LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1975, Page 187

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Lutheran Church---Canada 103
Lutheran Church in America 64, 103
address of LCA president 45, 73-75

The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod Foundation
15, 27, 116

Lutheran Church of Australia 94

Lutheran Church of Nigeria 28

Lutheran Council in the USA. (LCUSA) 62, 101,
167

address of LCUSA general secretary 36, 75-77

Lutheran Hour 83, 92, 156

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service 167

Lutheran Laymen’s League, International 35, 58, 62,
156, 157, 172

Lutheran Ministry to Veterans 167

Lutheran Radio, Board for 15

“A Lutheran Stance Toward Ecumenism” 104

Lutheran Television, Board for 15, 157

Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, Sas-
katchewan, Can. 144, 146, 147

The Lutheran Witness 40, 62, 157, 158

Lutheran Witness Reporter 157-158

Lutheran Women's Missionary League 32-33, 58, 92

Lutheran World Federation 105, 179

Der Lutheraner 157-158

LWF See Lutheran World Federation

LWML See Lutheran Women's Missionary League

Malicious and slanderous attacks 170-171
Managers, Board of, Worker Benefit Plans
See Worker Benefit Plans
Marshall, Robert J., address of LCA president 45,
73-75
Martin, Dallas 25
Martin, St., of Tours, award 30
Masaryktown, Fla., Trinity, transfer of 109, 181
Medical missions 90
Medical Work, Council for Christian 15
Melde, Gus 35, 58
Membership 60
classifications 131
losses 60, 80, 81
Memorial address and service 30, 71-72
Mental health 165
Mental retardation 15, 161
Métis 64
Meyer, Waldemar E. 78
also Presidents, District, dissident
Milwaukee, Wis.
Chapel of the Cross, transfer of 109
Concordia College See Concordia College, Mil-
waukee
Sherman Park church, transfer of 109, 117, 181
Ministerial Health, Commission on 15, 163, 174
“Ministers of Christian Education,” definition of 131
Minorities 116
Minority studies 179
Minutes
convention, synodical 21-48
pastor and teacher conferences 173
synodical boards, commissions, and committees
119-120
Mission, involvement in 172
Mission Affirmations 86, 105, 173, 179
Mission and Ministry in the Church, Commission
on 49, 114, 128-129
“Mission conferences” 158
Mission education 158
Mission funds 91, 92
Mission: Life 160, 179
“The Mission of the Christian Church in the World”
105

Mission Study Commission 86-87
Mission to Ourselves 179
Missionaries, overseas, at the convention 17
Missions 85-92
floor committee 18
overseas 91
Miasions, Board for 86-87, 89, 90, 92, 479
convention representatives 14
election results 49
functions 86
Missions and Special Ministries, Division of 59, 60
Missouri in Perspective 96, 97, 98
Modified service and retirement 179
Montz, Mrs. Florence 32-33, 58
Moralism 79, 80
Mozambique 87
Mueller, Herbert See Secretary of Synod
Mueller, Martin 40

Name of Synod 120
Namibia (South-West Africa) 164
National churches affiliated with Synod 28
National Council of Churches 179
Naumann, Oscar 45
NCC See National Council of Churches
Neunaber, Herman 78

See also Presidents, District, dissident
New Guinea 60, 85
“New Life in Christ” Sunday school materials 160
New morality 179
New Orlears 1973 resolutions 64, 127, 179, 184
Nigeria 28
Nomination procedures, convention 16, 131-132, 135
Nominations 18, 23-24, 26, 175
Nominations, Committee for Convention 14, 48-49
Notification of changes in benefit plans 179

Oakland See Concordia High School, Oakland
Officers, synodical 4, 13
Onarga, Iil., St. John, transfer of 109

INDEX

Ontario, seminary extension program in 147
Opening of convention 21
“Opinion re Removal of District Presidents from
Office” 126-127
“Opinion re Ordination Rights” 125
Ordination 102-103, 127
of persons not properly endorsed 122-124, 125-126
of women 179
Organizations, Commission on 137, 179
Orvick, George 45
Otten, Herman 64, 171
Ovambokavanga Evangelical Lutheran Church 164
Overseas
missionaries at the convention 16, 17
missions 91
Overtures
bylaw change regarding 128, 137
correlated with resolutions 183-184
late, accepted for consideration 181-182

Papua New Guinea 60
Parachurch structures 82
Parents, resources ror 155
Parish
education See Schools, Lutheran; Weekday school;
Sunday schoo!
experience 179
services 18, 62, 155-162
Parish Education, Board of 15, 49, 155, 160, 161, 162
Parliamentarians 15, 23
Partners in Mission 90, 97
Pastoral conferences 138-139
“Pastoral ministry,” definition of 131
The Pastor's Companion 107
Pastors emeriti 118
Patriotic observance 21
See also Bicentennial .
Pension See Worker Benefit Plans
Periodical, official 157
Periodicals, Editorial Commission for Official 15, 157-

Perry County, Mo. 173
Persecuted Christians 164
Personnel, synodical, convention representative 15
Petitions 119
Philippine Lutheran Church 60
Piepkorn, Arthur, family 141
Poch, Martin C. 116
Policy Statement on Limitation of Academic Freedom
2-15.
Portland See Concordia College, Portland
Porto Alegre See Brazil
Portugal 92
“Position Statement of the Board of Directors on
ELIM and Balance, Inc.” 97
Preambles, status of 179
Preconvention procedure and calendar 177-178
Preface “Jesus Christus Dominus Est” 5-6
Preretirement planning 118
President of Synod 93, 94, 95, 179
address 21, 53-55
bicentennial proclamation 21
and Council of Presidents 124
ecumenical officer, chief 86
report 22, 57-64
Presidential authority and responsibility 139
Presidents, District 13-14, 179
dissident 26, 33, 34-35, 58, 77-78, 122-124
election 135 °
involvement in all affairs of the church 136
ordination of persons not properly endorsed 26, 58,
122-124
removal from office 126-127
See also Council of Presidents
Presidents of congregations 174
Preus, David, address of ALC resident 45, 72-73
Preus, J. A. O. 21, 22, 53-55, 7-64
See also President of Synod
Preus, Mrs. J. A. O. 22
Pro-life movement 62
Proceedings 170
Professors fallen asleep in Jesus during the past
biennium 141
Project Compassion 164-165
Prophecy 95
Public Relations, Board for 15
Publicize positions 179

Racism 111-112

Radio, Board for Lutheran 15

Reasons for termination of personnel 112

Recognition Night 28, 30

Recruitment 62, 141-142, 153, 169

Reference resolutions 179

Referendum procedure 137

Referrals See Reference resolutions

Referred New Orleans 1973 resolutions 184

Regional associations 179

Registration and credentials 18, 23, 45, 175

Renewal retreats 80

Reorganization, Committee for 16, 64, 87, 121, 124

joint committee with Constitution Review Com-
mittee 121

Reorganization, Task Force on See Task Force on
Revisions etc.

Report, late, accepted for consideration 182

“Report of Committee for Reorganization and
Constitution Review Committee” 121

“Report on Dissent” 95

“A Report to the Church” 64

Reports and overtures correlated with resolutions
183-184

187

Representation on boards, committees, and commis-
sions 119
Representatives and delegates 7-16
advisory 133, 136
certification of lay delegates 131, 175
election of delegates 129-131
Reprints of books by Maier, Arndt, Walther,
Engelder 179
Resolutions 79-179
correlated with reports and overtures 183-184
New Orleans 1973 referrals 184
Ressmeyer, Rudolph P. F. 78
See also Presidents, District, dissident
Retirement See Worker Benefit Plans
“Revelation, Inspiration, and Inerrancy” 100
“A — of the Question ‘What Is a Doctrine?”

Revise Bylaws for Budget Preparation, Ad Hoc
Committee to 176

Revised Standard Version 162

Riedel, Robert J. 78

See also Presidents, District, dissident

Rights of others 134

River Forest See Concordia Teachers College, River
Forest

Robert's Rules of Order 52

Rosin, Walter 6, 48

Sabbaticals 179
Saginaw (Mich.) News 97

St. John’s College, Winfield 14, 51

St. Louis See Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

St. Martin of Tours award 30

St. Paul, Minn. See Concordia College, St. Paul

St. Paul’s college, Concordia, Mo. 14, 50, 146

Sao Leopoldo, Brazil See Brazil

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Can. See Lutheran The-
ological Seminary, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,

‘an,
Schedule of 1975 convention 19
Schools, Lutheran 160
See also High schools; Higher education; Parish
education; names of colleges and seminaries
Scripture, God’s inspired, inerrant, and authoritative
Word for doctrine and practice 100
Secretary of District 135
Secretary of Synod, “Jesus Christus Dominus Est”
preface 5-6
Sectarianism 79
Selbstaendige Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche 101
Selective fellowahi 179
Selma, Ala. See Alabama Lutheran Academy and
College, Selma
Seminarians in student teaching 179
Seminaries See Higher education; Seminary property;
names of institutions
Seminario Concordia, Porto Ale, a Brazil 14, 51-52
Seminario Concordia, José Leon Sudeen Prov. Buenos
Aires, Argentina, board of control 51
Seminary-in-exile See Seminex
Seminary property 179
ees 58, 59, 94, 97, 125, 126, 141, 143, 144, 147,
1

Sermon, convention 21, 65-68

Service book, new 102

Seward See Concordia Teachers College, Seward

Sight-saving material 92

Sign language courses 179

"Skillshope leaders’ 158

Slanderous and malicious attacks 170-171
ial concerns 179

Social Concerns Committee 104

Social ministry 18, 163-167

Social Ministry Affirmations 104, 106

Social Ministry and World Relief, Board of 15, 115-
116, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 179

Social Ministry Sunday 117-118

Sola gratia 61

Sola Scriptura 61

South Africa 164

South-West Africa (Namibia) 164

Southwest District, possible 117

Spanish See Hispanic

Special and sundry matters 18, 169-174

Special ministries 90-91

Special needs, people with 83

Special offering 179

Special studies by Commission on Theology and
Church Relations 179

Spitz, C. Thos. 37, 99

Springfield See Concordia Seminary, Springfield

Staff officers in elective and appointive positions
135

Standing rules of convention 23, 36, 44, 52, 177

“A Statement of Scriptural and Confessional Prin-
ciples” 95-96, 99

Statistical Yearbook 91, 170

Status of Seminex professors called as assistant
pastors 126

Stewardship 62, 116, 158, 159

Stewardship, Board of 15, 49

Student 'y representatives 16, 17

Student concerns 151

Suelfiow, August 21

Sunday school 62, 155

Sundry matters See Special and sundry matters

Supplemental funding 116-117

Supplemental project giving 116

Survivor Plan See Worker Benefit Plans

Suspension 64

Synod