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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1975, Page 497
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5-113
5-114A
5-115
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5-118
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5-120A
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LIST OF REPORTS AND OVERTURES
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To Censure Certain District Presidents 249
To Discipline Certain District Presidents ____ _ 249
(Also 5-114B, C)
To Censure Presidents Who Have Interfered in
Placement Process 250
To Deal with District Presidents Approving
Ordination of Candidates Not Properly Certified 250
To Ask District Presidents to Uphold Consti-
tutional Laws Covering Ordination _____—————— 250
(Also 5-117B, C, D)
To Admonish District Presidents to Comply ___ 251
To Expect District Officials to Abide by Synodi-
cal Constitution 251
(Also 5-119B, C, D)
To Deal with District Presidents Who Have
Authorized Illegal Ordinations of Seminex Stu-
dents 251
(Also 5-120B)
To Deal with District Presidents Who Violate
Constitution and Bylaws 251
To Deal Pastorally with Erring District Presi-
dents _. 252
(Also 5-122B to E)
To Deal Directly with Certain District Presidents 252
To Take Action Against Presidents Who Autho-
rize Certain Ordinations, ete... —=————S—=«aSD.
To Require Accordance with Bylaws in Calling
Procedure 253
To Censure District Presidents . 253
(Also 5-126B)
To Disenfranchise Certain Presidents 253
To Deal with District Presidents __. 254
(Also 5-128B, C)
To Discipline Certain District Presidents 254
To Deal with Certain District Presidents _______ 254
To Request Action Against English District
President 255
To Call District Presidents to Account —.______ 255
To Remove District Presidents from Office _____ 256
(Also 5-133B)
To Deal with President Riedel _- ———sssé256
To Remove District President from Office ____. 257
(Also 5-135B)
To Ask District Presidents to Resign . 257
To Investigate Activities of District Presidents _ — 258
(Also 5-137B)
To Investigate Activities of Certain District
Presidents . . 258
To Review Actions of District Presidents _____ 258
(Also 5-139B to E)
To Seek Unanimity Between Council and Presi-
dent _-_. 258
To Instruct President to Heed Advice of Council
of Presidents 259
To Transfer Power of President to Council of
Presidents _ 259
To Restrict Council of Presidents 259
(Also 5-143B)
To State Limitations of Council of Presidents _. 259
To Declare Council of Presidents Only an Ad-
visory Body 259
To Clearly Define the Council of Presidents and
Its Duties 260
(Also 5-146B)
To Provide for Synodical Convention to Elect
All District Presidents 260
To Disband Council of Presidents 260
To Instruct District Presidents to Restore Har-
mony 261
To Censure Council of Presidents —_ 261
(Also 5-150B, C, D)
To Give Specific Authority to President to Sus-
pend 261
(Also 5-151B to H)
To Provide Clarification re Suspension and Ex-
pulsion of District and Synodical Presidents ___ 262
To Make Explicit the Authority of the Synodical
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President in Relationship to District Presidents _ 262
(Also 5-153B)
To Restore Traditional Authority to President __ 262
To Require Election of Members of Commission
on Constitutional Matters - 263
(Also 5-155B to E)
To Revise Commission on Constitutional Matters 263
To Elect Commission on Constitutional Matters _ 263
(Also 5-157B. C)
To Restructure Commission on Constitutional
Matters . 263
To Revise Method of Selection of Commission
on Constitutional Matters 264
To Amend Procedures for Filling Vacancies on
CCM - 264
To Publish and Submit All CCM Opinions for
Convention Action 264
To Eliminate Binding Nature of CCM {Rulings — 264
To Order Restatement _ 264
To Study Referendum Procedure _——————sé2'64
To Redefine Convention Duties of Advisory
Members 265
To Provide for Canceling o or Deferring District
Conventions _ 265
To Change Circuit Counselor Election Pro-
cedure 265
To Seek Elimination or “Amendment ‘of Bylaw
2.127 e 265
To Affirm Right of Lawful Assembly a and Orga-
nization a 265
(Also 5- 169B)
To Refuse to Recognize as Missouri Synod
Clergy Those Persons Called by Congregations
to Be Assistants as Seminex Professors __ 266
To Require Resignations from Seminex Staff ___ 266
(Also 5-171B, C, D)
To Expel All Seminex Administrative. Faculty,
and Student Personnel from Synod ___.- 266
(Also 5-172B)
To Deal with Calls to Seminex Positions 267
To Minister to Former Faculty _. («267
To Establish Standing Rule to Regard Preamble
as Part of Resolution . 267
To Ask All Synodical Officials to Indicate In-
tentions a 267
(Also 5-176B)
To Set Aside All Actions Resulting from Aboli-
tion of Two-Thirds Voting Procedure ___.._____ 268
To Disallow Certain Overtures from Southeast-
ern District 268
(Also 5-178B)
6. Higher Education
Report of Board for Higher Education 269
Report of Committee on Colloquies 276
Report of Board for Lay Ministers ___ 278
Report of Task Force to Consider Restructuring
Synod’s System of Higher Education __._______ 280
Report of Commission on Lay Higher Education 303
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo. ________- 303
Minority Report 308
Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield, Ill. 310
Concordia Teachers College, Seward, Nebr. __ 311
Concordia Teachers College, River Forest, Ill. _ 312
Concordia College, St. Paul, Minn. 314
Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne, Ind. __ 315
Concordia Lutheran Junior College, Ann Arbor,
Mich. 316
Concordia Lutheran College, Austin, Tex. _____ 317
Concordia College, Bronxville, N. Y. 319
St. Paul’s College, Concordia, Mo. 320
Concordia College, Edmonton, Alta. 321
Christ College Irvine, Irvine, Calif. =~: 3322
Concordia College, Milwaukee, Wis. 322
Concordia College, Portland, Oreg. ___—>-—S—«3328
Alabama Lutheran Academy and College,
Selma, Ala. 324