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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 2023, front matter 4

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R51

Southeastern District.......................................... 116

R53

Southern Illinois District.................................... 118

R52
R54
R55

R56
R57

R58
R59
R60

R61
R62
R63
R64

Southern District. ............................................... 117

Texas District. .................................................... 118
Wyoming District............................................... 119
International Lutheran Laymen’s League
(Lutheran Hour Ministries). ............................... 120
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League............. 122

2019 Res. 1-02 Report: Stories of New Mission
Plants (ONM, Districts). .................................... 123
2019 Res. 1-03 Report: Shared Ministry Strategies
for Small Congregations (ONM, COP).............. 123
2019 Res. 6-02, 6-03A, and 6-04 Report:
Evaluation of 2016 Res. 13-03 Task Force; SMP
Program Review / Joint BOD Overture re: SMP
Vicarage Timing (PFC); Certification of PostSeminary Continuing Education Programs and
Resources (Pastoral Formation Committee). ..... 124

2019 Res. 7-03 Committee to Propose a New
Governance Plan for the Colleges and Universities
of the Synod........................................................ 137
2019 Res. 9-17 Report: Study of Voting Privilege
in the LCMS (CCM). ......................................... 159

Ecclesiastical Visitation of Concordia University
Wisconsin and Ann Arbor.................................. 168

South Wisconsin District President Request for
an Opinion concerning Shut-in Communion by a
Commissioned Minister (2022). ........................ 233
R66.7 Lutheran World Federation: An Introduction and
Evaluation from the Theological Perspective of
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
(2022)................................................................. 234
R66.8 Theological Considerations and Procedural
Guidelines Regarding The Recognition of Altar
and Pulpit Fellowship Between The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod and Another Church
Body (2020). ...................................................... 237
R66.9 Communion and Covid-19 (2020). .................... 240
R66.10 One little word can fell him: Addendum to
“Communion and Covid-19” (2020).................. 241
R66.11 Summary of “One little word can fell him”: Ten
reasons to question whether “online Communion”
is “truly good, right and salutary” (2020). ......... 245
R66.12 On the Historical, Biblical, and Confessional Basis
of Article VI of the Constitution of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod (2019)....................... 246
R66.13 Response to Request from Minnesota South and
North District Congregations and Calling Entities
regarding Minnesota Statute 604.202 (2019)..... 254

Ecclesiastical Visitation of Concordia University
Texas. ................................................................. 173

Floor Committees:
Report and Overture Assignments

Opinions of the Commission on Constitutional
Matters. .............................................................. 179

1. National Witness

Appendices to Reports
R65
R66

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R66.6

Theological Documents—Commission
on Theology and Church Relations.................... 203

Reports

A Chaste and Decent Life: An Update to Human
Sexuality 1981 (2022). ....................................... 204

Overtures

R1–R1.2.1, R1.2.4–R1.2.5, R1.3,
R5.2, R6, R8, R16–R19, R21–R59

CTCR Reports
R66.1
R66.2
R66.3
R66.4

The Order of Creation: Theology, History,
Definition (2022)................................................ 215
Marriage Between Church and State: A Report on
Clergy Serving as “Agents of the State”
(2021)................................................................. 220
A Snapshot of Trending Tools: Christians and
Social Media (2019)........................................... 224

CTCR Opinions and Other Documents
R66.5

Statement on Luther’s Large Catechism with
Annotations and Contemporary Applications
(2023)................................................................. 232

2023 Convention Workbook

1-01
1-02
1-03
1-04
1-05
1-06

To Aid Churches Unable to Support
Sole Pastor.......................................................... 255
To Study Dual- and Multi-Congregation Parish
Ministry Situations within the Synod................. 255
To Provide and Support Pastors Serving Small
Congregations. ................................................... 255
To Increase Mission Efforts to Immigrants and
Ethnic Minorities in North America. ................. 256
To Include Prison Ministry as Mission Program
and Objective of the Synod................................ 256
To Continue to Address Sexual Orientation and
Gender Identity Issues........................................ 257