LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1977, Page 24

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24 MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION

those who had submitted certain overtures appearing
in the Convention Workbook present their concerns to
the appropriate boards or commissions for considera-
tion and action. After declining a number of
amendments asking that overtures be acted on by the
present delegate convention and adopting one amend-
ment referring Overture 2-26 (CW 36) to Floor Com-
mittee 2, the convention adopted Resolution A as
amended. This action was taken after a motion to
terminate debate on Resolution A had been adopted by
the delegates. In addition to overtureslisted in Today’s
Business (184), Report 13-03, 2 (TB 191), referring to the
World Consultation on Stewardship, was added to the
resolution. Resolution B with the addition of Overtures
8-08—8-10, calling for the referral of petitioners to
previous convention action relating to overtures which
were presented in the Convention Workbook for the
Dallas convention, was adopted after the delegates had
agreed to close debate on the matter.

Elections

President Arthur Ziegler of the Ohio District,
chairman of the Committee on Elections, instructed the
delegates on procedures to be followed in voting.
Ballots were then distributed for the election of
President of the Synod.

Nominations

Dr. August Mennicke, chairman of the Floor
Committee on Nominations, presented the report of the
floor committee as found in Convention Workbook,
pages 328—334. Corrections in the list presented by the
committee appear in Today’s Business, page 190. Major
changes were:

Board of Directors: Layperson Vernon Brugge for
Ralph Niedert (ineligible)

Board of Appeals: Pastor John Choitz for Gary
Fortkamp (declined)

Board for Church Extension: Teacher Jesse H. Kunkel
for Eugene Brunow (declined)

Board for Missions: Pastor Louis C. Meyer for Herman
R. Mayer (declined)

Board of Parish Education: Pastor Phillip Giessler for
Paul G. Kiehl (ineligible); Layperson Glen Krohn for
Neva A. Odell (declined)

Board of Youth Ministry: Synodical Institution
Representative: Richard Gove and Benjamin Marx-
hausen for Alan H. Bachert and Harold L. Senkbeil
(nominated in error)

Board of Control, Concordia, Mo.: Layperson George
Hellwig for Melvin Simpson (ineligible)

Board of Control, Porto Alegre, Brazil: Delete layman
Herbert Leichti (incumbent)

Changes in headings:

Board of Youth Ministry should read: “5 young people,
1 teacher, 1 synodical institution representative, 1
layman to be elected”

Board of Control, Porto Alegre, should read: “1 pastor, 3
laymen to be elected”

Board of Control, Sao Leopoldo, should read: “1 pastor,
1 teacher, 2 laymen to be elected”

After the corrected list had been read to the delegates,
Dr. Mennicke referred to a problem which was
confronted by the committee. The convention was
asked to determine whether youth delegates would be
eligible for a single 2-year term or for three 2-year terms
since this matter is not clarified in the Bylaws of the
Synod. In order to determine the sense of the conven-
tion, a motion was made to limit youth membership on
the Board of Youth Ministry to one 2-year term.
However, after agreeing to consider a substitute
motion, the delegates resolved that young people may
not be elected or reelected to the Board of Youth
Ministry after they have reached the age of 21. An
additional resolution adopted by the delegates stated
that this procedure should not become effective until
the next synodical convention. Following this action by
the delegates, the slate of candidates for officers and
boards was opened for nominations from the floor. The

following additions were made to the slate:

Treasurer
LAYPERSONS

Norman Sell
Fred Strieter

Board of Directors
PASTORS
John Gall
Oscar Gerken
Virgil Meyer
LAYPERSONS

Harold Olsen
Franklin Schmidt

Board for Church Extension
TEACHER

George Zehnder

CPH Board of Directors
LAYPERSONS
Harry Barr
John Hoffmeyer
Raymond Wilson

Committee for Convention
Nominations
PASTORS
Alan Bachert
Ronald Fink
Ronald Froehlich
Arthur Geidel
David Joeckel
Louis Pabor
Rudolph Prange
Martin Ramming

Board for Evangelism
TEACHER
Warren Ford
Board for Higher Education
PASTOR
Richard Mazak
LAYPERSON
Herbert Kaiser
Board for Missions
PASTORS

Victor Albers

Martin Bangert
Arthur Geidel
Walter Harms
R. John Perling

LAYPERSON
Wayne Grupe

Board of Parish Education
PASTOR
George F. Lobien
TEACHER
Julia Foard
LAYPERSONS
Roy Guess
John McCants
Board of Stewardship
PASTOR
William F. Meyer

Board of Youth Ministry
TEACHER
Tom Buck
YOUNG PEOPLE

Rickie Krueger
Ken Schurb

Commission on Theology
and Church Relations
PASTORS
Hubert Beck
Paul G. Bretscher
John Fritz
Jim Haner
Philip J. Secker
Peter Steinke

Board of Control, Austin
PASTOR

John Ellwanger

Board of Control, Bronxville
PASTORS

Ernst R. Pflug
Richard H. Skov

LAYPERSONS

Herbert Kohlmann

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