LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1965, Page 63

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were W. C. Birkner, B. Frey, O. Hoffmann, P. Jacobs,
W. Kohn, W. H. Krieger, G. Lobeck, T. Nickel, A. Nitz,
E, Stahlke, P. Streufert, G. Wittmer.

Mission Survey

The rest of the evening was devoted to an open
hearing on two important matters. Dr. Martin L. Kretz-
mann spoke on the Mission Survey and answered ques-
tions.

LCUSA

Dr. Walter Wolbrecht served in the same capacity
for the open hearing on the proposed Lutheran Council
in the United States of America. Dr. George Wittmer
presided for part of the evening.

Committee 17 — Elections

Since W. H. Krieger and T. Nickel had received
majorities in balloting, they were declared elected as
Vice-Presidents.

President Alfred Buls of the Southern Illinois Dis-
trict led the delegates in the closing prayer.

Session 6
June 18, Morning

The liturgist for the opening devotion was President
Paul Jacobs of the California and Nevada District.
Dr. Paul Streufert presented the second part of his de-
votional essay: “The Living Lord Gave the Church
a Message.”

Committee 17 — Elections

An additional ballot for two remaining vice-presi-
dential positions was distributed with the following
names: O. Hoffmann, G. Lobeck, A. Nitz, E. Stahlke,
P. Streufert, G. Wittmer.

The minutes of the previous session were adopted
as read.

Committee 6— Higher Education

The convention decided to adjust terms of office of
certain members of boards of control (TB 151, 6-01),
to refer Overture 6-29 on student aid to the Council of
Presidents (TB 151, 6-02), to adopt the reports of the
colloquy committees for pastors (TB 152, 6-03), teachers
(TB 152, 6-04), and deaconesses (TB 153, 6-05), to
emphasize recruitment (TB 153, 6-06), and to approve
in general the basic assumptions (CW 193) developed
by the Board for Higher Education (TB 154, 6-07).
A resolution was also introduced by the committee to
adopt the general planning and operating principles de-
veloped by the board, with a revised Proposition Eleven
on the high schools (TB 155, 6-08). The question was
raised from the floor whether this applied to the Seward
high school, which has few pastoral students. The chair-
man of the floor committee replied that the board recog-
nizes the value of the Seward high school as a laboratory
school and that Seward therefore could possibly be
considered as an exception to Proposition Eleven or
perhaps come under the provision of lines 21—23.
It was requested that this statement be made part of the

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record. The time had elapsed before action could be
taken on the resolution.

Committee 1— Missions

After Mrs. Gilbert Hankel, president of the Lu-
theran Women’s Missionary League, had briefly ad-
dressed the convention, our missionaries in foreign lands
were introduced. Resolutions were adopted to recog-
nize 70 years of foreign missionary endeavor (TB 118,
1-09), to provide for graduate work of foreign mis-
sionaries (TB 122, 1-14), to continue a survey of mass
media in missions (TB 123, 1-16), to strengthen the
work in Africa (TB 124, 1-17), to support the Lutheran
Free Churches of Europe (TB 119, 1-10), to encourage
the work in England (TB 119, 1-11), to expand if pos-
sible the work in Northern Brasil (TB 120, 1-13), to
encourage creative leadership in the mission to the
community (TB 116, 1-06), to emphasize awareness of
interdependence of congregations in the mission of the
church (TB 117, 1-07), to develop means of strengthen-
ing town-and-country congregations (TB 117, 1-08), to
study the needs and opportunities of a leisure society
(TB 187, 1-23), to make evangelism a major concern
(TB 114, 1-03), and to intensify the mission in Latin
America (TB 187, 1-24 with the following addition by
amendment to the third “Resolved”: “and that we en-
courage the board to implement this resolution in close
cooperation with fellow Lutherans in the area.”).

Committee 4—Synodical Administration

After the committee had added a final “Resolved”:
“That the Board of Directors present their report re-
garding this matter to the 1967 convention,” the con-
vention decided to study the advisability of a Chicago
location for synodical headquarters (TB 92, 4-05).
Resolution 4-06 (TB 92) was recommitted. After a
resolution to change the procedure for electing Circuit
Counselors (TB 93, 4-07) had been amended twice, the
convention resolved to recommit it. It was decided to
increase the membership of the Board of Directors (TB
95, 4-08) and of the Commission on College and Uni-
versity Work (TB 95, 4-09). Original Resolution 4-10
(TB 96) was withdrawn by the committee. Handbook
revisions for the Board of Appeals were adopted (TB
183, revised 4-10).

After announcements President Lewis C. Niemoeller
of the Central Illinois District offered the closing prayer.

Session 7
June 18, Afternoon

President Gustav M. Karkau of the Eastern District
conducted the opening devotion. The minutes of the
morning session were adopted as read. A report was
given on the Denver disaster.

Committee 17 — Elections

The Committee on Elections reported that three can-
didates had received majorities for the vice-presiden-
tial positions. Ballots were therefore distributed with