LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 2019, Page 37

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[Yes: 822; No: 88]. Res. 10-01 was adopted as presented [Yes:
879; No: 52].
Committee 7: University Education
President Harrison called on Southern Illinois District
President Timothy Scharr to continue his committee’s work.
He, in turn, introduced Concordia University System (CUS)
President Dean Wenthe, who introduced Dr. Gerhard
Mundinger, the chairman of the CUS Board of Directors, and
the presidents of the Concordia college and universities.
Res. 7-06, “To Celebrate and Give Thanks to God for the
125th Anniversary of Concordia University, Nebraska” (TB,
1:113), was read and introduced by the committee. The
resolution was adopted by the delegates rising and shouting
“Amen!”
Res. 7-02, “To Nurture Our Lutheran System of Higher
Education” (TB, 1:106–8), was read and introduced by the
committee. It was moved and seconded to amend the
resolution by adding a bullet point to the second-last resolve,
to read “encouraging every Lutheran preschool, child
development center, elementary school, and high school to
develop and implement policies to establish and exhibit
distinctly Lutheran identity, which will include calling and
ongoing support of Lutheran educators.” After debate, the
chair put closure of debate on the amendment to a vote,
which carried [Yes: 747; No: 76]; the amendment
subsequently failed [Yes: 314; No: 526]. Noting the orders of
the day, the chair put closure of debate on the main motion
to a vote, which carried [Yes: 781; No: 80]. Res. 7-02 was
adopted as presented [Yes: 835; No: 48].
Res. 7-01A, “To Amend Bylaws Related to Structure and
Governance of the Concordia University System” (TB,
2B:265–70), was read and introduced by the committee. It
was moved and seconded to amend the resolution, striking,
on TB 2B:267, the proposed changes to Bylaw 3.6.6.4 (i) (as
numbered in the proposal), so as to restore the original
bylaw language, “have authority, after receiving the consent
of the Board of Directors of the Synod by its two-thirds vote
and also the consent of either the Council of Presidents by its
two-thirds vote or the appropriate board of regents by its
two-thirds vote, to consolidate, relocate, separate, or divest
a college or university.” With the amendment pending and a
delegate having requested to hear from the CCM on this
topic, the chair called the orders of the day.
Responsive Prayer I
Chaplain William Weedon led the convention in the
Order of Responsive Prayer (I), with the text, Phil. 4:4–7;
Cantor Magness provided accompaniment.

Session 5
Tuesday a.m., July 23, 2019
Matins
The Rev. Nabil S. Nour, LCMS Third Vice-President (Great
Plains Region), served as preacher and Chaplain William
Minutes

Weedon, as liturgist, in the Office of Matins, with Luke 18:1–
8 as the text. Cantor Phillip Magness provided
accompaniment.
[The entire text of Rev. Nour’s sermon is printed
elsewhere in these 2019 Convention Proceedings.]
Special Recognition: Newly Elected and Outgoing Praesidium
President Harrison called the convention to order and
invited the newly elected and outgoing Praesidium to the
dais, recognizing incoming First Vice-President Peter Lange
and Sixth Vice-President Benjamin Ball, and outgoing First
Vice-President Herbert Mueller and Fifth Vice-President
Daniel Preus.
Greetings—Lutheran Church Extension Fund
The chair invited the Rev. Bart Day, President and Chief
Executive Officer of the Lutheran Church Extension Fund
(LCEF), to bring his greetings to the convention. Day spoke
concretely of LCEF and its thousands of investors “walking
alongside” LCMS congregations, organizations, and church
workers in ministry, at home and abroad. He shared that
lending volume is strong and growing; in response, $100
million already received from investors in a recent drive has
been earmarked for lending. LCEF’s mission, 40 years along,
is that resources be available today and that they will be for
the future—with the help of Joy:fully Lutheran investors.
As Committee 11 approached, it was moved and seconded
to direct Floor Committee 10 to remove Overture 10-01, “To
Clarify the Relationship of the Synod to its Members
Affirming Article VII” (CW, 520), from its Resolution 10-06A
(TB, 2B:282) and to bring it to the floor at its next
appearance. Upon parliamentary guidance that motions to
reaffirm are out of order, the chair so ruled on the motion
and moved on with the orders of the day.
Committee 11: Church and Culture
President Terry Forke, the Chairman of Committee 11,
resumed the work of his committee. Res. 11-03A, “To
Encourage Synod to Develop Resources to Aid
Congregations and Schools regarding Sexual Orientation
and Gender Identity Issues” (TB, 2B:285–86), was read and
introduced by the committee. With consent of the body, the
committee modified the list of resources commended for use
to include the Synod’s Luther’s Small Catechism with
Explanation (Concordia Publishing House, 2017). The chair
put the close of debate to a vote, which carried [Yes: 671; No:
254]. The resolution was adopted as amended [Yes: 916; No:
30].
Res. 11-04A, “To Affirm the Common Humanity of All
People and Ethnicities” (TB, 2B:286–87), was read and
introduced by the committee. It was moved to amend the
resolution by striking the twelfth whereas, beginning,
“WHEREAS, Racism has no basis in science…” Committee
Chairman Forke noted for the committee that it had
intended to strike “science,” while retaining the rest of the
whereas, and this modification of the twelfth whereas was
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