LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 2010, Page 42

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MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION

Res . 5-08, “To Revise Bylaw 3 .8 .3 .5 re Colloquy
Committee for Commissioned Ministry” (TB, pp . 101ff .),
was introduced by the committee . During discussion, the
committee announced its intention to give further attention
to the resolution . The committee later announced that it was
withdrawing the resolution because its content had been covered by Res . 8-08A adopted during an earlier session of the
convention .
Res . 5-09B, “To Revise Bylaw 3 .8 .3 .6 .2 re Board of
Regents Qualifications” (TB, pp . 563f .), was introduced by
the committee, changing “have” in line 6 on page 564 to “having .” A motion was introduced to refer the resolution back to
committee . A motion to end debate on the referral motion
was carried [Yes: 842; No: 80], and the motion to refer was
defeated [Yes: 354; No: 739] . Returning to discussion of the
main motion, an amendment was introduced to strike the
words “having demonstrated familiarity and support of the
institution” in lines 6 and 7 and add the sentence at the end
of the paragraph: “Demonstrated familiarity and support of
the institution is a desired quality in the candidate .” The proposed amendment was accepted by the committee as a friendly
amendment . A motion to terminate debate was carried [Yes:
995; No: 81], and Res . 5-09B was adopted as changed [Yes:
904; No: 188] .
Res . 5-10, “To Clarify Bylaw 3 .8 .3 .8 .2 re Promotion of
Faculty” (TB, pp . 106f .), was introduced by the committee .
An amendment was introduced to replace the words “without disclosure of cause” in line 27 of page 107 with the words
“for cause .” It was suggested that this now was a substitute
motion . The chair asked the assembly if it wished to consider
this substitute motion . The assembly declined to consider the
motion by a vote of 196 to 859 . The chair asked the assembly whether it was ready to vote on Res . 5-10 . The assembly
agreed to cease debate [Yes: 944; No: 159], and Res . 5-10 was
adopted as presented [Yes: 855; No: 251] .
Res . 5-11, “To Clarify Bylaw 3 .8 .2 .7 .2 (e) re Promotion of
Faculty” (TB, pp . 107f .), was only introduced by the committee when the Orders of the Day were called .
Committee 4: Administration and Finance

When Committee 4 returned to the podium, it introduced
Res . 4-08, “To Improve Procedure for Establishing Synod
Convention Times and Locations” (TB, pp . 86ff .) . An amendment to add a new first resolve, “That when possible, Sundays
be avoided for conventions; and be it further,” was accepted
by the committee as a friendly amendment . A motion to end
debate was approved by voice vote, and Res . 4-08 was adopted
as changed [Yes: 1,020; No: 83] .
Res . 4-07, “To Amend Bylaws re Convention Preparations”
(TB, pp .79ff .) was introduced by the committee . Assembly
agreed to proceed without reading all of the bylaws . During
discussion, an amendment was introduced to delete the proposed changes to line 8 on page 83, a change accepted by the
committee as a friendly amendment . A motion to refer the resolution back to the floor committee due to its size and number
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of changes was introduced and discussed . A motion to end
debate on the motion to refer was carried [Yes: 910; No: 150],
and the motion to refer failed [Yes: 287; No: 816] . After discussion continued, a motion to end debate on entire motion
was carried [Yes: 929; No: 146], and Res . 4-07 was adopted
as changed [Yes: 930; No: 182] .
As the committee introduced Res . 4-06, “To Amend and
Restate the Articles of Incorporation” (TB, pp . 74ff .), the chair
asked the committee to hold the resolution in abeyance until
its next appearance before the convention .
Closing Prayer

President Kieschnick called on convention chaplain Jotham
Johann for the closing prayer .
Session 11
Friday a.m.—July 16, 2010
Call to Order/Morning Devotion

President Kieschnick called the meeting to order and asked
convention chaplain Glen Thomas to introduce the morning
devotion leader, Chaplain Mark J . Schreiber, currently serving as the Director of the Ministry to the Armed Forces of the
LCMS Board for Mission Services . In his meditation, “He’s
Coming Home,” he reflected on Zephaniah 3:20, speaking
of homesickness as a terrible, heart-wrenching condition, a
condition commonplace in our own society as a war-weary
nation . But the prophet Zephaniah speaks words of comfort
and hope . The people of the church are to be the ambassadors
of Christ, to reach out to those coming home with God’s word
of reconciliation .
Special Recognitions

The chair invited Dr . Tom Kuchta and Dr . Samuel Nafzger
to the podium to receive recognition for their service to the
Synod—Dr . Kuchta as Vice-President–Finance—Treasurer
for the past nine years, and Dr . Nafzger for his leadership of
the Commission on Theology and Church Relations and his
involvement in ecumenical affairs for nearly his entire ministry . As this was taking place, a delegate asked for the floor in
order to present the following resolution:
To Grant the Reverend Dr. Gerald B. Kieschnick the Title
of “President Emeritus”
Whereas, The Reverend Dr . Gerald B . Kieschnick has
faithfully served the Lord as a pastor in The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod for the past 40 years; and
Whereas, The last nine of those years he has served the
Synod as its President with great passion and zeal in accord with
the mission statement of the Synod: “In grateful response to
God’s grace and empowered by the Holy Spirit through Word
and Sacraments, the mission of The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod is vigorously to make known the love of Christ by word
and deed within our churches, communities, and world”; and
Whereas, He has led the Synod as its President in this
mission fervently and evangelically with the vision of “One
Mission—One Message—One People”; and