# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1975_S31
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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MINUTES:OF THE CONVENTION 31

Point of Privilege

Having been granted a point of privilege by the chair,
a delegate addressed the convention, asking them to
remember that Jesus Christ is Lord of us all. He stated
that in our thinking we must keep the goals of Synod in
mind, not our own individual goals. He asked the
delegates to stop thinking provincially and to think as
a Synod.

Orders of the Day

The orders of the day were changed to allow sufficient
time in the afternoon session for discussion of Res. 5-02A
(TB 202).

Point of Privilege

Another delegate on a point of privilege asked the
delegates to act in love during their consideration of the
resolutions which would come before the convention in
this session.

Theology and Church Relations

Responding to a question from the’floor on the pre-
vious day, Dr. Herbert Mueller, Secretary of the Synod,
speaking for the Commission on Constitutional Matters,
stated that the commission had ruled the consideration
of Res. 3-03A (TB 242) constitutional. He stated that
while this was the view of the commission at this time it
reserved the right to alter its opinion after further
consideration.

Dr. August Mennicke, chairman of the floor commit-
tee on Theology and Church Relations, reintroduced Res.
3-03A (TB 242), on which action had not been completed.

At the conclusion of previous consideration debate had
been terminated, but no vote had been taken. Prior to
consideration of the resolution, Dr. Mennicke asked Dr.
Happel, chairman of the committee on Constitutional
Matters, to address the delegates since Res. 5-04 (TB
103), a resolution coming from that committee, dealt
with similar matters. President Preus was granted the
privilege of addressing the convention in relation to Res.
3-03A. In his statement he pointed to the reasons for this
resolution, reminding the delegates that its purpose was
to provide a means for meeting the request of Seminex
students relating to the position of teachers at Seminex.
The resolution was intended to find a fair and loving way
to deal with a difficult situation.

In response to a question from the floor the chairman

stated that debate was terminated on the resolution since
there had been no call for a division of the house when
the question of termination of debate was previously
considered. After declining a motion to reopen discussion
on the resolution, the delegates adopted Res. 3-03A (TB
242),
_ Resolution 3-04 (TB 46), asking the Synod to reaffirm
its right to adopt doctrinal statements and to establish
procedures for proposing additions to the Handbook
which would deal with this matter, was then introduced.
Prior to the discussion the floor committee had stricken
the word “draft” in line 40 (TB 46) and replaced it with
the words “present to the 1977 convention.” After declin-
ing to delete lines 23—-31 (TB 46) or to consider Overture
3-94 (CW 91) as a substitute motion, the delegates
adopted the resolution.

Discussion of Res. 3-05 (TB 47) calling for the Synod

Recognition to District Presidents and their wives