# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1975_S497
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5-113
5-114A

5-115

5-116

S-117A

5-118
5-119A

5-120A

5-121
5-122A
5-123
5-124
5-125
5-126A

5-127
5-128A

5-129

5-130
5-131

5-132
5-133A

5-134
5-135A

5-136
9-137A

5-138
9-139A

5-140
9-141
9-142
5-143A

9-144
9-145

5-146A

5-147

5-148
5-149

5-150A

3-151A

9-152
9-153A

LIST OF REPORTS AND OVERTURES

PAGE

To Censure Certain District Presidents 249

To Discipline Certain District Presidents ____ _ 249
(Also 5-114B, C)

To Censure Presidents Who Have Interfered in

Placement Process 250

To Deal with District Presidents Approving

Ordination of Candidates Not Properly Certified 250

To Ask District Presidents to Uphold Consti-

tutional Laws Covering Ordination _____—————— 250
(Also 5-117B, C, D)

To Admonish District Presidents to Comply ___ 251

To Expect District Officials to Abide by Synodi-

cal Constitution 251
(Also 5-119B, C, D)

To Deal with District Presidents Who Have

Authorized Illegal Ordinations of Seminex Stu-

dents 251
(Also 5-120B)

To Deal with District Presidents Who Violate

Constitution and Bylaws 251

To Deal Pastorally with Erring District Presi-

dents _. 252
(Also 5-122B to E)

To Deal Directly with Certain District Presidents 252

To Take Action Against Presidents Who Autho-

rize Certain Ordinations, ete... —=————S—=«aSD.

To Require Accordance with Bylaws in Calling

Procedure 253

To Censure District Presidents . 253
(Also 5-126B)

To Disenfranchise Certain Presidents 253

To Deal with District Presidents __. 254
(Also 5-128B, C)

To Discipline Certain District Presidents 254

To Deal with Certain District Presidents _______ 254

To Request Action Against English District

President 255

To Call District Presidents to Account —.______ 255

To Remove District Presidents from Office _____ 256
(Also 5-133B)

To Deal with President Riedel _- ———sssé256

To Remove District President from Office ____. 257
(Also 5-135B)

To Ask District Presidents to Resign . 257

To Investigate Activities of District Presidents _ — 258
(Also 5-137B)

To Investigate Activities of Certain District

Presidents . . 258

To Review Actions of District Presidents _____ 258
(Also 5-139B to E)

To Seek Unanimity Between Council and Presi-

dent _-_. 258

To Instruct President to Heed Advice of Council

of Presidents 259

To Transfer Power of President to Council of

Presidents _ 259

To Restrict Council of Presidents 259
(Also 5-143B)

To State Limitations of Council of Presidents _. 259

To Declare Council of Presidents Only an Ad-

visory Body 259

To Clearly Define the Council of Presidents and

Its Duties 260
(Also 5-146B)

To Provide for Synodical Convention to Elect

All District Presidents 260

To Disband Council of Presidents 260

To Instruct District Presidents to Restore Har-

mony 261

To Censure Council of Presidents —_ 261
(Also 5-150B, C, D)

To Give Specific Authority to President to Sus-

pend 261
(Also 5-151B to H)

To Provide Clarification re Suspension and Ex-

pulsion of District and Synodical Presidents ___ 262

To Make Explicit the Authority of the Synodical

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5-155A

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5-157A

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5-170

5-171A
5-172A

9-173
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5-175

5-176A

5-177
9-178A

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M6-06A
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PAGE
President in Relationship to District Presidents _ 262
(Also 5-153B)
To Restore Traditional Authority to President __ 262
To Require Election of Members of Commission
on Constitutional Matters - 263
(Also 5-155B to E)
To Revise Commission on Constitutional Matters 263
To Elect Commission on Constitutional Matters _ 263
(Also 5-157B. C)
To Restructure Commission on Constitutional
Matters . 263
To Revise Method of Selection of Commission
on Constitutional Matters 264
To Amend Procedures for Filling Vacancies on
CCM - 264
To Publish and Submit All CCM Opinions for
Convention Action 264
To Eliminate Binding Nature of CCM {Rulings — 264
To Order Restatement _ 264
To Study Referendum Procedure _——————sé2'64
To Redefine Convention Duties of Advisory
Members 265
To Provide for Canceling o or Deferring District
Conventions _ 265
To Change Circuit Counselor Election Pro-
cedure 265
To Seek Elimination or “Amendment ‘of Bylaw
2.127 e 265
To Affirm Right of Lawful Assembly a and Orga-
nization a 265
(Also 5- 169B)
To Refuse to Recognize as Missouri Synod
Clergy Those Persons Called by Congregations
to Be Assistants as Seminex Professors __ 266
To Require Resignations from Seminex Staff ___ 266
(Also 5-171B, C, D)
To Expel All Seminex Administrative. Faculty,
and Student Personnel from Synod ___.- 266
(Also 5-172B)
To Deal with Calls to Seminex Positions 267
To Minister to Former Faculty _. («267
To Establish Standing Rule to Regard Preamble
as Part of Resolution . 267
To Ask All Synodical Officials to Indicate In-
tentions a 267
(Also 5-176B)
To Set Aside All Actions Resulting from Aboli-
tion of Two-Thirds Voting Procedure ___.._____ 268
To Disallow Certain Overtures from Southeast-
ern District 268
(Also 5-178B)
6. Higher Education
Report of Board for Higher Education 269
Report of Committee on Colloquies 276
Report of Board for Lay Ministers ___ 278
Report of Task Force to Consider Restructuring
Synod’s System of Higher Education __._______ 280
Report of Commission on Lay Higher Education 303
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo. ________- 303
Minority Report 308
Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield, Ill. 310
Concordia Teachers College, Seward, Nebr. __ 311
Concordia Teachers College, River Forest, Ill. _ 312
Concordia College, St. Paul, Minn. 314
Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne, Ind. __ 315
Concordia Lutheran Junior College, Ann Arbor,
Mich. 316
Concordia Lutheran College, Austin, Tex. _____ 317
Concordia College, Bronxville, N. Y. 319
St. Paul’s College, Concordia, Mo. 320
Concordia College, Edmonton, Alta. 321
Christ College Irvine, Irvine, Calif. =~: 3322
Concordia College, Milwaukee, Wis. 322
Concordia College, Portland, Oreg. ___—>-—S—«3328
Alabama Lutheran Academy and College,
Selma, Ala. 324