LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1986, Page 225

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LATE REPORTS AND OVERTURES 225

roster of the Synod, so that the faithful members of the

Synod may continue their “walk together” in true harmony
and joy as they fulfill the Lord’s Great Commission!

Trinity Lutheran Church

Worden, IL

Harold Loeh, Chairman

Noel Lynn Ogden, Secretary

David J. Behling, Pastor

14-51

To Provide Financial Assistance
for Relocation of Workers

Wuereas, Our congregation of Trinity Lutheran
Church in Hawthorne, N.Y., and its called pastor, D.
Thomas Kraft, suffered a near debilitating experience of
a secular nature which caused much temporal and spir-
itual upheaval; and

Wuereas, This problem centered in the transferring of
a duly called pastor of The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod to move from a distant area without being able to
sell his residence, that this condition lasted for more than
a 30-month period and involved a greater obligation than
either the pastor or local parish could tolerate; therefore
be it

Resolved, That the Synod, on a national level, investi-
gate the policies and procedures of large corporations when
employees are moved from place to place with the intent
of finding the most feasible way of helping with either low-
interest loans, temporary funding, the possibility of buying
properties, or some other option to make the financial bur-
dens easier on the called servant of the church as well as
on the local parish involved.

Trinity Lutheran Church
Hawthorne, NY

Al Meyer, President

D. Thomas Kraft, Pastor

L5-110

To Receive Faith Lutheran Church,
Shumway, Ill.

Wuereas, The Constitutional Committee of the Central
Illinois District has approved the constitution of Faith Lu-
theran Church, Shumway, Ill., and has approved it; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That the Board of Directors of the Central
Illinois District recommend that Faith Lutheran Church
be received into the membership of The Lutheran
Church-—-Missouri Synod.

Board of Directors
Central Illinois District
Robert T. Kuhn, President

L5-138A

To Establish New Committee
on Church Literature

Wuereas, The present Standing Committee on Church
Literature and its predecessor, the Commission on Church
Literature, have had a positive influence on the publication
of theological books by Concordia Publishing House for The
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod; and

WueEREAS, The existing standing committee, while re-
sponsible to the Board for Parish Services, must never-
theless relate to Concordia Publishing House as “advisory
in recommendations on publications” (Bylaw, 11.07); and

WHEREAS, The committee would profit from ongoing ac-
cess to Concordia Publishing House research, develop-
ment, publishing, and marketing expertise and thus the
church would not duplicate these costs elsewhere; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That the existing Standing Committee on
Church Literature be dismissed with thanks and that the
Board of Directors of The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod, in consultation with the President of the Synod and
the president of Concordia Publishing House, be directed
to appoint an Advisory Committee on Church Literature
whose membership and period of service are not specified
and may vary depending on the need of the church; and
be it further

Resolved, That the members of the committee be ap-
pointed from a list of nominees developed by the President
of the Synod, the president of Concordia Publishing House,
the Board for Parish Services, the Board for Professional
Education Services, and the presidents of the two largest
seminaries of the Synod; and be it further

Resolved, That in addition to the members appointed,
the Board for Parish Services and the Board for Profes-
sional Education Services shall each appoint one member
on this advisory committee; and be it further

Resolved, That this committee shall be jointly respon-
sible to the President of the Synod and the president of
Concordia Publishing House with the mission to assist the
house in determining the theological resources and pub-
lications that are needed by the church, and that all an-
ticipated publications be submitted to the prescribed
procedure for doctrinal review; and be it further

Resolved, That the committee be augmented as neces-
sary with advisors and consultants as the counsel of spe-
cialists is required regarding publications in the areas of
practical, systematic, historical, devotional, homiletical,
exegetical, scholarly research, Christian arts, children and
youth, tracts, audiovisual materials, and laymen’s litera-
ture; and be it further

Resolved, That the expenses of the committee shall be
borne by Concordia Publishing House; and be it finally

Resolved, That the description of the current Standing
Committee on Church Literature be removed from the
Handbook of the Synod (Bylaws 11.01-11.09.)

Board for Parish Services
Victor Constien, Executive Secretary