, Ordination of Women, Milwaukee Res. 2-04, to Resolution B but declined to add Overtures 4-22A—4-32, dissolution of English District, Denver Res. 5-15. After approving a motion to call the question, a point of order was raised from the floor disagreeing with the ruling of the chair that this motion was in order since it was believed that time for discussion of the motion had expired. The convention sustained the chair in its ruling. After extending time for completion of the discussion of Resolution B and once again declining the amendment relating to the dissolution of the English District, the delegates adopted Resolution B as amended. Registration and Credentials The floor committee on Registration and Credentials reported that it had no further business for the conven- tion at this time. Evangelism Rev. Charles Mueller, chairman of the floor commit- tee on Evangelism, asked that all members of the com- mittee be present on the platform because of the empha- sis of this convention on evangelism and the importance of the work of this committee. After hearing from sev- eral members of the committee the delegates were led in prayer by Dr. Rudolph Ressmeyer prior to the presenta- tion of the committee’s resolutions. By adopting Res. 1-01 (TB 21) the delegates com- mended the people responsible for the evangelism format of this convention and urged all delegates to participate in the Bible study groups and evangelistic activities of the convention. Res. 1-02A (TB 197) was then introduced as a substitute for Res. 1-02 (TB 21). This resolution called for the affirmation of a Lutheran understanding of evangelism. It was adopted after amending the resolu- tion in line 63 (TB 197) by adding the words “with the members of his own family” after the word “Gospel” and by deleting the word “American” in the resolution (line 28, TB 197, and line 4, TB 198). This action was taken after declining several other amendments as well as a motion to refer the resolution back to the floor committee. Administration Dr. Elwood Zimmermann, chairman of the floor com- mittee on Administration, introduced the resolutions of his committee. Res. 4-01 dealing with the transfer of