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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1975, Page 55

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THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS 55
John 17:3 App. 3-01G
John 17:24
John 18:36-37 J 1 oo] old. 4 REPORT OF EXCHANGE STUDY COMMITTEE
yopn ie ie 18 > The Exchange Study Committee functions as an auxiliary
John 19:30 “yy committee of the Commission on Theology and Church Rela-
John 20:28 tions. Appointed to this committee by the plenary CTCR for
John 21:17 1 the 1973~75 biennium were Dr. Fred Kramer, Concordia
Acts 1:3 Theological Seminary, Springfield: Dr. Erwin Sagehorn, chair-
Acts 1:11 man and CTCR liaison: and Dr. Lorenz Wunderlich, Concordia
Acts 3:15 1 1 1 1 1 1 Seminary, St. Louis.
Acts 108 2 2 5 2 Over the past 21 years of its existence this program has been
Acts 10:40-41 1 - able to make exchange study and teaching programs financially
Acts 10-42 possible to members of the Synod and to its sister churches in
Acts 13:37 various parts of the world. In so doing it has been instrumental
Acts 17:31 2 in fostering better understanding between Lutheran church
Rom. 2 2 2 bodies and their schools of theology as well as contributing to
Rom. l 2 common theological growth.
Rom 1 1 1 I Po2 1 The committee operates with a set of criteria adopted by
hom 2 9 2 9 > the CTCR and received by the Synod in 1967. The selection of
1 Cor . . “4 . candidates who are planning to pursue advanced theological
1 Cor training is based on service to the church, recommendations
1 Cor 2 9 1 from the parent church body, and a level of scholarship that
1 Cor 2 1 1 will make it possible for them to pursue a graduate program.
1 Cor 2 Grants for underwriting travel costs for professors who have
oe 1 2 been invited to teach at a theological school are based on the
> Cor 1 5 1 > 5 needs of the inviting school, the qualifications of the professor
> Cor > 9 9 2 > for the assigned task, and the willingness of the parent school
Gal. 2:20 1 } to grant a teaching leave.
Gal. 3:13 2 The Exchange Study Committee receives its budget re-
Gal. 4:4-5 l 1 2 2 2 sources from the Synod. Budget requests are based on the needs
Eph. 2:10 2 2 2 reflected in the number and kinds of requests made to the
Eph. 4:10-12 ____ tool committee. Attempts are being made to solicit additional funds
Phil. 2:5-8 —___ 1 202 2 to increase financial resources. Financial assistance is granted
Te as 1 1 1 1 1 1 on the basis of actual expenses (tuition, room, and board, books,
1 Tim. 2:5 > and pocket money) for each student candidate. Only one-way
1 Tim. 3:16 2 2» 9 9 travel expenses are provided.
2 Tim. 1:10 2 2 2 The many people who have been involved in this program
2 Tim. 1:12 over the years have expressed their deep appreciation to the
2 Tim. 4:18 1 Synod for its assistance.
Heb. 1:3 2 2 2 2 During the past 2 years six individuals have been given
Hee ares 5 > 1 assistance through the Exchange Study Committee. Their names
Heb 13:8. 1 follow: Acir Raymann, pastor, Brazil: Mark and Barbara Steege,
James 4:7 2 1 4 professors at Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield:
1 Peter 1:18-19 2 9 Samuel J. Udofia, pastor, Nigeria: Martim Warth, professor at
1 Peter 2:24 2 9 9 Seminario Concordia, Porto Alegre, Brazil: and Rudi Zimmer,
1 Peter 3:18-19 __ 2 2 pastor, Brazil.
1 Peter 4:7 __ In addition the committee has before it a number of requests
2 Peter 2:1 ____ 1 2 for financial assistance during 1975-76.
Tete po — 1 The committee continues to be firmly convinced that the
1 John 2.1.2 1 1 1 , Exchange Study Program is a significant factor in strengthening
1 John 3:8, 2 9 the theological foundations of Lutheranism in many parts of the
1 John 5:20 world. For this task the committee invites the Synod to give its
Rev. 1:7 ___ 1 earnest prayer and continuing substantial support.
Rev. 5:9___ 2

Summary of the number of times passages in each version
were marked with the numeral one /1) or with the numeral
two (2):

Version Marked ‘1 Marked ‘2, Totals
KJV 5 0 3
NASV 2 3 5
NIv* 2 4 6
RSV 3 7 10
Beck* 7 6 13
TEV 8 11 19
NEB 9 14 22
JB 18 13 31
PH* 11 21 32
LB 18 36 54

* Only the New Testament is available presently

NOTE: A total of 104 passages were included in this study: seven (7) of these are
from the Old Testament.

IV. Conclusions
1. No version is perfect.
2. No version is inadequate in every passage.
3. Some versions need to be used with greater caution than
others as the summaries indicate.
4. Competence in the Biblical languages is indispensable
in judging a version.

Dr. Fred Kramer
Dr. Erwin Sagehorn, Chairman
Dr. Lorenz Wunderlich

App. 3-01H
REPORT OF SOCIAL CONCERNS COMMITTEE
Historical Background

The 1962 Cleveland convention called into being the Com-
mission on Social Action, with President Oliver Harms appoint-
ing its first four members. Three years later in Detroit its mem-
bership was increased to seven. Already at this time the question
regarding the desirability of having a full-time executive secre-
tary for the Commission on Social Action was raised, and in
1967 the commission recommended that “the convention pro-
vide for the engagement of a full-time executive director”
‘Convention Workbook, 1967, p. 266). Although the convention
adopted this recommendation, Dr. Eugene Linse, who was
called to fill this position, declined the appointment in the fall
of 1968. The commission withheld further activity with respect
to calling an executive secretary until after the Denver conven-
tion in 1969, and then in February 1970 the moratorium on
additional staff caused the Synod’s Board of Directors to suggest
that the employment of an executive secretary be delayed.

In the meantime the 1969 convention changed the name of