# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1979_S137
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RESOLUTIONS 137

Resolved, That action on this matter be deferred
until the study is completed.

Action: Adopted (4).

To Decline to Seat Uncertified
Pastors at Conventions
RESOLUTION 5-11

Overture 5-20 (CW, p. 159)

WHEREAS, The Commission on Constitutional Mat-
ters (CCM) has ruled that only properly certified pastors
may be seated at District conventions, as per Handbook
provisions; therefore be it

Resolved, That the ruling of the CCM be herewith
upheld.

Action: Adopted (4).

To Decline to Grant Voting
Privileges to Retired Pastors

RESOLUTION 5-12

Overture 5-23 (CW, p. 160)

WHEREAS, For purposes of the clergy roster, pastors
are either retired or not retired; and

WHEREAS, If a pastor accepts a call to serve a
congregation, he is no longer retired; therefore be it

Resolved, That we decline to grant voting privileges
to retired pastors; and be it further

Resolved, That we continue to utilize and thank God

for the able service and expertise of these consecrated
men of God.

Action: Adopted (4).

(The convention agreed to consider a substitute resolution
which would have given voting rights to emeriti serving
congregations. After discussion the substitute was defeated
and Res. 5-12 adopted.)

To Defer the Granting
of Voting Rights to Teachers

RESOLUTION 5-13
Report 2-01, D, 4 (CW, p. 63); Overture 5-24 (CW,
p. 160)

WHEREAS, The Commission on Theology and Church
Relations (CTCR) is in the process of producing a
document entitled “Call, Ordination, and Installation—
Procedures and Nomenclature”; and

WHEREAS, The document may have a bearing on the
theological implication of extending voting rights to
teachers; therefore be it

Resolved, That action on this overture be deferred.

(Committee 2 concurred in this recommendation.)

Action: Adopted (4).

(The delegates declined to consider Overture 5-24 as a
substitute resolution.)

To Decline Pastoral Vote
to Lay Ministers

RESOLUTION 5-14
Overture 5-25 (CW, p. 161)
WHEREAS, Lay ministers are eligible to be elected
and to vote as lay delegates at District and synodical
conventions; and

WHEREAS, Granting lay ministers the right of pas-
toral vote as well as the right of lay vote would invest
them with dual eligibility; therefore be it

Resolved, That Overture 5-25 be declined.
Action: Adopted (6).

(This resolution was introduced in Session 4. At that time
the convention agreed to consider as a substitute Overture 5-25.
At the beginning of Session 6 an amendmentto that substitute
was offered. After closing the debate, delegates rejected both
the amendment and the substitute resolution and adopted Res.
5-14.)

To Continue to Give Only One
Lay Vote to Dual Parish

RESOLUTION 5-15
Overtures 5-21A—5-22B (CW, pp. 159—160)

WHEREAS, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
has successfully functioned with the philosophy of
equal pastor and lay representation at District and
synodical conventions; therefore be it

Resolved, That we respectfully decline Overtures 5-
21A, 5-21B, 5-22A, and 5-22B; and be it further

Resolved, That we retain the present Bylaw 3.17.

Action: Adopted (6).

(The delegates agreed to consider as a substitute Overture
5-22A, with a change in the wording of the last sentence. They
declined a motion to recommit both the resolution and the
substitute to the committee for reconsideration. The delegates
rejected the substitute and adopted Res. 5-15.)

To Decline to Change Method
of Selecting Convention Delegates

RESOLUTION 5-16
Overture 5-19 (CW, p. 159)

WHEREAS It is in the best interest of the Kingdom to
elect qualified people as convention delegates; and

WHEREAS, A rotation system of delegate selection
does not always serve this end; and

WHEREAS, The democratic process of election is to be
safeguarded; therefore be it

Resolved, That Overture 5-19 be respectfully declined.
Action: Adopted (6).