LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1975, Page 86

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86 RESOLUTIONS

Holy Spirit people may come to know and accept Jesus
Christ as their Lord and Savior;

2. Resolved, That we recognize that responsibility
and responsiveness in mission is motivated by the love
and redemptive work of the Lord Jesus, who loved us and
gave Himself for us;

3. Resolved, That we reaffirm the Scriptural truth
that in the proclamation of the Gospel the verbal and/or
written witness is indispensable;

4. Resolved, That we reaffirm the Scriptural truth
that deeds of love which flow from the Gospel at work
in the lives of God’s people are an indispensable part
of the church’s mission;

5. Resolved, That responsible mission planning and
activity includes a loving response to the needs and
wills of our sister churches and mission fields and
requires a genuine partnership and mutual sharing with
co-workers throughout the world to foster an aggressive,
growing mission in order that more people may learn
the saving Word of Jesus Christ;

6. Resolved, That such partnership as we live it out
within our Synod is possible only as we uncompromisingly
remain faithful to the Scriptures and the Lutheran
Confessions;

7. Resolved, That we as the Synod reaffirm that the
Holy Spirit moves us to be of one heart and mind,
“walking together” joyfully under Christ in the confes-
sional unity of our faith;

8. Resolved, That our “walking together” by definition
commits us to honor and uphold the Constitution,
Bylaws, and resolutions of the Synod;

9. Resolved, That in such “walking together” we
recognize the responsibility of the Board for Missions to
the Synod and the need for the unfailing support of the
Synod to the Board for Missions as the Synod’s primary
agency in mission as it follows the Mission Affirmations
under the Scriptures and Lutheran Confessions as
determinants and guides;

10. Resolved, That in such “walking together” we
recognize the role of the President of the Synod as the
chief ecumenical officer of the Synod as indicated in
Bylaw 2.27h, which states: “The President shall repre-
sent the Synod in official contacts with all sister
churches by aiding, counseling, and advising them and
strengthening the relationships with and between them”;

11. Resolved, That in such “walking together” we
recognize the role of the CTCR in the church’s mission
as stated in Resolution 3-03 of the 1971 convention of
the Synod, which states in its eighth resolved: “That the
LCMS specifically assign the CTCR the responsibility
of assisting the President in carrying out the Synod’s
theological and church relations responsibilities toward
her sister churches”; and finally

12. Resolved, That with the help of Almighty God, we
confess our sins and weaknesses to Him, put our human
differences behind us, and thus united and with the
power of the Holy Spirit, move confidently forward in
His mission.

Action: Adopted (4).

(The committee replaced its tentative Res. 2-01 with Res.
2-01A. A motion to amend the resolution by striking Point 8 as
contrary to Article VII of the Constitution failed. The con-
vention declined to consider a substitute motion. At one
point a motion to close debate failed of the required % majority,
594 to 417. A later call for closing of debate was approved by
the delegates, who then declined a request for a division. After
a point of order had been raised stating that there is a
difference between a call for division of the house and a call
for a count, the chair placed before the assembly once again
for a standing vote the question of closing debate. The chair
ruled that the required % vote had been achieved. A motion
for a count was declined by the assembly through a voice vote.
The resolution was then adopted.)

To Conclude the Work of the
Mission Study Commission

RESOLUTION 2-02A
(Replacing Res. 2-02)
Report 2-04; Overtures 2-13A—2-14 (CW, pp. 29-31, 33)

Wuereas, It has been a decade since the new Board
for Missions was created and evaluation is thus in order
at this time; and

Wuereas, God in His wisdom has permitted the Synod
to experience painful tensions within its mission pro-
gram; and

Wuereas, The Board of Directors of the Synod, in an
attempt to resolve these tensions, appointed a special
Mission Study Commission; and

Wuereas, The Mission Study Commission has sub-
mitted an extensive report and recommendations to the
Board of Directors; and

Wuereas, The Board of Directors is in the process of
acting on the following recommendations: 6, 7a, 7b, 10,
11, 12, 16, 18, 19, and 24 (CW, pp. 29-31); and

Wuereas, The Board of Directors is distributing the
report and recommendations of the Mission Study Com-
mission to the Board for Missions, the District presi-
dents, District mission boards, and sister churches; and

Wuereas, There has not been enough time for these
individuals and groups to respond to the report and
recommendations; and

Wuereas, Some of the recommendations of the Mis-
sion Study Commission concern themselves with changes
in the administrative structure of the Synod; and

Wuereas, Bylaw 8.07a (1973 Handbook, p. 173) lists
“Functions of the Board” (that is, Board for Missions) as
follows: “The Board shall formulate, recommend, review,
and supervise the mission policy of the Synod, direct and
adopt planning in keeping therewith, establish and su-
pervise budgets, review organizational effectiveness,
effect the correlation and coordination of the synodical
mission endeavors with other boards, agencies, and aux-
iliaries of the Synod, and do all else necessary to provide
for an aggressive and united mission effort for the Syn-
od”; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Mission Study Commission receive
response to its report and recommendations from the
District presidents, District mission boards, and sister