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Abolins, Robert 48
Abortion 42, 154
Address
of AELC Pres. Kohn 123—24
of ALC Bishop Preus 119—20
of Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen.
John W. Vessey, Jr., USA 127—29
of former president of Synod 117—19
of Garton, Jean 129—33
of Latvian Ev. Luth. Church V.P. Abolins
124—25
of LCA Bishop Crumley 121—23
of LCMS Pres. Bohlmann 65—92
of LCUSA Pres. Swanson 125—26
of LYF Pres. Ebeling 126—27
Ad hoc committees 14
Adjudication and appeal, to establish new
procedures 188—89
Adjudication, Commission 13
Administration and Program Implementa-
tion, floor committee on 17, 29ff
Administrators, Council of 52, 141
Advisory representatives 12—14
AELC See Association of Evangelical Luther-
an Churches
Aging 135
ALC See American Lutheran Church, The
Alcohol and drug abuse 194
American Lutheran Church, address of Bishop
of 119—20
Ann Arbor See Concordia Lutheran College,
Ann Arbor
Anniversaries
of congregations 170—71
of Martin Luther’s birth 153
Anti-semitism 49, 53, 142, 157
Appeals, Commission on 13
Archives and History, Department of, See
Concordia Historical Institute
Armed Forces, Ministry to 54, 141
Arrangements Committee 6
Austin, Tex. See Concordia Lutheran College
of Texas, Austin
Awards
Christus Primus 30
_ John of Beverly 34
Martin of Tours 48

Barth, Karl 22ff, 101—104
Benefit Plans See Worker Benefit Plans
Behnken rule 49, 50, 53, 56.
Bible study, small group 146_
Biesenthal, Mrs. Leroy 6
Bimler, Rich 43, 48
Black History Month 55, 148—49
Black Ministry
commission on 13, 55, 59, 187
scholarship endowment fund 46
Board of directors, synodical
extension of terms 174
Boards
election results 61—64
See also names of boards
Board of regents, to continue current process of
electing members 175
Bohlmann, Ralph A..6, 12, 21 ff, 65—95 See also
President of Synod
Bronxville See Concordia College, Bronxville
Budget management, synodical 166—67

Bylaws adopted or amended

1.19 191

1.20 191

2.213 195

2.221 176

2.223 149, 176—77
2.225 177

2.233 202
2.597—99 175—76

INDEX

2.611 146
2.621 166
2.721 163—64, 177-78
2.801 186
2.803 186
2.945 191—92
2.947 192
5.48 191
5.77 204
5.81 204
5.101 192—93
6.43 189
7.01 178
8.01 188
8.43 188—89
10.13 160
10.15 160
11.23 149

See also Handbook revisions proposal

Campus ministry 136
Canada, Ev. Lutheran Church of 50, 54, 159
Candidates, slate of 30—33 See also Elections
Catechism 43, 147
Christ College Irvine (Calif.) 13
Christus Primus award See Awards
Church Extension, board for 47
Church Extension Fund, Lutheran—Missouri
Synod 56
Church growth 141
Church Literature
commission on 59, 198—99
standing committee on 53
Church polity 50, 181—83
Church relations, developing guidelines
86—88

Church workers, recruitment of 202
Churches See Congregations
Circuit Counselors 56—57
communication with synodical president
168
Circuit Forums 26, 195—96
CNLC See New Lutheran Church, commission
for
Colleges, standing committee on 184
Colleges and seminaries See names of institu-
tions
standardized reporting format 201
Colloquy
designation 207
pastoral committee 38
procedure to receive pastors 205
to revise procedures 203—04
to revise program regulations for pastors
204—05
Colorado District See Rocky Mountain District
Commissions See names of commissions
Communication Services
board for 13, 43ff, 147
standing committee for 194—95
Communications Counsel Services 147
Comparative figures, recent conventions 15
Concordia, Mo. See St. Paul’s College, Con-
cordia, Mo.
Concordia College, Ann Arbor 12
Concordia College, Bronxville 13
Concordia College, Edmonton 13
Concordia College, Milwaukee 13
Concordia College, Portland 13
Concordia College, River Forest 13
Concordia College, St..Paul 13
Concordia College, Selma 13, 37
Concordia Historical Institute 13, 55
terms of board members 150—51
Concordia Lutheran College of Texas, Austin
13, 59

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References to the Convention Workbook (CW) are found at the related resolutions.
Materials can be traced to the minutes (pp. 21—64) through the session numbers in
parentheses at the end of individual resolutions (pp. 135—209). References to Today’s
Business (TB) arein the minutes. For additional reference helps see Contents (p. 3), the list
of resolutions on p. 5, and the correlation on p. 213.

Concordia Plans (Retirement, Survivor, and
Welfare) See Worker Benefit Plans

Concordia Publishing House 13, 34, 43, 44, 50,
146

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis 12

Concordia Teachers College, Seward 13, 37, 46

Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne
12, 37, 51, 207

Concordia Theological Seminary, St. Cath-
arines, Ont. 12

Concordia Tract Mission, 34, 151

Concordia Welfare Plan See Worker Benefit

Confessional | Lutheran Church of Finland 50,
159
Congregational polity See church polity
Congregations
anniversaries 170—71
accepted into membership 59, 193, 213—14
dual memberships 77
readmitted 193—94
transfers 56, 170
Constitutional Matters, Commission on 13, 58,
198
Continuing education, standing committee on
184
Convention
advisory delegates 12—14
advisory representatives, mission areas
14
arrangements committee 6
closing 59
criteria for future sites 168
delegates and representatives 7—14
devotions 115—16
elections See Elections
essay See Devotional essays
floor committees 17
future sites 56, 168
manager 5, 49
minutes 21—64
nominations, committee for See Nomina-
tions, committee for convention
opening service 21
resolutions 135—209
schedule 19—-20
sermon 93—95
special representatives 14
standing rules 22, 55, 64
tabular survey 15
theme: Him We Proclaim 5
Workbook 5, 23, 28, 49, 58
Convention theme 1986 52, 141
Convention nominations See Nominations;
Nominations, committee for conven-
tion
Counselors, circuit See Circuit counselors
CPH See Concordia Publishing House
Credentials, See Registration and credentials
Crumley, James R. Jr. 42 See also address of
LCA bishop
CTCR See Theology and Church Relations,
commission on

Delegates and representatives, registered
Department, defined 198
Devantier, Paul 6, 23, 48, 53, 57
Developmentally disabled, service to 151
Devotional essays on Luther theme 97—111
Directors of Christian education

eligible for membership 178

synodically certified 149
Directors, Board of, Concordia Publishing

House 146

Directors, Board of, synodical 12, 47, 49, 174
District

Board of Directors of 196