LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1992, Page 106

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106 RESOLUTIONS

blessed the IELC with more than 60,000 members and a
national clergy of 137 pastors plus 22 evangelists, 21 lay
preachers, and 615 teachers; and

Wuereas, The Rev. Isaac Moon in a personal visit and
report to the Board for Mission Services presented the
IELC’s new vision and goal of winning 10,000 new converts
for Christ and establishing 100 new congregations during
the next four years in commemoration of the IELC’s 100th
anniversary; and

Wuereas, President Moon extended an invitation to the
BFMSVLCMS to join in thanking and praising God for 100
years of blessing; therefore be it

Resolved, That the 1995 convention of the Synod mark
this important milestone in LCMS mission history with a
special service and observance of thanksgiving and praise
during the convention; and be it further

Resolved, That a special thanksgiving offering at that
service be designated as an anniversary gift to the IELC
to assist the India church in its determination to reach out
with the Gospel of Jesus Christ to those who have not yet
received Him as Lord and Savior.

Action: Adopted (12).

To Support Great Commission
Convocation

RESOLUTION 1-13
Overture 1-37 (CW, p. 164)

Rationale: ,

The Board of Directors approved the sponsorship of an-
other Great Commission Convocation on October 7-10,
1993, in Minneapolis-St. Paul. The three convocations in
the 1980s proved very beneficial for the participants in
their role as daring disciples.

The convocation in 1993 will seek to help the members
of our congregations reach out to the lost and unchurched,
consider new methods of outreach, and confront the nu-
merous changes in our society that profoundly affect the
church’s ministries. It will also evaluate and promote new
approaches in mission and ministry, boost morale as part-
ners in the Gospel and interest in proclaiming the Gospel,
and help congregations establish networks that involve
them in reaching, teaching, and caring for all people in
our changing world. Our church body especially needs to
strengthen its witnessing and proclamation of the Gospel
to those of other cultures living in the United States as
well as throughout the world.

The agenda for Convocation '93 is being built around
four themes: “Shine like Stars"—in the family, in the
church, in society, and in the world.

Resolved, That the Synod encourage congregations to
send several participants (lay and professional) to be par-
ticipants; and be it further

Resolved, That the Synod encourage congregations to
support the convocation with their prayers and their own
planning; and be it finally

Resolved, That congregations be encouraged to provide
financial assistance to those attending.

Action: Adopted (3).

‘To Encourage Greater Use of Lutheran
_ Center in Mexico City

RESOLUTION 1-14
Overture 1-32 (CW, p. 163)

Wuereas, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod is co-
owner of the Lutheran Center in Mexico City; and .

Wuereas, The closing of Augsburg Seminary in Mexico
City in 1983 made possible this Lutheran Center which is
now primarily dependent on foreign group rental to meet
its operational costs; and

Wuereas, The Lutheran Center is ideally situated with
its dormitory campus in the center of the Americas not
only to provide cross-cultural exposure, mission education,
and Spanish-language immersion programs, but also to
serve as a general retreat center; and

Wuereas, Capturing a global vision for the need to
share the Gospel in all the world is sometimes best done
experientially; and

Wuereas, There is relatively inexpensive, easy access
for U.S. citizens to this neighboring foreign destination
which is also the largest city in the world; and

Wuereas, Numerous Lutheran groups found the ex-
perience to be culturally and spiritually enriching and
challenging; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Board for Mission Services, which
shares a supervisory role in maintaining the Lutheran
Center, be encouraged to advertise the availability of this
center to the church-at-large; and be it further

Resolved, That LCMS entities and institutions be en-
couraged to consider the Lutheran Center’s use both for
educational and spiritual growth purposes as well as to
help U.S. Lutherans capture a vision for mission to His-
panic Americans both in Mexico and in the U.S.; and be
it further

Resolved, That the study/travel programs to the Lu-
theran Center sponsored jointly by the LCMS Commission
on Ministerial Growth and Support and the Office for His-
panic Ministry be encouraged; and be it finally

Resolved, That we thank God for this facility and for
the potential of its ongoing usefulness to the educational
and spiritual ministries of the LCMS.

Action: Adopted (14).

To Refer Concerns to Board
for Mission Services

RESOLUTION 1-15
Overtures 1-16-18, 1-20-22, 1-24 (CW, pp. 159-61)

Wuereas, Overtures 1-16, 1-17, 1-18, 1-20, 1-21, 1-22,
and 1-24 address the importance of bringing the Gospel to
Jewish, Native American, and Eritrean peoples; therefore
be it .

Resolved, That the Synod in convention assembled ex-
press its concern for, and commitment to, bringing the Gos-
pel to Jewish, Native American, and Eritrean peoples; and
be it further