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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 2001, Page 465

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LIST OF REPORTS AND OVERTURES

To Affirm Lay Ministry .........0....0...00.005
To Expand Lay Assistant Training Programs .......
To Permit Lay Leadership of Worship Services .....
To Reaffirm Position of Synod re Women

in Pastoral Office... 0... eee
To Restudy Women’s Ordination ...-..........0..
To Adopt CTCR Report on Role of Wornen
inChurch 0.0.0... ee eee
To Instruct CTCR to Restudy Question

of Women’s Ministry ............. 0.20.0 -00 20
To Declare in Constitution That Only Men

May Be Pastors ........0 0002. c eee eee eee
To Not Recognize or Advocate Women Pastors .....
To Codify Opposition to Ordination

of Women in Handbook . 20.00.0600 eee
To Adopt CTCR 1994 Report as Official Position ...
To Clarify Terms Related to Pastoral Office ........
To Study Other Lutheran Church Materials

te Ordination of Women ...........0.-0 2-002 ae
To Advocate Lutheran Church of Australia

Approach re Ordination of Women ...............
To Appoint Task Force to Prepare Study

on Ordination of Women ........ 00.0.0 eee eee
To Clarify Stance on Role of Women in the Church ..
To Reject as False Doctrine the Opinion

that Women May Be Pastors ..................4.
To Not Solve Pastoral Shortage

with Women’s Ordination ......................
To Discontinue Gender Discrimination

in Pastoral Office . 6.2.0... eee eee
To Eliminate Gender Discrimination ..............
To Affirm Service of Women Including

Pastoral Ministry 2.22... ...00...0.00 2.200 e eee
To Encourage Participation of Women

in Delivery of the Word .................-.-000.
To Allow Women Elders on Basis of CCM Opinion .
To Encourage Women to Serve in Any
Congregational Office except Pastor ..............
To Grant Eligibility of Women

for Leadership Positions in Congregations .........
To Affirm Women as Teachers of Theology ........
To More Widely Use God's Gifts through Women .. .
To Examine Theological Implications of Women
Serving as Combat Warriors in Armed Forces ......
To Require Male Theology Professors ............
To Reject Women’s Suffrage ........-.0..2..-0.--
To Require Disassociation from Renewal in Missouri
To Ask Renewal in Missouri to Disband ...........
To Ask Supporters of Position of Seminex to Retract .
To Direct President to Address Continuing

Concerns re Serninex Supporters ...........0...02.
To Encourage Formation of “Daughter” Church Body
To Encourage Private Confession and Absolution ...
To Assist in Recovery of Private

Confession and Absolution ...........0.0.000005
To Encourage Baptism of Infants at Earliest
Opportunity 2.0... eee ee eens
To Adopt Guidelines re Pastoral Care

and Privileged Communications ................-
To Expand Guidelines re Pastoral Care

Privileged Communication .................000-
To Reject All Forms of Millennialism .............

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4. Program and Finance

To Support Work of CHI

through 75th-Anniversary Thankoffering ..........
To Direct Synod and Districts

to Evaluate Use of Resources ............-..005.
To Revise Bylaws to Reflect Transfer

of Capital Funding Services ..................4..
To Disclose Amount and Use of Grant Monies ......
To Place Restrictions on Special Grants

to President’s Office ......0....0.. 0.000022 eee
To Retain Youth Gathering Funds

for Future Gatherings ............00.0 000.0 ce eee
To Not Accept Valpo Advertising

for Lutheran Wimess 0.0.0... 0 ce eee
To Recognize 100th Anniversary

of Michigan District CEF.........0...0....0.05-

5, Higher Education

To Retain Composition and Qualifications

of Seminary Boards of Regents ..................
To Amend Bylaw to Increase Membership

of CUS Boards of Regents ...............-.0.04.
To Increase Membership of Boards

of Regents by Four .... 0.0.00... cc eee eee eee
To Increase University Boards of Regents by Four . . .
To Increase Seminary Boards of Regents by Two....
To Amend Bylaw to Restore Three-Year

Terms for Regents .............. 000. c cee eee
To Amend Bylaw to Provide Process for Ecclesiastical
Supervision of Synod’s Schools ............0..-5
To Restore Pre-1998 Bylaw

re Closure of Colleges and Universities. ...........
To Amend Bylaw re BHE Planning...............
To Disallow Teachers in Synod Schools

Who Oppose Confessional Position. ..............
To Investigate Doctrine and Practice

at Concordia, Portland 2.0.0.0... 00... eee eee
To Set Aside District Resolution

re Concordia, Portland ...............0.. 02000 ee
To Require Evidence and Bylaw Response

to Allegations from Iowa District East ............
To Affirm Constitution Procedure

for Addressing Accusations and Complaints ........
To Develop Standard for Training

of Professional Church Workers ............2...-
To Not Allow Districts to Prepare Pastors ..........
To Remove Psychological Profiling

and Restore Theological Interviews at Seminaries ...
To Restore Theological Interviews at Seminaries .. .
To Involve Congregations in Certification

for Ordination ...... 2.0.0.0... e cece eee ee
To Make Financial Counseling Available

to Seminary Students ...................-..0050.
To Include Clinical Pastoral Education

in Seminary Curriculi... 0.6.0.0... ee eee eee
To Require Teaching that Ordination

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To Encourage Cooperative Work between Seminaries
To Assure that Creation Is Taught

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