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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1975, Page 33

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MISSIONS 33

their conscientious efforts in this difficult task, to the furthering
of Christ's kingdom on earth.
Concordia Lutheran Church
Hammond, Ind.
Clifford C. Watts, President
John A. Freyek, Secretary

2-11

To Ask Mission Board to Resign

}HWEREAS. There have been several official protests from our
sister churches in other countries regarding the removal of
several executives of the mission staff; and

WHEREAS. There has been an apparent inability on the part
of the Board for Missions and the mission staff to work together:
and

WHEREAS. The actions of the synodical Board for Missions
have caused a schism to take place in our foreign mission
field; and

WHEREAS. The Mission Affirmations reaffirmed by the Synod
in convention, in New Orleans in 1973, have been circumvented
and ignored; therefore be it

Resolved. That since the synodical Board for Missions cannot
help to perpetuate the Word among the different fields of
endeavor, that the members of the board be asked to resign
and be replaced by the actions of this synodical convention; and
be it further

Resolved. That the board be instructed to return to the use
of the Mission Affirmations.

Christ The King Lutheran Church
Saint Peters, Mo.

Richard Brueggemann, President
Margaret Bagley, Secretary
Ronald E. Bronemann, Pastor

2-12

To Admonish Board for Missions

WHEREAS, The Mission Affirmations provide a widely ac-
cepted set of guidelines for mission work within our Synod;
therefore be it

Resolved. That the Synod in convention admonish the Board
for Missions to conform its policies to these Affirmations and that
the convention reverse those actions of the board in the last
biennium which have issued from opposition to the Mission
Affirmations.

Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
Lake City, Fla.
James Bachman, Pastor

2-13A

To Request Change in Board for
Missions Policies

WHEREAS, The Synod’s Board for Missions has engaged in
activities and policy changes that represent a departure from
the spirit of the Mission Affirmations adopted at the Detroit
convention in 1965 and subsequently reaffirmed; and

WHEREAS, These changes have led to unsubstantiated dis-
missals and to large-scale protest resignations of key members
of the mission staff: and

WHEREAS. Front-line mission workers have protested the
legalistic and separatistic direction of the Board for Missions,
which precipitated a split in the Hong Kong mission and has
led to disruption in the total mission work of the church; and

WHEREAS. The autonomy of sister mission churches has
been seriously disregarded through such actions: therefore be it

Resolved. That the Board for Missions repudiate the policies

that have led to the disruption in missions and that it reinstate
workers unjustly dismissed: and be it further
Resolved. That the board return to an evangelical, Christ-
centered theology of missions and to a spirit of mutual trust and
cooperation between the Synod and sister mission churches
abroad.
Faith Lutheran Church
Kirksville, Mo.
Wade Coorts, President
Eileen Coleman, Secretary

Identical or similar:
2-13B and 2-13C
Redeemer, Philadelphia, Pa.
Trinity, Layton, Utah

Richard Hoyer
M. E. Mayer

2-14

To Ask Board for Missions to Deal with
“Immoral” Actions

WHEREAS. The greatest mission of The Lutheran Church —
Missouri Synod is to spread the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
and

WHEREAS. The need is greatest. for the field is widest, in our
overseas missions: and

WHEREAS. Our synodical President has stated the “efforts...
to inject our American problems into some of our sister churches

is immoral’; and

WHEREAS. Dissension and division have been noted in our
overseas mission fields: therefore be it

Resolved. That the Board for Missions be asked to determine
whether or not any action by any individual in the department
contributed to this unfortunate situation: and be it further

Resolved. That the Board for Missions be asked to deal fairly
but firmly with any individual found to have engaged in these
“immoral” actions.

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Milwaukee, Wis.

John Sivitz, Chairman
Beverly J. Fuchs, Secretary
David K. Rockrohr, Pastor

2-154

To Deal Evangelically with
Mission Staff

WHEREAS. Some missionaries and Board for Missions mem-
bers have been inyolved in and/or associated with Evangelical
Lutherans in Mission (ELIM): and

WHEREAS. The synodical Board of Directors encouraged all
within the Synod who are involved in the activities of Evan-
gelical Lutherans in Mission (ELIM) to refrain from any im-
proper actions to carry out the objectives of the Missouri Synod:
therefore be it

Resolved. That the Board for Missions continue to deal
evangelically and firmly with any staff, missionaries, or board
members that still may be involved in and/or associated ‘with
Evangelical Lutherans in Mission (ELIM).

Redeemer Lutheran Church
New Orleans, La.

Leonard J. Keim, President
Clair A. Wiederhoft, Pastor

Identical or similar:

2-15B

Our Father’s, Milwaukee, Wis. John Puls