LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1969, Page 77

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RESOLUTIONS

1. MISSIONS

To Commend and Continue Project Timothy
RESOLUTION 1-01
Report 1-01, II, C, 1, a (CW, pp. 5—6)

Wuereas, Project Timothy, in sending seven North
American pastors to congregations in Japan and the
Philippines for six weeks, proved to be a successful and
valuable pilot project in providing individual growth
and experience in mission thrust and awareness and in-
formation of God’s mission to local and neighboring
congregations; therefore be it

Resolved, That Project Timothy be continued and
expanded to include teaching ministers, seminarians,
and lay ministers, including women and youth; and be
it further

Resolved, That this witness be concerned with cross-
ing cultural boundaries within this continent as well as
geographical boundaries abroad; and be it finally

Resolved, That this project be opened to a considera-
tion of reciprocal witness from abroad.

Action: adopted as amended (2).

(Amendment: Addition of “seminarians.”)

To Make 1973 Evangelism Year
RESOLUTION 1-02

Overture 1-07 (CW, p. 50)

Wuereas, God in the power of His Holy Spirit has
graciously entrusted us with the message of salvation
through faith in the one and only Savior, Jesus Christ,
and commissioned us to be His witnesses; and

Wuereas, Evangelism will be emphasized on a na-
tional basis in 1973 by other Christian denominations in
an effort to confront people more fully and more force-
fully with the Gospel of Jesus Christ; therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod make 1973 a year for a Synodwide evangelism
thrust; and be it further

Resolved, That the Evangelism Department of The
Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod be instructed to
implement the above resolution; and be it finally

Resolved, That District leadership be directed to
promote the 1973 evangelism thrust on a regional basis
and to provide maximum assistance in developing full
parish participation.

Action: Adopted (16).

To Recognize Anniversaries of Mission
Fields and Consecrated Ministers

RESOLUTION 1-03
Report 1-01, IV, C, 1—4; D, 1 (CW, pp. 8—14, 24—25)

Wuereas, Our church by the grace and blessing of
God has been privileged to convey the edifying Word

to a great number of nations and people throughout the
world; and

Wuereas, We in this biennium recognize the follow-

ing anniversaries:

The 75th anniversary of our work in India, our first
overseas mission field (Missionaries Theodore
Naether and Franz Mohn);

The 75th anniversary of our ministry to the deaf
(Missionary Augustus Reinke);

The 20th anniversary of our work in New Guinea;

The 20th anniversary of our work in Japan; and

The 10th anniversary of our work in Korea; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri

Synod urge all of its congregations to give special
thanks and praise to the almighty Lord for having
guided and blessed these ministries, having blessed and
preserved those who faithfully labored in these minis-
tries; and that we implore His grace and blessing in the
continuation of these ministries.

Action: Adopted as amended (2).

(Amendment: To send a copy of this resolution to the
close surviving relatives of the missionaries mentioned.)

To Express Confidence in Our
Mission Personnel

RESOLUTION 1-04

Overture 1-04 (CW, p. 49)

Wuereas, Overture 1-04 expresses an undocumented
judgment of the attitudes and actions of our foreign
missionaries in proclaiming the Gospel of the Lord Jesus
Christ; therefore be it

Resolved, That we decline those portions of the over-
ture which contain this undocumented judgment; and
be it further

Resolved, That we express our confidence in the in-
tegrity of our foreign missionaries and our mission train-
ing personnel in their commitment to preach Jesus
Christ as the only way to life with God and thereby
reject any “other Gospel.”

Action: Adopted (2).

To Continue Cooperation in
Overseas Missions

RESOLUTION 1-05

Overture 1-08 (CW, pp. 50—51)

Wuereas, A significant development in the overseas
work of the church is that of ecumenical cooperation and
involvement. In many parts of the world the churches
and missions in relation with us have found it Scrip-
turally correct and imperative to find ways of coopera-
ting with other churches and missions in their faithful-
ness to Christ’s one mission in all the world. In some

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