LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1981, Page 34

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1-14B

Our Savior'’s, Pacifica, Calif. Paul E. Miller

1-15

To Reconsider Nonsupport
of 1981 Campus Ministry Staff Conference

WHEREAS, Campus pastors of The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod have, since 1969, participated in annual
Campus Ministry Staff Conferences under the sponsorship of
the Division of Campus Ministry and Educational Services of
the Lutheran Council in the U.S.A.; and

WHEREAS, These contacts have been approved by the Board
for Missions of the Synod; and

WHEREAS, Those attending these conferences have experi-
enced personal, spiritual, and professional growth and en-
richment for their challenging mission to the academic com-
munity; and

WHEREAS, The forthcoming conference scheduled at St.
John's University in Collegeville, Minn., Aug. 41—8, will include
the attendance of some Roman Catholic colleagues in campus
ministry; and

WHEREAS, The Board for Missions resolved at its January
meeting not to provide the usual travel allowance for partici-
pation by LCMS campus staff in the 1981 staff conference; and

WHEREAS, representatives of The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod have, since 1965, participated in official
Lutheran Roman Catholic dialogs and have been granted a
platform for sharing their convictions openly; and

WHEREAS, Significant agreement has been reached on six
topics published in the following reports:

1) ‘The Status of the Nicene Creed as Dogma of the
Church,” 1965

2) “One Baptism for the Remission of Sins,” 1966

3) “The Eucharist as Sacrifice,” 1967

4) “Eucharist and Ministry,” 1970

3) ‘Papal Primacy and the Universal Church,” 1974

6) “Teaching Authority and Infallibility in the Church,”
1980: and

WHEREAS, The seventh topic currently under discussion in
1981 is “Justification by Faith”: therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod’s Board for Missions reconsider
its decision and support those Missouri Synod campus pastors
who choose to attend the 1981 staff conference.

University Lutheran Church

La Jolla, Calif.

Richard Herbst, President

Jerry David Albert, Vice-President
John George Huber, Pastor

1-16

To Terminate Participation in, and
Funding of, the Indian Desk of LCUSA

WHEREAS, The 1979 St. Louis convention resolved (Res. 1-
14A), “That the Board for Missions instruct the American
Indian Advisory Council to study, determine, and recommend
to the Board for Missions the nature and extent of the Synod’s
relationship with the Indian Desk of LCUSA and the National
Indian Lutheran Board” and ‘that the study authorized shall
include discussions with NILB and the LCUSA Indian Desk
concerning reestablishment of cooperative social ministries
under such new rubrics and procedures as could result from
these discussions and be approved by the Board of Directors”;
an

WHEREAS, The American Indian Advisory Council, which

consists entirely of native Americans, has completed its study
and report and such report has been approved in principle by
the Board for Missions; and

WHEREAS, The Board for Missions has requested that the
Board of Directors—

1. combine the present two Indian programs in the Synod.
supported respectively by the Board for Missions and the Board of
Social Ministry and World Relief, into a single, unified “Word and
Deed” ministry under the Board for Missions;

* * * *

3. approve the procedure whereby grant proposals for American
Indian social ministry projects be initiated, screened, and approved
by the American Indian Advisory Council, final approved proposals
be recommended by the Board for Missions to the Board of Social
Ministry and World Relief for funding, and projects approved for
funding be administered by the American Indian Advisory Council
and the new American Indian Ministry staff person under the
supervision of the Board for Missions and its executive secretary:

4. notify LCUSA that The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s
participation in and the funding of the Indian Desk of LCUSA be
terminated as of March 1, 1982;

* x * *

*
therefore be it

Resolved, That the Board of Directors adopt the Board for
Missions recommendations 1, 3, and 4, subject to approval by
the convention, and that LCUSA be advised that funding of
the Indian Desk of LCUSA might be terminated as of March 1,
1982.

Board of Directors
Herbert Mueller, Secretary

To Support NILB
and Native American Ministry

WHEREAS, For the past decade The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod has fruitfully utilized the services of the
National Indian Lutheran Board (NILB) in providing self-help
ministry to native American people; and

WHEREAS, The NILB has been an effective agency for
channeling grants for many assistance, relief, and rehabilita-
tion projects that could not have been funded by smaller
Lutheran judicatories alone; and

WHEREAS, The American Indian Task Force of the LCMS
reported to the 1979 synodical convention, ‘““‘The Synod should
support and encourage inter-Lutheran Indian ministry efforts.
Existing agencies, such as the National Indian Lutheran
Board and the Lutheran Church and Indian People, should be
supported and involved in the Synod’s projections for Indian
mission efforts” (Convention Workbook, p. 38); and

WHEREAS, The Lutheran ministry at Haskell Indian Junior
College, Lawrence, Kans., has greatly benefited from local
inter-Lutheran support, including a grant from the NILB; and

WHEREAS, The projects of the NILB have done much to
proclaim in deed the love of Christ to Indian people; therefore
be it

Resolved, That the Synod thank God for the opportunities

for service and understanding provided in the past decade by
the NILB; and be it further

Resolved, That the Synod reaffirm its participation in and
funding of the NILB; and be it finally

Resolved, That the congregations of the LCMS be encour-
aged to seek out and support Indian ministries in their
Districts, that they be urged to support NILB ministry projects
through special gifts, especially through recognition of an
Indian Concerns Sunday, and that all congregations and
individuals of the Synod be encouraged to seek to build bridges
of understanding with native American people.

University Lutheran Church
Lawrence, Kans.

Myron Alan Ostebee, President
Mark E. Hoelter, Pastor