LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1986, Page 46

Transcription machine transcription, uncorrected

⤓ Download .txt · copy text

46 MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION

Kuhn, Arthur ........---..:eeeeeeecesees errr 74
Lichtsinn, Bob .......---.--0eeeeeeerererre ere 69
Mack, George ......---52eeceeeee cere rtessre rss 48
Madison, Major .........---+2+seeerccresr scree 53
Mansholt, Dorothy ......-.--.5-seerceesrercrrt 132
McCants, John, Sr. .......---2 seer cr erence 303
McDaniels, Janis .......-----eeee scree essere 125
McPhail, Peter ......-------eeeeeeeccesere rte 41
Mients, Clifford Dr. ......--------seeserrrrere 46
Minto, Kenneth .......-------seeerecerersrrreern 50
Morgan, Lowell ........---.0200eerseerr steerer 30
Nienhueser, Ray ......------ceeceerceessrrerrtt 60
Noack, Art ........00002 scree eects ste rr rcse ster 171
Oesterreich, Walter .......--.---:eerrecer reer 53
Reitz, Joe ..... 0. eee eee e creer eee rtree nent 67
Renckert, Paul ........---2-see seer cree rere 107
Roth, Clarence ......-------eeercrceserssserten tt 68
Sansbury, James .........---eecerer errs seee 33
Schluckbier, Dale .......-.---.2seeecrersrrcrr 38
Schneider, David ......-------ererrcrerr 59
Senechel, Roland ........----e+seercree rer 52
Sorenson, Glenn ........--.--eeeceerseer rest 161
Streck, Kenneth ..........---0eeerrerreserer sent 38
Stueve, John ........20.ce-seeee tees er esere rss 63
Stueve, Melvin ........-----esecreseercrerrr 53
Thurston, Jody ........-:0seesceerecrreessee se 50
Timm, Reuben ........------sscrreerserrssre 116
Wallace, Rose .......-+.eeeeeeeeecsstrereesssr ee 142
Wildermoth, Walter .......------2sscreeer erent 46
Wipperman, A. H. .......--.-200s-serccessresns 282
Wolfsmith, Thomas .......------+eceererrrernrt 34
Zupfer, Gloria ...........+2seeeerere retest 100
Board of Directors
LAYPERSONS

Ballots cast 979, required for election 490

Daniel, John L. .......-..--+ee essere srs 347
Kayser, Walter .........+++-+eeeersrrrssss rss 156
LeHaine, Gilbert .........----222 eee ee rerree etre 260
Purdy, Paul W ......-- eee e reece eeere nent tttte 216

No one was elected to the Nominations Committee or
the Board of Directors in the election.

Vice-President Maier assumed the chair.

Chairman Barry gave instructions for the second ballot
for the Nominations Committee and the sixth ballot for
the Board of Directors. Following balloting, the election
was declared closed.

Witness and Outreach

Res. 1-08 (TB 35-36), thanking God for the Nehemiah
Plan, was adopted. Res. 1-01A (TB 221-222), urging that
we be “Alive in Christ” in witness and outreach, was
adopted, as was Res. 1-09 (TB 36), calling for the estab-
lishment of a national LCMS student organization. The
convention adopted Res. 1-11 (TB 37), to establish a La-
borers for Christ standing committee. Res. 1-12 (TB 37-
39), calling for the revision of Bylaws for the Board for
Communication Services, Concordia Publishing House,
and the Board for Radio Station KFUO, was considered in
three separate actions. The convention adopted Section A
and Section C as presented by the committee, and Section
B after deleting the word “general” on page 38, line 20.

While considering Res. 1-13 (TB 39), aimed at expand-
ing witness to Jewish people, a new resolve was introduced
beginning in line 72. Due to the orders of the day, action
was not completed on the amendment or on Res. 1-13.

Goals and Resources

The convention declined Res. 4-02 (TB 78-79), about
defining the problems and challenges of walking together.

Res. 4-01 (TB 77-78), calling for the adoption of planning
and resource goals for 1989, was adopted after point 5,
page 78, lines 12-13, was reworded as follows: “That by
1989 the Planning Council will have invited several dis-
tricts to test the concept of a ’generalist’ staff through a
pilot program.”

Announcement

President Bohlmann announced that he had met with
the delegate who proposed a resolution during the morning
session in response to statements made by a publication
regarding past president Dr. J. A. O. Preus. A recent issue
of the publication mentioned its regret, so no action need
be taken by the convention. Therefore Dr. Bohlmann de-
clined to present the resolution to the convention.

After delegates had risen and sung the third stanza of
“Now Thank We All Our God,” Vice-President Wollenburg
assumed the chair.

Human Care

Committee 7 began its presentation by asking a pastor
to bring an update to the convention regarding the family
seen in the film “Our New Life Begins Today.”

Res. 7-13A (TB 286), urging continued to support of
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services and its re-
settlement program, was adopted. Rev. Donald H. Larsen,
director of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services,
addressed the convention briefly, and Ms. Lily Wu, asso-
ciate for Communication (LIRS), and Rev. Eugene
Gunther, supplemental LIRS staff for The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod were introduced.

Res. 7-04 (TB 196-197), calling for encouragement and
support of the Commission on Ministerial Health, was
adopted. Res. 7-05 (TB 197-198), amending the Bylaw re-
lating to the Commission on Ministerial Health, was ap-
proved, after deleting the word “adult” in line 66, page 197.
Res. 7-06 (7B 198), urging that ministry to and by the aged
be addressed, was adopted, and Res. 7-12A (TB 361), urg-
ing continued development of programs to alleviate human
suffering, was adopted after the word “tradition” was re-
moved from line 10 and the word “churc ” was changed to
the word “Synod” in line 29. Res. 7-24 (TB 361), recognizing
and encouraging the work of Dr. Medardo Gomez, was

ee a