LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 2010, Page 34

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MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION

were formally added to the Board of Directors slate by formal
motions to amend the slate .
Committee 3: Theology and Church Relations

Committee 3 Chairman Jon Diefenthaler, President of the
Southeastern District, called attention to Res . 3-01A, “To
Commend ILC and Task Force Statements as Responses to
the 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly Actions” (TB, pp .
424f .) . He invited CTCR Executive Director Joel Lehenbauer
to speak of the work of the specially appointed task force to
address this matter . Samuel Nafzger added words regarding
the International Lutheran Council statement in this regard
(CW, p . 66) . After Res . 3-01A was formally introduced, a
motion to call the question followed immediately and was
carried [Yes: 907; No: 228] . The resolution was adopted as
presented [Yes: 1,133; No: 35] .
Res . 3-02A, “To Support Confessional Lutheranism at
Home and Abroad” (TB, pp . 359f .), was introduced by the
committee . Again, debate was quickly terminated [Yes: 814;
No: 336], and the resolution was adopted as presented [Yes:
1,093; No: 61] .
Res . 3-03, “To Cooperate in Externals with Theological
Integrity” (TB, pp . 65f .), was introduced by the committee .
After brief discussion, a motion to terminate discussion did
not carry [Yes: 727; No: 420], and discussion continued . An
amendment was introduced to delete the words “the next convention” in line 46 (p . 66) and replace them with the words
“July 13, 2011 .” After discussion of the proposed amendment,
a motion to end debate on the motion to amend was carried
[Yes: 932; No: 209], and the amendment was adopted [Yes:
783; No: 359] . After further discussion of the resolution as
amended, a motion was introduced to consider Ov . 3-05 (CW,
p . 166) as a substitute resolution . The assembly declined to
consider the substitute [Yes: 495; No: 653] . Discussion of Res .
3-03 will continue when Committee 3 next reports .
Session 7
Wednesday a.m.—July 14, 2010
Call to Order/Opening Devotion

President Kieschnick called the convention to order and
asked convention chaplain Glen Thomas to introduce the
morning devotion leader, Rev . Wayne Knolhoff, LCMS
Director of Stewardship Ministry . Prompted by 1 John 4:19–
21, the theme of his devotion was “The Mark of the Christian
Steward Is Love .” He reminded the convention that the word
love has many meanings and applications, but God’s love is
above all, for it describes His very being, observed in His
creation and our redemption and sanctification . So also our
stewardship should include all that we do, centered in love,
the mark of Christian stewardship—love for God and love
for fellow men .
Video Greeting: ILLL

Mick Onnen, President of the International Lutheran
Laymen’s League, brought greetings to the convention via
video . He spoke of the pride the ILLL holds as an auxiliary of
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the LCMS and spoke of many of the ministries of the league,
including its 80 years of preaching ministry by Lutheran Hour
speakers . With current Lutheran Hour Speaker Rev . Ken Klaus
retiring, a search is underway for the next speaker .
Committee 3: Theology and Church Relations

The chair called on Committee 3 Chairman Jon
Diefenthaler to continue his committee’s presentation of its
convention actions . He introduced John Nunes, President and
Chief Executive Officer of Lutheran World Relief, to comment
on Res . 3-03 (TB, pp . 65f .) . He expressed thanks for the widespread and varied support in the LCMS for Lutheran World
Relief, an important intersection of LCMS/ELCA human care
efforts . He assured the delegates that ELCA decisions have
not negatively impacted the work of his agency . He urged delegates to think of the stewardship concerns associated with
any “unbundling” of current joint efforts .
The convention returned to discussion of Res . 3-03 . An
amendment was proposed to delete the words “and conscience” from line 28 of page 65 . The chair ruled the motion
out of order, the words in question a part of a quotation from
the Synod’s position . An amendment was proposed to add a
final resolve “that the President of the Synod, the Praesidium,
and the Council of Presidents develop a plan to sever those
joint actions with the ELCA to present to the next Synod convention if the ELCA does not listen to the pleading of their
brothers and sisters from the Word of God .” During discussion
of proposed amendment, an amendment to the amendment
was proposed to insert the word “contingency” before the
word “plan .” This change was agreed to by the maker of the
amendment as a friendly amendment . Twenty minutes of discussion time having elapsed, the chair asked the assembly
whether it wished to terminate debate . Debate was not ended
[Yes: 614; No: 505], and discussion continued . A subsequent
motion to terminate debate on motion to amend was carried
[Yes: 863; No: 165], ending debate . The motion to amend was
not carried [Yes: 415; No: 723], and the assembly returned
to discussion of the resolution . A motion to strike the word
“Lutheran” from line 36 (p . 66) was accepted by the floor
committee as a friendly amendment . As discussion continued,
a motion to replace the date “July 13, 2011” with “September
1, 2011” at the end of the final resolve (p . 66) was ruled an
improper motion unless changed to a motion to reconsider the
amendment made earlier . The assembly was asked whether
it wished to reconsider the earlier amendment and declined
[Yes: 400; No: 708] . As discussion continued on Res . 3-03
as amended, the Orders of the Day were called by the chair .
Committee 8: Synod Structure and Governance

Res . 8-02A, “To Restore Circuits to Their Primary
Purpose” (pp . 517f .), was introduced by the committee . In
the discussion that followed, the committee replaced the words
“rostered member” in line 24 with “pastor of the congregation .” An amendment was introduced to insert in line 35 an
amended version of the new Bylaw 5 .1 .2 proposed by the
committee (TB, p . 318), to read as follows: “Districts shall