LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 2001, Page 29

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MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION
ementary schools are on the roster?” After the delegates
made their choices for the correct answer, he reported the
correct answer: Just over half of the teachers in our elementary schools are synodically trained, rostered members
of the Synod.
Committee 5: Higher Education
Committee 5 Chairman James Kalthoff, President of the
Missouri District, introduced the “For the Sake of the
Church” campaign. A video describing the campaign was
viewed and the chairman of the campaign, Ed Bertram,
provided further information, in part through an interview
of Faith Craig, a student from Concordia University of St.
Paul, Minnesota. The names of 152,000 youth of the Synod,
future leaders of the church, were ceremonially presented
to President Kuhn to underscore the importance of the
campaign. A prayer was offered by Chairman Bertram for
the sake of the “For the Sake of the Church” campaign.
Discussion then continued on Res. 5-02 (TB, p. 88). A
motion was made to postpone action on the resolution to a
definite time. Question was called on the motion to postpone and on the resolution. The motion to end debate failed
(Y:502; N:511). Discussion continued on the motion to postpone and regarding the two-minute rule mentioned in Special Standing Rule 6. The Chair ruled and was supported
by the delegates to allow the delegate whose speech had
been cut short to finish his speech (Y:557; N:476). Debate
was ended (Y:913; N:143) and the motion to postpone to a
definite time failed (Y:405; N:637). Discussion continued on
the main motion until the Orders of the Day ended debate.
A motion to extend time for ten minutes was made, followed by discussion of Standing Rule 14 and its automatic
call of the question. A motion to end debate carried (Y:781;
N:268). The resolution was adopted (Y:764; N:288).
Res. 5-03 (TB, p. 93), “To Amend Bylaws re Teacher Colloquy,” was read by a member of the committee. The Chair
ruled that the proposed Bylaws not be read and was supported by a 161–832 vote. Discussion followed until the Orders of the Day prevailed.
Committee 6: Human Care
William Diekelman, President of the Oklahoma District
and chairman of Committee 6, introduced Matthew Harrison,
Executive Director of the Board for Human Care Ministries,
who in turn introduced the video “Divine Love—Human
Care,” vividly depicting the work of his department.
Res. 6-12 (TB, p. 211), “To Support Lifelong Sexual Purity,” was introduced. A motion to amend the fourth
WHEREAS with the addition of three words “the sin of ” prior
to the word “cohabitation” carried (Y:724; N:204). A motion
to amend the second WHEREAS by adding the words “between one man and one woman” after the words “marriage
relationship” carried (Y:865; N:68). The editorial change of
the word “asked” to “mandated” in the fifth WHEREAS was
made by common consent. A motion to amend the first
WHEREAS by adding the words “between one man and one
woman” after “relationship” was discussed. A motion to
close debate carried (Y:912; N:31). The amendment carried
(Y:783; N:158) and the motion also carried (Y:920; N:35).

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Res. 6-04A (TB, p. 179), “To Encourage Prayer for Persecuted Christians,” was presented by a member of the
committee. After discussion, debate was closed (Y:904;
N:20) and the motion was carried (Y:917; N:10).
Devotion
After announcements, the Chair called upon Rev. Israel
Isidor, President of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Haiti, for the evening devotion before declaring the convention recessed until Tuesday morning.

Session 5
Tuesday A.M., July 17, 2001
Devotion
Dr. Robert King, First Vice-President of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod, called the assembly to order and
introduced the morning devotion leader, Dr. William Weinrich, Second Vice-President of the Synod and member of the
faculty of Concordia Theological Seminary of Fort Wayne.
Convention Essay
The Chair introduced the second convention essayist,
the Rev. Dr. Cameron MacKenzie, professor and chairman
of the Department of Historical Theology at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne. An outline of his essay is
printed on page 231 of Today’s Business.
Reaction to Essay
A response to Dr. MacKenzie’s essay was delivered by
the Rev. Scott Blazek, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran
Church of Clovis, New Mexico. He thanked Dr. MacKenzie
for his essay and particularly his reference to Luther at
Marburg. He posed the question: “What would dear Dr.
Luther say today? Would he commune with us?” Rev.
Blazek spoke of the sure foundation that is the Gospel and
the love that moves us to share the true foundation with
others. He maintained that Luther would look for the same
from us today, at the risk of offending others, even as he
did at Marburg. He compared the casual attitudes of our
culture in other regards to similar attitudes on the part of
many today regarding the Lord’s Supper.
Essay Prayer
Dr. Karl Barth, member of the Board of Directors of the
Synod and former President of Concordia Seminary, St.
Louis, led the convention in prayer in response to the essay.
Greeting from the Lutheran Laymen’s League
Dr. Kuhn assumed the Chair of the convention and expressed appreciation for the blessings provided to the
Synod through the dedicated ministries of its two auxiliary
organizations. He introduced Mr. Al Waldron, President of
the International Lutheran Laymen’s League.
Mr. Waldron expressed his pleasure in bringing greetings from the ILLL and asked the question: “What are you
going to do after this convention?” He reminded that this
is the question that will remain for every person present
when the convention is finished. He spoke of the army of
people in his organization ready to tell everyone the Good
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