# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1979_S134
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5. CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

To Receive Gloria Dei,
Escondido, Calif., into Membership

RESOLUTION 5-01
Overture 5-04 (CW, p. 156)

WHEREAS, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Escondido,
Calif., is a newly organized congregation and has been
incorporated under the laws of the State of California;
and

WHEREAS, The Constitution Committee of the South-
ern California District has reviewed and approved the
constitution and bylaws of Gloria Dei; and

WHEREAS, Gloria Dei has requested membership in
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod; therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church—Missouri

Synod receive Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Escondido,
Calif., into membership.

Action: Adopted (1).

To Receive
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church,
St. Cloud, Minn., into Membership
RESOLUTION 5-02
Overture 5-05 (CW, p. 157)

WHEREAS, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, St. Cloud,
Minn., is a newly organized congregation and has been
incorporated under the laws of the State of Minnesota;
and

WHEREAS, The Constitution Committee of the Min-
nesota North District has reviewed the constitution and
bylaws of the congregation and found them to be
acceptable and in agreement with the confessional
position of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod; and

WHEREAS, This congregation has passed a formal
resolution requesting membership in The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod; therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod receive Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, St. Cloud,
Minn., into membership in the Synod.

Action: Adopted (1).

To Receive Shepherd of the Desert,
Page, Ariz., into Membership
RESOLUTION 5-03
Overture L5-08 (TB, p. 18)

WHEREAS, Shepherd of the Desert Lutheran Church,
Page, Ariz., has requested membership in The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod as a congregation of the
Colorado District; and

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WHEREAS, The constitution of Shepherd of the Desert
has been reviewed by the Constitution Committee of the
Colorado District and found acceptable; therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod receive Shepherd of the Desert, Page, Ariz., into
membership.

Action: Adopted (1).

To Receive
Zion Evangelical Lutheran,
Whitehall, Mont., into Membership

RESOLUTION 5-04
Overture L5-09 (TB, p. 18)

WHEREAS, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Whitehall, Mont., has requested membership in The
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod; and

WHEREAS, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Whitehall, Mont., has in fact for many years been listed
as a member of the Synod and has been represented at
conventions of the Montana District of the Synod,
although no record of its acceptance can be found; and

WHEREAS, The constitution of the congregation has
been submitted for approval and nothing in it has been
found to be in disagreement with the Scriptures and the
Lutheran Confessions, and it has been approved by the
Board of Directors of the Montana District; therefore be
it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod receive Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Whitehall, Mont., into membership.

Action: Adopted (1).

To Receive St. J ames,
Lynnwood, Wash., into Membership

RESOLUTION 5-05A
Overture 5-06, L5-07 (CW, p. 157; TB, pp. 17-18)
WHEREAS St. James Lutheran Church of Lynnwood,
Wash., has requested membership in The Lutheran

Church—Missouri Synod as a congregation of the
Northwest District; and

WHEREAS, The constitution of St. J ames has been
approved and membership has been recommended by
the President of the Northwest District; therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod receive St. James Lutheran Church of Lynn-
wood, Wash., into membership.

Action: Adopted (4).

(See also Res. 5-20.)