LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1962, Page 182

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182 UNPRINTED MEMORIALS

influence on Christian secondary education throughout
the church and the country in its program, its organiza-
tional pattern, and its staff leadership; and

Wuergas, This positive influence will be limited by
the problems which have developed within the Synod-
ical Conference; therefore be it

Resolved, That we, the Board of Trustees of Lu-
theran High School, Racine, Wis., petition the conven-
tion of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod in
session in Cleveland, Ohio, June 20—-30, 1962, to give
every consideration possible also to our situation as
you discuss the Synodical Conference problems and,
by whatever means are available and in line with
conscience, to aid us to continue to render useful serv-
ice to the Christian youth of our area and through them
to the church at large.

Boarp oF TRUSTEES

LuTHERAN HicH ScHOOL

Racine, Wis.

Cuare E. HeLrenserc, President
[361]

To Have the Synod Give Reassurance
Regarding Rejection of a Doctrine, ete.

We confess that all Scripture is inspired by God.
We therefore reject as false doctrine destructive of the
very foundation of Christian faith the following teach-
ing of members of Valparaiso University which has
been propagandized in the March issue (1962) of the
Cresset:

Scripture clearly states that “the soul that sinneth, it
shall die.” It states just as clearly: “He that liveth and
believeth in me shall never die.” To apply the same
rubric — “teachings found in inspired Scripture” — to
both of these statements is to become guilty of what
Walther calls con-fusion, a fusing together of diverse
elements which ought to be kept distinct.
We request of the Synod that it give us the reassur-
ance that it is agreed with us in rejecting the above

doctrine as destructive of the Christian faith.
Sr. Joun’s LUTHERAN CONGREGATION
Clinton, Iowa
Joun M. Ruameg, Secretary of
Committee on Doctrinal and
Synodical Matters

[362]

To Send Observers to the Fifth Plenary
Congress of the International Council
of Christian Churches

Wuereas, The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
sent observers to the World Council of Churches which
met in New Delhi, India, in 1961; and

Wuereas, The International Council of Christian
Churches will meet for its Fifth Plenary Congress in
Amsterdam, Holland, from Aug. 14 to 20, 1962; and

Wuereas, The World Council of Churches is mod-
ernistic in its leadership, with a wide variety of views

and conflicting opinions concerning Christ, His life, His
death, and His resurrection while the International
Council of Christian Churches emphasizes the truth
concerning the deity of Christ and His death as a sub-
stitute for the sins of men; and

Wuereas, The World Council is inclusivist, with
believers and unbelievers, orthodox and liberals, in
unholy fellowship together in its fold, while the Inter-
national Council of Christian Churches welcomes all in
its fellowship who seek to maintain “the purity of the
church in doctrine and life”; and

Wuereas, The creedal basis of the World Council of
Churches allows for a wide range of conflicting inter-
pretations while the International Council has adopted
a statement of faith which affirms the inerrancy of the
Scriptures, the Trinity, the blood of Christ, the deity of
Christ, the virgin birth of Christ, and the resurrec-
tion; and

Wuereas, The World Council numbers in its mem-
bership the Greek Catholic Church with its Mass, mari-
ology, images, and idolatry while the International
Council numbers in its membership only Protestant
churches remaining true to the heritage of the Ref-
ormation; and

Wuereas, The World Council has exalted to positions
of leadership some of the most outstanding modernists
in the world today, including Bishop G. Bromley Ox-
nam, who has called the God of the Old Testament a
“dirty bully” because He condemns man for Adam’s
sin, while the International Council numbers among its
membership only men who believe the entire Bible and
are known around the world as Bible-believing leaders;
therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod send two (2) observers to the Fifth Plenary
Congress of the International Council of Christian
Churches; and be it further

Resolved, That the 1962 Cleveland convention elect
these observers; and be it finally

Resolved, That the Lutheran Witness publish a full
report on the Fifth Plenary Congress of the Interna-
tional Council of Christian Churches.

THEODORE SMITHEY, Taylor, Mich.
[363]

To Instruct Concordia Publishing House
to Remove a Bible Class Editor

Wuereas, A Bible class editor employed by Concor-
dia Publishing House has written in a published letter:

I thank you with deep sincerity for the letter you wrote
concerning the theological foundations for our Bible
study. It is most encouraging to receive such questions
from a man on your side of the fence. I am sending you
a copy of the pamphlet you mentioned, Theological Foun-
dations of Bible Study in Lutheran Churches. This is
merely a superficial review of some of our customary
attitudes prepared as part of the Bible class teacher
training program of Dr. O. E. Feucht. It does not even
begin to address itself to the concerns which you voice.

Dr. Scharlemann has taught me a great deal. Every-