LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1969, Page 82

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82 RESOLUTIONS

that the Ephphatha Conference be an official pastoral
conference with required attendance; and be it finally

Resolved, That the Board for Missions periodically
review the administration and structure of deaf missions.

Action: Not carried (15).

To Have Board for Missions Continue
to Administer Work Among Deaf
RESOLUTION 1-18A

Wuereas, The Synod in convention has declined at
this time to place the administration of deaf missions
under the multi-District plan; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Board for Missions be asked to
continue its direction and supervision of deaf missions
with greater use of deaf missions regional advisers; and
be it also

Resolved, That the deaf congregations, together with
the Board for Missions and the Ephphatha Conference,
be urged to develop the potential of our ministry to the
deaf to the fullest degree in matters of stewardship,
evangelism, youth ministry, and expansion.

Action: Adopted (16).

(Since the convention had declined Res. 1-18, this resolu-
tion was offered from the floor in the final session.)

To Decline to Organize District for Deaf

RESOLUTION 1-19
Overture 1-XX (TB, pp. 37—39)

Wuereas, The Board for Missions and the ad hoc
committee on the administration of ministry to the deaf
have carefully considered this ministry through a 4-year
study involving six separate meetings of the committee
and four Ephphatha Conferences (1966—69), as well as
a number of regional conferences with deaf lay leaders,
and has now arrived at the conclusion that this special-
ized mission and ministry at the present time and under
the present circumstances would best be assured of
future progress and success if related to the Districts of
the Synod; and

Whereas, The overtures of the ad hoc committee
(CW, p.40) avoid the evident administrative difficulties
inherent in the Deaf District Plan, but include measures
which provide for the essential benefits and advantages
which the above-named overture seeks for our deaf con-
gregations (i.e., unity, a voice in the planning of their
own affairs, lay leadership, spiritual growth, and a chal-
lenging stewardship of life); therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod respectfully decline over-
ture 1-XX.

Action: Referred to Board for Missions for action
(16).
To Endorse Goals of Campus Ministry
RESOLUTION 1-20

Report 1-01, IV, d, 3 (CW, pp. 26—27); Overtures 1-16,
1-17, 1-18, 1-19 (CW, pp. 53—55); 1-35U (URO, p. 3)

Lutheran campus ministry, both in The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod and the National Lutheran
Campus Ministry (ALC and LCA), is in a stage of
transition and change. The knowledge explosion, grow-
ing campus population, student movements, etc., are a
few signals of new life, greater opportunities, and a new
era for Lutheran campus ministry. A growing common
understanding of the nature and scope of Lutheran
campus ministry and a growing recognition and rela-
tionship between Lutheran campus ministries are ap-
parent and visible at all levels of the Lutheran Church
and point to the need and possibility for a greater united
Lutheran campus ministry in the future. New direc-
tions in coordination and united planning need to be
found and fostered. The Board for Missions of The Lu-
theran Church — Missouri Synod faces increased re-
sponsibilities with the Lutheran Churches in America in
the Lutheran Council in the U.S. A. for the emergence
of an enlarged and strong Lutheran campus ministry for
the 1970s. Against this background, Committee 1 pre-
sents the following resolution:

Wuereas, The Board for Missions has committed it-
self to the following priority of goals:

1. Growing communities of worshiping, witnessing,
and ministering members of Christ’s body in the Lu-
theran Church which recognize and manifest Christ’s
mission in the uniqueness of each specific campus com-
munity in accordance with the Word of God, the Lu-
theran Confessions, and the Mission Affirmations;

2. Organizational and administrative forms of campus
ministry on the local, District, regional, and national
levels which enable, facilitate, and coordinate the di-
versity of Lutheran campus ministries which the con-
temporary campus scene demands; and

Wuereas, The Board for Missions in its work toward
these goals has indicated its commitments to:

1. A Word-and-sacrament-centered Lutheran campus
ministry that is (a) faithful to the Christian Gospel as it
is revealed in the Holy Scriptures and affirmed in the
Lutheran Confessions and (b) oriented to the campus
community in which it has its basic mission;

2. A form of administration that allows continuation
of the involvement of District boards of The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod in campus ministry in keep-
ing with the spirit of the Mission Affirmations;

3. Forms of organization and administration for
campus ministry that involve people in the planning and
decision-making process as close as possible to the place
of action and ministry, e. g., local areas;

4. The goal and task of coordinative and consultative
planning of campus ministry with all Lutherans at all
levels — local, District, regional, and national; therefore
be it

Resolved, That the Synod endorse the position and
direction that the Board for Missions has taken to carry
out these goals and commitments; and be it also

Resolved, That we direct the Board for Missions to
communicate and clarify these goals and directions of