LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1975, Page 74

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74 THEOLOGY AND CHURCH RELATIONS

1) support the Missouri Synod as it was conceived in the 1800s:
2) support all duly elected and God-given officials, as they engage
in their work to keep the Missouri Synod as one powerful
church unit: and

3) support all that the Missouri Synod stands for as written in
the Confessions and in the Handbook as adopted: and be it
further

Resolved. That this be done in the name of the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Ghost.
St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church
Red Bud. Ill.
Leo Hinton. Secretary
Robert Holstein. Pastor

Identical or similar:

3-38B to 3-381

St. Matthew, North Tonawanda. N. Y.
Nazareth. Buffalo, N. Y.

St. Paul's, St. Thomas, N. Dak.

Our Savior, Carmi, Ill.

St. Luke's, Federal Way, Wash.

Our Redeemer, North Platte, Nebr.
St. John, Rochester, Mich.

St. John’s, Chester, III.

A. Moldenhauer
Paul G. Barth
Howard Jording
Herbert Halter
H. John Malkow
Harlan Harnapp

R. W. Irsch
W. A. Ranta

3-39A

To Admonish English District Board
of Directors

WHEREAS. The Board of Control of Concordia Seminary,
St. Louis, found Dr. John Tietjen guilty of “holding and defend-
ing, allowing and fostering false doctrine”: and

WHEREAS. Dr. Tietjen was on account of his theological views
removed from the office of the presidency of Concordia Semi-
nary; and

WHEREAS. The Board of Directors of the English District
subsequent to the above action declared Dr. Tietjen to be
innocent of false doctrine: and

WHEREAS. This action was not taken in cooperation with
Concordia Seminary’s Board of Control nor with access to all
facts in the case from the Board of Control: and

WHEREAS. The English District Board of Directors called
Dr. Tietjen to become theological consultant to the English
District and thus indicated support of his theoligical position: and

WHEREAS, Although not all congregations of the English
District approve of the action, such action indicates support
by the English District for Dr. Tietjen’s theological position and
calls upon English District congregations for financial support
of Dr. Tietjen’s theological advice: and

WHEREAS. The action of calling Dr. Tietjen places English
District congregations in the position of supporting views that
are contrary to those of the Board of Control of Concordia
Seminary, St. Louis: and

WHEREAS, The action of the English District Board of Direc-
tors has contributed to divisiveness within the District and the
Synod, casting doubt on the theological position of the English
District Board of Directors as compared with the position and
judgment of an official board of the Synod, the Board of Control
of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis: therefore be it

Resolved. That The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod in
this convention admonish the Board of Directors of the English
District for taking such divisive action; and be it further

Resolved. That The Lutheran Church-— Missouri Synod re-
quest the English District Board of Directors to follow orderly
procedures in the future in its relationship to other boards and
individuals in the Synod and that it retract its declaration that
Dr. Tietjen is innocent of false doctrine until such time as this
conclusion may be reached by properly constituted agencies or
representatives of the Synod.

Faith Lutheran Church
(English District)

Greenfield, Ind.

Richard Dubbelde, Secretary
Ed Arthur, President

Identical or similar:

3-39B

Redeemer, Warsaw, Ind. John S. Ricker

3-40

s

To Take Various Actions

WHEREAS, The Mission:Life Sunday school material is
presently being used and encouraged for use as the Sunday
school material to be used for the youth of Sunday schools in
the Missouri Synod: and

WHEREAS, After study of such material, it is this congrega-
tion’s opinion that much of the material in essence and theory
is anti-Scriptural and presents a very liberal theological view of
the Bible; and

WHEREAS. It is our further view and opinion that the Synod
should sever its connection or membership with LCUSA be-
cause of the unfruitful cost of membership and for the further
reason that such organization promotes and supports the ordina-
tion of women, contrary to the clear Word of God: and

WHEREAS. It is our opinion that the Missouri Synod keep and
maintain a firm stand against Seminex, which has removed
itself from the church and taken a hostile and divisive attitude
toward the Missouri Synod: and

WHEREAS, It is our opinion that ELIM has been determined
and recognized by the Board of Directors as a divisive and
disruptive body in the Synod and therefore should be required
to either conform to the Synod, its laws, and the Word of God,
or removal action be taken against such organization; therefore
be it

Resolved. That the Sunday school material known as Mission:
Life be removed and not be made available for use in the Synod
for any purpose: and be it further

Resolved. That the Missouri Synod dissociate itself from
LCUSA as its costs are not commensurate to any spiritual good,
and it promotes the ordination of women, contrary to the Word
of God: and be it further

Resolved, That Seminex, its faculty, students, and graduates
be not in any way recognized as within the Missouri Synod,
until such time as they accept the terms and conditions as set
out by the Constitution, Bylaws, and regulations of the Synod,
and that the Missouri Synod maintain and keep a firm position:
and be it finally

Resolved, That the organization now known as ELIM, which
has so far been allowed to remain in the Synod, be required at
the earliest date to either conform to Missouri Synod doctrine,
its rules and regulations, its Bylaws, Constitution, and the Word
of God, or that removal action be taken against such organiza-
tion and its members.

Immanuel Lutheran Church
Dimock, S. Dak.
LeRoy Neugebauer, Secretary

3-41

To Structure Amicable Division

WHEREAS, Our beloved church body is beset by theological
differences, particularly regarding the question of the inerrancy
and authority of the Holy Scriptures; and

WHEREAS, These differences are now openly acknowledged
and recognized by clergy and lay leaders alike in both “camps”;
and

WHEREAS, All efforts by the Council of Presidents, the Com-
mittee of 5 and 5, the Committee of 20, the conversations of the
Concordia Seminary faculty with the Seminex faculty, etc., have
only served to demonstrate the great theological void fixed be-
tween these two groups within the LCMS: and

WHEREAS, All serious efforts at reconciliation down through
the years have proved vain because the differences are clearly
theological and the proponents of the liberal approach refuse
to be convinced from Scripture of the error of their way: and