LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1981, Page 414

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3-17
3-18
3-19
3-20A

3-21

3-22
3-23

3-24
3-25A

3-26A

3-27
3-28

3-29
3-30A

3-31
3-32A

3-33A

3-34
3-35A

3-36

3-37
3-38

3-39
3-40
3-41
3-42
3-43
3-44A

3-45
3-46

3-51A

3-52A
3-53A

3-54A

3-56
3-57A

LIST OF REPORTS AND OVERTURES

PAGE

To Utilize Available Educational Material
Warning About the Cults
To Improve the Divine Calling Process Within

the Synod .............0 00 cece cece eee eee 165

To Give an Informed Choice to Calling

Congregations ........... 2.00.00 cece eee eens 165

To Declare Female Teachers “Ministers of

Religion” ..........0. 0.00. c cece ccc eee eee 165
(Also 3-20B)

To Further Participation of Women in the

Church ............ 0000 c cece cece eee ee eeee 165

To Permit Women to Hold All Offices ......... 166

To Permit Women to Serve on Boards of Lay

Ministry (Elders) ................. 0.000.000 ee 166

To Study Restrictions on Lay Service in the

Church ..........0. 00. ccc cece eee cece eee ene 166

To Return to Our Former Position on Woman

Suffrage ......0.. 00. c cece cence eee e es 166
(Also 3-25 B)

To Review Woman Suffrage on the Basis of

Holy Scripture ............ 0.000. c cece eee 167
(Also 3-26 B)

To Study Further the Issue of Women’s

Ordination .......... 0.000 c ccc cece eens 168

To Oppose Equal Rights Amendment ......... 168

To Protest Things to Come for Planet Earth ...168

To Urge Study of Scriptures Regarding

Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage ............... 169
(Also 3-30 B)

To Publicize Anti-Abortion Stand ............. 169

To Provide Educational Materials Related to

Life Issues .........0. 00000. c cc cece cece 169
(Also 3-32 B)

To Implement 1979 Resolution 3-02A, Pro-Life

Statement .......... 0... ccc cece cence eee eee 170
(Also 3-33 B)

To Commend Synod’s Stand on Abortion

Taken in Res. 3-02A of 1979 Convention ....... 170

To Present Synod’s Position on Abortion to

Canadian Government ...................005- 170
(Also 3-35 B)

To Study the Question of Communing

Alcoholics with Grape Juice .................. 170

To Clarify Our Position on Anti-Semitism ..... 171

To Clarify Synod’s Statement Regarding God’s

Guidance to the Church Today ............... 171
To Give Supportive Counseling re Military
Services... 0. cece cece teen nee eeee 172
To Permit Transient Retirees to Hold

Membership in Two Congregations ........... 172
To Reexamine Synod’s Stand on Insurance ...172

To Permit Use of the Title “Bishop” ........... 173

To Deal with Dissent ...................0.0.05. 173
To Work for Reconciliation ................... 173
To Assure Expertise of Doctrinal Reviewers ...174
To Authorize Synod to Establish a Board of
OMginS 2.0.0... ccc cece eee eeee 174
ALC Fellowship
To Rescind Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with
The American Lutheran Church .............. 174
(Also 3-51 B to L)
To Sever Fellowship with ALC ............... 175

(Also 3-52 B to F)
To Terminate Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with

7 Oy Oa 175
(Also 3-53 B to F)

To Rescind Altar and Pulpit Fellowship and

Fellowship in Protest with ALC .............. 175
(Also 3-54 B to H)

To Discontinue Altar and Pulpit Fellowship

with The American Lutheran Church ......... 176
(Also 3-55 B, C)

To Sever Fellowship with ALC at This

Time ... 0. ccc eee eee e cece eens 176

To Rescind Fellowship ....................... 177

(Also 3-57 B, C)

3-58A

3-59
3-60
361A

362A
363A

3-64A
3-66A

3-72
3-73A

3-74
3-75A

3-76A

3-77A

3-78
3-79
3-80

3-81
3-82

3-83
3-84
3-85

3-87

3-88A
3-89

3-90
3-91
3-92A
3-93A

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To Declare Church Fellowship with ALC No
Longer Exists .......... 2.0.02. c cece eee eee 177
(Also 3-58 B)

To Request Study and Resolution of Fellowship
with ALC
To Recognize that Altar and Pulpit Fellowship

with ALC Does Not Exist ..................... 179
To Reaffirm Fellowship and to Permit
Dissent ............ 0. cece cece cece eee nee 179

(Also 3-61 B to O)

To Affirm Joyfully Agreement with ALC ...... 180
(Also 3-62 B to J)

To Reestablish Full Altar and Pulpit

Fellowship with The American Lutheran

Church 2.2.2.0... 0. ccc cece ccc cece eet e ences 180
(Also 3-63 B to E)

ToImplement Fellowship .................... 180
(Also 3-64 B to D)

To Continue Pulpit and Altar Fellowship with

The American Lutheran Church .............. 180
(Also 3-66 B to D)

To Restore Full Fellowship with ALC ......... 181
(Also 3-67 B to E)

To Continue Fellowship ...................... 181

To Distinquish Between Synodical and

Congregational Fellowship with the ALC ..... 181
(Also 3-69 B)

To State Fellowship Requirements ............ 182

To Postpone Action on Fellowship ............ 182

Other Interchurch and Fellowship Matters

To Explore Ways to Effect Fellowship ......... 182

To Develop Closer Bonds ..................... 182
(Also 3-73 B to E)

To Maintain and/or Establish Fellowship with

ALC, AELC, and Wisconsin Synod ........... 183

To Declare Fellowship with Other Lutheran

Bodies ......... 0.00 cece cee tect e nee nee nee 183
(Also 3-75 B to F)

To Encourage Responsible Christian

Fellowship ...........0 0. cc cec cece ce eee eeeenes 183
(Also 3-76 B to G)

To Extend Use of Communion Guidelines to

Parish Pastors ............ 00. ccc ene eens 184
(Also 3-77 B, C)

To Encourage Uniform Practices in

Celebrating Holy Communion ................ 184

To Divide the Question of Pulpit and Altar

Fellowship ........... 0... .0 ccc v cece eee ee eee 184

To Participate in the Process of Lutheran

Unity occ ccc cece nen eee 185

To Speak to Campus Fellowship Concerns ....185

To Seek Reestablishment of Fellowship with

ELS and Wisconsin Synod ................... 185

To Maintain Full Fellowship with the

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada ..... 185

To Declare “Fellowship in Protest” in

Canada ..... etc teens 185

To Adopt Guidelines for Participation in

Ecumenical Worship Services, Weddings, and

other Lutheran/Non-Lutheran Observances ..185
(Also 3-86 B, C)

To Withdraw from Joint.Participation in the

Coordinating Committee for Cooperative

Projects in Congregational Life(CCCPCL) ....186

To Intensify Dialogs with Other Christians ...186

To Encourage at Every Level the Study and

Discussion of Lutheran-Roman Catholic

Dialog ..... 0.2... es 187

Not to Join the Lutheran World Federation ...187

To Terminate Membership in LCUSA ......... 187
(Also 3-91 B to E)

To End Membership in LCUSA ............... 187
(Also 3-92 B to D)

To Terminate Membership in the Council ..... 188

(Also 3-93 B to E)