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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1981, Sheet 233

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CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS 221

5-03

To Receive Beautiful Savior Church,
Boise, Idaho

WHEREAS, The Northwest District has approved the consti-
tution of Beautiful Savior Lutheran Chruch, we do hereby
apply for membership in The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod. A copy of District’s approval is attached.

Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church
Boise, Idaho
Don Brigham, Chairman

5-04
To Receive Resurrection, Monroe, Wis.

WHEREAS, Resurrection Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Monroe, Wis., was organized on Sept. 7, 1980, as a mission
congregation affiliated with The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod; and

WHEREAS, The congregation’s constitution has been duly
approved by the Commission on Constitutional Matters of the
South Wisconsin District of the LCMS; and

WHEREAS, The congregation has resolved to become a
member congregation of the LCMS; therefore be it

Resolved, That we be received as amember congregation of
the LCMS at its 54th Regular Comvention.

Resurrection Lutheran Church

Monroe, Wis.

James Lowell, Executive Director

Robert C. Zick, Pastor

5-05

To Receive St. Luke’s Lutheran Church,
Golden, Colo., into Membership

WHEREAS, St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Golden, Colo., is a
newly organized congregation and has been incorporated
under the laws of the State of Colorado; and

WHEREAS, The Constitution Committee of the Colorado
District has reviewed the constitution of the congregation and
found it to be acceptable and in agreement with the con-
fessional position of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod;
an

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

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
receive St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Golden, Colo., into
membership in the Synod.

Board of Directors
Colorado District
Ralph A. Phipps, President

5-06

To Accept Kansas Congregations
into Membership of Synod

WHEREAS, The following congregations have applied for
membership in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod; and
WHEREAS, Their constitutions and bylaws have been
approved by the Kansas District Committee on Constitutions;
therefore be it
Resolved, That these congregations be accepted as members
of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod:
Messiah, Pittsburg
Christ, Lenexa
Good Shepherd, Erie
Calvary, Yates Center
Board of Mission Directors
Kansas District
George Bruening, Chairman
Paul VonDielingen, Secretary

5-11

To Remove Persons Holding Dual
Membership From the Rosters of Synod

WHEREAS, Some pastors and teachers now hold ‘dual
membership” in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and
other church bodies; and

WHEREAS, Such dual membership is a contradiction of the
confession of the church; and

; WHEREAS, Such dual membership has caused confusion and
difficulty in the administration of the Lord’s work in our
church body; and

WHEREAS, All pastors and teachers have had adequate and
ample time to review the matter and to remove their names
from the membership of one or the other of the church bodies;
an

WHEREAS, Some have failed to do so; therefore be it

; Resolved, That The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
direct that the names of pastors and teachers still holding
“dual membership” be removed from the respective rosters of
the Synod.

Calvary Lutheran Church
Topeka, Kans.

Donald Kaiser, President
Gerald Priem, Secretary
J.J. Burns Jr., Pastor

5-12A

To Broaden “Ministers of the Gospel”
Definition Before the Law

WHEREAS, It is our desire to have all professional church
workers receive equal treatment under the tax laws of our
nation; and

WHEREAS, At the present time, all workers classed as
“ministers of the Gospel” receive a tax deduction for housing
allowance. This deduction includes all costs incurred for
housing, including utilities (this deduction is in addition to
interest and taxes if the worker is purchasing a home); and

WHEREAS, We presently classify directors of Christian
education and teachers in our Lutheran schools as ministers of
the Gospel only if they are of the male sex; and

WHEREAS, Many workers serving in identical responsibili-
ties and duties are denied the said tax benefits because, as
members of the female sex, we do not classify them as ministers
of the Gospel; and

WHEREAS, To classify them as ministers of the Gospel (1)
grants them no other benefits within the church, (2) in no way
is construed as related to the issue of ordination of women, (3)
provides them equal treatment with males under the tax laws
of our land; therefore be it

Resolved, That teachers, directors of Christian education,
directors of evangelism, and deaconesses serving our church
be classified as ministers of the Gospel under the laws of our
land without regard to sex, male or female.

St. Michaels Lutheran Church
Bloomington, Minn.

Merlin Bretzman, President
Debra Wettstaedt, Secretary
E. W. Eifert, Pastor

Identical or similar:

5-12B

Redeemer, Waukegan, Ill. Walter D. Kreger