# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1975_S135
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

134 RESOLUTIONS

To Maintain the Rights of Others
RESOLUTION 5-32

Overture 5-10, 5-169A, 5-169B (CW, pp. 220, 265—
266)

Wuereas, The constitution and Bylaws of the Synod
exist to guarantee the rights of all its members; and

Wuereas, Our Lord through His holy apostle
admonishes each of us, “Do not think of yourselves
more highly than you should. Instead be modest in
your thinking...” (Rom. 12:3); and

Wuereas, Each of us should seek his neighbor’s
good and not his own; therefore be it

Resolved, That we regard our Constitution as guar-
anteeing the rights of others, not our own rights first
of all; and be it further

Resolved, That each of us earnestly strive to follow
the example of our Lord Jesus Christ in humility and
service; and be it finally

Resolved, That we commit ourselves and one another
to the grace of our Lord, who “When He was insulted
did not answer back with an insult...” but “... Himself
carried our sins in His body to the cross...” (Heb.
2:23-24).

Action: This resolution died since it failed to receive
action before adjournment.

To Retain Bylaw 2.127 e
(Circularizing the Synod)
RESOLUTION 5-33
Overture 5-168 (CW, p. 265); N.O. Res. 5-35 (CW, p.

443)

Wuereas, Bylaw 2.127 e (Handbook, p. 72) seeks to
encourage a wholesome restraint in matters of circulariz-
ing the Synod; therefore be it

Resolved, That Overture 5-168 be respectfully
declined.

Action: This resolution died since it failed to receive
action before adjournment.

To Amend Bylaws Relating to
Executive Administration
RESOLUTION 5-34
Report 5-02, I, 2 (CW, p. 208); N.O. Res. 5-09 (CW, p.

441)

WuHereas, All of the provisions of New Orleans Res.
5-09 have already been adopted with the exception that
the President serve as chairman of the Board of Direc-
tors, which he has been doing traditionally, and in order
to provide for consistency; therefore be it

Resolved, That Bylaw 2.27 be amended by adding
subsection 1.

PRESENT WORDING

(none)

PROPOSED WORDING

i. The President shall serve as a member and
chairman of the Board of Directors.

and be it further
Resolved, That Bylaw 2.75 be amended to read:
PRESENT WORDING

2.75 Officers of the Board

The Board of Directors shall elect its own chair-
man, vice-chairman, and such other officers of the
board as may be necessary. .

PROPOSED WORDING

2.75 Officers of the Board

The President of the Synod shall serve as chair-
man of the Board of Directors, and the Secretary of the
Synod shall serve as its secretary. The board shall
elect its own vice-chairman and such other officers as
may be necessary.

Action: This resolution ‘died since it failed to receive
action before adjournment.

To Receive Berea-by-the-Water
Lutheran Church, Goderich,
Ont., into Membership
RESOLUTION 5-35
Overture 5-180U (TB, p. 18)

WueErEAS, Berea-by-the-Water Lutheran Church,
Goderich, Ont., has applied for membership in The Lu-
theran Church—Missouri Synod; therefore be it

Resolved, That Berea-by-the-Water Lutheran Church,
Goderich, Ont., be received into membership with The
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.

Action: Adopted (11).

To Receive Trinity, Bridgeton,
Mo., into Membership
RESOLUTION 5-36
Overture 5-05 (CW, p. 218)

Wuereas, Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, Bridgeton,
Mo., has applied for membership in The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod; therefore be it

Resolved, That Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, Bridge-
ton, Mo., be received into membership with The Lutheran
Church—-Missouri Synod.

Action: Withdrawn by the floor committee because the
Missouri District had not yet approved the congregation’s
constitution (11).

To Receive Gloria Dei
Lutheran Church, Davie, Fla.
into Membership

RESOLUTION 5-37
Overture 5-179U (TB, p. 18)
Wuereas, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Davie, Fla.,