# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1975_S494
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3-207
3-208A

3-209

3-211A

3-212
3-213A

3-214A
3-215A

3-216A

3-217A

3-218A

3-219

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3-221A

3-222

3-225
3-226A

3-227
3-228A

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3-232

3-235

3-236A

3-237

3-238

3-240
3-241A

3-242
3-243

3-244
3-245A

LIST OF REPORTS AND OVERTURES

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To Withdraw from LCUSA or Make Participa-
tion on Nonbudget Basis
(Also 3-206B to E)

To Reconsider Involvement in LCUSA
To Reaffirm Membership in LCUSA

(Also 3-208B, C)
To Give Full Support for LCUSA

ALC
To Discontinue Fellowship with ALC
(Also 3-211B to J)
To Terminate Fellowship with ALC
To Terminate Fellowship with American
Lutheran Church
(Also 3-213B to E)
To Suspend Denver ALC Fellowship Resolution
(Also 3-214B, C)
To End Fellowship with ALC
(Also 3-215B)
To Suspend Fellowship with American Lu-
theran Church
(Also 3-216B, C)
To Rescind Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with
ALC
(Also 3-217B, C, D)
To Withdraw from Fellowship with American
Lutheran Church
(Also 3-218B)
To Act in Love
To Continue ALC-LCMS Altar-Pulpit Fellow-
ship
To Encourage All Synod Members to Imple-
ment Rather than Hinder Lutheran Fellowship
(Also 3-221B, C)
To Implement More Fully Fellowship with ALC

LCA
To Declare Altar Fellowship with Lutheran
Church in America
To Establish Pulpit and Altar Fellowship with
Lutheran Church in America —
(Also 3-226B)
To Declare Fellowship with Lutheran Church
in America -
To Permit Congregations to Practice Fellow-
ship with LCA
(Also 3-228B to E)
To Strive for Fellowship with LCA —____
To Postpone Further Fellowship Action with
American Lutheran Church and Lutheran
Church in America
To React to ALC and LCA Interference
(Also 3-231B)
To Suspend All Entangling Alliances and Fel-
lowship Discussions with LCA

Canada
To Remove Impediments to One Lutheran
Church in Canada
To Permit Lutheran Church—Canada to Con-
summate Mergers in Canada
(Also 3-236B, C)
To Make Constitutional Changes to Allow for
Possible Declaration of Fellowship Between

the Synod and Part of Another Lutheran Body _—

To Move Toward Establishing Sister Synod
in Canada

Other Fellowship Matters

To Request President to Seek Lutheran Unity
To Permit Selective Fellowship
(Also 3-241B, C)
To Restudy Expressions of Fellowship
To Define Relations to and Cooperation with
Other Christians (Unionism and Church Fellow-
ship)
To Encourage Regional Lutheran Associations
To Not Join LWF
(Also 3-245B)

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3-247

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To Resubmit 2-158A (Lutheran World Federa-
tion and Sister Churches)
(Also 3-246B, C, D)

To Decline Affiliation with Lutheran World
Federation
To Reject Petitions for Membership in World
Council of Churches

(Also 3-248B, C)
To Deny Petitions for Membership in National
Council of Churches

(Also 3-249B)

To Initiate Action to Resume Fellowship with
Wisconsin Ev. Lutheran Synod and Evangelical
Lutheran Synod
To Realign Lutheranism

Worship

To Select and Promote Hymns with Lutheran
Standard
To Preserve Lutheran Chorales in New Hymnal
To Study Hymn Texts
To Retain Historic Wording in New Hymna! __
To Provide for Adequate Introduction of New
Hymnal
To Require Convention Approval for New
Hymnal
To Provide Assistance in Worship and Music to
Local Parishes
To Update Pastor's Companion —______

4. Administration

The President’s Report
Report of First Vice-President
Report of Secretary of the Synod
Report of Synod’s Board of Directors
Report of Treasurer
Report of Controller
Report of Synodical Services Commission
Report of Board of Stewardship ——___
Report of Board of Managers — Worker Benefit
Plans
Report of Board of Trustees for Trust Funds —
Report of Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
Foundation
Report of Ad Hoc Committee to Revise Bylaws
for Budget Preparation
Report of Ad Hoc Committee to Study Supple-
mental Funding (New Orleans Res. 12-01) ____
Report re Lutheran Church — Canada
To Transfer Sherman Park, Milwaukee, to
English District
To Transfer Lutheran Chapel of the Cross,
Milwaukee, to South Wisconsin District
To Transfer Trinity, Hammond, Ind., from
English to Indiana District
To Transfer St. John’s, Onarga, II)., from North-
ern Illinois to Central Illinois District —____
To Transfer Faith, Greenfield, Ind., from English
to Indiana District
To Transfer First, Charlotte, Mich., to Michigan
District
To Change Synod’s Name
To Affirm Right of English District to Exist
(Also 4-22B to V)
To Affirm Right of English District to Determine
Its Own Status
(Also 4-23B to P)
To Acknowledge Self-Determination of English
District Congregations
(Also 4-24B to K)
To Recognize Continued Existence of English
District
To Continue Existence of English District
(Also 4-26B to E)

To Dissolve English District
(Also 4-27B, C)

To Merge English District into Geographical Dis-

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