# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S228
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. 928 ‘ _ Intersynodical and Doctrinal Matters

VI. INTERSYNODICAL AND DOCTRINAL »
MATTERS

Report of Committee on Doctrinal Unity
(Memorial 601) ,

At the last convention of our Synod held in Fort Wayne, 1941,
the resolution was adopted that there should be prepared, on the
basis of the Brief Statement of the Missouri Synod. and the Declara-
tion of the American Lutheran Church, one document constituting
the doctrinal basis of church fellowship, so that there might be
no doubt as to the platform on which these church bodies had
agreed. This work was to be done not only by the commissioners
of the American Lutheran Church and of the Missouri Synod, but
an invitation was to be issued to the other synods of the Synodical
Conference to join us in this endeavor. At once after the conven-
_ tion in Fort Wayne attempts were made to carry out the latter
instruction. Several conferences were held with representatives
of the Wisconsin, Norwegian, and Slovak Synods, which together
with the Missouri Synod constitute the Synodical Conference.
Of our sister synods only one, the Slovak Ev. Luth. Church, de-
clared through its representatives that it was willing to co-operate
with us in this matter. The representatives of the others declared
that it was impossible for them to participate. .

In May, 1942, we invited the commissioners of the American
Lutheran Church to meet us for a discussion of the resolutions of
our Synod. This meeting, however, did not take place till Feb-
ruary 12, 1943. In October, 1942, the honorable American Lutheran
Church held its biennial convention in Mendota, Ill. It there passed
some important resolutions which we here submit because they
involve our church body.

Mendota Resolutions

“Intersynodical. fellowship is-a matter of deep coricern to us.
Faithful efforts have been put forth, and considerable progress has
been made. We thank God for His blessings, and we ‘express our
appreciation to our brethren who have served on these committees.
We offer the following resolution for adoption:

“Wuereas, The Committees on Fellowship of the American
Lutheran Church have negotiated with both the United Lutheran
Church in America and the Missouri Synod to the end of establish-
ing Pulpit and Altar Fellowship with these honorable bodies; and

“Wnereas, The American Lutheran Church has adopted the
Pittsburgh Agreement and accepted the Brief Statement of the Mis-