# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1975_S85
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THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS 85

vention in New Orleans determined that A Statement of Scrip-
tural and Confessional Principles addresses itself to the doc-
trinal issues troubling the church today: and

WHEREAS, A Statement presents what the Synod throughout
its history has confessed and taught on these issues, as wit-
nessed to by numerous synodical statements and convention
resolutions: and

WHEREAS. A Statement presents no new doctrines or theology
and is neither a new standard of orthodoxy nor a document
“based on private writings, but on such books as have been
composed. approved, and received in the name of the churches
which pledge themselves to the one doctrine and religion”: and

WHEREAS. The doctrinal content of A Statement is in full
accord with the Scriptures and the Lutheran Confessions and
contains nothing contrary to them: and

WHEREAS. The Lutheran Church has in the past, when con-
fronted with doctrinal controversy and crisis. accepted expres-
sions of belief which are in agreement with Scripture and the
Lutheran Confessions: and

WHEREAS. The Synod declared «i Statement of Scriptural and
Confessional Principles to be a “more formal and comprehen-
sive statement of belief’ in the sense of Resolution 5-24 of the
1971 Milwaukee convention and further declared that A State-
ment shall hold the status defined in said resolution: and

WHEREAS, Much pressure is now being brought to bear on
the Synod to rescind the adoption of A Statement: therefore be it

Resolved. That the Synod formally resist all such efforts to
rescind the adoption of A Statement: and be it further

Resolved. That the Synod reaffirm its adoption of A State-
ment: and be it further

Resolved. That the Synod acknowledge that the cause of so
much unrest, divisiveness, and dissension today is doctrinal
disagreement, resulting in two opposing theologies, which
arises from the fact that some who use the historical-critical
method of interpreting the Bible have forsaken the historical
Lutheran doctrines as taught in Scripture and the Lutheran
Confessions, and that said users of historical-criticism plead
for the church to be broad enough to tolerate doctrinal differ-
ences: and be it further

Resolved. That the Synod reaffirm the binding nature of its
doctrinal statements on all its members: and be it further

Resolved. That the Synod request those individuals who will
not submit to the binding nature of its doctrinal statements,
including A Statement of Scriptural and Confessional Principles.
to do the honorable thing and withdraw from the Synod so that
we bring an end to the present controversy and dissension: and
be it finally

Resolved. That the Synod require its officials. on both the
synodical and the District level. to take disciplinary action in
accord with the Constitution and Bylaws against all such as will
not conform to synodical rulings.

Triumphant King Lutheran Church
Lake Oswego, Oreg.

Donald H. Holly, President

Robert Baltes, Secretary

Corliss G. Stockamp, Pastor

3-71

To Make Personal Commitment to
“A Statement”

WHEREAS. A Statement. which was published by Dr. J. A. O.
Preus in consultation with the synodical Vice-Presidents. has
been a tool to identify the theological and doctrinal issues which
our Synod needs to consider and resolve: and

WHEREAS. We believe, after a study of this document, that it
sets forth the theological and doctrinal position of our Synod in
accordance with the Word of God and the Lutheran Confessions:
and

WHEREAS. A Statement clearly and boldly asserts not only
what we confess as truth in accordance with the Word of God
and the Lutheran Confessions but also clearly identifies erro-

neous opinions and options currently expressed by some in our
Synod: therefore be it

Resolved. That for the sake of unity and peace, each called
or appointed servant in our Synod and each congregation make
an immediate and thorough study of A Statement: and be it
further

Resolved. That each called or appointed servant in our Synod
and each congregation then send to the synodical office by
Sept. 1, 1975, their written personal commitment to the theolog-
ical and doctrinal assertions of A Statement and its rejection of
the opinions and options currently being taught as valid in our
Synod: and be it further

Resolved. That those who wish to reject this document with
its clear assertions of truth and error also publicly announce
their decision to the synodical office by Sept. 1, 1975: and be
it further

Resolved. That all those who reject this document A State-
ment as a valid position of what is to be voluntarily taught in
our Synod have excluded themselves from the fellowship of our
Missouri Synod and have forfeited all rights and privileges as
members of The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod: and be it
finally

Resolved. That anyone wishing to be ordained, commis-.
sioned, appointed, or to join our Synod be asked. after a thor-
ough study of A Statement. to personally and voluntarily sub-
scribe to it before God as a document that clearly speaks for
the truths and against the errors of our generation and thus
walk with us in unity and peace before His final coming in judg-
ment.

Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Kingfisher, Okla.

Dennis Post. Chairman

Rev. V. H. Mickow., Pastor

3-72A

To Support “A Statement of Scriptural
and Confessional Principles”

WHEREAS. At the New Orleans convention the Synod de-
clared A Statement of Scriptural and Confessional Principles
‘in all its parts, to be Scriptural and in accord with the Lutheran
Confessions” (Res. 3-01); and

WHEREAS. Since that time many within the Synod have
repudiated A Statement and have asked that Resolution 3-01
be rescinded: and

WHEREAS. Our church council has thoroughly studied
A Statement for over a year, and many other members have
read and discussed this document in Bible classes or privately:
and

WHEREAS. We have fcund nothing in A Statement to be con-
trary to Holy Scripture or the Lutheran Confessions: and

WHEREAS. Our congregation supports the historic doctrinal
position of the Missouri Synod (which it feels is upheld in
A Statement) and expects that its sister congregations do the
same: therefore be it

Resolved. That the Synod at its Anaheim convention reaffirm
its conviction that A Statement is in agreement with Scripture
and the Lutheran Confessions: and be it further

Resolved. That members of the Synod be expected to teach in
accord with A Statement because of its agreement with Holy
Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions and also because of
its clear presentation of doctrines and issues in controversy
in the church today.

Trinity Lutheran Church
Elkhart, Ind.

Lorrain E. Melser, President
Leslie H. Grebe, Secretary
James T. Nickel, Pastor
Edmund J. Nickel. Pastor

Identical or similar:

3-72B to 3-72G

Zion, Plainfield. Ill.
Trinity, Sturgis. Mich.

Raymond Weber
Erwin Ruhlig