# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1975_S186
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186 ADMINISTRATION

WHEREAS. The Boards of Directors of both the Indiana
District and the English District have approved such a transfer:
therefore be it

Resolred. That Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Hammond. Ind.. be transferred to the Indiana District by The
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod meeting in convention at
Anaheim, Calif., in July 1975.

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Hammond, Ind.

Ronald Hunter. President

Sarah Wanthal. Secretary

4-18

To Transfer St. John's, Onarga. IIL,
from Northern Illinois to Central
Illinois District

WHEREAS. Our congregation, St. John’s Lutheran Church.
Onarga. Ill., has voted to apply for a transfer from the Northern
Illinois District to the Central Illinois District of The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod: and

WHEREAS. The Northern Illinois District has given us the

approval for such an action (District Board meeting held Dec.
16, 1974): and

WHEREAS. The Central Illinois District has stated that it will
accept us as members of their District (letter to Northern Illinois
District President. March 14, 1974): therefore be it

Resolved. That we the members of St. John’s Lutheran
Church request that we be transferred to the Central Illinois
District of the Synod.

St. John’s Lutheran Church
Onarga, Ill.

William Walder

Edgar Teske

4-19

To Transfer Faith, Greenfield, Ind.,
from English to Indiana District

In a specially called and properly constituted meeting of the
voters’ assembly of Faith Lutheran Church, Greenfield, Ind., the
decision was reached to request a transfer from the English
District of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod to the Indiana
District of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod.

Faith Lutheran Church
Greenfield, Ind.

Ed Arthur, Chairman
Richard Dubbelde, Secretary
Lee A. Butz, Pastor

4-20

To Transfer First, Charlotte, Mich.,
to Michigan District

WHEREAS, The members of First Lutheran Church, Char-
lotte, Mich., have expressed their desire to transfer from the
English District to the Michigan District for the following reasons:

a. Geographical— The West Michigan Circuit of the English
District encompasses such a large area that we experience no
closeness and unity to other churches in our circuit.

b. Disagreement—The English District Board of Directors
has expressed its support of Dr. Tietjen, ELIM, and Seminex.
We the members of First Lutheran Church do not support their
actions: and

WHEREAS, This congregation can no longer find peace and
Joy in the English District: therefore be it

Resolved. That the voting members of First Lutheran Church,
Charlotte, Mich., memorialize The Lutheran Church-— Missouri

Synod in convention in the year of our Lord 1975 to allow them
to peacefully withdraw from the English District and seek
membership in the Michigan District.

First Lutheran Church
Charlotte, Mich.
Robert Hildebrand, Chairman

To Change Synod's Name

WHEREAS, God in His grace and wisdom has caused our
beloved Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod to flourish across
the width and breadth of this land: and

WHEREAS, This Growth under God has become so wide-
spread as to cause the name Missouri to become an anomaly:
and

WHEREAS, The name Missouri connotes a provincialism that
fails to reflect her nationwide influence and authority: and

WHEREAS, Her border-to-border import tends to be mini-
mized by her name's limited focus: and

WHEREAS, National implications by name have heretofore
been claimed by The American Lutheran Church and The
Lutheran Church in America: therefore be it

Resolved. That The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
change its name to The Lutheran Church so that its vast work
may be viewed by all in a perspective devoid of localized
implications and more properly conveyed as, under God,
limitless.

Concordia Lutheran Church
San Antonio, Tex.
Harry Hempel, Secretary

4-224

To Affirm Right of English
District to Exist

WHEREAS. Holy Cross Congregation. Toledo. Ohio. is a life-
long member of the English District: and

WHEREAS, We believe that our English District has remained
faithful to the Word of God, the Lutheran Confessions, and the
Constitution of The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod: and

WHEREAS. The English District has been a blessing to the
Synod be perpetuating many unique ministries that might other-
wise have never been established: and

WHEREAS. The Synod has repeatedly recognized the right
of the English District to maintain its identity until such time
as both the District and the Synod agree on a procedure for
amalgamation: therefore be it

Resolved. That all the Districts of the Synod rejoice and give
thanks for the diversity-in-unity that has enhanced our mutual
ministry for more than threescore years: and be it further

Resolved. That the Synod affirm the essential right of the
English District to exist as a District of the Synod until such
time as the Synod and the District mutually agree to change their
historic relationship.

Holy Cross Lutheran Church
Toledo, Ohio

Wilfred Spevak. President
Robert H. Rose. Pastor

Identical or similar:

4-22B to 4-22V

Iroquois Avenue Christ. Detroit. Mich.
Immanuel, Pittsburgh. Pa.

Ervin Hartman
Donald Reiter

Ascension, Atlanta. Ga. Car! Geist
Grace, Detroit, Mich. V. Halboth
Faith. Arlington Heights, III. Wm. Hughes
Our Savior, Bradley. IIL. Guy Warke

Unity. Bel-Nor. Mo.
Mount Olive, Chicago, III.
Redeemer. Fort Wayne, Ind.

Herbert Hohenstein
Norman Bumby
Charles Evanson