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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1975, Page 37

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MISSIONS 37

ministry and administration of campus ministry in unionism
and unionistic practices contrary to Article VI 2 a and b: there-
fore be it

Resolved. That the Synod declare itself opposed to all such
Tri-Lutheran unified ministries with bodies with whom the
Synod is not in pulpit and altar fellowship: and be it further

Resolved. That the Synod direct those Districts already active
in a unified campus ministry to withdraw from such involvement
in the next school year: and be it finally

Resolved. That the Synod direct those Districts that may be
contemplating such a step to suspend all negotiations since the
LCA and the LCMS are not in pulpit and altar fellowship.

Immanuel Lutheran Church
Scranton. Pa.
John Brzozowski, Secretary

Identical or similar:

2-28B

St. Michael’s, Akron, N. Y. Theo. J. Fink
2-29
To Ratify CCM Campus Ministry

Opinion

WHEREAS. The Commission on Constitutional Matters. after
having studied the various actions taken by recent conventions
of the Synod with regard to campus ministries, after having re-
viewed the instruments by which some of the joint enterprises
have developed in several Districts of the Synod to carry on
campus ministry, and after having sought the guidance of the
Commission on Theology and Church Relations with reference
to the “theological” and ‘church relations” aspects on these
matters, ruled the following (see Appendix): therefore be it

Resolved. That the Synod in convention ratify these rulings
of its CCM.
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church
Milwaukee, Wis.
Ervin R. Lemke. Pastor

Identical or similar:

2-29B and 2-29C

Our Father’s, Milwaukee, Wis.
Mount Calvary, New Orleans, La.

John Puls
M. H. Lehnhardt

2-30A

To Overrule CCM Opinion re Campus
Ministry

PREAMBLE. Since the 1940s the Lutheran bodies in the New
England area have cooperated in Lutheran campus ministries.
In response to the challenges of campus mission opportunities
and limitations of manpower and financial resources, this co-
operation has increasingly entailed a joint Lutheran ministry.
This direction was undergirded by the action of the synodical
convention in Detroit and reaffirmed at later conventions (New
York, 1967, 3-20: Denver 1969, 1-20). On May 17, 1974, the Com-
mission on Constitutional Matters declared this effort to be
“improper” where the administering of Word and sacrament is
concerned.

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church~ Missouri Synod re-
affirm its traditional support of inter-Lutheran campus ministry
efforts: and be it further

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod,
assembled in convention July 1975, overrule the opinion of the
Commission on Constitutional Matters re: Campus Ministries,
issued May 17, 1974, which declares that “joint campus worship
communities and joint campus ministries of Word and sacrament
with church groups with which the Synod has not as yet estab-
lished fellowship relations are improper’: and be it further

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod

assembled in convention July 1975 be petitioned to give campus
ministries the same “extraordinary” fellowship rights now
utilized by the military chaplaincy, institutional chaplaincy, and
the overseas congregations.

Board of Directors

New England District

Clifford G. Larson, Secretary

Identical or similar:

2-30B

Atlantic District R. Ressmeyer

2-31

To Support “Partners in Mission”

WHEREAS. Partners in Mission is reaching out with the Word
of the Gospel of Jesus Christ into many areas of the world: and

WHEREAS. Partners in Mission in its training, calling. place-
ment of workers. and publication of information is in no way
different from other organizations operating within The Lu-
theran Church—Missouri Synod. such as Lutheran Bible
Translators: and

WHEREAS. We join in thanking our Lord for all efforts that
send the message of life in Christ into the world and gladly
support such efforts as we find individually possible ‘such as
Lutheran Bible Translators. the Wheat Ridge Foundation. The
Lutheran Hour, local Lutheran federations of churches. etc.):
therefore be it

Resolved. That we thank God for Partners in Mission and
encourage others to support such Christ-centered work to the
extent individually possible.

Peace Lutheran Church
New Berlin. Wis.

Donald Schwerin. President
Jan Blanchard, Secretary
Martin W. Bangert. Pastor

To Deal with Problems Related
to Missions

WHEREAS. There is abundant evidence that problems re-
lated to doctrinal matters exist in our Synod’s mission program.
such as:

1) the unofficial meeting of about 25 representatives from
seven of our missions and sister churches in south and eastern
Asia. the results of which meeting clearly show that American
liberal paternalism and exploitation had reared their heads:

2) incontrovertible and undenied evidence that the strongly
worded news release from the Hong Kong meeting had been
prepared before the meeting itself by certain Stateside members
of the Synod who sharply disagree with the Synod's doctrinal
position on mission and missiology:

3) evidence that an apparent confusion of names ‘World
Mission Institute’ was used by two different organizations}
enabled certain funds to be utilized by an unauthorized,
“Seminex’’-related organization for its own purposes:

4) the apparent decision of the LCMS-related church in
Japan to adopt the unscriptural policy of approving the ordina-
tion of women to the pastoral ministry and various other ques-
tionable and pluralistic practices:

5) the fact that some within our Synod seem to be satisfied
with our mission program when it merely lends a little ‘‘Lu-
theran input” to such heathen religions as Islam. Hinduism.
Shintoism, Buddhism. etc.:

6) the fact that in certain mission fields the formerly Missouri
Synod-related radio ministry has now been so widened as to
allow the majority of their policy-making boards to become
non-Lutheran in membership. for example. the radio board of
the India Evangelical Lutheran Church. in which only three
out of nine board members are members of the IELC: and