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Report2004.Pdf 87TH REGULAR CONVENTION OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD and the 48TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE CORPORATION Convention Theme: "Seek the Peace of the Land" Essayist: Rev. David C. Thompson Compiled by Rev. Craig A. Ferkenstad, Secretary Held at BETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE and BETHANY LUTHERAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Mankato, Minnesota June 20-24, 2004 1 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS The Convention Day-by-Day .......................................................................................... 6 Roll Call Representatives Convention Committees President's Message and Report .................................................................................. 19 Essay ............................................................................................................................. 37 Reports and Action Synodical Membership ........................................................................................... 76 Credentials .............................................................................................................. 76 Doctrine, Report of the Board ................................................................................ 77 Bethany Lutheran College, Report of the Board .................................................. 83 Bethany Lutheran Seminary, Report of the Board ............................................... 86 Home Missions, Report of the Board ..................................................................... 92 Foreign Missions, Report of the Board .................................................................. 96 Evangelism, Report of the Board ......................................................................... 103 Education & Youth, Report of the Board ............................................................. 105 Publications, Report of the Board ........................................................................ 113 Christian Service, Report of the Board ............................................................... 114 Health Insurance Committee, Report of the Committee ................................... 116 Worship, Report of the Committee ...................................................................... 116 Laymen's Delegates Equalization, Report of the Committee ............................ 118 Stewardship, Report of the Board ....................................................................... 119 Planning & Coordinating, Report of the Committee .......................................... 125 Trustees, Report of the Board .............................................................................. 127 Evangelical Lutheran Synod Foundation, Report of the Board......................... 133 Synod Review, Report of the Committee ............................................................. 135 Miscellaneous Action ............................................................................................ 14 7 Memorials .............................................................................................................. 151 Financial Statements ................................................................................................. 155 Directories Church Bodies in fellowship with the ELS ......................................................... 200 Evangelical Lutheran Synod, Officers ................................................................ 201 Board and Committee Members, Addresses ....................................................... 206 Foreign Missions ................................................................................................... 210 Other Addresses ................................................................................................... 213 Area Lutheran High Schools ............................................................................... 213 Bethany Lutheran College ................................................................................... 214 Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary ........................................................... 216 Lutheran Elementary Schools and Preschools ................................................... 217 Lutheran Elementary School Teachers ............................................................... 220 Congregations ....................................................................................................... 227 Clergy .................................................................................................................... 237 Periodicals ............................................................................................................. 249 3 4 The Convention Day By Day 5 THE CONVENTION DAY BY DAY SYNOD SUNDAY, June 20, 2004 The 87th Regular Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod and the 48'h Annual Meeting of the Bethany Lutheran College Corporation began with a Festival Synod Sunday Service in Trinity Chapel beginning at 2:30pm. The Rev. J.Madson (Okauchee, Wisconsin) was the speaker basing the sermon upon Christ's words to His disciples written in John 16:32-33. These words were considered under the theme "In Christ We Have Peace." We have peace in Christ, in spite of the troubles in the world which are caused by our own sinfulness and encountered from the world, because of our steadfast trust in the Word of God. Christ's promise is clear that He has overcome the world. He has overcome sin through his sinless life, innocent death, and glorious resurrection. The peace of forgiveness in Christ leads us to live peaceful lives in our homes and communities and world and to seek peace in the land. The Rev. J.Smith (Cottonwood, Minnesota) served as liturgist. At 7:00 pm the assembly gathered again in Trinity Chapel for the Graduation Service for Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary. Four students were graduated. President G.Schmeling based the sermon on Psalm 121 with the theme "Preserve and Spread." Our pastors will preserve the faith of our fathers. The source of that faith is the inspired inerrant word of our Lord. The life­ giving word we will diligently read, mark, learn and inwardly digest as the ancient collect directs. Our pastors will also spread the life-giving word in Seminary Graduates: John a world that has lapsed into paganism. The law Merseth, Eric Hoeft, Timothy must be so preached that the self-righteous person Schmeling; not shown: feels the terror of his sin and the gospel must be so Christopher Dale preached that the most burdened sinner knows the joy of forgiveness. Then more and more people will be drawn to the gracious Savior. Go forth! Preserve and spread the Good News. The Rev. T.Kuster served as liturgist and the Rev. K.Schmidt represented the Board of Regents. A reception, in honor of the graduates, followed the Service. MONDAY, June 21, 2004 The first working day of the 87th Regular Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod and the 48th Annual Meeting of the Bethany Lutheran College Corporation was opened with a devotion conducted in Trinity Chapel. The chaplain, the Rev. T.Rank (Scarville, Iowa) was the speaker who based the sermon upon The First Petition. He said that God's name is holy because He is holy, not because we make Him holy. We pray for God's name to be holy among us because only by God's grace can this be so. Left to ourselves, God's name is misused and dirtied. By the work of Jesus Christ our sins of misuse and abuse of God's name are forgiven. We pray for the Evangelical Lutheran Synod so that by God's grace His Word is taught in truth and purity, and we live godly lives according to it. The hymns "Lord Jesus Christ, with Us Abide" and "Rise! To Arms! With Prayer Employ You" were sung. President Moldstad welcomed the delegates, pastors and visitors to the 87'h Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Secretary Ferkenstad announced that the roll had been gathered at the credentials desk. 74 permanent voting members and 35 permanent advisory members either responded to the gathering of the roll or were present at the end of the first working day. By the conclusion of the convention, 82 permanent voting members and 43 advisory members had responded to the gathering of the roll. 6 The Credentials Committee, represented reported that 136 men had been certified by their congregations as representatives to this convention; by the conclusion of the convention, there were 155 delegates who had registered their credentials. There also were 3 advisory members of permanent boards or committees who reported their presence. President Moldstad declared the 87 1h Annual Convention of the Evangelical 1 Lutheran Synod and the 48 h Annual Meeting of the Bethany Lutheran College Corporation to be in session "In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen." President Moldstad then read the "President's Message" to the synod. He spoke about the great truth of salvation in Christ which we are privileged to transmit as we live as "elect strangers" in a sinful world. He also stressed the importance of Christian education and the "Lutheran Schools Initiative" for work of the synod. Greetings were read from: Bishop V'yacheslav Horpynchuk (Bishop of the Ukranian Lutheran Church), Bishop Gundars Bakulis (Bishop of the Confessional Lutheran Church of Latvia), the Rev. Egil Edvardsen (The Lutheran Confessional Church­ Sweden and Norway), President David J. Vallesky (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary). the Rev. Larry Burgdorf (The Marvin M. Schwan Charitable Foundation), and Missionary Kurt Smith (Lima, Peru). Oral greetings was brought by:
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