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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1959, Page 316

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316 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 13

Wuereas, It is our belief that the evangelical statement of 1956
would be greatly enhanced by the detailing of some of the prac-
tical implications of the Scriptural principles set forth therein;
therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, in
convention assembled at San Francisco, California, June 17 to 26,
1959, respectfully urge ourselves and our brethren in The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod to continue in the good work that was
begun at the St. Paul convention and to adopt, at the 44th regular
convention of the Synod, the following resolutions, numbered
A, B, and C, as amplifications of Synod’s 1956 statement of prin-

ciples.
A

Wuereas, The Genesis account of creation clearly teaches the
unity of the whole human family in that it ascribes a common
ancestry to all men; and

Wuereas, Acts 17: 24-28 reaffirms this teaching when it pro-
claims that this is God’s world, that there is but one heavenly
Father, and that He is responsible for the creation and welfare
of all people; and

Wuereas, It is a violation of God’s will for any man to treat
his fellow men with contempt or to despise any particular race of
man; and

Wuereas, The divine plan of creation was violated by man’s
fall into sin with those evil consequences which are now inherent
in the entire human race; and

Wuereas, God’s love is universal in its intent that Jesus Christ
should be preached to every creature as the Propitiation for the
sins of the whole world; and

Wuereas, These clear teachings of Scripture are, in effect, be-
ing denied by word and deed by many of our fellow countrymen,
including, unhappily, some who profess and call themselves Chris-
tians; therefore be it

Resolved, That we take notice of the continuing opposition to

these Scriptural truths; that we testify against it, and that we apply
these teachings to the eradication of such racial or ethnic antipa-

thies as may still persist in our midst.

B

Wuereas, Neither Scripture nor science provides us with a
clear explanation of the origin of what we call “races”; and