Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1950, Page 127

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Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America. 1950 127

progress has been made and that the committee, to quote its own
statement, “is not deadlocked on any issue” and that it is nearer the
goal than two years ago. -

We therefore wholeheartedly recommend that the Interim
Committee be urged to continue its work and complete its assign-
ment,

We recommend further that the Interim Committee-be asked to
publish betimes the date and place of its meetings, making it pos-
sible for interested parties to attend and present their views.

Finally, we recommend that individuals, conferences, and other
groups within the constituent synods be urged to continue a study
of the doctrine of the Church and related teachings during the next
biennium, “that the ultimate goal of complete agreement on the
vital doctrine of the Church, with its many practical implications,
be attained.”

Action by the convention: The convention adopted the com-

mittee’s report with its recommendations.

| Report of the Synodical Conference Committee
on Intersynodical Relations

The Committee on Intersynodical Relations held sessions during
the past biennium on the following dates: October 5 and 6, 1948;
February 10 and 11, 1949; September 15 and 16, 1949; February 8
and 9, 1950; May 24 and 25, 1950. At these sessions many matters
pertaining to the relations of one synod to the other were discussed.
The personnel of the Committee for the biennium was as follows:

Of the Missouri Synod: President J. W. Behnken, D.D., Vice-
President H. Harms, D.D., and Pastor J. EH. Meyer, chairman.

Of the Wisconsin Synod: President J. Brenner, Vice-President
A. Voss, and Prof. E. Reim.
Of the Slovak Church: President A. Daniel (later Vice-

President John Bajus, representing the new President, Paul Rafaj),

Pastor J. S. Bradac, D. D., and Pastor S. G. Mazak.

Of the Norwegian Synod: President A. M. Harstad, Prof. N. A.
Madson, D.D., and Pastor C. M. Gullerud, secretary.

This committee presents the following report to the Honorable
Ev. Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America in convention
assembled at Fort Wayne, Ind., August 8—11, 1950:

1. Re A DECLARATION OF: THE WISCONSIN SYNOD’S
STANDING COMMITTEE ON CHURCH UNION

The 1948 Convention of the Synodical Conference referred
a declaration of the Wisconsin Synod’s Standing Committee on
Church Union to the Intersynodical Relations Committee with
power to act. Said declaration reads as follows:

“In view of the position into which our Wisconsin Synod has
been placed by the surprisingly speedy acceptance of the resolu-
tions pertaining to the report of the so-called Interim Committee,
particularly also by the subsequent refusal of the convention to
reconsider these resolutions; and