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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1969, Page 1

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LIST OF REPORTS AND

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1. Missions
Report of Board for Missions —-———_____-— 1
Report of Commission on Mission and Ministry
in the Church 40
Report of Board for Church Extension 45
To Emphasize in Missions that There Is Only
One Way to Eternal Life 49
To Develop Regional and Metropolitan Structures 50
To Sponsor Specific Mission Projects —-——___— 50
To Declare 1973 Evangelism Year _..______ 50
To Instruct Board for Missions Not to Cooperate
with Bodies Not in Fellowship with Us — 50
To Build Joint Facilities 51
To Invest in Staff Rather than Buildings 51
To Exercise Concern in Question of Relocation 51
To Transfer All Deaf Mission Work to Districts 52
To Incorporate Deaf Work in District Structure 52
To Study Feasibility of Joint “Hearing
and Deaf” Churches 53
To Investigate Use of Mission Funds
for Special Ministries 53
To Retain Supervision of Campus Ministry
Instead of Delegating It to LCUSA 53
To Discipline Campus Pastors Who Engage in
Unionistic Practices 53
To Reaffirm Policy Statement on Campus
Ministries 54
To Correct Faulty Practices in Campus Ministry 54
To Observe Bible Translation Day — 55
(Also 1-21 to 1-32)
2. Theological Matters

Report of Commission on Theology and
Church Relations _ 357
Report of Commission on Worship — 69
To Have All Convention Actions Conform to
“Scripture Alone” and “Justification by Faith 72
Alone” 72
To Produce Substitute for “Christian Discipline”
Document 73
To Reject All Heterodoxy 74
To Reaffirm Statements on Inerrancy of Scripture 74
To Recognize the Real Theological Issue of Our
Day (Interpretation of Scripture) __._—«*74
To Reaffirm Position on the Scriptures 75
To Remove from Office Those Who Deny Mosaic
Authorship of Pentateuch 75
(Also 2-10 to 2-13)
To Remove from Office Those Who Deny Unity
of Isaiah 76
(Also 2-15 to 2-18)
To Affirm Historicity of New Testament 76
(Also 2-20 to 2-23)
To Deal with Doctrinal Unrest _ 77
To Deal with Those in Conflict with Doctrinal
Position 77
To Introduce Corrective Measures 78
(Also 2-27)
To Remove Disunity 78
To Eliminate Special System of Theological
Censorship 79
To Reaffirm Scriptural, Confessional Principles
of Fellowship 79

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2-45

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3-06

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3-12
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OVERTURES

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To Clarify an Apparent Conflict Regarding the
Public Doctrine of the Church _
To Cease Prayer Fellowship with Those Not in
Church Fellowship
To Resist Unionistic Practices
To Reject Inter-Lutheran Missionary
Prefield Training
To Regard Woman Suffrage as a Local Option —
To Permit Congregational Freedom in Develop-
ing Human Customs, Including Suffrage —____—
To Repudiate 1967 Resolution Discouraging
Selective Conscientious Objection
To Rescind Resolution on Selective Conscien-
tious Objection
To Adopt Statement on Conscientious Objection
To Affirm Theological Validity of Selective Con-
scientious Objection
To Declare Church’s Position on Selective Con-
scientious Objection
To Petition for Legislation Regarding Selective
Conscientious Objection
To Petition for Recognition of Selective Con-
scientious Objection
To Rescind New York Resolution 2-19 on Com-
munion Practice
To Study Charismatic Gifts
(Also 2-46)

To Study Implications of Multiple Ministries De-
riving from One Office of the Ministry —_———
To Pursue Studies on Care of the Earth

To Stand on the Brief Statement as in 1932 —
To Require Adherence to Brief Statement —_-
(Also 2-51)

To Reaffirm Brief Statement. Especially Certain
Sections at This Time
To Reaffirm Doctrinal Position of Brief Statement
To Require Assent to Brief Statement

To Include Laymen in Theological Conferences
To Approve Revised Rules of Inter-Lutheran
Commission on Worship

3. Church Relations

Recommendation of President and Council of
Presidents on ALC Fellowship

LCUSA
To Sever Completely Connections with LCUSA
To Dissolve and Withdraw from LCUSA ——
To Disavow LCUSA Involvement with COCU —
To Sever Relations with LCUSA
To Acknowledge Error and Withdraw from
LCUSA
(Also 3-07 to 3-10)
To Terminate Immediately LCUSA Membership
To Sever Relations with LCUSA —_—_.
To Review Apparent Failure of LCUSA
To Sever Connection with LCUSA
To Withdraw Immediately from LCUSA ———_—
To Study Advisability of Continuing Member-
ship in LCUSA
To Decline to Participate in Annual and Special
Appeals for Funds by LCUSA —-—.

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