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LIST OF REPORTS AND OVERTURES
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To Receive Highlands, Lincoln, Nebr. ........... 215
To Receive Our Savior, Bartlett, Nebr. .......... 215
To Receive Faith, Nevada, Iowa, into
Membership .................000. 00 cece eee eee 215
To Receive St. Paul Lutheran Church,
Bethpage, N.Y. 0000.0... 00 eee 215
To Receive Good Shepherd, Kitchener, Ont., and
Saveur Vivant, Gatineau, Que., into
Membership ..............0000 0000 c cece cece 215
To Receive Christ the King Congregation,
Spencer, Iowa .... 0.06... eee 215
To Receive Our Savior Congregation, Walnut,
LOWS occ cette ene eneee 216
To Accept Faith Lutheran Church, Roosevelt.
Utah into Membership .......................0. 216
To Accept Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Pueblo
West, Colo., into Membership ................... 216
To Accept Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church,
Garrison, Minn., As a Member of the LCMS ..... 216
To Provide for the Formation of an Autonomous
Partner Church in Canada ..................... 216
To Change Procedures for Acceptance of New
Congregations ............0 0.0 cece cece e cece 217
To Provide a Means Whereby Congregations of
the AELC, ALC, and LCA may Join the Missouri
Synod Rather Than the New Lutheran
Denomination ............. 00... cece eee eee ee 217
(Also 5-22B)
To Include Directors of Christian Education as
Members of Synod
(Also 5-23B)
To Permit Directors of Christian Education to Be
Eligible for Synodical Membership ............. 218
To Place Deaconesses on the Roster of Synod ... 218
To Grant Synodical Membership to Lay
Ministers 00.0... 0... ccc ccc ec eee eens 219
To Establish Uniform Requirements and Prac-
tices in Teacher Colloquy Programs ............. 219
To Classify Female Teachers in the Synod ...... 219
To Urge Synod to Delineate Status and Training
of Synod’s Directors of Christian Education ..... 219
To Grant Directors of Evangelism Synodical
Church Worker Status ....................0.0005 219
To Declare Women Teachers “Ministers of
Religion” 20.0.0... 0.0.0. c ccc cc cece cence ences 220
(Also 5-31B to H)
To Declare Women Teachers and Directors of
Christian Education “Ministers of Religion” .... 220
To Defend Men and Women Equally Before
the IRS 0.0. tent eens 220
To Clarify the Status and Classification of
Individuals in Specialized Ministries ............ 220
To Change Title of ‘“‘Lay Minister” .............. 221
(Also 5-35B)
To Change the Title ‘Lay Minister” to
“Deacon” 10.0... 6... e eee eee 221
To Classify Directors of Evangelism as Ministers
of Religion ............0 0.000 ccc cece eens 221
To Classify Ministers of Religion ............... 221
To Urge Noncertified Directors of Christian
Education to Become Certified for Their
Ministry ...........0 00. c cece cece cece ee eee 222
To Allow Each Congregation in the Multiple
Parish to Vote in District Conventions .......... 223
To Allow Lay Ministers to Vote ................. 223
(Also 5-41B)
To Place the Department of Stewardship and
Financial Support under a Separate Elected
Board 20.00... nes 223
To Restructure Boards for Mission and
Evangelism Services ...............0..00 ce euee 223
To Change Name of BPES ..................... 223
To Change Name of Board for Youth Services ... 223
To Define More Precisely Membership of Board
for Youth Services .............0.0.000.000 000000 224
To Revise Wording of Functions of Board for
Youth Services
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To Merge Seminary Boards of Regents .......... 224
To Establish a Board for Pastora] Ministry ..... 225
(Also 5-49B to F)
To Create New Seminary Board ................ 225
To Create New Board of Seminary Education 225
To Make Board for Social Ministry Services
a Program Board ............... 000 cece eee eee eee 226
(Also 5-52B)
To Provide Additional Counsel for the CTCR .... 226
To Reinstate the Commission on Worship As a
Self-standing Commission ..............--...555 226
(Also 5-54B to P)
To Reinstate Commission on Worship ........... 227
To Restore Commission on Worship As a
Self-standing Entity .............. 0... e eee 227
To Make the Commission on Worship Directly
Responsible to the Synod ....................005 227
To Permit Members of Board of Directors to
Serve More Than Twelve Consecutive Years 227
To Return to Former Process of Electing
Members to the Board of Regents ............... 228
To Return to Former Procedures of Electing
Boards of Regents ..............0 0: cece eee eens 228
(Also 5-60B to H)
To Change Election of Regents
To Revise Handbook 6.01 b (Membership of
Boards of of Regents) .............0 0000 e veces 228
To Amend Nominating Procedures ............. 229
To Limit Membership on Synodical Nominations
Committee ......0 0.0.0. c ccc cette eens 230
To Change Method of Electing the Committee for
Convention Nominations ..................00005 230
(Also 5-65B to J)
To Restructure Nominating Committee
To Change the Nominating Process ............. 230
To Create Standing Committee on Continuing
Education ..........00 ccc ccc cece eee eee ee 231
To Change Standing Committees
(Communications) ............. 0000 e cece eee 231
To Create Standing Committee on Alcohol and
Substance Abuse ............ 0.0 cece eee eee ee 231
(Also 5-70B and C)
To Resolve the Issue of Supervision of Lay Minis-
ters, Directors of Christian Education and/or
Youth Ministry, and Deaconesses ............... 231
To Reaffirm the Congregational Polity of the
Synod 2... tee cts 231
(Also 5-72B to Q)
To Deal with Hierarchical Issue ................ 232
To Disavow Any Claims to ‘“‘Hierarchical”’
Nature of the Synod ................ 2.000. 232
(Also 5-74B and C)
To Approve the Use of the Term ‘‘Hierarchical”
for Legal Purposes ...............0 0.0 c eee eee 232
To Call for Congregational Referendum on
Matters of Fellowship ...................000000- 233
To Allow Districts to Elect Board Members to
Six-Year Terms ........... 0... ccc eee eee ee 233
(Also 5-77B to D)
To Elect District Presidents at the Synodical
ConventionS ......... 0... 233
To Change Frequency of Forum Meetings ....... 233
To Create Office of “Circuit Layman
Counselor” 2.0.0.0... 000k e eens 233
To Refrain from Removing Names of Eligible
Pastors from Call Lists ....................0000- 234
(Also 3-81B to D)
To Add ‘‘Lutheran Church Extension Fund—
Missouri Synod” to Bylaw 8.09a................ 234
To Deal with Dual Membership ................. 234
To Remove Schools Upholding Dual Member-
ships from Rosters of the Synod ................ 234
To Welcome Rev. Herman Otten into the LCMS
Ministerium ............ 00. eens 235
To Continue Commission on Black Ministry
as Stipulated in 1981 Handbook ................ 235