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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1962, Page 3

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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President’s Address 0 oneness cece eeeceneneeeneeeeneee 7
President’s Triennial Report 2202 ccc eee eee nee ee enn penne 9

Statements by Drs. Behnken and Harms
Statement Read by Dr. J. W. Behnken Requesting the Delegates to “Elect Another

Man to the Presidency” — een 13
Statement by President-elect Dr. Oliver R. Harms 22202 13
Closing Address by Dr. J. W. Behnken 2 14

The Doctrinal- -devotional Essays —— A Confessional Church in . Christendom and in the
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I The Inspired Word and the Lutheran Confessions — Herbert J. A. Bouman — 15
II The Proclamation of the Law and the Gospel — Martin L. Koehneke __... 18
III The Confessional Church Views the Ecumenical Movement—Fred Kramer 21
IV The Doctrine of Baptism — Willis E. Laetsch 22 25
V The Doctrine of the Lord’s Supper — Willis E. Laetsch 2. _ 27

VI Unionism and Proper Practice — Herbert J. A. Bouman _
VII The Confessional Church Reviews Her Lodge Practice——Fred Kramer _..... 33

VIII Our Witness to a Pagan World — Martin L. Koehneke _ 37
Convention Roster 2 ecco ennnecnneeeneeaeeeee 43
Tabular Survey eee een ane pune nenenneneneceneaneneneateeeee 50
Minutes of the Convention __... ene etna ene ee evene nee eeneneneceseneneeeneceneneceneneceeeee teense neon 51
Officers and Boards Elected 22.222 ecc cee cee cece eee ene nee ene eeee nee neon 66
Floor Committees _....... . 67
New Members oo... ccecicece cee ee eee eee eee nee ene nnence ones ene coves sunenenneneneeeneneneeeee 69
Resolutions
Committee 1—Seminaries and Colleges 2.2.2.2 csee in cnec cence eee eee
Committee 2— Missiors 2 eee eects ene tenes
Committee 3— Doctrinal and Intersynodical Matters _-
Committee 4— Parish Education 2. 2c eee eect
Committee 5— Young People’s Work 2222. .0..---oseccoeseeceecceeen eee ene cnt _ 121
Committee 6— Constitutional Matters .
Committee 7— Social Welfare and World Relief 0c 137
Committee 8— Church Literature and Publications 222222 140
Committee 9— Worship, Hymnology, and Liturgics __ ~ 144
Committee 10— Pensions _... Wo. veces . 144
Committee 11— Finance and Stewardship ____.. _ 148
Committee 12 — Public Relations and Mass Media ____.. .. 157
Committee 13— Special Ministries and Miscellaneous 222i. 161

Unprinted Memorials
Committee 1
Committee 2
Committee 3
Committee 4
Committee 5
Committee 6
Committee 8
Committee 11
Committee 12
Committee 13

Exhibit A— Two Decades of Missouri Synod Growth eee eee _ 204

Exhibit B— The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod Foundation _ 2... 205

Table of Contents of “Unprinted Memorials” _

List of Reports and Memorials Correlated with Resolutions _ 208

Mey) Cr) bee > eae 210