LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 2016, Page 28

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Multi-Ballot Election to Determine Ranking of VicePresidents Two through Six
For 2nd Vice-President
Christopher S. Esget
Scott R. Murray

124
270

432

557

Committee 13: Routes to Ministry

Nabil S. Nour
Daniel Preus
John C. Wohlrabe, Jr.	

220
221
225

224
183
229

246

Christopher S. Esget
Nabil S. Nour

135
350

479

563

Daniel Preus
John C. Wohlrabe, Jr.	

215
350

155
421

503

Vice-President Herbert Mueller assumed the chair of the convention and called on Committee 13 Chairman Roger Paavola to
introduce the work of his committee. Res. 4-06A Task Force member Russell Sommerfeld was asked by the committee to use this first
segment of the committee’s time to provide an introduction to the
resolutions related to the report of the task force that addressed
the matter of licensed lay deacons. Chairman Mueller encouraged
careful study of these materials in preparation for consideration of
Res. 13-01A and 13-02A later in the convention.
[The text of Rev. Sommerfeld’s presentation was published in
the Monday issue of Today’s Business, pp. 336ff.]

(elected 2nd Vice-President)

254

For 3rd Vice-President

(elected 3rd Vice-President)

For 4th Vice-President
Christopher S. Esget
Daniel Preus
John C. Wohlrabe, Jr.

214
248
581 (elected 4th Vice-President)

For 5th Vice-President
Christopher S. Esget
Daniel Preus

476
570 (elected 5th Vice-President)

For 6th Vice-President
Christopher S. Esget (elected 6th Vice-President)

Committee 20: Floor Nominations for Secretary of Synod
Election
Committee 20 (Committee for Convention Nominations)
Chairman Ronald Garwood called attention to the slate of candidates for the Office of Secretary provided by his committee and
provided information regarding the nominating process. When
President Harrison opened the floor for nominations, motions were
introduced to nominate Rev. John P. Gierke of Conway, Arkansas,
and Rev. Dan P. Gilbert of Hillside, Illinois, for the office of Secretary. By separate votes, John P. Gierke [Yes: 619; No: 398] and Dan
P. Gilbert [Yes: 594; No: 433] were added to the slate. Noting no
further interest in making floor nominations, the chair declared
nominations closed.

Omnibus Res. A
After a correction was noted (adding Overture 7-07 to the list), a
motion was introduced to adopt Omnibus Res. A (TB, pp. 342ff.—
Part 2, Sunday issue). During the discussion that followed, a motion
was introduced to amend the resolution by striking Overtures 11-30
and 11-32. This motion failed (Yes: 492; No: 505). A motion was
then introduced to add Res. 12-01A to the omnibus resolution,
this resolution to be referred to the Council of Presidents for further study. After a brief recess was called by the chair to consider
these intended actions, the Secretary of the Synod reported that
all three of these actions were out of order. Overture 7-07 was discovered to be a resolution and not an overture, so that it and the
attempted addition of Res. 12-01A were both out of order since
this omnibus resolution is for overtures and not resolutions. It had
also been learned that Overtures 11-30 and 11-32 had already been
removed from the resolution by Committee 11, leaving Omnibus
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Res. A without change except for the striking of Overtures 11-30
and 11-32. After further discussion, a motion to end debate was
carried [Yes: 900; No: 126], and Omnibus Res. A was adopted as
changed [Yes: 923; No: 97].

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Committee 15: Reformation
Vice-President Daniel Preus assumed the chair of the convention. He called on Committee 15 Chairman Peter Lange, President
of the Kansas District, for his committee’s report, who called the
assembly’s attention to Res. 15-01 “To Give Thanks for Gospel
Focus of ‘The Wittenberg Project’” (TB, pp. 186f.—preconvention
issue) and called on Wittenberg Society Chairman Michael Kumm
to provide a history of the project. Res. 15-01 was then formally
introduced by the committee and, after discussion and a motion
to end debate that was introduced and carried [Yes: 984; No: 37],
Res. 15-01 was adopted as presented [Yes: 973; No: 37].
Res. 15-02A “To Encourage the Use of the Two-Hour Luther
Documentary” (TB, pp. 377f.—Part 2, Sunday issue) was introduced
by the committee and a video showing some of the documentary
was aired. After discussion, a motion to end debate was carried
[Yes: 1,005; No: 36] and Res. 15-02A was adopted as presented [Yes:
997; No: 23].
Res. 15-03 “To Commend Use of Resources Provided for Reformation 2017 500th Anniversary” (TB, pp. 187f.—preconvention
issue) was introduced by the committee and adopted as presented
without discussion [Yes: 988; No: 20].
Res. 15-04A “To Honor 500th Anniversary of the Reformation
by Growing in the Word and Showing Christ to the World” (TB, p.
378—Part 2, Sunday issue) was introduced by the committee and,
after discussion, adopted as presented [Yes: 996; No: 33].
Res. 15-06 “To Encourage Study of Augsburg Confession in
Commemoration of 500th Anniversary of the Reformation” (TB,
p. 386—Part 2, Sunday issue) was introduced by the committee
and, after brief discussion, adopted as presented [Yes: 989; No: 32].

Committee 3: Mercy
Committee 3 Chairman Lee Hagan, President of the Missouri
District, introduced the work of his committee with words of Scripture and a video discussing the need for mercy in many ways every
day. He then introduced Res. 3-01 “To Commend and Encourage Work of LCMS Disaster Response” (TB, p. 57—preconvention
issue) on behalf of his committee which, after discussion, was
adopted as presented by show of hands.
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