LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 2010, Page 26

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MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION

member of the floor committee speaks against a resolution, it
shall be recognized as a ‘con’ speech and will be followed by
a ‘pro’ speech .” After discussion, a motion to call the question was carried [Yes: 1,115; No: 60] and debate was ended .
The motion to amend Standing Rule 13 was then carried [Yes:
937; No: 244] .
Discussion continued on the main motion to adopt the
Special Standing Rules as amended . A motion was introduced
to strike the present wording of Special Standing Rule 18 and
replace it with a new standing rule: “Electronic communication devices are allowed as long as a device is silenced and
does not disrupt the proceedings .” After discussion, the motion
was defeated [Yes: 526; No: 655] .
A delegate expressed an interest in introducing a motion
to include in Special Standing Rule 10 the requirement that
the number of persons on queue lists be shown on the video
screen . The chair offered to check with the technical people
regarding this possibility .
As discussion of the main motion resumed, a motion was
introduced to call the question . Debate was ended [Yes: 1,050;
No: 127], and the Special Standing Rules were adopted as
amended [Yes: 1,083; No: 62] .
Convention Schedule

The President called attention to the proposed Tentative
Schedule (TB, pp . 4ff .) for the convention, and a motion was
introduced to adopt the Tentative Schedule as presented .
During discussion, a motion was introduced to amend the tentative schedule according to the proposed amendment printed
on page 392 of Today’s Business: “I move to amend the convention schedule for Sunday, July 11, 2010, as follows:
9:40

Bible Study Essay 1—Mr . Ted Kober

10:10

President’s Report (Part III)

10:40

Electronic Response System—Getting Acquainted

11:00

Welcome and Greeting from Local Representative

11:10

Welcome and Greeting from Texas District

11:15

Adoption of Slate for President

11:25

Balloting for President

11:35

Response from newly elected President

11:45

Synod Structure and Governance (#8)

Furthermore, that the time originally allotted to the election of the President on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, be designated
for ‘Synod Structure and Governance (#8) .’ ”
After extended discussion, the chair called for a vote on
closing debate (Special Standing Rule 17) on the proposed
amendment . Debate was closed [Yes: 1,022; No: 155] and
the proposed amendment to the convention schedule was
defeated [Yes: 572; No: 608] . A motion to end debate on the
main motion was adopted without further discussion, and
the Convention Schedule as printed on pages 4–6 of Today’s
Business was adopted [Yes: 928; No: 255] .
2010 Convention Proceedings

Bible Study Essay 1

The chair introduced one of the two convention chaplains,
Rev . Jotham Johann Jhang, Consultant for National Mission,
LCMS World Mission, who introduced Bible Study Leader
Ted Kober, President of Ambassadors of Reconciliation, who
led the convention in its first Bible study, “ONE People—
Forgiven through Christ …” With Romans 5:6–11 as the
primary text, he advocated including God in disputes between
Christians, He having shown Christians how to resolve disputes, He having reconciled us to Himself . Stressing the
importance of being beggars before God, bringing nothing of
our own but clinging only to Jesus’ blood and righteousness,
the study provided opportunity for delegates to divide into
small groups to reflect on questions prompted by the Romans
5 passage .
President’s Report, Part III

In the third part of his report, President Gerald Kieschnick
referenced a comment attributed to him regarding the Synod
“not being his grandfather’s church,” using his report as an
opportunity to clarify his words . He noted that he was speaking of the vastly different environment of the church today
compared to his grandfather’s time and listed specific examples . He also stressed that he did not intend to say that anything
should be changed concerning Holy Scripture and the
Lutheran Confessions . He concluded by noting that the 64th
Regular Convention of the Synod will be a pivotal event in the
life of our church body . Decisions will be made that will determine the direction of the LCMS in years ahead . He expressed
hope that the will and Spirit of God will be reflected in all
decisions made, and that delegates will rededicate themselves
to be ‘ONE People—Forgiven .’” [Part III of the President’s
Report is printed in these Convention Proceedings .]
Electronic Response System

Committee 9 Chairman Russell Sommerfeld further
acquainted the assembly with the electronic voting system,
demonstrating how the system will work during the elections
process .
Welcome and Greeting from Local Representative

Dr . Bruce Kintz, President and Chief Executive Officer
of Concordia Publishing House, introduced Colonel Jeffrey
N . Williams, flight engineer for NASA who orbited the earth
more than 2,800 times and took more photographs than any
other person from the Space Station . He welcomed convention
attendees to Houston and its many attractions and provided a
message to the assembly underscoring all of mankind’s utter
dependence on the grace and forgiveness of God, forgiveness
that is to be reflected toward one another .
Welcome and Greeting from the Texas District

Texas District President Ken Hennings brought greetings
to the convention on behalf of his district, briefly alluding to
his district’s many blessings and also its challenges as a result
of huge population increases in recent years .