LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1989, Page 98

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98 RESOLUTIONS

are learning to work together toward the accomplishment
of a common goal by supporting a missionary in partner-
ship with other congregations; and

Wuereas, Children and adults are helped to under-
stand God’s mission and their part in it by direct contact
with missionaries and their families which the TIM pro-
gram provides; and

WuHereas, God is providing a renewed impetus to the
TIM program through the incorporation of retired mis-
sionaries who are sharing the blessings of the TIM pro-
gram with congregations; therefore be it

Resolved, That the congregations of the Synod which
are presently part of the TIM program be commended for
their participation; and be it further

Resolved, That the missionaries and mission staff who
are cooperating with congregations in the TIM program be
encouraged for their assistance; and be it finally

Resolved, That all the congregations of the Synod be
encouraged to prayerfully consider their participation in
this unique program.

Action: Adopted (12).

To Praise God for Missionary Service
RESOLUTION 1-11

Report R1-01 (CW, pp. 6-15)

WHEREAS, Since 1895 the Lord has blessed our church
with committed and dedicated expatriot missionaries—
clergy, teacher and lay—who have been and still are telling
everyone what He has done; and

WHEREAS, In the past triennium seven veteran mis-
sionaries—clergy and lay—retired from partner churches/
mission fields with a total of 217 years of active service:
Evangelistic missionaries and their wives:

Luther and Juanita Meinzen 42 years, India

Arnold and Juanita Lutz—42 years, India

George and Sachiye Shibata—40 years, Japan
Douglas and Phyllis Johnstone—19 years, Venezuela

Lay missionaries:

Nora Mitchel—teacher 31 years, India

Mary McNabb—nurse 22 years, India

Dorothy Degnitz—nurse 21 years, Papua New Guinea;

and

WHEREAS, Special note should be taken that the leaving
of Missionary and Mrs. Meinzen closed the evangelistic
missionary era begun by our church in 1895 since it is no
longer possible to secure permission for evangelistic mis-
sionaries to work in India; therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
in convention assembled praise God for 94 years of faithful
telling everyone what He has done by evangelistic and lay
missionaries in 23 countries throughout the world, giving
special thanks for those listed above for their combined
217 years in the Lord’s service; and be it further

Resolved, That we lift our voices in praise to God for
the 94 years during which He granted our church the priv-
ilege of sending evangelistic missionaries to India, and
pray His strong power and blessing upon the India Evan-
gelical Lutheran Church as they assume full responsibility

for telling their fellow Indians everything that He has done;
and be it finally

Resolved, That we dedicate ourselves to the continued
sending of missionaries whenever and wherever the Lord
opens the door for our church.

Action: Adopted (12).

To Strengthen Witness to Jewish People
RESOLUTION 1-12

Report R1-03 (CW, pp. 18-19); Overtures 1-16-17, 1-
19-22 (CW, pp. 152-53)

Whereas, Our mission of making disciples is to all na-
tions, including both Jews and Gentiles; and

WuereaS, The Synod in convention has adopted reso-
lutions supporting Jewish evangelism in each convention
since 1977; and

WuereEas, The Board for Mission Services is now re-
sponsible for this work and has assigned a staff person to
work with the Task Force on Witnessing to Jewish People;
and

Wuereas, God has blessed this work with the result
that Jewish people have come to faith in Jesus Christ as
their Savior; therefore be it

Resolved, That we thank God for the positive results
produced by those who have been involved in supporting
this work, developing resource materials, and implement-
ing Jewish evangelism; and be it further

Resolved, That we reaffirm our Synoad’s sincere com-
mitment to an expanded emphasis in Jewish evangelism
by decepting the goal set by its Task Force on Witnessing
to Jewish People that teams of at least 3 trained workers
in 5 major cities of Jewish population be established in the
next 10 years; and be it finally

Resolved, That we as a Synod continue to pray for a
mission concern for Jewish people throughout the world
and encourage congregations and Districts with larger con-
centrations of Jewish people to reach out to them with the
saving Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Action: Adopted as amended by common consent (15).

(The words by accepting . . . next 10 years were added to the
second resolve by common consent.)

To Encourage Continued Participation
in Laborers for Christ Program
RESOLUTION 1-13

Overture 1-25 (CW, p. 154)

Wuereas, God has blessed our church with the Labor-
ers for Christ program; and

Wuereas, This program has made it possible for 358
full-time and 845 part-time retired laborers to complete
296 projects, with an additional 240 projects currently
scheduled and/or under construction; therefore be it

Resolved, That we acknowledge this program as a spe-
cial blessing and opportunity from our Lord; and be it
further

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