LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1989, Page 105

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CONGREGATIONAL MINISTRIES 105

such as registers of official acts, minutes, and other his-
torical materials, to the arehives institute”; and be it
further

Resolved, That microfilm copies be made available, if
desired, to the District in which the congregation was
located.

Action: Adopted (11).

To Intensify Efforts to Curb
Pornography, Violence, Obscenity
and Indecency

RESOLUTION 2-07
Overture 2-16 (CW, p. 159)

WHEREAS, The 1986 convention of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod encouraged expanded efforts to
curb pornography, violence, obscenity, and indecency; and

Wuereas, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s
Board for Parish Services’ interdepartmental Task Force
on Christian Values, Public Decency, and Morality contin-
ues to address these issues by monitoring resources and
making available to Districts and congregations materials
that will be most helpful to them; and

Wuereas, The task force has prepared The Battle
against Pornography—Guidelines for Congregational In-
volvement; and

Wuereas, The problems and issues related to pornog-
raphy, violence, obscenity, and indecency continue to
plague our society; and

Wuereas, The pornography, violence, obscenity, and in-
decency that permeate the media and much of everyday
life are contrary to God’s will and are demeaning to all of
human life; and

Wuereas, God in His Word has commanded His people
to “have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness,
but rather expose them” (Eph. 5:11 NIV); therefore be it

Resolved, That 1986 Res. 2-08, “To Intensify Efforts to
Curb Pornography, Violence, Obscenity, and Indecency”
and the statement on pornography adopted as part of Res.
2-08 be strongly reaffirmed; and be it further

Resolved, That the pastors of The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod be encouraged to teach and preach forth-
rightly regarding the issues of pornography, violence, ob-
scenity, and indecency; and be it further

Resolved, That congregations be urged to avail them-
selves of resources, several developed since the 1986 con-
vention, such as The Battle against Pornography—
Guidelines for Congregational Involvement, the Commis-
sion on Theology and Church Relations’ document Human
Sexuality, Concordia Publishing House’s Learning about
Sex: A Series for the Christian Family, Valuing Your Sex-
uality and Sexuality: A Christian Perspective; and be it
finally