LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1992, Page 27

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‘A point of order was called regarding Standing Rule 4.
The Chair ruled the point of order out of place. The Chair
was sustained by a 79.2 percent vote.

After 30 minutes of debate, the Chair asked the dele-
gates if they wished to close debate. The vote was yes by
75 percent.

The motion to refer to the task force failed, carrying
34.2 percent of the vote. :

The debate on the main motion (5-01B) was continued
in pro-con mode.

A motion was made to amend by deleting the last sen-
tence of paragraph i of section 8.21.

Question was called on the amendment and on the main
motion. The vote to end debate failed, capturing 57 percent
of the vote when a two-thirds vote is required.

Debate continued on the proposed amendment. :

By consensus, debate was ended on the amendment.
The motion to amend was placed before the delegates and
was lost.

Debate on the main motion was continued.

Debate was ended due to the orders of the day. Seven
minutes remain for debate on the main motion. |

Committee 10: Credentials, Registration, and Elections

Dr. Donald Sandmann introduced’ the ballot for re-
maining positions to be filled by election. The delegates
proceeded with voting, the orders of the day having been
extended for 10 minutes until 12:10 p.m.

The Chaplain led the delegation in prayer.

III TDNEC—”—i_i OO

MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION

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Session 6
July 13, Afternoon

Opening Devotions .
The assembly was led in opening devotions by the Rev.
Dr. Wil Sohns, chaplain to the convention.

Minutes

The minutes for session 3 were adopted by common
consent.

Committee 6: Higher Education

The Rev. Dr. Roger Pittelko, chairman of the committee,
introduced the business of the floor committee to the con-
vention. Res. 6-01, which resolved to give thanks to God
for the faithful and laudable service to the church of Con-

. cordia Theological Seminary: Fort Wayne, Ind., was placed
before the convention and was adopted with a standing
vote, ‘

Res. 6-02, calling for recognition of the centennial of

Concordia College, St. Paul, Minn., was placed before the

convention. After adopting the resolution, the assembly

stood to sing the doxology. ,

The Rev. Dr. Robert Holst, president of Concordia Col-
lege, St. Paul, addressed the convention and presented a
commemorative shirt as‘a gift to Dr.Bohlmann. :

Res. 6-03, commemorating the centennial of Concordia
Teachers College, Seward, was moved by the committee.
Following adoption of the resolution, the delegates and
observers to the convention rose to sing the Common
Doxology. .

The Rev. Dr. Orville Walz, president of Concordia, Sew-
ard, addressed the convention and presented a commem-
Orative gift to Dr. Bohlmann.

Dr. Julius Jenkins, president of Concordia College,
Selma, addressed the assembly with an update on the prog-
ress being made at the college. Concordia, Selma, is in the
process of becoming a baccalaureate degree-granting in-
stitution and will be accepting its first students of junior-
class status this coming fall.

Special Greetings

Special greetings were extended to the convention by
Mr. Roy Schmidt, president of the International Lutheran
Layman’s League.

Committee 5: Structure and Organization

Debate on Res. 5-01B was continued,

In accord with Standing Rule 4, 30 minutes of debate
having elapsed, the Chair called the question. The assem-
bly voted to continue debate. (Two-thirds of the voters must
call for an end to debate. The vote was 66.1 percent)

An amendment was moved to refer the resolution back
to the task force and to the congregations. The amendment
was ruled out of order in view of the fact that the assembly
had declined a similar motion during session 5 of the
convention.

In keeping with the orders of the day, the Chair post-
Pponed debate on Res. 5-01B until the next time Committee
5 is at the podium. Twenty-two minutes remained for
debate.