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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 2023, front matter 6

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Reports

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To Condemn Use of Internet Forums for Dispute
Resolution and Grievance Airing....................... 279
To Affirm and Engage Koinonia Project to
Resolve Conflict Due to Differences in Ministry
and Practice........................................................ 279
To Encourage Meeting and Fellowship
across Circuits and Districts............................... 279
To Prohibit District Conventions and Pastors
Conferences during Lent and Advent. ............... 280
To Encourage House Blessings.......................... 280
To Mark Fiftieth Anniversary of 1974 Concordia
Seminary, St. Louis, “Walkout” with Thorough
Teaching about the Controversy and Renewed
Emphasis on Pure Doctrine................................ 280

5. Theology and Church Relations
R1–R1.1, R10, R12, R66

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To Recognize Altar and Pulpit Fellowship
with the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese
of Finland. .......................................................... 283
To Recognize Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Sudan and
Sudan.................................................................. 284
To Recognize Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with the
Lutheran Church of Uganda............................... 285
To Recognize the Ceylon Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Sri Lanka as a Self-Governing Partner
Church................................................................ 287
To Recognize that the Synod is Not in Altar
and Pulpit Fellowship with the Japan Lutheran
Church................................................................ 288
To Address Scriptural Errors in Fellowship with
the Japan Lutheran Church. ............................... 289
To Study Triangular Fellowship. ....................... 290
To Clarify and Simplify Bylaws regarding Routes
to Altar and Pulpit Fellowship............................ 290
To Reaffirm and Confess Doctrine of Closed
Communion and to Encourage Its Practice........ 291
To Be a Faithful Confessional Church Body with
Respect to Communion Practice........................ 291
To Reject Practice of Internet Communion. ...... 293
To Reject Practice of So-Called “Internet
Communion”...................................................... 293
To Reject Practice of So-Called “Internet
Communion”...................................................... 294
To Reject Practice of “Online or Virtual
Communion”...................................................... 294

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To Reject Practice of Online or Virtual
Communion........................................................ 295
To Reject and Condemn Practice of Virtual
(Online) Communion. ........................................ 296
To Refrain from Practice of Online
Communion........................................................ 296
To Reject Internet Communion as Contrary
to Word of God................................................... 297
To Reject “Online” or “Virtual” Communion
as Divisive of Church Fellowship...................... 298
To Create True Synod-Wide Dialogue and
Study with Respect to Celebration of Lord’s
Supper in Homes during Online Worship.......... 299
To Rescind 2019 Resolution 5-09A................... 300
To Clearly Declare the Work of Our Creator..... 300
To Affirm and Bind Ourselves to Biblical
Doctrine of Young Age of Earth........................ 301
To Affirm and Bind Ourselves to Biblical
Doctrine of Young Age of Earth........................ 302
To Affirm and Bind Ourselves to Biblical
Doctrine of Young Age of Earth........................ 302
To Affirm Young Earth as Biblical Doctrine..... 303
To Confirm Synodical Position Concerning
Special Creation, Young Earth, and Global
Flood. ................................................................. 303
To Address Use of Technology in Life of the
Church and Ministry of Congregations.............. 304
To Form Theology of Virtual Worship
Task Force.......................................................... 304
To Commend Luther’s Large Catechism with
Annotations and Contemporary Applications.... 304
To Commend Luther’s Large Catechism with
Annotations and Contemporary Applications.... 305
To Cease and Desist Publication of Luther’s Large
Catechism with Annotations and Contemporary
Applications. ...................................................... 305
To Encourage Christian Collegiality in
Theological Discussion, Including Discussion
Related to Large Catechism Volume................. 306
To Instruct CPH to Have Portals of Prayer and
Other Devotionals Written by Men.................... 306
To Foster Community in Truth, Love, and
Careful Conversation in Synod and Beyond,
Especially with Respect to Race/Ethnicity,
Economics, and Sex and Gender........................ 307
To Condemn Heresy of Transgenderism as
Violation of Commandments and Creed............ 309
To Condemn Heresy of Feminism as Rejection
of Created Order and of Distinction God Has
Established Between the Sexes.......................... 310