LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1981, Page 134

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134 RESOLUTIONS

Resolved, That the Board for Parish Services provide
suitable materials to assist the congregations.

Action: Adopted as amended (14).

(Amendment: addition of the final resolved.)

To Expand Jewish Missions Work
RESOLUTION 1-13A
Overture 1-34 (CW, pp. 38—39)

“WHEREAS, The Board for Evangelism, through its
Committee on Witnessing to Jewish People, has for the
past six years conducted an expanding ministry of
evangelism to the Jewish people; and

WHEREAS, The Synod through its resolutions (2-27 in
1977 and 1-30 in 1979) has mandated that this work be
done; and

WHEREAS, The interest in Jewish evangelism in our
Synod continues to grow, as evidenced by the fact that
more than 2,000 people visited the Jewish evangelism
booth at the Great Commission Convocation and more
than 300 people requested further information; and

WHEREAS, The Committee on Witnessing to Jewish
People, as presently constituted, is unable to meet
adequately the demands for services that our people are
requesting, thus necessitating them to seek the help of
other Christian agencies; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Committee on Witnessing to
Jewish People endeavor to expand its work and to
prayerfully study new avenues for defusing the new
increasing anti-Semitism in our land and in the world;
and be it further

Resolved, That the Synod request that our seminar-
ies, in preparing future ministers for mission outreach
in various ethnic and non-Christian communities, em-
phasize the challenges also provided by Jewish com-
munities, and stand ready to assist the Committee on
Witnessing to Jewish People.

Action: Adopted as amended (14).

(Amendment adopted by common consent: the words
following “work” in the first resolved.)

To Recognize Anniversaries
of Partner Churches

RESOLUTION 1-14
Report 1-01 (CW, pp. 6—10)

WHEREAS, In obedience to our Lord’s will we bega:
mission work in various foreign fields in the past; ani
WHEREAS, The Spirit of God blessed some of the
mission fields with such growth and experience th:
they have become partner churches; and
WHEREAS, A number of these partner churches
this year celebrating anniversaries; therefore be it '

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Synod, in beh
of our church body, convey congratulations to*.thi
Lutheran Church of Nigeria on its 45th anniversar
the Lutheran Church in the Philippines on its 36}
anniversary, and to the China Evangelical Luth
Church in Taiwan on its 30th anniversary, and assu
them of our continued prayers as they serve our Lo
sharing His blessed Gospel message.

Action: Adopted (4).

To Recognize Anniversary of
the National Indian Lutheran Boar

RESOLUTION 1-15

Overture 1-19 (CW, p. 35)
WHEREAS, The National Indian Lutheran Boar
presently celebrating its 10th anniversary; and —

WHEREAS, The National Indian Lutheran Board}
made a positive contribution to both The Luth
Church—Missouri Synod and the American Ind
community during the past 10 years; therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church—Misso:
Synod recognize the efforts and contributions o
National Indian Lutheran Board during the pasts
years and join in this 10th anniversary celebratio

Action: Adopted (14).